Is the Canon 5D Any Good? (And Does it Really Matter)
Meanwhile, Mike Johnston also delivers his preliminary verdict on Canon’s 12.8 megapixel, full frame DSLR.
“I would say that my current fave camera, the estimable Konica-Minolta 7D, has rewarded me with some truly delightful results (my published review of the 7D will appear in Black & White Photography magazine a few months from now). Then again, I got some delightful pictures with my li’l ol’ 3-mp Olympus C-3040z, too. But the different potential of more expensive gear only encourages Magic Bullet Syndrome: people detect the incremental, provisional increase in specialness they’ve bought for themselves with their latest toys, and extrapolate out to absolutes – that is, they assume that ultimate specialness will be the fruit of the ultimate gear, if only they could find and afford it.”