Thanks Ben
the 5D2 costs a fortune but i only bought this one because my local reseller just got a used one in store with the 24-105L lens and he gave me a nice price so i grabbed it directly.
I will start off by saying that there is no magic to fullframe which so many photographers desire and try to get their hands on. As i shoot with both and all types of shots from concerts to sports and everything inbetween in various lightingconditions i get just as good results with my 7D as i get with the 5D2, however.. the fullframe sensor generates less noise at higher ISO values, i'd say about half as much noise. But in the end it doesn't really matter that much as you have such great noisereductiontools and plugins now that can get the job done and preserve lots of detail.
Most of my work is still done with the 7D as it has a superior AF system and it's speed is miles better than what the 5D2 is capable of and the output quality is about the same. I'm only using the 5D2 in certain situations as a backup camera with a wideangle zoomlens on various events i shoot.
The 5D2 can produce acceptable ISO 3200 shots but if you push it much further up to 6400 and beyond then things start to look nasty. I can post some examples if you want to see..
Some visible difference is there when i view them on my monitor, but that's pixelpeeping (
something you should never do) and normally noise you never notice if you print your images. Printing is a whole different thing from viewing your images on a display at a couple of decimeters distance.
/ Magnus
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