5d or 450d?

ricrick

i am willing to buy a camera and now i have two choices
canon 5d or 450d

5d is $1k more expensive then 450d since it has a full frame sensor
i am wondering if that full frame sensor really that important and worth that 1000 bucks

Catpiano

Oh man ..  how can we help you?

they are so diff ..  

It is like asking ..  should I buy a Honda CRV or a Lotus Elise ??

5D is by far more then just $1K over 450D  

5D is like $2,500  and 450D is around $700

Same old question to ask you, why you need a DSLR?  what kind of pic u like? how is your PS skill? you like pic just fresh off from the DSLR, and print? or you like to do some editing??

Yes .. from NUMBER ..  they both 12/13MP  but they are so different ( like CRV and ELISE, they are close in horse power )

ricrick

well.. are u telling me the reason to buy a 5d is just for 虛榮心？
i have done some research on both cameras.
by reading their spec. their functions are really very close..  the biggest different is the sensor
so, if anyone can tell what are the advantages to have a full frame and are the differences really noticeable with human eyes?

shutterbug

Two different classes of camera...I'd like to know why you pick these two instead of a say 40D?  40D is a way better camera then both 5D or 450D except for the FF.

What do you do with your camera? I mean do you really need FF?

Do you do low light photography?

It's hard to help without more info....

Catpiano

Then narrow it down to 40D    more a in between camera ..  

Again, which body ..  doesn't matter .  body may be just 10-20% of the system ..  

Size ..  build quality ..  material .. ( metal body vs plastic )

If you are quite new to photography, then FF or 1.6x .  probably won't make much different  ..  actually 1.6x 450D (or 40D) may be better for you, since you can buy much lower cost EF-S lens and other lens..  (ie $100 to buy a 50 F1.8 on a 1.6x body, vs $500 to buy a 85 F1.8)

shutterbug

I think people are over exaggerating the FF factor.  Yes, it's nice to have and blah blah blah
but if you're a sports photog then a cropy body is just as good.

Catpiano

Yeah .. just like compare FF to MF ..   

With film .. then of course, the bigger .. is better .. 645 .. 66 .. 67 .. can hv more detial and control over 35mm ..  and 35mm is better then aps size ...  

However, now in the digital sensor age ..   most ..  most users .. dont even know what is "35mm standard"  nor even 2x3 ratio .. (of course, not even MF  LF format ... )

So ..  for a 10 MP sensor ..  no matter it is 35x 24 or 24x16 ..  it doesn't matter to many people ..  as long as when they blow up the pic .. the "density" of pixel is about the same anyway ..

[ 本帖最後由 Catpiano 於 2008-3-7 12:11 編輯 ]

SAZABI

FF for the win!