Canon 5D Classic in 2024 - full frame on a budget! Is it still relevant?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.พ. 2024
- Sorry about the click bait title, bit it's true! I've broken out my Canon 5D and taken it for a wander around the Yorkshire market town of Howden to take in some quaint streets and the magnificent minster which is partly in ruins.
Come join me for a bit of a walk and a chat about the 5D and how it's still relevant today and in some ways could improve your photography!
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congrats, I traded my rp and r8 incl. rf lenses for an old 5d and 6d. finally the color magic is back!
Those old sensors definitely have a special look don't they?
This is why I kept my Canon's 60D, 5DMK2 and 1DX. People will go back to the roots in the end.
Retro always comes back around!
Exactly. I've sold my EOS R, and went back to my old 5d mk1 for pure joy of thinking & exposing slowly before clicking, after finding out I still used old camera more often, than new one. As long as I don't need exact AF or high ISO for commercial, I find it more fun the old way. I know 5dmk1 is far less superior camera than R but still, using new tools feels like playing game on cheat codes. You've got the result but fun goes away somehow.
Get the 40mm f2.8, it's fantastic!
A really nice lens that!
I have the same lens. Whether on the 6D or the 20D infrared converted it's just a great lens. Love the size when wanting to get away from the big, 2.8 zooms too.
I kept about 90% of my dslr bodies that I have acquired over the years. I use mirrorless mostly but I always go back to using my older dslr bodies, just for the experience that new photographers may not ever get to know.
I do think it's a shame that a lot won't get to experience shooting with a real DSLR, but those who do definitely know it's a real treat!
Awesome shots again sir....the 50mm N 5d classic is an awesome combo----have to get one of these
Thank you and I can definitely recommend the combo! Stunning even these days and in some ways better because of the limitations!
I have newer Nikons but I always like to return to my D700 or D3s. The skin tones and color rendition is so sweet! Great video and pics.
There's just something about a low megapixel sensor that just works isn't there?
What’s the song in the end? I’m picking up a 5d2 as my first real camera and I hope I will master the exposure triangle as times goes!
The 5d classic is a little hard core atm but if I know myself I could end up buying several of these old models! Old is gold👍🏻
Old camera's definitely rock - although I do enjoy my new one too 😅
The track is called Life Is Beautiful my Harbrs - love their laid back style of music 👍
Thanks for your work, Leigh. I recently looked at some photographs taken with a 5D lll camera and commented on the "look" of the photos when compared to my OM1, it's hard to explain, but I'm really intrigued, I don't believe it's post processing though. You spoke about a "different look" from the camera you used so maybe it's that. I wont be changing systems, but I will follow it up.
By the way, you took a chance with your self confessed click bait title. The response to photographers changing the camera brand is just crazy! Happy photography.
There's definitely something about how the processor deals with the sensor image to produce the raw files in the older cameras that has been lost over technical purity these days. Is it better than the older cameras? I'm not entirely sure!
We still use a 5D Mark III, and 1DC…simpler tech, but in skilled hands the results are still excellent.
The results you can get are fantastic and it makes you think about your shot a lot more than today's super computer cameras that do almost everything for you. A great learning tool!
Great video man. And nice photos ! Definitely still worth it, one of the best cameras ever made, and I just shot with it again the other day. Photos in the most recent video on my page !
The sort of camera you just keep on going back to time and again!
Great shots I’ve got one it’s a great camera the colours are great with it
There's just something about it isn't there? Absolutely love using it!
Definitely one of my favourite cameras to use!
I learned on a canon rebel and then used a 40D a lot. Took a long break from photography and just came back. Saw all this mirrorless stuff and got a canon R. I was still so used to how a DSLR worked that I felt the mirrorless was harder to use lol. Imma pick up one of these 5D classics to have again.
You won't regret getting a 5D classic - it's a cracking camera!
