Canon 5DS + 24-105mm Skyline Drive, Virginia

[SandyF]

Here's a photo with my Canon 5DS and 24-105mm lens last October 2022 on Skyline Drive, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia. I took this on my first excursion with the 5DS (having used a 5DII also for many years in addition to another camera system - Sigma) Full EXIF and photo notes are on my flickr page under Sandy Fleischmann. I'll post the "BBCode" link so hopefully the photo will appear here. If not, you can find it under my Canon 5DII & Canon DS album. We're near Skyline Drive this weekend, but it's currently raining. Hope to get some photos Saturday or Easter Sunday.

2O6A0052 10/14/22 Skyline Drive VA by Sandy Fleischmann, on Flickr

 

[SandyF]

Hmm, BBCode didn't work. Let's try the URL photo link

or, additionally, the embed link from the share option at flickr??
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[Macro guy]

The 5ds got no love, but it produces wonderful results if you don't push the ISO too far

 

[SandyF]

Another Skyline Drive, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, photo by the same combination of Canon 5DS and 24-105mm taken on Easter Sunday afternoon. The skies were clearer than the previous day, which had been very overcast, with terrible light for photos. Still somewhat hazy, but if you click on the large size photo at Flick r you can see the road west to Luray towards New Market Gap and farms in the Shenandoah Valley.



Sandy Fleischmann at Flickr .com

 

[Tom Caldwell]

Good to see another 5Ds in use Sandy. I was a user of the 5D for a long long time as since 2001 I have bought serial upgrades of dslr bodies and a lot of EF mount lenses but by the 5D and 50D I had had enough. However Canon was not going to give up on their dslr cash-cow. So I just used my 5D for years as my special camera and my fun cameras were other brand. The 5Ds originally was well over the threshold of what I could make myself pay when it was released. But I did buy one new for 30% of its RRP when Canon cleared their storeroom stables of unsold dslr bodies.

As Canon 5D (series) bodies were the darling of the rat-a-tat sports shooter the huge megapixels of the 5Ds/r were not that popular with the Canon dslr familiars but I don't mind it as one of the last great dslr bodies made for the great EF mount lenses. Surely the final bodies dslr bodies will never be in danger of needing an expensive upgrade. The 5Ds/r was the last dedicated landscape dslr from Canon off their production line. Slow, measured, and a mountain of pixels - not a lot wrong with that ....

 

[SandyF]

Thanks, I never knew that the S stood for Studio. I just read an interesting review of it indeed for studio use. But my main purpose is best possible landscape fine detail on Canon system. From years ago I have Canon 24-105, 16-35, 70-200IS, primes 100, 135. All so heavy; for walk-about I use 40mm pancake (nice). We're going on some long distance trips this year and I've been thinking about a Tamron 28-300mm Di VC PZD as an all-around zoom with the 40mm for travel so I don't have to carry the big lenses (or patient husband carry them...) Do you have any experience with that lens or similar. Does it degrade the IQ too much? I'll be in landscape and lots of floral situations on one trip. Hopefully to US Southwest on the other. I don't do cities or people. I'm also +50% Sigma user, 2 of those small but mighty cameras are definitely travelling. Thanks in advance for your thoughts and advice.

 

[Tom Caldwell]

I have about 20 EF lenses mainly Canon but a few Sigma-EF. I was an early enthusiast for digital and went a bit mad buying them as I thought that they were gong to be forever. When Canon simply kept updating their (expensive) dslr bodies and not producing the ML (mirrorless) bodies I saw as the future I simply kept using my original 5D for years afterwards for my special shoots. I swapped to other mount systems and adapted my EF lenses to them if I could. Tried Ricoh compact GRD/GR and their revolutionary GXR system with mount modules (no EF lenses used there). Or with a temporary flip to Samsung before the suddenly left the industry. However it was M4/3 where I ended up after another short stint with Sony. The Canon 5Ds was a backflip to the premium level dslr type that might give my EF mount lenses a natural host as well as it being the most adaptable of all the dlsr mount types.

I share the lenses that you mention with 17-35 (ancestor of the 16-35), 70-200, 100. 135, 100/2.8L macro, 40 and others. The last 50/1.8 STM type is also a great lens - light and capable for travel. Also very affordable.

I used the Canon run out sale to also buy an oem battery grip, some extra oem batteries and battery chargers for well discounted prices.

I intend keeping my EF lenses 'forever' as they are not going to image less well with age if kept in good condition. My 5D lasted more than 10 years in significant purpose use and I see no reason why my 5Ds won't last for a long time either.

Compared to my M4/3 kit the 5Ds feels strangely old fashioned in operation but it has kept the Canon interface basically the same since their dslr body early days. It is quite workable even though it is a big lump with battery pack installed and a lens such as the 70-200 attached.

Maybe one day we will be a little like Eugene Atget with his favourite view camera body on tripod when using our becoming old fashioned dslr bodies as we emulate his historical recording of what present life was like in our day.

