True wide angle and Anti-Shake
It is not impossible or particularly expensive to achieve a good wide-angle on the
APS-C size 5D image sensor. The 18-70mm kit lens at 18mm produced the exterior
of Como’s cathedral for Shirley on the left. An independent 14mm ƒ2.8 used at
ƒ2.8 with 1/15th of a second exposure, hand-held, recorded the ceiling of S. Maria
Maggiore in Bergamo, above, for David – no tripod needed thanks to Anti-Shake.
were able to find convenient outward white detail typical of the island. To
and return times from Newcastle complete our exploration of the 5D,
with just a little over £40 to pay in we’ve shot a set of outdoor portraits
airport taxes for the two of us). using all the variations of colour
The 5D actually produced a mode provided by the camera, by
more consistent set of exposures Dimage Master and for reference
than the 7D, both being used most the results of using Photoshop.
of the time in Program mode. We With a few years experience of
made a point of not overriding many makes of digital SLR behind us
the auto settings on the 5D, and it now, one aspect of the 5D is outstand-
didn’t lose any shots despite a wide ing – the quality of the colour render-
range of subjects and conditions. ing. The Anti-Shake function is of
The 18-70mm ƒ3.5-5.6 AF DT course the big selling point, and the
(D) kit lens proved more than up to sharpness for a 6 megapixel camera
the required standard, with a better is exceptional as our double-page
straight-line geometry at 18mm than reproduction should prove. Yet in the
a couple of independent make zooms end, it’s the superb colour quality the
we also had along. To our surprise, camera puts into its JPEG images that
the 5D body with this lens fitted stands out from the competition.
snugly in the same small Lowepro Skin tones are particularly good.
D-Res bag which we had bought for The Dynax 7D was already ahead
the Dimage A2 earlier in the year. in this respect, but the addition of
Overleaf you will find a portfolio Portrait sRGB takes the 5D a step
from one of our readers lucky enough further. Landscape sRGB was used
to get an early 5D, and visit Santorini. for the Kelso Race Course sequence
The efficiency of the camera’s and those greens are amazing too.
metering can be judged from the Perhaps you can see now why
way these pictures – taken as JPEGs we are entirely digital today.
not raw files – have retained all the null
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