justinnorth

Yes I left that last picture quite under-exposed to show how the difference in light increases. That is all very helpful information, and it's nice to know that this amount of variation can be considered normal. As you say Marcus, it could also be the 700D that is out. I'll adjust the EV to find a sweet spot that I'm happy with. Yes I see what you mean about the framing being a variable and unable to totally control it. Thanks for all the great advice, I really learnt some new things here. Justin North

This light was quite a bit worse and shot with ISO 1600. The difference gets quite a lot worse when the shot is underexposed. Left is 700D and right is 5D Mk ii. All of the settings for both cameras were the same in both comparisons. Do you think this difference in light doesn't matter, or should I take it to a camera shop to get checked out?

So this was shot in good light. As you can see, there is only a slight difference in light. Left is 700D and right is 5D Mk ii.

Thanks for all the replies guys. At the time, I had just looked at the pics on the cameras and realised that it could affect light slightly. I have just done a more comprehensive test and viewed them on my laptop with the same program and it seems in low light, the pics are considerably darker on the 5D Mk ii, but in good light (day light) they are much more even. I reset both cameras to default and set ISO, SS, AF, WB, and metering all the same. I also set exposure comp to 0 on both. I used manual mode for all shots. Used the same lens (24-105mm f4 L) on both. So clearly by all your messages this is not normal. Should I take it to a camera shop to get checked out??

Hi guys, I recently purchased a second hand 5D ii online and it arrived today. I took a few shots and I had a feeling that the images were quite dark for the setting that I was using. The camera I upgraded from is the Canon 700D. I did a little shoot-off, obviously adjusting for the crop and making all the settings on the 2 cameras the same, and I found that the 5D ii pics are quite a bit darker than my 700D. Has anyone experienced this before when upgrading to a 5D ii? I didn't go too indepth on setting up the 5D ii for the test as I haven't customised it yet (set ISO, SS, AF, WB, & metering all the same as 700D), so could small internal adjustments make such a big difference to light? Or could it be that something is wrong with the camera? Thank in advance for the help guys.