5D vs 5D Mark II

[Xenedis]

I have fone a bit of reading on the 135mm and it looks like a great prime! Fairly well priced too..

The 135/2L is a stellar lens. I've had mine since 2006.

It is one of the most inexpensive L lenses you can get, but its performance and IQ is first-rate. Ridiculously sharp, extremely fast to focus, and delivers very creamy bokeh. IMO and IME, it's a must-have.

Xenedis, thanks for the info! I skimmed over the review and it has a very in depth comparison! Looks good! I have pretty much made my mind up to put in the extra $ and go the MKII, hopefully that price drop comes soon

I just got mine two weeks ago, and paid marginally over $3K from a large B&M. There had better not be a price decrease. :-)

[finn]

For what its worth:

Another point to consider is if you need 21MP (Mark II) as opposed to the 13MP (Mark I) ?

I have the 5D (Mark I) and find that 13MP is fine. I have an iso800 image I have printed up to A3 size and can't notice any noise/pixelation. Do you need photos printed larger than A3 size ?

[SirNobicus]

I got a mark I in august last year, impulse buy from 2nd hand section of the local camera store and loved it that much went out and bought another.

at this point in time I really couldn't justify the addition spend. I have been able to blow up to A3 with no noticeable grain (ISO 400). With the low light shots there is no comparison between the 30d that it was replacing.

[coolie21]

For what its worth:

Another point to consider is if you need 21MP (Mark II) as opposed to the 13MP (Mark I) ?

One of the points re the 21MP is the ability to crop and still have a reasonable image. I think Sheila made this point above but here is a real world example
from last week:
whole frame -


crop from whole frame -

[Annalah]

I too have been thinking of buying 5d mark II! Sounds like a great Idea!
I am sure gonna see the difference between my outdated 6MP Pentax & mark II's 21.1MPs.

Thanks everyone for the advice.