robert_dale

<p>Sorry if I offended anyones sensibilities, it's just amazing to me that all of a sudden the 5DII that was hailed as one of the greatest cameras ever produced by Canon is now relegated to the "heap" because a successor has been brought out and being bought by what looks to me as rampant consumerism.<br>

Impossible to know, but it would be interesting to know how many people snapping up these 5DIII's pushed their 5DII's to the absolute limit?<br>

I'm still using an iPad 1 .....so maybe I'm just getting old and starting to grow moss?</p>

<p>why do so many people jump on the bandwagon so quickly?</p>

<p>With the release of the 5DMKIII it's as if no one has EVER been able to take a worthwhile photo with a 5DMKII<br>

I wouldn't hesitate to say that the 5DMKII is more camera for 95% of the people who own one, yet people are in a mad scramble to spend thousands of dollars on a new body that will start to depreciate from the moment they take it out of the box.<br>

What ever happened to the mantra of great glass before bodies?</p>

<p>What are the best ways of preventing a lens being stricken with fungus/mould?<br>

Is it possible for Canon L series lens that are sealed against moisture/dust to become victim?<br>

How do you store your lens? Does anyone use a purpose built dry cabinet?</p>

<p>"I am blown away by people who are currently selling their 70-200 f2.8 IS lenses for $1,200-$1,500 to spend another $1,000+ on top to upgrade to the MkII. When and why did the MkI become so unusable? Is there really $1,000 worth of IQ improvement?"</p>

<p>Yeah I'm pretty blown away with the amount of people that seem to be dumping the old MK1 for the newer MKII</p>

<p>Do you feel compelled to have the latest incarnation of your series? Everytime Canon releases a new body do you feel like updating your now "old" body.<br>

It's not like all of a sudden our old body ceases to work, but that marketing hype is oh ever so powerful!</p>