Canon EOS 5/A2E
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| Pro | Versatile, fast AF, Fast Shutter speed, Silent motor drive, PC Sync Socket, Solid, Back dial, Eye control focus very efficient,great with the VG-10 Grip, very useful custom functions, interchangeable focusing screens...even more | ||
| Contra | Too much polycarbonate with an Magnesium alloy body could be an "All" Pro Camera, too much complicated control dial, eye control focus only works in horizontal, no an optional power supply on the VG-10 vertical grip | ||
| Thoughts | My favorite film EOS, easy to use but with proffesional features well built, is azom how good are a camera with an design from 1992, 15 years and still modern even superior to many digital cameras!!! | ||
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| Pro | I have a close colleague who has used A2 since it was introduced and it has proven to be unstoppable. His cameras are all scratched and have been subjected to extreme abuse in architectural photography, including being dropped from heights up to one story, and require the very minimum of maintenance. Hence, when I was in the market for a 35mm slr I opted for the A2. Happily, the only weakness - the command dial - can now be replaced with a new version with metal parts for a very nominal charge (at least at my tech shop). All in all, superior to EOS 1 Series and every other Canon SLR too. Built in flash is extremely convenient for flash fill, especially when you need a little catch light in groups and portraits. Of course, it doesn't work with longer lenses. Best used with 28-135mm range. | ||
| Contra | I keep a spare CR5 handy at all times. Am careful to bag body around salt spray and wipe down immediately after light misting (as around waterfalls), since there are no gaskets at joints as in EO1/1n,etc.
I invested in a used VG-10 vertical grip and that greatly increased the ergonomics of the beast but I would like to see a grip with extra batteries. I know others have spoken of that, too. Nothing about the A2 I can't live with though. | ||
| Thoughts | The most versatile slr you can buy, even today. And a rare, rare bargain on the internet. I paid $99 for a barely used body and $45 for the vertical grip. I have an old friend who is a Canon Factory-Trained technician and he agrees that the A2/5s are as dependable as an auto focus, electronic camera can get. | ||
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| Pro | Fast, accurate AF. Built-in flash performs well while within its working range.
Easy-to-use user interface, except command dial. Top shutter speed, 1/8000s, is useful when shooting under strong sunshine with ISO 400 film. | ||
| Contra | Command dial is hard to use when finger is slick.
Body does not feel as solid as eos7. Eats power fast, but it does not bother me too much. | ||
| Thoughts | If Canon gave it a solid body structure and easy-to-use command dial, it would be a perfect camera to me. | ||
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| Pro | I like everything about this EOS 5. bought 2nd hand with grip. | ||
| Contra | owned and used for six months. No problems worth writing about, and no problems with dials. | ||
| Thoughts | Twiddled for a day then put camera on auto and began shooting. Results beyond my expectations. No probles and built in flash works very wee. Ideal camera. I like a good heavy camera which looks good but is also great to use. | ||
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| Pro | Many pro like functions, high shutter and sync speeds, PC output, zoom flash, 2 speed film advance, leader out option, near IR AF assist light, great Vertical Grip, optional focusing screens, DEP mode, Powered up/down built-in flash, MLU, Eye-Control-AF & DOF, fast rewind.
The Eos 5 is better than the A2E - Manual exposure display - beep & pop-up flash options. My was one of the last made EOS 5 QD. | ||
| Contra | Hard to connect remote switch, no E-TTL flash, no dedicated D-O-F preview button, no RC-1 wireless remote, very plastic camera body, eats batteries, no battery pack grip, Eye-Control-AF Horz. only, not very quiet.