Nice, video. I really enjoy using the 5D Classic myself. The Canon 50 f2.5 Compact Macro (a bit of a forgotten lense) is also a really nice choice. It can go close up but it‘s also a great lense for anything else, really sharp at f2.5 and beautiful bokeh. These ones are used under 100£.
A great set up for a great price!
I used the mk ii for a few years. Great camera
Same here, still a fantastic camera today!
Hi Leigh, what a refreshing video to see someone going back to basics with photography. Whilst i appreciate all cameras these days are mini computers in the hand , i think om systems and Panasonic are maybe pushing the limits of computational photography too far. That said, i won't be getting rid of my om 1 mk 1 any time soon, but don't think I'll be investigating in the system in the future. I have also just bought a nikon z fc apsc sensor camera and I'm enjoying the use of the dials on the top plate to adjust the settings. Keep up the good work 👍
I think it'll always be a case of loving the old school simplicity for me. There's a feeling to doing everything manually that you don't get with the modern cameras.
That said, I'm still not going back to film 😅
What is really astounding is what Lightroom can do to a RAW file including .CR2.
I’m happy with where LUMIX is heading on the tech front. I have a G9 and was planning to get a S5II but the G9II is looking so much closer to full frame (compared with the G9), such that even before Lightroom, MFT is looking fantastic… and soooo much lighter as I was reminded on a recent holiday. And I still have a 5DIII if needed.
@@Democratiser I have to admit I'd quite like to try a G9II to compare it to my OM-1!
@@LeighWPhotos I like the slightly smaller size and look of the OM1. And Olympus bokeh (esp pro lenses) seem to have a unique creaminess / feathering / roll off, which seems to be reminiscent of some film era lenses. But if I were to buy a body now I think it would be the G9II…
For the last couple of years i was just using the Fuji x100v thinking it was great, which it is, and my Canon 5d mk2 just gathered dust. Then I picked it up one day to take a few portraits and i was like damn the Canon full frame has so much more meat to it's files, more depth, more filmic so then now my Fuji is gathering dust and I've just brought a s/h 5d mk4 and thats wow!!!
There's definitely something about those files isn't there?
I am using 5D4 and R7 for my jobs but also have good old 1Ds (first gen.) and it is awesome camera
Just something about the older tech isn't there? Love using it to get back to basics and the shots are amazing too!
Picked one up recently from Japan, nearly new in box with a new battery grip. Too good a deal to pass up. Now I've just got to get out when the temps warm up here in western Canada.
Wow that was a fantastic find! You're going to absolutely love it though - an amazing time machine for photography with that "look" that you only seem to get on the older cameras!
Hi David, are you able to share what web site you went on to find your 5D from Japan?
@@brauliofontanez it was on eBay. Konny camera has great deals on some nearly new older equipment. Also got a lens from them. Map camera in Tokyo is another.
5DM3 with the Sigma 150/600 C + the T1.4 is what I have.
I started with the T7 Rebel 75-300
A fine wildlife set-up! I used to use the 5D MK4 with the same lens until my tendons stopped me! Fantastic kit though!
After being without a camera for a while I have just got a Canon 5D mk2 with battery grip and batteries from MPB. A Canon 24-105mm L and a Tamron SP 150-600mm all for under £1000. Looking forward to getting out with it. The last decent camera I had was a Canon T90
I went to the mark 2 after my first classic. It's a great camera and you'll love the shooting experience with it! Still rate it as one of the best budget full frame cameras out there and has those few extras over the classic to give you a slightly more "modern" shooting experience!
That setup will cover soooo much ground and make you money. I still use the 5D mk2 and 24-105 L for automotive and product photos.
Hi Leigh, are you considering changing your OM1 for the Mk3 version, interested to know as I only bought mine last November, I just don’t fancy spending another £1300 to get one? Hopefully a firmware update will come! Anyway be interested in your view.
