Official 5DMKII users thread

[dapao]

Can anyone please explain why is when pressing DOF preview button@ widest F stop of the lens, DOF preview does not work( nothing shown).

Tried my 24-105mm F4, used F4. But anything not F4, preview works.
Same goes to my 50mm F1.8, works anything but not F1.8.

 

[Kit]

You have to first understand how it works.

When you use DOF preview, the apertire stops down momentarily to whichever setting you are at for you to gauge the DOF. When preview is not activated, the apeture returns back to widest aperture available. So if you set the aperture to wide open, what changes are you expecting to see? You are already previewing at wide open setting.

 

[dapao]

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

You have to first understand how it works.

When you use DOF preview, the apertire stops down momentarily to whichever setting you are at for you to gauge the DOF. When preview is not activated, the apeture returns back to widest aperture available. So if you set the aperture to wide open, what changes are you expecting to see? You are already previewing at wide open setting.

 

[biggorilla]

Hey guys,

Been working on a project for my 5D...

I already have an existing Anton Bauer Stasis Flex for my video cameras as well as a 7 inch lcd screen.. so just waiting for my Genus Bravo Follow Focus.... THen its ready to be fixed together.

I have already made a modification to a matte box base plate so that i can attach the 7in lcd... its already mounted on my stasis flex. so maybe i will post that as soon as i can or maybe just wait for the follow focus first...

I also have 2 manfrotto quick release one i mounted to a tripod and the other to the base of the matte box base so i can switch between the tripod and the Stasis flex easily.

We gonna use this rig for a NTU Convo video we shooting... cant wait to test this rig out...

 

[jrzpidey]

Hi, just upgraded to 5Dmk2 this Xmas season.. hehe.. loved it :thumbsup:

 

[moski77]

Same here ... gt mine right after xmas ...
current set up 5dmk2 with 17-40L f4, 70-200L f4 & 50 1.8
realize that going ff really a totally diff ball game...
now i understand why ff ppl never look back ..

 

[xhui]

Actually quite envy you guys with all that nice load of lens lineup. I'm only with my kit lens and a 50 1.8, got my 5d2 somewhere before Christmas also. btw, what do you guys shoot mainly?? I do occasion events but my fav is landscapes!

onto the BBB topic, i'm swaying from a 17-40 to 70-200 (lost the reach when turned FF), or maybe i SHOULD start poisoning myself with primes?? I'm a lazy gal with knee problems.. so.. :bsmilie:

 

[sinned79]

Actually quite envy you guys with all that nice load of lens lineup. I'm only with my kit lens and a 50 1.8, got my 5d2 somewhere before Christmas also. btw, what do you guys shoot mainly?? I do occasion events but my fav is landscapes!

onto the BBB topic, i'm swaying from a 17-40 to 70-200 (lost the reach when turned FF), or maybe i SHOULD start poisoning myself with primes?? I'm a lazy gal with knee problems.. so.. :bsmilie:

i shoot mainly landscape, at times portraits (TFCD shoots), street shots when i got nothing to shoot, and recently trying out macro cos my gf is into macros so i joined her! :bsmilie: but using FF doing macro got some disadvantage!

 

[giantcanopy]

I'm a lazy gal with knee problems.. so.. :bsmilie:

Then let the zoom do the "walking" la

Ryan

 

[xhui]

i shoot mainly landscape, at times portraits (TFCD shoots), street shots when i got nothing to shoot, and recently trying out macro cos my gf is into macros so i joined her! :bsmilie: but using FF doing macro got some disadvantage!

wah macro.. alot of patience needed :thumbsup:

Then let the zoom do the "walking" la

Ryan

yah.. that's why kept my 24-105 since my cropped days tho low light situations can be a bit challenging :sweat:

kept reading it's a waste if we dont pair a prime with a FF.. trying to resist this idea :sweatsm:

 

[biggorilla]

Hey guys,

Been working on a project for my 5D...

I already have an existing Anton Bauer Stasis Flex for my video cameras as well as a 7 inch lcd screen.. so just waiting for my Genus Bravo Follow Focus.... THen its ready to be fixed together.

I have already made a modification to a matte box base plate so that i can attach the 7in lcd... its already mounted on my stasis flex. so maybe i will post that as soon as i can or maybe just wait for the follow focus first...

I also have 2 manfrotto quick release one i mounted to a tripod and the other to the base of the matte box base so i can switch between the tripod and the Stasis flex easily.

We gonna use this rig for a NTU Convo video we shooting... cant wait to test this rig out...

Here are the first 5 pics....


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5)

 

[biggorilla]

2nd set of pics...

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9)

10)

 

[jonathann]

wah macro.. alot of patience needed :thumbsup:



yah.. that's why kept my 24-105 since my cropped days tho low light situations can be a bit challenging :sweat:

kept reading it's a waste if we dont pair a prime with a FF.. trying to resist this idea :sweatsm:

70-200mm IS mk2. something you wont regret too. i am also getting acceptable IQ with the extender 2x III.

 

[biggorilla]

anyone here tried the i-Discovery 3rd Party batt?

 

[giantcanopy]

kept reading it's a waste if we dont pair a prime with a FF.. trying to resist this idea :sweatsm:

Indeed other than the better high iso IQ, the other biggest "change" i can see is the capability of getting even more "oof" with better subject isolation.

But waste or not is subjective. After trying out a few 1.4/1.2 primes , it is not the easiest to use them wide and nab accurate focus in fast pace shooting, i come to think a good quality zoom would be a great option as well. ( maybe if i started out with zooms, i will dream of primes, and it will never end .. )

Ryan

 

[Kenneth67C]

Actually quite envy you guys with all that nice load of lens lineup. I'm only with my kit lens and a 50 1.8, got my 5d2 somewhere before Christmas also. btw, what do you guys shoot mainly?? I do occasion events but my fav is landscapes!

onto the BBB topic, i'm swaying from a 17-40 to 70-200 (lost the reach when turned FF), or maybe i SHOULD start poisoning myself with primes?? I'm a lazy gal with knee problems.. so.. :bsmilie:

Don't underestimate the 24-105, its capable of extremely sharp pics and is very flexible. They dont' just give the L designation for nothing.

 

[xhui]

Indeed other than the better high iso IQ, the other biggest "change" i can see is the capability of getting even more "oof" with better subject isolation.

But waste or not is subjective. After trying out a few 1.4/1.2 primes , it is not the easiest to use them wide and nab accurate focus in fast pace shooting, i come to think a good quality zoom would be a great option as well. ( maybe if i started out with zooms, i will dream of primes, and it will never end .. )

Ryan

yeah agree totally on the "oof" isolation! loving every bit of my 5d2!

I've yet to touch any primes other then the 50 1.8, hence, shall let the poison stay where it belong first. Till i find the need for one! Now maybe it's really time to master that flash of mine instead (been ETTL all the way) :embrass:

 

[xhui]

Don't underestimate the 24-105, its capable of extremely sharp pics and is very flexible. They dont' just give the L designation for nothing.

Yeah. From my 50D, i've my 24-105 mounted most of the time! love the range to bits! I reckon I won't be using the 70-200 that often, hence find it hard to justify buying one. But a mid tele of 105mm (last with 1.6x is even longer!) enough.

Now.. It's a different ball game al together! But, I'm loving my 24mm actual WIDE! ;p

 

[grantyale]

Checking in here. Happy New Year, everyone.

 

[Minglink]

Happy new year to all 5DMKII users....

EF 24-105 L is indeed a good lens on 5DMKII. I use it for most of my pictures. Now prime starts to get my interest due to dof esp f1.4 lens.