Most important the poorly designed Command Dial tends to break (leaving you stuck in the last selected mode) and the micro switches on the hot shoe stick (then the built-in flash will not pop up) The fix for me was costly but now you can search the net for a solution. | ||
| Thoughts | Great camera only wish I had known of the fix for the problems I had. After 2 repairs that cost nearly as much as the the camera I sold it. Now I wish I still had it! My replacement EOS 3 is great but I miss the built-in zoom flash and AF assist light, and the vertical on the EOS 5 was much better for my small hands. | ||
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| Pro | So ease of use, practical, well-built! | ||
| Contra | In year 2004, there are some weaknesses comparatively, like ETTL, extra battery, better flash, smarter AF & metering. But don't forget EOS5 was 10+ years old. | ||
| Thoughts | To give a very fair comment. IT IS PROBABLY THE BEST EOS. We are not racing in features, price or status. A good camara gives you the right shot whenever you need. And that's what EOS 5 never fail. I am sure other users can echo this! The super friendly user interface is one of the KEY. Other brands surely do have very competitve features, or even more. But user interface enable the photographer to SHOOT at this best. And more interestingly... this camara can be a toy for beginner, a hobby for amatuer, and real tool for a pro... Not many camara can live like that. Of course, some pros may not agree if they demand specific needs on latest features. But hay... I truly believe EOS 5 can fulfill 90% needs in general!! And that's why I just bought a used body, even though I am now heavily shooting DSLR!!! | ||
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| Pro | The true "T90" of the EOS range.... equipped with almost every tool and function one could ask for. | ||
| Contra | Unlike the T90, it doesn't have a "safety shift" function to correct exposure when setting either Av or Tv mode beyond the coupling range for a correct exposure. | ||
| Thoughts | With a pro motorsport photographer for a father, and having already worked in photographic retail for 3 years by the time of the EOS5's launch it could be reasonably said that I demand a lot from a camera.
Within 6 months of it's launch I owned my first (and still missed) SLR in the way of a T90.... a camera that could spoil you for anything that may follow it. During the following few years of Canon's development I eschewed the EOS range as I felt it had yet to come of age. With the launch of the EOS 600 (630) however I realised it was time to take the plunge. The 600 proved to be an exceptional camera, and I doubled up with an RT as a second body, but still there were things that made me miss the T90. At work one day our Canon rep turned up with a preview EOS 5 body. 10 minutes later I'd agreed trade in figures for my 600 and RT for a pair of the first EOS5 bodies I could lay my hands on! Others have used the term before, but it was simply THE most transparetn camera body I'd ever encountered... you could just get on with taking the picture and let it do the rest.... but if you wanted all the bells and whistles they were there too. You could just as easily use it to take a crafted studio shot as you could hand it to your grandmother in full-auto and guarantee a quality snapshot. I owned my 5 based setup for 9 years (until my passion for SLR photography slipped in favour of the portability of high-end/high-quality compacts) and NEVER found fault with it. From time to time I borrow a couple of lenses and a body from my father.... he uses an EOS 3, a 1n, and a 10Digital. They are ALL as intuitive to use as my 5s were, but none are QUITE as good all round. | ||
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| Pro | Price.
Fast. Quiet. Good metering system. Spot. | ||
| Contra | Not sealed (e.g. like the EOS 3)
DOF preview must be coupled with exposure storage. No battery pack. Tiny controls (the controls of EOS 1/3 are much better). Eye control sucks (AF reacts slower). | ||
| Thoughts | Price/value at its best.
I had the EOS 5 and the EOS 3 (with Booster) and could compare them. The EOS 5 had not been slower at all (ok, the number of frames is slightly slower but the camera reacts really fast). The metering system of the EOS 5 was even better than the EOS 3 (this needed a service to get a new BIOS). Great value for the price, but the contra arguments made me selling the EOS 5. | ||
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| Pro | Grip
Speed Layout Looks | ||
| Contra | Ok, it is a bit too much plastic (creaks a bit when a heavy lens is attached).
No AA batteries. | ||
| Thoughts | I love this camera, especially with the VG10
Pick one up secondhand for about $350 and be amazed how good this camera still is! considering it was introduced about 10 years ago. I got mine "pro used", doesn't look that great anymore, but it still works like a charm. Get one and give the Eos 30/33 a run for the money! | ||
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| Pro | Lot of Pro Class features
Good / fast Auto Focus + 5 points AF Custom Functions + DOF preview Fast Rewind | ||
| Contra | Plastic Body
difficult to fix the cable release Eats up Battery | ||
| Thoughts | I'm proud to own one.
It has all the features I need. The camera never dissapointed me. If you own this with couple of good lens, no need to look for a pro body. | ||
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| Pro | Had this camera for 8 years - it has never let me down - silent winding - god erconomics with th vg10 grip - brigt finder - spot meetering - god af - nice range of lenses | ||
| Contra | plastic feel and bad flash | ||
| Thoughts | The eos 5, the ef 100 mm macro 2,8 and the 300 mm L 4.0 has been the best investment i have done in 35 mm slr photography. I do most medium format photgraphy but Im impressed over the durability of this fairly cheap plastic camera | ||
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| Pro | 1- The camera offers a lot of useful functions that you can easely control thanks to a very good ergonomy.
