Quote Originally Posted by aaronjones View Post
Chris,
That's too bad about your first mkII experience. I can see why you wouldn't want to spend the extra money if its not out performing you 5d. So far mine has been everything that I expected and more. I was going to hold out for the mkIII but who knows when it will come out and I got sick of waiting.

Shooting with a rebel for so long, everything on this camera seems like a luxury but I'm particularly liking the fact that I can shoot at iso1600 on this camera and the images look as clean or cleaner than 400 on the rebel. Also loving the perceived shallower depth of field and the fact that I have sRAW and microfocus adjust (though I haven't had to use it on any lenses yet).

The copy I have has produced very sharp images so far but its possible that I just got a good copy or that my lenses are just happening to match up well with the body...

I hear you on the price of that 1d mark IV, especially considering that you could get about 4 5d's for the price. I hope you figure out a good solution to the problems resulting from your mirror issues! Your photos are unreal- I am frightened by the thought of the images you would get out of the 1d mark IV, lol.
I think the part that ticked me off the most is when the 1st 5DMKII arrived, it was like Christmas! I open it up and LOVED how it felt in my hand, much better than the original 5D and I really loved that big LCD screen. I threw some L glass on it and rushed off to take some pics. I then loaded them up on my computer and just sat and stared and said "WTF is this, what's wrong?" Sent it back for another one and this time while the photo's were much better than off that 1st one they still weren't any better than the original 5D. In-fact they were softer and less detailed. I played with every on camera setting in the user menu and nothing helped.

One thing I don't like about the MKIV is it isn't full frame, I really like that on the 5D.