Let me clarify one thing, I’m not buying a Ford. Focus on Imaging 2010 is coming to an NEC near you soon. Well an NEC near me anyway and as they’ve sent my free ticket it’s worth going.
So as I’m there already you know I’m looking to spend money. Targets for acquisition?
1) Canon Eos 5D MkII
It’s the obvious upgrade for me, I like the full frame format of the existing 5D so a bump in specs is nice.
2) Canon WFT-E4 Wireless Adaptor
I usually go for the battery grip, but I like the functionality of remote trigger and wifi this device offers. O.k. it’s around £600, but the battery grip is £250 so it’s not really over the top.
Costs are a big consideration, as mentioned before selling my old 5D will bring in around £700, the battery grip maybe £100 more. But I’m looking for discounts at Focus. After all the Eos 1D Mk III I bought a few years back was discounted by around £400, so I’m looking for around £250 off the 5D Mk II. Hopefully this should bring the price down to around £1,500. Leaving me around £700 short on the deal.
An incoming dividend (around £1,300) should help balance things up a bit. Though, hopefully the bottom hasn’t fallen out of the used 5D market yet.
Potential Stumbling blocks/issues:
- Batteries for the 5D MkII are around £60 each – no real cheapies (other than none smart ones).
- The WFT-E4 needs the same battery as the camera – Cheapskates at Canon don’t supply one with the device.
- 21mp Raw images means existing 4gb cards are now a lot smaller!, 2gb cards might as well leave at this point.
- HDD space, still an issue at the moment – I really need to resolve this.
- I’ll probably annoy more people with HD Video on YouTube