2- Fast and reliable autofocus, perfect exposure meter. 3- Extremely fast and quiet motor drive. 4- Powerful incorporated flash with red-eye reduction lamp. 5- Excellent AF infrared light. | ||
| Contra | 1- Old flash functions: no E-TTL or Hi-Speed Sincro and a reduced compatibility with new EX flashes.
2- Depth of Field preview is eye controlled, there's no button. This means that, looking at the scene, very often you activate this function unintentionally and you have to release the click button to reset the camera, and to press it again to focus and take the picture. What's more, since the eye control works only with the camera in horizontal position, this function doesn't work with the camera in vertical position. 3- Mirror movements are a bit too luod. 4- The "Eye control" is not much more than a joke... | ||
| Thoughts | In my opinion, that's the greatest Eos Camera ever, together with the unique 1V. The Eos 5 offers professional (5 frame per second, real spot exposure, tap for external flashes etc. etc.) and amateur (built-in flash, several exposure programs etc. etc.) functions at a very good price. I hope that Canon will soon make a new camera like this, changing the x-sincro (from 1/200 to 1/250), adding the new flash functions and a DOF previw button; this way, I wouldn't need my 1V anymore. And that's probably the reason why they won't make a camera like this... | ||
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| Pro | Very fast motor drive, fast af, reliable exposure and autofocus.
A lot of functions, excellent flash (GN 13-17). Very good ergonomy. | ||
| Contra | Mirror operates too loud and the camera vibrates absolutely too much to be used with slow times, without a tripod.
Eye control useless. Bad DOF preview system. Sincro at 1/200 not confortable to use. No E-TTL or high speed sincro. | ||
| Thoughts | An excellent professional body, if you consider it's more than 10 years old, that's beginning to pay its age.
Anyway, still a very good choise, if you find it used at a good price. | ||
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| Pro | fast AF
fast motor build in flash top metering system (like EOS 1n) - no differenz to EOS 3/1V!! second hand price: about 350 Euro!! spot metering very quiet 5-point AF flash metering can be connected with Spot metering | ||
| Contra | plastik made body
slow x-sync needs expensive batteries ( AA would be better!!) eye - control is not usefull | ||
| Thoughts | good camera in the best system
not a toy! works good under bad conditions (storm, ice, wet) I think it`s the best camera you can buy!! | ||
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| Pro | fast auto focus good metering system Light have built-in flash / motodrive | ||
| Contra | eat batteries like crazy VG-10 not AA battaries Comand Dial very hard no e-ttl eye control no use 5 fps only in one shoot / 2.5 fps for continues frame (slow) | ||
| Thoughts | I love this camera even i got a Eos 3, i still hope canon can produce a new battery pack that my canon EOS 5 can uses a AA. | ||
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| Pro | most all features i could wish for + silent, ECF, 5 fps, DOF preview, autobracket, spot.. | ||
| Contra | nice to have: E-TTL, bright viewfinder like an olympus OM1-4, freely assign functions to the 4 buttons on the back, 10% smaller, batteries in VG10, AF capability of EOS3, ... just bragging ;-) | ||
| Thoughts | up unitl 10 yrs ago i shot a lot with an olympus OM4 system - 1 year ago i rediscovered photography and after several nights updating my SLR knowledge on the web i settled for an EOS5... got body, lenses etc. over time 2nd hand - love it! as i assume that canon will just about only develop digital cameras anymore i am afraid my "little" wishlist above will eventually not be realized - still in my eyes BEST value for the money there is - especially used (like all my equip) | ||
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| Pro | I wont bore you listing the features of this camera as they are already well covered on this site. Best bits have to be the eye-control focus (hey, it may be a gimmick , but if your gonna have a gimmick have this one), also 'stealth' mode, my EOS10s sounds like a road traffic accident in comparison (would'nt get rid of it though) | ||
| Contra | Life's too short for them (same goes for the battery power) and they are too minor to take up your time reading about them. | ||
