Comments on: Top 10 reasons why you should NOT buy the Canon EOS 5D

By: tim

tim — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 08:53:21 +0000

poor review, The 5D fit in a great market and in my feild os the most common camera, seems like a review for reviews sake….

By: Antoine Khater

Antoine Khater — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 05:58:30 +0000

First let me thank you for taking the time to read my post.

Now regarding the price, it seems that we both agree that if the Canon EOS 5D is not within your reach we’d better be looking for something else. I couldn’t afford it either so I went for the Canon EOS 30D too, so price could be a, if not THE reason, for not buying it.

Second, I totally agree with you, if you don’t have enough money to buy the Canon EOS 5D, the 1D is surely not an option but, again, this is just a list and each point should be considered separately and your photography NEEDS might be more of a 1D series than the 5D.

Third regarding the numbers of frames per seconds, it won’t matter what lens your sticking on the Canon EOS 5D it will still not be able to give you more than 3fps, so if this is not enough for you, here also, you should be looking somewhere else.

Finally, it is obvious that the Canon EOS 5D has a market niche of its own, a grey zone if I may call it. Professionals MIGHT prefer to go for a 1D series whereas amateurs would rather save money and go for the xxD series or even xxxD series.

All this being said, it is irrefutable that the Canon EOS 5D is and outstanding camera in all aspects.

By: Picsbydan

Picsbydan — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 01:25:03 +0000

I can’t understand why you would consider these valid reasons to not buy a d5 Canon slr. Lets start with your money objection.
When I looked into the d5 I found it out of my price range. When you cant afford something, you can look at cameras in your price range or wait. I opted for a canon 30d. Also if you can’t afford a 5d you shouldn’t compare it to the 1d series. Another point. If you are in need of faster frames per second than 3. Try and get someone else to buy your equipment because there are these things on the end called lenses. If your lense isn’t fast then neither is your camera.
I usually don’t get this ramped up about what camera to buy but if you are going to present these as reasons not to buy something it’s a weak argument.