Richard Tallent

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March 22, 2006, on Canon EOS 5D Review:
Thanks for the review, good stuff. A couple of points: - While the 5D doesn't support AA batteries, its battery grip (BG-E4) supports either two BP-511A batteries, or 6 AA, so at least there's an option. - For the previous commenter, the *field of view* pixel density between the 5D and 20D/350D is the same, AFAICT. That is, an 8MP center crop from a 5D covers virtually the same view as the full image from the 350D/20D at the same focal length, and uses the same portion of the lens. Thus, those of us who routinely max out our lenses and take advantage of the "crop factor" of our 350Ds may not *gain* pixels with the 5D in those situations, but we won't lose any either. - The ISO 50 setting seems to be one of the more interesting features for me, as it gives me more flexibility over DoF in bright lighting. Nice that they added this. - I wonder whether ISO 3200 is any better than just pushing ISO 1600 by a stop in RAW processing software? I suspect that it is better, not just be...