| Thoughts | A first class camera and when mated with it's intended 28-105USM lens it really comes into its own. I have been after this camera for a couple of years, despite its age, and finally bought one about 6 months ago. It is used mainly for weddings and sport photography and has always re-produced first class images (you can easliy put your trust in this cameras ability to read the conditions correctly). I did use it for a short time with the 28-80mm-nonUSM lens (a fine lens in it's own right, a paperweight when stood next to it's USM cousin). I have added the VG10 grip (essential), but £20 for the optional strap !!! come on guys. Despite the negative comments I have read about the usefullness of the built in flash I could'nt do without it. I also use the Cobra 700AF flash unit with grip and have found that it performs very well and makes a great substitute for the Canon unit (the similar spec canon would cost about the same as the EOS 5 did). In summary I have to say that until we can buy an EOS1D without selling off various family members to raise the cash then this will remain the one to beat If you buy it as your first SLR then you dont know how lucky you are, if you got one after decades of using countless other makes/models then you will already what I mean. | ||
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| Pro | I am a retired Photjournalist with 37 years in the business. I shot PENTAX manual focus most of the time until 1996 when I bought an A2/35-350 combo from friend. Never regretted it. For PJ purposes, the A2 is quiet, fast and Oh! how it goes with those IS lenses! In the field, where the rubber meets the road so to speak, the A2 is quick, agile and silent. | ||
| Contra | Because it eats regular batteries during PJ and wedding duties, I use the BP-5 ~all~ the time. | ||
| Thoughts | As I was a "pro" for so long, I don't understand those who may or may not be "pros" complaints about the camera. This "old" camera speeding along @ 5fps with the VG-10 outshoots all but the very best of today's Canon/Nikon. Though the A2 is utterly ancient AF architechture by modern SLR camera standards, at $400 new in box, an A2 today (Feb, 2002) just ~has~ to be the absolute best AF camera buy ~ever~. | ||
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| Pro | Very silent. Accurate AF in low light conditions. | ||
| Contra | It has a plasticy feel about it. | ||
| Thoughts | If you turn off the AF confirmation beep and the AF assist light, you 'll end up with a real "stealth" camera. Even without the AF assist light still very accurate focusing in low light conditions. | ||
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| Pro | Good ergonomics, ECF is a nice feature, 5 fps motor, built in flash (nice for someone who seldom uses flash), quiet drive and almost silent rewind. Metering is very accurate. Fit and build quality are both good. | ||
| Contra | Command dial malfunctions. I have 2 A2E's. The first camera's dial broke at 2 months, the second camera's went at 14 months. The first was repaired by Canon, the second modified by Horizon Electronics of Union City, California. I recommend the modification because it doesn't just replace the faulty parts, it modifies the dial to function more smoothly, removes the unnecessary dial lock and lessens the likelihood of further malfunctions. | ||
| Thoughts | I have been quite pleased with these cameras. Prior to buying into the EOS system, I was a manual focus Nikon user (25+ years). My research showed the EOS was a bit ahead of the Nikon competition in technology and the prices were somewhat less than equivalent Nikon bodies and Nikkor lenses. I have been surprised at how well these cameras function under a variety to circumstances. I'm not one to update equipment often (obviously), so I believe the A2E's will continue to be used for some time to come. | ||
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| Pro | price&performance. | ||
| Contra | flash system. (maybe it's just me) | ||
| Thoughts | i've had eos5 for 6 years. now i use eos3 but the eos5 is always in my camera bag wherever i go. the vg-10 grip is really nice to have with the body. | ||
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| Pro | Good camera for its price. Performance and functionalities are near to profesional modeals like having spot metering. | ||
| Contra | Fail to triggle auto-focus assist on every external flash that cost me lots of unproper focused pictures that subjects are 2.5 meters and above at dark sense. | ||
| Thoughts | I hope there is some firmware upgrade that enable it to use external flash-gun's auto-focus assist light. By the way, the auto focus based on eyes movement is practically useless. Overall, it is a very good camera expect the complaits on auto-focus assits with external flash. | ||
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| Pro | Everything on it for a decent price | ||
| Contra | They say the dial is malfunctioning a lot, but mine is ok so far | ||
| Thoughts | buy it, if you haven't got money for the eos 1 or 3 | ||
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| Pro | Quality, features, dependability. Pro-spec on a budget. Best value for money camera ever from Canon. | ||
| Contra | None. | ||
| Thoughts | 8 Years of abuse - looks good as new. No problems. Excellent photos, focus, exposure. Replaced 650 in '93. Even the D30 will not be retiring this baby!! | ||
