Comments on: my dream camera

By: Jamie 'Cowbelly'

Jamie 'Cowbelly' — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:34:44 +0000

@ grace: yes, the cowbelly canon, I love it. I can have a sales rep come to my workshops and show everyone the benefits of using the cowbelly canon, hee hee. @ joey: 6400 ISO with low noise? Holy crap!! You know, you are the third person recently that has told me I might be happier with a Nikon. I have just started looking into their cameras and will seriously consider it if I think it’s a better fit for me. The only thing that I find maddening on Nikons are the buttons. Like worse that Canon maddening. I used a friend’s Nikon not too long ago and felt totally lost compared to my Canon. Maybe it just takes some getting used to. Thanks for your congrats and for following my blog! Mark: I laughed out loud when I read your comment. I DID see the announce about the 50D, in fact got the email on my blackberry last Sunday when I was couch shopping with my sister. I had to excuse myself mid-conversation with the sales guy to go outside and try and pull the email up- I couldn’t tell if THAT was the 5D upgrade and it was making me crazy, lol! In terms of when it comes out, it must be a pretty freaking fantastic camera for them to wait this long. Clearly they are smart and want to knock the socks off the overwhelming numbers of 5D owners so they can beat their 5D sales. I’m looking forward to it but am totally open to other brands now as well. I may just need to go rent a Nikon now. Whatever makes better images for me is #1 in my book!

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:11:05 +0000

Jamie knows I’m a huge 5D fan and we’ve both been eagerly skimming the Canon rumor boards for news on next-generation model. The jury’s out as to whether they’re calling it the 5D mk2, 5De or the 7D but I think we can be relatively sure it will at least include a 3″ LCD, a full-frame sensor, more mega pixels, higher burst rate and auto sensor cleaning like the new-gen XTI and 40Ds. Not sure if anyone caught this but Canon announced the new 50D last week (update of the 40d) and, apparently, it will shoot at up to 12800 ISO. If that’s the case I think we can be almost guaranteed the new 5D will do the same.

By: Grace

Grace — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:55:01 +0000

Maybe you can work with Canon to make that camera. It can be the Cowbelly Canon! I’d so buy one.

By: Joey

Joey — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:14:31 +0000

Hi Jamie! You shot my two puppies, Sophi and Hitch about two years ago (thank you!). Just months after that, I got into photography myself. I shoot with the Nikon D3, and while it is a little bulky, you can shoot with an ISO of up to 6400 with very low noise. The things this camera can do with natural lighting is AMAZING and completely makes up for it’s size! The 3d tracking is also great for catching doggies on the fly! Love your new site and blog, and congrats on the studio!!

By: Jill Beninato

Jill Beninato — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:23:54 +0000

I sooo need the alarm for stupid users…If I had a dollar for everytime I forgot to change my ISO I would be a wealthy woman or switch back over to Raw, etc…Keep your eyes peeled though, that 5D replacement rumor is really firing up…hopefully before photokina…I am in!

By: Emilee

Emilee — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:25:17 +0000

I agree completely with all of those, especially the no iso and the dog snot (which got on my camera today) resistant ones! If only a camera like this existed…

By: lin

lin — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:01:46 +0000

Hi Jamie! Doggy snot resistent and noise-maker are my favorites!! And a camera at High ISOs with NO noise, please let me know when you find one!! \(^.^)/