Definitely sticking with my original OM-1 as the update is more of a feature increment and like you say we may get some of the upgrades in a firmware update. I think the main reason for the new release was the need to freshen up the line, and also lose the Olympus moniker as the licencing would be an extra cost that OMDS could do without. For now though, I'm more than happy with the results I get from my OM-1 and certainly won't be changing any time soon - unless I get a freebee!!
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I've still kept my 5D it's immaculate as I progressed rapidly on to other cameras so it never got abused. Not worth selling. It's only got a few focus points but they are still excellent by today's standards even tracking flying dragonflies (see the old video I uploaded 15 yrs ago some of those were with the classic 5D in servo mode others taken on the 1dmk3. I agree the shutter sound is nice and confident. My recent Canon R7 mech shutter sounds awful I use it in electronic shutter. Looking to move to Nikon Z8 I was tempted by the OM1 for wildlife but I have better Canon lenses and the reach factor of M43 is now bettered by the 32.5MP R7 (slightly higher pixel density) plus I can use the 300mmF2.8LIS it's a notch above the 300mmF4 for the OM even the super expensive OM 150-400mmF4.5 @£6700. Canon make excellent 1.4xIII and 2xIII so I get 420mmF4 and 600mmF5.6.
Definitely never getting rid of this 5D - I was a fool to sell my original one but you live and learn I suppose!
Been using a 6D for 10 years, then upgraded to a Rp.....by chance a purchased a 5D, Classic, a 5Diii, a 700D and a 10D and a few bags, all mint for £400 last month, I love the 5D , it's basic but that's what I like. I grew up using an Olympus OM1 . The Rp , well it's just little too complex .
There's a lot to be said for stripping things back to basics isn't there?
@@LeighWPhotos I've missed a few shots as I've been trying to work out which mode to use on the Rp. I also shoot a lot in the studio at 125th at f8 and that's all I need LOL
Gorgeous pictures, I just love the rendering of the 5D classic. Would you by any chance would happen to have raw sample of your 5D shots?
I can make them available to download if you'd like them? I'll get something put on the website and post the link in the next few days 👍
@@LeighWPhotos wow thank you that would be fantastic.
Hopefully this works - it's a 500mb file but contains the raws from the video.
e.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=XZ3p59ZyyTiV2A2yOBIuKbHu4r3V05ICQny
@@LeighWPhotos omg I can't thank you enough. They are indeed amazing. Thank you!
What kind of limitation one would expect from this camera for a first time experience in full frame? I used to have a nikon FM2 film slr and my last dslr was a Pentax and after it was stolen I did not touch a dslr until now. I might want to start my photography again so I have been contemplating on which route should I start again.
If you are used to film then you will enjoy this camera as it's a bit like shooting on an advanced film slr with the added bonus of being digital. I don't think I could make it my main camera, but for getting into full frame and reintroducing yourself to photography I'd say it was a great option!
This is why I will never get rid of my DSLRs unless I am literally broke and starving
I really wish I'd kept my original one - the crazy things we do when we "upgrade" 😂
@@LeighWPhotos we didn’t know what we had
It actually DOES have LiveView, Leigh.
Not on the classic - that was introduced on the MK2 👍
The output suggests a CCD sensor rather than CMOS. I recently processed some old Pentax images, some from the K-7 (CCD) and some from a K-3 (CMOS), the CCD colours were so much better. It's a shame we had to change sensor technology.
You really can't beat the look of the old sensors can you? Technically inferior but so good!
From what I understand it doesn't actually matter what type of sensor is in the camera, it's more to do with the architecture within the camera and how it processes colour information, the earliest digital cameras were still trying to emulate film colours because at the time it was still considered superior. You can see this with the Olympus e-1 VS later bodies which still had ccd sensors but lacked the filmy-ness of the e-1 and had more modern colour interpretation.
It's funny how this is now considered a basic, no frills camera that allows you to reconnect with photography without all the bells and whistles getting in the way. I'd better hide my collection of all mechanical, all manual film cameras.