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| Pro | The camera feels solid when you first pick it up. * Ergonomics of the camera is great as it is. * Custom Functions. * 5fps with no booster. * Very quiet fast rewind. * Good auto focus. * The mirror prefire. * Fast shutter speed 1/8000 * DOF preview * 5 points AF 0 0 0 0 0 | ||
| Contra | * Flimsy top-dial * Lack of an alternative power supply unless one buys the extremely bulky and inconvenient belt-clipped BP-5 * The flash system which is inadequate * Dificult to use the focus auxiliary red light with some L pro lens. | ||
| Thoughts | I have a Canon EOS A2 buyed in a used market here in RIO DE JANEIRO - BRAZIL. It's my first AF camera after many years with my Minolta SRT 102. The grip is great at first impression. I love my EOS A2. The EOS A2 was released in 1992 (beyond its time...). It is a semi-professional camera for people who could not or would not buy an EOS 1. Despite the relatively old project (early '90s) the EOS A2 is very actual. I have many of the most important tools in professional photo in a practice and ergonomic camera. It's a excellent camera with a very good price. | ||
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| Pro | I love the eye control, and I wear glasses. I like the simple five-point arrangement - the EOS 3's 45-point system is too distracting. The 5's ECF works very, very well if you use faster lenses - f/2.8 or wider max aperture, but it's unreliable and sluggish with slower lenses. I now only buy L-series zooms and mid-range (eg 50 f/1.4, 85 f/1.8 USM primes) as these all work the best and aren't excessively expensive or heavy. | ||
| Contra | Command dial failure on my 1999 purchase within 14 months. | ||
| Thoughts | I have owned two EOS 5's over the years. My original, bought in mid 1994, is still working flawlessly. However, the second body I bought in 1999 suffered a command dial failure - I think the specification was changed at some stage, replacing a quality part with a naff plastic one prone to failure. Can anyone tell me a repair shop in England where I can get the quality part installed? | ||
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| Pro | Virtually silent operation. Soft mirror. Fast AF. Easy handling especially with vertical grip. Quite light. | ||
| Contra | ECF not really usable. AF not as precise as it should be. Too much plastic. A-TTL not really great. | ||
| Thoughts | Excellent body. Would be a keeper if it was a bit more sturdy. | ||
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| Thoughts | I've used the EOS 5 for about a year when the function dial decided to quit. No biggie, cause its still under warrenty. I now have an EOS 30 as a back up though. The 30 is definitely quiter than the 5(with the 5, you still can hear the mirror.....slap, slap, slap) and the eye control is more responsive. However, after using the 30 for the past weekend, I've decided to keep the 5 for some reasons the 30 did not address. First, the 5 has a pc socket which is very useful to me. I also found that the 30 tends to hunt more in low light conditions. Lastly, I'm using the 28-135 IS lens and it seems to have better weight distribution when used with the 5. There is one common shortcoming in both bodies though, no LCD backlits. | ||
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| Thoughts | I have over 2700 rolls of film thru both of my A2's and I have never had a problem (ie Control Wheel) or ANYTHING else for that matter happen to either one of mine. I work for United Airlines and travel extensively and my Canon's have seen every Imaginable type of weather, packed in my suitcases and tossed around, dropped by accident, left in 120 degree heat and hotter in my car car here in Phoenix, AZ, these things purr like they did when they were brand new. IMHO the best Canon ever made and especially now when you can buy a body brand new for 399. | ||
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| Thoughts | I own an EOS 5 since 8 years and shot a lot of film with it, somewhat in between 100 and 150 rolls I think. I bought this camera with an EF 28-105mm/3.5-4.5, which perfectly fits to it and is a very versatile allround-lens. I like the nearly loudless operation of the winder together with the very silent USM of the lens. Also the shutter and the mirror operate very quite. Focussing works well, only the eye-control is a little bit tricky when direct sunlight shines through the lens. But the aperture "preview" by looking on a specialy marked area on the viewfinder is the best feature of the eye-control - better than doing acrobatics with your fingers in order to find the apropriate button for closing the aperture of the lens. The first battery included with the camera gave up after a few months, but normaly a battery last longer than 20 films. I exchange battery after 1 to 2 years, even with 20 films a year. The only thing which is poison for the battery is leaving the camera switched on in its bag for some weeks: even if it is in low-power-operation when the shutter button is not pressed, it consumes still much more power than switched off. The case of my camera shows a lot of scapes, but the camera never stopped working. Most times I use the program automatic, here I like the easy possibility of all Canon body for shifting the program (switching between several aperture/exposure combinations). | ||
