This was VERY premature; one thing lead to another and then 4 days later I have a solid Canon 5D Mark II sitting right next to me (Literally as I type this).
First impressions are always ever lasting and thats why this one will be staying with me for a long time!
No matter what shot a took – the 5D Mark II pretty well impressed me hands down. The solid magnesium build sits so comfortably and the amount of differentiating settings makes it a snap for any situation (Woo — BIG WORD!). For example, the amount of extra ISO setting compared to the the 450D’s is astounding! 6 (including auto) on the 450D vs the whopping 20 different stops really blew me away for one. Also the amount of stops in the in Manual Mode sofened my frustation especially when the jumps between stops were too big for when you needed it eg. A jump from say 300-500 wasn’t what I needed when one was underexposed and the other overexposed. So a 400 stop was needed but not possible! Well, only if there was no was of softening or increasing the light.

So, Road Test! A night out on the town.

Every new toy needs a good test, and this was one that especially made it for me: A reasonably dark restaurant and a bar that has hardly any lights on – Perfect!
All set and a night out on the town, annnd a place to stash the camera incase I decided to go a bit hard while I was out: WORK! Also I am aware that taking a trinket such as a $4000 camera out on the town wasn’t a great idea, but thats really up to the insurance company to decide. Haha
So here we are, the tests – First test shots are not processed in Photoshop – only resized to put up in the corner the original size with grain. The second test pics are on flickr and slightly touched up in Lightroom.

// Test 1: The dark Italian Restaurant.

Warm Chicken Salad

Me!

Tortellini Bosciola (I had it too! Freaking awesome!)

// Test 2: The dim lit Bar.

Dasha spinning out some tunes

Dasha spinning out some tunes

Hide and go sneaky!

Louise at the bar – Only light is from register!!

Signing off for the night – Me + Kimmy

I love this camera and I just can’t wait to get out and do a proper shoot with it! Loving the new setting where you can increase or decrease the bokeh effect too!
I just love working with it so much and the HD video system is great too… but no so good when you’ve had a few drinks from the girls that you know behind the bar and you mention ‘strong drink’ to them…

Oh, all shots were take on my VERY cheap Canon 50mm f/1.8! So many times I thought I was shooting through a f/1.4.