I had a close encounter with the Canon EOS 5D Mark II. No, haven’t bought one yet… but Suresh was kind enough to let me play with one yesterday at Kayell. In the short time that I held this baby I can say I loved the full-frame view and a whopping 21 megapixel output makes up for a whole lot of detail in he photo. I love the newish menu control. I see improvements there which I worth, though on a slightly different note it took me while to work out the HD movie mode. Great LCD with auto adjusting backlight (makes a big difference when you are out an about in field under changing lighting conditions). I so want this B-A-B-Y!!

A set of ‘action’ photos taken with Canon EOS 5D Mark II from Flickr

But don’t take my word for it. This month CPN has a little article on Julian Love and his gear, It will tell you why the Canon 5D Mark II is a must have. I also found a very informative post on the Canon 5D Mark II at Kenrockwell photography site.

Try Flickr’s Canon 5d Mark II page for some imagery.

Alright, raise your hand if you want to buy my Canon 40D. yes its in very good condition.