I have to admit, having grown up with film the shooting experience is much closer with the classic and really does make you think about your shots.
But I definitely wouldn't go back to film - this is as far as I'd be prepared to go. I definitely prefer the convenience of digital!
@LeighWPhotos Yes, I do agree. For me, the 5D Classic (which I've recently bought) is great for actual photography. The mechanical film cameras on the other hand are a separate hobby really, focusing on the quirks of the camera itself, repairs etc.
Its relevant if you like blown highlights and magenta colour noise. 😂.
Or you can work around the limitations because you know they're there? 😉
24:25 "LOL, I had to LIETRALLY laugh out loud on this one. I remember a photog in Connecticut, USA, that was always bragging about his photographic skills and one day posted an image similar to the one on the screen here. He also posted, along with the image, that he was so depressed that the Coca-Cola Corporate Headquarters refused the offer to use his image in their advertising. And of course all the other "professional" photo friends of his also agreed that there must be something mentally wrong with the Coca-Cola execs because it is such a beautiful photo. Then I chimed into the online conversation and informed him that the LAST thing a company like Coca-Cola wants to do is use their product in an advert being depicted as a piece of discarded garbage/rubbish/trash. The post was soon taken down.
Just goes to show there's a big difference between creativity and marketing! Glad it jogged your memory and gave you a bit of a laugh too! 😊
hey l wanted to buy some of this camera for photography but am confuse to go it or go for M50 mark 2 , please your honest opion sir , thank you
The M50 is a fine camera but a completely different experience to the 5D. If I was looking for something to get started in, I would consider something like the 5D MK2 or 80D for a crop sensor. The M50 is part of Canon's older mirror less system that never really got the attention or lenses it needed to compete with the rest of the market sadly.
@@LeighWPhotos oh okay thank you l am actually a biginner ,
@@TargetMathias I would say look to the 80D kit if you can then - it's a great starter set up and you should be able to find a good deal on the used market for one!
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imagine carrying around a 600mm full frame lens. pull up to a neighbourhood garden with a bazooka. ha
decide on the lens system you want to be in, then the rest will follow.
I used to have one of those bazookas - not exactly the most discreet thing in the world 😅
The 5DII and definitely the 5DIII are a lot better and not that expensive either second hand
They are technically, but there's just something about the mk1 that is missing from the later versions. So much so when I bought my mk4 I went out and bought this MK1 too just for the shooting experience.
Better than latest iPhone?
I'd rather use a 5D than a phone I must admit - but then again, I'm a camera geek so... ;)
Yongnuo? Not nearly good enough. I had the first three versions. Nice kit but the mirror slap and multiple lenses were a big downside.
Cheap way into full frame though, and a lovely look to the images it produces 👍
If you don't mind the mirror slap, good camera. A while back I won an eBay auction for a Nikon 7500, turned out to be D750. A lucky bargain purchase.
@@simmo303 now that's a lucky win!
Indeed, sold it for quite a bit more than I paid. Trumped by my purchase of an RX10 iv for £395.
@@simmo303 the Yin and Yang of camera acquisition 😅
thank you for not saying anything about how you perceive the images
It's all about the shooting experience for me - and that classic definitely delivers a great shooting experience!
@@LeighWPhotos You dont give a shit about the images. Great. Just the camera. Nice
5D is lightweight? Lol
With a plastic 50 on it is - throw my 24-105L on and it's definitely in heavyweight territory 😅
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Touting yongnuo lenses is a blemish on otherwise fine video. As cheap as real Canon fifties are available I don't understand why you would pick a new chynese knock off over a fine used real thing. I have two 5D's and use them both with genuine Canon lenses. BTW the pictures you showed shot w/ yongnuo don't look that good.
I've had the lens for years and it's good enough for a walk around lens. If I was going out for some more serious shooting I'd break out my 24-105 f/4 L lens which really makes the camera shine. Maybe on another day...