I’ve had the chance to take a few shots with the new 5D MkII. I’ve not really done any proper comparative testing yet but I’ve been impressed with the results so far; things are looking quite promising.

Take the following shots. I took these the day before we bought a new car. As I had the cash, we decided to have a bit of photography fun with it and use it as a prop in some shots.

When I loaded the shots into Lightroom, I was immediately struck by the detail. They are instantly much sharper than the 20D’s RAW files. Canon has always had a bit of a reputation for soft photos which need to be sharpened up in software. The 5D MkII’s files are so much sharper.

Take a look at the following shots. The first shot on each line is the full frame. They have not been processed in any way other than saving as a TIF & adding a border; no sharpening has been added. The second on each line is a 100% crop from the original which shows the level of unprocessed detail available.

Pretty impressive, eh? (well it is if you’re used to the results of a 20D!)