
Focus the subject and press the shutter button completely. Look at the LCD panel and turn the dial. timer) can be used in all shooting modes. Never blame them.Use the self-timer when you want to be in the picture. But Classic lovers use it for the “special” purpose that may not be easily comprehensible to all. Anyone who prefers those latest machines can always use them as per his convenience, nobody questions that. I’m sure photographers are sensible enough not to compare it with 5DIV or R6. Use it for landscape and outdoor lifestyle photography purposes and never have any issue with its features. Even if I could find it off the shelves of dealers at the original price I would still have purchased it. Its main attraction is the subtle smoothness of the images that emits a film era aura not seen in any other camera. And the simple solution for indoor use is the flash so, why worry! Even in ambient light of wedding functions, a 1.4 lens can easily nail the shots at ISO 1600 or 3200. ISO 1600 is more that enough for such circumstances. I shoot low-light subjects with a fast lens like 1.8 or something like that outdoors. The challenge under low-light is also negotiable. If you've still got one lying in a cupboard somewhere, maybe dig it out, give it a clean, chuck on a 50mm f/1.8, and go and enjoy some street portraiture.Ī sixteen-year-old DSLR still popular means it has features that pleases photographers. With the controls right under your finger and thumbs, changes are more accessible (one dial does this, the other dial does the other), and shooting in good light means that, even thirteen years on, the image quality is comparable. And Strong is right: I'd recommend this body to anyone new to photography who wants to learn about shutter speed, aperture, and ISO. The extra width on my 16-35mm lens reminded me of one of the things I missed about shooting film, and the combination of the "consumer" mode dial with the "pro" shutter/aperture dials made it a joy to use. I truly miss my 5D, in the same way that I still miss my even older EOS 5.
It was a big investment, and jumping from a crop sensor with a high frame rate to a full frame with a slow frame rate was a huge change, but one that I quickly came to love.
Bizarrely, I was pretty much forced into buying one in Rome, when halfway through three weeks of dirtbagging around Italy with two friends in a 1976 Citroen 2CV, the shutter on my 1D failed and at 5:30 pm on a Saturday, I was faced with the choice of either buying a 5D using my friend's credit card or not taking any photos during the remaining ten days of the adventure.
I was fortunate to own the first iteration of the 5D. Photographer Pablo Strong explains why it's still his first choice for street portraits, bravely comparing it to a 5D Mark IV. Thirteen years ago, Canon brought out the 5D Mark I, the first full-frame camera that wasn't weather-sealed and the size and weight of a small car.