Canon 5D Mark II, best lenses and essential accessories
02.28.09
Canon 5D Mark II is the upgrade of the popular full frame Camera Canon 5D. Canon 5D Mark II is the only full frame digital SLR with 1080p HD video recording function. It received great reviews on dpreview, popphoto. To help the folks who want to buy Canon 5D mark II, the following is a list of best lenses, essential accessories:
The best place to buy Canon 5D Mark II: for US residents is amazon ($2699 free shipping), for international buyers, B&H $2699 free shipping
Canon has a $200 mail-in rebate on the purchase of Canon DSLR, a lens and Speedlight 580II.
Best lenses for Canon 5D mark II:
Standard lenses:
Canon EF 24-70mm f2.8 L USM and Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM
Best telephoto lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 IS USM
Best portrait lenses:
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Canon 5D Mark II essential accessories
- Canon battery grip BG-E6 ($275.95 from B & H)
- Digital SLR bags: many people like the photo backpack. Here is the link to Canon Deluxe photo backpack 200EG ($34.78 at amazon, a great price!). If you like a compact bag, Lowpro Rezo 170AW is an excellent one ($49.95) is a good one.
- Filters: circular polarizers are the most useful filters.
- CF cards: You need at least two memory cards with at least 8G each in case one is fail. The recommend brands are lexar, SanDisk or Kingston.
- External flash: Canon 580EX II, Speedlite Transmitter ST-E2
- Tripod: Gitzo GT-1541T Traveler 6X Carbon Fiber Tripod Legs ($519 from B&H) with a good ball head: such as Kirk BH-1($355 from B&H).
- Macro-Ring-Lite, MR-14EX, Macro Twin Lite MT-24EX,
- Remote control with N3 type contact, Wireless Controller LC-5, Remote Controller RC-1, Remote Controller RC-5
- Software: Adoble photoshop lightroom 2.
Source: Netmark