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<p>Matthew,<br>

I came from an original Canon Digital Rebel and stepped up to the 5D. What a step it was! The images that the original 5D can create are spectacular! And the 5D mark ii is beyond stunning! My advice would be to sell your current crop of lenses except for the 100mm macro. Buy the original 5D and have money left over for either a 24-70 f2.8 or 24-105 f4 IS (good walk around lens), 70-200 f2.8 and a finally a 17-40 f4. You will then coupled with your macro have all the lenses you need for almost any application. On the other hand you could spend money on the 5d mark ii with the 24-105 f4 IS and have the ability to take stunning high definition video! Which is a plus. Either way your still coming out on top. If your looking for something to last you years and years the Mark ii may be the way to go since it is newer and will be competitive for a long time to come...but don't count the original 5d out either...its a bangin camera : )<br>

-Ryan-<br>

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<p>I shoot with the original 5D and it will be plenty for what you need. The images are 12mp which is more then enough to make large prints. The large image sensor will let you see what your lenses were designed to see. The Mark 2 might be a little much for you since the images area HUGE 21mp and the file sizes are quite large. Plus the video it takes is very high def and eats up processor speed and memory card and hard drive space...so unless you have a new computer capable of handling all of this your better off with the original 5D. Plus the 5D is cheaper and you are better off spending the extra money on some quality lenses other then a state-of-the art body. Just my humble 2 cents : )<br>

-Ryan-<br>

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