After buying my Canon 5D Mkii in April 2010, I knew I’d never be happy with my 50D, or another crop body again! I’d never really understood the reason for full frame when I first started getting into photography, with my then trusty Canon 400D, all I really knew back then, was that the full frame Canon’s wouldn’t be able to use some of the lenses I had / might buy (EF-S). A few years on, and after learning about the crop factor etc.. looking at various images taken, reading tonnes of reviews I decided to make the leap and ordered the camera from Amazon.
I’m so glad I did, the IQ (Image Quality) difference between the 50D and the 5D mk2 was night and day, the full frame sensor handles noise with ease, no longer am I scared to push the ISO beyond 800, the sharpness, the colours, how much nicer it is to use my Canon 50mm F1.4 lens on a full frame, I was (and still am) smitten.
I’d been putting it off replacing my 50D out of sheer laziness to be quite honest, I’d asked my friend Stuart at Digital Depot to keep any eye out for an original 5D for me, almost to force me into sorting things out, well last weekend he did exactly that. He’d had a 5D ‘Classic’ traded in so gave me a shout.
The camera was what can only be described as ‘mint’ condition, on the original 5D, the hot shoe is black and has a tendency to wear down to the silver (of course there is nothing wrong with that), but this didn’t even have any wear on that! Even the strap had never been used and was supplied in it’s wrapper.
It was the push I needed, my Canon 50D went up for sale on the Talk Photography forums and had interest almost straight away, a day later I’d agreed a price with the new owner, he’d bank transferred the money to me and I was at the Post Office the next day sending the camera special delivery!
That was that!. I now have two Canon 5D’s, 1x Classic, 1x Mk2, my lens ‘collection’ is pretty much complete for day to day stuff too:
Canon EF 17-40 mm f/4.0 L USM
Canon EF 50 mm f/1.4 USM
Canon EF 24-70 mm f/2.8 L USM
Canon EF 70-200 mm f/4.0 L IS USM
Even though I don’t want to do much photography at the moment, it’s nice to know that for the job’s I’ve got booked up, I’ve got the full frame backup or the option to just keep the 17-40L on the 5D classic to take in some of the wide shots!
The other cheeky bonus to this camera replacement is that I now qualify for Canon’s CPS Gold membership instead of the silver I had previously 
Dave.