 

[SandyF]

I have about 20 EF lenses mainly Canon but a few Sigma-EF. I was an early enthusiast for digital and went a bit mad buying them as I thought that they were gong to be forever. When Canon simply kept updating their (expensive) dslr bodies and not producing the ML (mirrorless) bodies I saw as the future I simply kept using my original 5D for years afterwards for my special shoots. I swapped to other mount systems and adapted my EF lenses to them if I could. Tried Ricoh compact GRD/GR and their revolutionary GXR system with mount modules (no EF lenses used there). Or with a temporary flip to Samsung before the suddenly left the industry. However it was M4/3 where I ended up after another short stint with Sony. The Canon 5Ds was a backflip to the premium level dslr type that might give my EF mount lenses a natural host as well as it being the most adaptable of all the dlsr mount types.

I share the lenses that you mention with 17-35 (ancestor of the 16-35), 70-200, 100. 135, 100/2.8L macro, 40 and others. The last 50/1.8 STM type is also a great lens - light and capable for travel. Also very affordable.

I used the Canon run out sale to also buy an oem battery grip, some extra oem batteries and battery chargers for well discounted prices.

I intend keeping my EF lenses 'forever' as they are not going to image less well with age if kept in good condition. My 5D lasted more than 10 years in significant purpose use and I see no reason why my 5Ds won't last for a long time either.

Compared to my M4/3 kit the 5Ds feels strangely old fashioned in operation but it has kept the Canon interface basically the same since their dslr body early days. It is quite workable even though it is a big lump with battery pack installed and a lens such as the 70-200 attached.

Maybe one day we will be a little like Eugene Atget with his favourite view camera body on tripod when using our becoming old fashioned dslr bodies as we emulate his historical recording of what present life was like in our day.

Thanks for the history, it is always interesting to read of photographers journeys. Although I tried Pentax in 2009, then the 5DII around 2012, I'm basically a Sigma person at heart. I came to photography differently than most, by technology, by knowing the developers of the Foveon sensor even before the first Sigma SD9 was even public, around 2001 or 2002. I bought my still working SD10 in 2003 I recall. I own or have shot all of the Sigma/Foveon sensor cameras. The small DP cameras are a miracle for landscape work. Then the Merrill series DPs are the 'mighty' cameras for their small size and which equal the 5DII in fine detail capture....in good light. The later Quattro sensor cameras approximate the 5DS in fine detail. Their drawback is limited ISO range for respectable results, especially for indoor non- flash situations. That's why I pair the Canon 5DS with my Sigma cameras. It's a nuisance using multiple systems, oh, the batteries and chargers LOL. You can see my camera albums on my Flickr page.
Now, please, have you ever used the Tamron 28-300 I mentioned or should I just drag along the 24-105 and 70-200?

 

[Tom Caldwell]

Thanks for the history, it is always interesting to read of photographers journeys. Although I tried Pentax in 2009, then the 5DII around 2012, I'm basically a Sigma person at heart. I came to photography differently than most, by technology, by knowing the developers of the Foveon sensor even before the first Sigma SD9 was even public, around 2001 or 2002. I bought my still working SD10 in 2003 I recall. I own or have shot all of the Sigma/Foveon sensor cameras. The small DP cameras are a miracle for landscape work. Then the Merrill series DPs are the 'mighty' cameras for their small size and which equal the 5DII in fine detail capture....in good light. The later Quattro sensor cameras approximate the 5DS in fine detail. Their drawback is limited ISO range for respectable results, especially for indoor non- flash situations. That's why I pair the Canon 5DS with my Sigma cameras. It's a nuisance using multiple systems, oh, the batteries and chargers LOL. You can see my camera albums on my Flickr page.
Now, please, have you ever used the Tamron 28-300 I mentioned or should I just drag along the 24-105 and 70-200?

Sorry, I have no Tamron lenses whatsoever and my only non-Canon EF mount lenses are a few Sigma EF mount lenses of exceptional specifications that I bought solely for adapted use on M4/3 camera bodies. As a further consideration I can also use them adapted to my Panasonic S1 in L-Mount and natively on my fairly new purchase Canon 5Ds dslr body should I choose to do so.

 

[SandyF]

Sorry, I have no Tamron lenses whatsoever and my only non-Canon EF mount lenses are a few Sigma EF mount lenses of exceptional specifications that I bought solely for adapted use on M4/3 camera bodies. As a further consideration I can also use them adapted to my Panasonic S1 in L-Mount and natively on my fairly new purchase Canon 5Ds dslr body should I choose to do so.

Tom, thanks very much again for your informative replies. I broke down and ordered a used Tamron 28-300 as mentioned above. It should arrive today and I'll try it out on the 5DS, especially looking for sharpness in fine detail and in corners. I'll post some comments asap with photos.
Sandy Fleischmann at flickr