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| Thoughts | I'm using it for six years. Had just one failure. Recently the battery symbol started blinking (electronics problem). Lucky me having extended warrenty+insurance. After repair it worked fine again. The repair paper said they've changed some electronics. After a telefhone call with the repair shop (Foto Anno Bakker, NL), they told me it was the first eos-5 they've had to repair, but told me they had repaird some eos-3(just on the market). The newer cameras are possibly less folt-tolerant or to soon on the market. My older AE1 or T-90 never let me down. For the rest i am a very happy user. I'm working with the eos-5 in combination with the speedlite 300TL, and thinking of upgrading the flash to a 430EZ. And to all you readers. The camera is still be a very good buy. Even when it is second-hand. TIP: Somtimes older lenses (more-pro-types (not L)) are better then the new ones (consumer-types). | ||
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| Thoughts | I am a user of 2 EOS-5 bodies and an EOS-650 body. I bought the first EOS-5 in early 1994. Allthough I'm a rough user, this body is still in great shape. The only that came off was the plastic button which (un)locks the lense to the body. But with a small screwdriver this camera was still useable so I didn't had to stop photographing. Luckely I haven't had any problem with the Menu-switch so far. What I especialy like about the EOS-5 is it's fast motordrive (5 shots a sec.) and it's quick rewinding time of a full film. When your in a stressed situation with quick response photographing and fast film changing, the EOS-5 allways proved to be a reliable camera. | ||
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| Thoughts | I own a 5 since 6 years now and it never failed on me. Last summer I dropped it from 2m height on a wooden floor in a cabin up in Norway. The bottom plate lost a piece of plastic (I could see the internal wiring!) but it continued working without noticeable problems. I shot 25+ rolls since the accident before I had it repaired (USD125) Up to no (knock on wood) no problems with the command dial. | ||
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| Thoughts | I own an EOS 5 in addition to a 10, 50E, 100,2x600s and an EF-M, so I guess I'm pretty pro-Canon. I've never had a problem with any of the bodies (the odd lens problem, though). This is not the most up-to-date machine around, but it is still one of the best - the one I use when I simply must get a result Not only that, but for me the eye-controlled AF works brilliantly - I particularly like the eye-controlled Depth of Field preview. As regards the mode dial, my wife dropped her EOS 100 and broke the mode dial. Cost to repair it? £27 from a local camera shop here in Edinburgh. I'd be surprised if it coost much more on the 5, so I couldn't care less about the problem, and would reccommend shopping around for cheaper repairs! Certainly, this remains a superb camera for semi-pro work at a remarkably cheap price. | ||
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| Thoughts | I've owned the EOS 5 for over 2 years. Through many weddings, portraits and photojournalism assignments it has worked flawlessly. The camera meter has never failed me (unless I second-guess it). Focusing is ok, I've used better though. In poor lighting conditions (ie: night sporting events) use the center point with f2.8 lenses. Forget eye control except in candid situations. This camera is ultra quiet. My 1n sounds like a sledge hammer on a garbage can compared to the EOS 5. Never had a problem with the control dial. | ||
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| Thoughts | In my opinion the best EOS relative to the competition that's ever been made, I've ditched all the rest of my EOS gear for 2 F100s, but I will keep the A2E as long as it will hold out. | ||
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| Thoughts | I've owned my E-5 for 3 years right now, I use (and abuse) it for photojournalism and never had a problem... and I don't pay attention to pressing the button each time I switch the mode (only to turn it on, that is!). It has been working under the rain (light), on sand (beaches and deserts), dust and cocked a couple of times with me in the steam of some old locomotives. It's almost silent (I've had problems on a couple of church ceremonies and in a biliard chiampionship), and has an accurate focusing and exposure mettering. I love it, but for the Flash system... so I'm planing to buy a Eos 3 for the E-TTL, the FEL and the FP to get synchro at any speed... | ||
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| Thoughts | Got one for 2 years now. Feals very good in the hand but the battery cover isn't solid enough. AF works great but the sensors (5 of them...) are to small. Great camera, hightly recommended. | ||
