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Canon EOS 5D Mark II: NOT WORTH IT – Save your money!

Note: This post has been updated below. Last update on 04/18/2009.
After having written two posts about why the Canon EOS 5D Mark II is barely worth it (see the last one here), I have to take it a step up now and go ahead and say that the Canon EOS 5D Mark II is absolutely NOT worth [...]

The-Digital-Picture.com deletes “anti-Canon” post about the EOS 5D Mark II

Update 01/02/2009: After exchanging some emails with Bryan Carnathan, I was able to explain to him the purpose of my “anti-Canon” posts and he has agreed to restore my original post back on the forum. Basically I told him I am a Canon user and that the purpose of all this is not just to bash [...]

Canon EOS 5D Mark II: Barely worth it!

Note: This post has been updated below. Last update on 04/18/2009.
Canon has really lost it. It wasn’t so long that I wrote why they have lost it, and it seems that they continue to take hit after hit, not only from the competition, but from their own mistakes as well. It’s one thing to be given a [...]

Canon has lost it

Canon has just lost the number one position in the DSLR market to Nikon. Here’s from the article:
Nikon has announced that it is now the UK’s leading manufacturer of DSLRs.
Speaking at the UK launch of the company’s flagship D3X camera, the company boasted of a prosperous year, which has seen Nikon’s DSLR sales growth expand [...]

Canon EOS 50D: Not worth it. Save your money. – Part III

This is going to be the final nail in the coffin of the Canon EOS 50D. This is my third post in this series, and you can find the first one here, and the second one here. Read them before you continue, including the comments, to get up to date.
Since my first and second posts, [...]

Nikon D3x Coming?

According to Photography Bay, Nikon has announced a major event for November 20th. They even rented the MGM Grand Arena for this, so it looks like it’s going to be really BIG, just like they claim. Could it be the launch of their 20+ megapixel D3x camera? Because if it is, Canon is going to [...]

Canon EOS 50D: Not worth it. Save your money. – Part II

A while ago, I wrote about the EOS 50D camera from Canon, and it wasn’t very positive. At that time, the camera wasn’t yet available but now that people are starting to get their 50Ds and are able to test it and see the images it produces, we can get more information on its performance. [...]

Canon EOS 5D Mark II: Not all it could have been

With the release of the EOS 5D Mark II camera by Canon recently, I have begun to wonder if the people in charge at Canon’s DSLR division know anything about photography at all. This camera had the potential of becoming a great hit for many different types of photography. But as it is now, it [...]

Canon EF 50mm f1.2 L USM Lens Samples

When it works, the Canon EF 50mm f1.2 L USM lens can produce some really excellent images. Why do I say “when it works”? Because this lens seems to have a problem with autofocus consistency, making it backfocus quite often. I have written about this problem before.
But I still find myself using it quite often because [...]

Canon EOS 50D: Not worth it. Save your money.

Canon has recently announced their new DSLR body, the EOS 50D (official site). From the information that has become available up till now, I can already conclude that it’s not going to be a very popular camera. In fact, I won’t be surprised if it sells less copies than the EOS 40D.
Why?
Well, for starters, this [...]