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November 10, 2005
Books
A pile of books on my living room table. 5D, 70-200mm f/4 lens, f/4, 0.6 sec, iso 200. Some of you have already noticed my new toy, which was a surprise birthday present from my husband. I've been shooting with the 5D for 2 weeks now, and am loving it more and more each day. It may be my imagination--I haven't done direct comparison tests between it and Mike's 20D or my old 300D--but my impression is that the 5D renders color in a very beautiful, natural way. I also like how the full frame sensor now allows a more narrow DOF. There is just something really pleasing to me about the look that it produces.
All images copyrighted, and unauthorized use prohibited. Please contact me for permission. Posted by claire-obscure at November 10, 2005 3:27 PM
Comments
Wow a 5D, what a perfect birthday present! I was just reading about this camera the other day, and it seems to be a neat one. Good Luck with your new friend ;).
Posted by: anna at November 11, 2005 3:17 PM
Congrats on the new camera! I'm a nikon person myself, but I defintiely like the idea of a ff sensor... millions of Canon users can't be wrong. Neat shot and great illustration of what you can do with it.
Posted by: Mike at November 14, 2005 2:31 PM
Congratulations! I think you're right about the color being more natural. A lot of digital cameras use the more restrictive sRGB color space and process images to make colors more vivid and bright. SLRs seem to use wider color spaces (Adobe RGB), and allow you to chose the color space, so the colors are more muted and true to life.
Posted by: Alex at November 15, 2005 7:31 AM
Hi
Just found you blog through a link on somebody elses blog, via someone else again, you know how it goes.
Anyway, congrats for the good work.
db
Posted by: db at November 16, 2005 8:41 PM
Ouch.. That really puts in another nail in my 5D vs 1DmkII N debate. Sigh. Which one to choose? Maybe I'll just buy a 10-20 for my 20D instead!
Posted by: Sean McC at November 16, 2005 10:48 PM
Wow, you're quite the lucky one. I just got the 350D and am loving it, but would love to have someone buy me the 5D - is your husband a giving individual? ;)
Posted by: Brandon at November 18, 2005 5:50 AM
I get the feeling that I am always late with my congratulations (the last time was your wedding...) So all the best to your bithday! And hope you really enjoy your new toy (but I am sure that you will).
Posted by: Marina at November 20, 2005 12:26 AM
You are worthy. I'd like a new camera myself--I'm jonesing for the advanced beginner Nikon D70S.
Posted by: dogfaceboy at December 2, 2005 4:34 PM
Hi.
My name is Brandon and art and photography really interest me and I personally think that this picture is amazing.I mean only being 16 i would think of myself as thinking this piece is kind of boring but since i want to be an artist or photographer or both,i was wondering how you got started and helped you get to where you are???thanks fro the time.....l8r
Posted by: Brandon at May 15, 2007 8:28 PM