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So I got my hands on a Canon 5D MKII yesterday, first impressions what a load of pants!


For those of you who don't know this camera is a 21.1 megapixel full frame camera at an average cost of £2000 for the body alone. The one I got my hands on had the 24-105mm F4.0 on it, this lens costs around £750, so this kit should be a nice kit.

I had a little play with the camera, took some photo's indoors using a canon flash, had a play with the menu and had a play with some of the other cool stuff they'd sent in like the wireless photo transmitter.


Taking a photo, the shutter actuation I found to be very load, I know I'm being a little critical but is there any need for it to sound so loud. The exposure meter in the viewfinder is the other way round to the default setting on a Nikon, I couldn't find anyway of swapping this round where-as on a Nikon its pretty simple.


The lens looks and feels a nice lens but only F4.0 on a £750 lens ouch.


Body Build Quality:
For me holding this camera, I was scared of braking it, it feels so fragile its awful. Canon's bodies are very light and don't get me wrong this must be great for photographers who do long time consuming shoots, but with the body being so light, even with the 24-105mm attached to this camera feels very unbalanced, I can put up to a 300mm on my Nikon and it will still be reasonably weight balanced. Another niggle I have is with the shutter speed scroll wheel feeling cheap and plasticky, this feels like it should be an internal plastic cog of a mechanical toy not a shutter speed control.


The Menu:
Very Dull looking, Logo's aren't obvious.The user interface compared to a Nikon's is horrible and all back to front, I have a problem with this camera and many other Canon's. This is the menu buttons. E.g. So your browsing the menu using the little joystick, to then alter a feature in the menu you then have to use the scroll wheel! Why cant you use the joystick? Pointless?



Ok so you've probably guessed by now I'm a little pro Nikon, "maybe" one day I might purchase a Cannon if I see an improvement in build quality, but until that day I think I'll stick with my Canon... Sorry I mean Nikon.