john_butchart

<p>Looks like I'm having the same problem with my 5D. Seems somewhat common after reading this thread. Canon just sent me an invoice and say it's the board that went bad. Before the problem I had shot about 3k pictures and then let the camera sit for a few days and the next time I picked it up it started showing the symptoms of going bad. It worked for a few more frames and then eventually crapped out completely. <br>

I use a variety of all Canon brand lenses (50mm, 28mm, 70-210mm, 100mm macro) and all worked fine before. I use three third party brand batteries but they all three worked perfectly for months before. <br>

I couldn't figure out the problem and hope my 5D won't fail again when I get it back. For certain projects I might take 5k-10k pictures in just a few days so I need it to hold up. Luckily I have other bodies but this one is still a great body when it works. <br>

Just a note that might clue to the problem - when it was showing symptoms of going bad it was always with my EF canon lenses, but if I mounted an old Nikkor manual focus lens with an adapter, the camera would work just fine. So I imagine it def was lens mount/circuit related.</p>

<p>I didn't want to create a new post but thought I'd contribute my experience to this three year old thread...I have a 5D and it recently, after a project where I took 2-3k photos, began giving err 01 and 99 messages with all my Canon brand lenses and using different CF cards and even without a card in it.<br>

It has had numerous symptoms that have sort of devolved into the latest symptoms: when I turn camera on the top display reads properly, but I cannot access the menu or playback. When I press the shutter nothing happens. I have tried to reset the camera (regular battery and clock battery) with no success. The camera was purchased used so I have no idea of the shutter count but it is in physically mint condition. I think it may be a failed shutter or mirror because when it started having issues the mirror would lock up during the error and I'd have to push the shutter release again to get it down. <br>

Will be sending it to Canon regardless but thought I'd put this out there if anyone had any suggestions. Thanks. </p>

<p>I thought I'd contribute my experience with kodakgallery since it's now 2012 and things change. Well, kodak is selling their online printing service in July to shutterfly, so it won't matter much now, but thought I'd comment anyway for those who will be using shutterfly (I'm assuming shutterfly is taking over the same printers and service that kodak offers now). <br>

I've been pleased by the prints. They are printed on kodak royal and I use Adobe RGB and I've printed tons of 15x20 and 20x25 and 20x30 cm prints for horse jumping competitions. I'd say the printing is neutral: neutral colors, neutral contrast, sharpness, etc. So it depends more on my techniques in photoshop and as a photographer. With shots that are super sharp with great color and contrast as viewed on my Mac OS system, the photos turn out equally good but with maybe a little bit less sharpness. I found myself cranking up the sharpness to make the prints look more film-like and less digital (turning up sharpness also increases noise just a bit). I can crop in on an image from my original 5D or T2i about 25 percent and still retain good quality at those size prints. After that I lose sharpness and contrast and a few photos turned out blah. Again, not really kodak's fault. <br>

I recommend using them while they're still around and I'll just keep using shutterfly once they take over since they'll have all my photos on their server. <br>

Packaging has always been good. It's light cardboard but I've never received damaged packages. I'm getting ready to order a 40x60 print and was curious about the packaging for a larger print. I guess I'll find out. </p>

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<p>Thought I'd chime in since I bought the original 5d recently and also own the T2i (550d) which image-wise is very similar to the 7d. I will speak on image quality since the 5d and 7d bodies and functioning are very similar, save for the 7d's speed and LCD. As far as color goes, the 7d may be able to generate images a bit more striking and bold...but the 5d will deliver more natural-looking photos, similar to 35mm film than a crop body. The DOF difference will be subtle, but there the 5d wins a bit. With 50mm and telephoto lenses you'll see a nice shallower more natural looking image than with a crop body. Most would probably agree though that either of these cameras paired with a nice prime would be better than the other with a consumer zoom, so make sure you are using decent lenses. <br /> One important note - The 5d's subtle full frame qualities will be lost if all your photos are only published online. No one can see much difference in the images on their computer...if you plan on doing big prints, that's when you'll see the 5d's full frame benefits. <br /> If you compare the two cameras in person, you'd probably pick the 7d. The LCD will blow your mind hole. The video feature may come in handy, making it a better value than the 5d. Also, it is true that dust is really bad on the 5d...i have to clean mine all the time. <br /> Wide-angle lenses will be more affordable to attain for the 5d, and really the only wide-angle lenses for the 7d are zooms which will not deliver images as good as primes. <br /> hope this and the hundred other comments helps!</p>