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| Thoughts | With the aid of vertical grip, EOS 5 gave me the most comfort and convenience to taking portrait photographs. The built-in flash was ok and very convenient to me that EOS 1 or 3 could not be compared although it was classified as amature camera. Moreover, the mode disk was the biggest problem. In my last trip to Korea, I broke it with my freezed fingers. It cost about $400 HK dollors to fix it. In addition, the rubber coated handgrip was easily torn, but forget it, it's just a small problem. Anyway, EOS 5 is a good and versatile camera . | ||
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| Thoughts | I've owned one for 2 years and I have run a lot of film through it. I love this camera and the film rewind is almost scary quiet. The exposure control is right on and I miss very few pictures for a wrong exposure. I have been very careful with the command dial and so far it has held up. After I read about all of the problems I bought a 5 year service contract from Wolf Camera but so far I haven't needed it. I will probably have a clean and lube at the end of the summer to get some value for my money for the warranty. I can't say enough about this camera body but I will ad that having the vertical grip on it makes it a better package. I shoot a lot of vertcal pictures and the grip is a nice addition. I currently have a Canon 10S for a backup body and I love it. I will probably sell it and buy a second A2E or EOS 5 to stadardize sometime later this year. | ||
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| Thoughts | A good camera, functions well overall, except for the mode dial, which has been repaired once. It seems it is a common problem for this model, since I see other people complaining about it. | ||
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| Thoughts | Worked with the EOS 5 for 1 jear now, learned how to use 'her' and we match quiet good now. I've start to like this 'cheap' camera a lot. | ||
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| Thoughts | Coming from a pure Canon background and my trusty AE1, this really blew me away. Only tip would be to invest in professional developing - it's worth the extra cost. The camera is faultless in my view, I love it. Last batch of pictures were so good the developer remarked on the quality and wanted to know what soer of camera I had enough said. | ||
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| Thoughts | I have owned and used a EOS 5 for a year and I have no complaints. The viewfinder is large and bright and the camera is ultra-quiet. I especially apreciate the AF-auxillary light which makes focusing in low light conditions a joy. This feature is missing in the other ProClass Canons. I would buy it again. | ||
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| Thoughts | Excellent camera with professional features. Don't bother the eye controlled AF. With decent calibration, it works that's true. But more often the wrong AF field is chosen, which makes this feature useless. Choose the central focussing field and you've got a fast and accurate AF. Exposure metering is prety good most of the time. For difficult light situations there's spot metering! With use of the 540 EZ flashlight, I always choose 2/3 underexposure, because the combination of EOS 5 and 540 EZ tends to overexpose. I have owned this camera for 6 years now and it never let me down. | ||
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| Thoughts | I have it since 3 years. Not perfect but a good body with may be too much features (pict mode ??).The command dial is fragile (flaw designed) and the Elan II for less money seem a very good choice, except if you are professionnel and need the 5 frames/ sec motor drive. | ||
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| Thoughts | Canon EOS 5 is excellent!!! Quiet 5 focus points 5 fps film transmission Built-in flash for day light fill-in flash anytime without worrying an extra flash would increase your camera bag weight. Every button & knob is on their most suitable, reasonable position. Not expensive that you can buy 1 or 2 more lenses in your budget. Not as sturdy as Pro cameras but lighter and can let your run faster and longer. Not as durable as Pro cameras but it is durable enough if you are not a Pro. You can take a great photo if your skill and creativity is great. It is not related to your camera, indeed! | ||
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| Thoughts | A nice camera. The AF is fast. It is also a very quiet camera thanks to the whisper drive. There's an amazing amount of features - especially in regard to the price. The eye-controlled AF did not convince me. The major negative point (which forced me to sell it) is the plastic body which lacks at least the feeling of sturdiness. I have no complaints about its reliability though so this may be subjective. | ||