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With people talking about the 5D successor and asking "should I buy now or wait?", do you think that if I'm out and about with my 5D in 5 or 10 years time, people will say "the 5D, oh yeah, I remember that, it was a great camera" and remember it fondly as the first of its kind, like the F1 or T90.

Or will it be just another piece of obsolete electronics. What do you think?

Malcolm
 
It will be another piece of obsolete electronics that some people will remember fondly.

But all people will be wishing they had that $3,000 back and available now in 2015 to buy current gear.
M02 said:
With people talking about the 5D successor and asking "should I buy
now or wait?", do you think that if I'm out and about with my 5D in
5 or 10 years time, people will say "the 5D, oh yeah, I remember
that, it was a great camera" and remember it fondly as the first of
its kind, like the F1 or T90.

Or will it be just another piece of obsolete electronics. What do
you think?

Malcolm
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I don't think there are anymore classics in the digital world. People too worried about the next great miracle.
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I would say so, yes.

The 5D is the first trully full frame DSLR that resembles traditional compact/normal film 35mm SLRs in size and doesnt look like a frankencamera. It also works very well and its light weight and portability combined with its image quality, decent speed and great reliability makes it a clasic imho.

Digital Cameras dont go bad when a new model comes out!

the 10d was my first Canon dslr and it still produces outstanding images.
 
I don’t think so. Very difficult for electronics to become classics as they are simply tools. Unless that tool fundamentally changes the final product the tool is used to produce (in this case your photo) the tool itself can easily be replaced and forgotten. I’ve not seen any output from a 5D that can’t be reproduced by another camera. Just might be easier to get there with the 5D.

However, I’m sure I’ll stop you on the street in 5 years and ask why you have not upgraded yet. :)
 
I am not sure if any of the digital cameras out right now will qualify as classics. The photos from "classic" film cameras (original Nikon F, Canon F1, T90) are just as good as photos from a late model film camera (Canon EOS 1v, Nikon F6). Plus, the cameras were in production for years and years.

With digital, the production cycle is measured in months (in some cases) but more importantly, each new model brings about pretty significant improvements in image quality (although this trend is slowing as the technology matures). The 5D and current 1D series are as close as we will come to "classic" digital cameras, but I do not think they will be classics in the same sense that film cameras are considered classic.

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Put a 30D and a 5D on a counter and it is hard to see the original $2000 difference.

That was hardly the case with the F-1s or the T-90s in their day. They were groundbreakers, just like the AE-1 was for consumers. And I'm positive many are still doing good work in 2006.

Digital cameras are kind of like computers, I'm sure there are still fans collecting Atari and Commodores out there, but they are surely not being used for serious computing over 20 years later.

There will be many that will be using there 5Ds at 5-10 years from now, assuming the shutter life is as advertised, but it is hard to see much
beyond that. There's so much that still needs to be done.

I look at my first digicam, the G-1, and then at the new G-7 and there is no way that the new features were easily foreseeable when the G-1 arrived.

In a some sense, that will eventually be true of the 5D in a similar time frame.

I think the 5D will be remembered more as the A-1 of its day...not a classic, but a great improvement on the AE-1 and the EF.

Just my guess....

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Usually, I ignore these speculative threads, but I have to agree with the OP

No doubt that the next model will be an improvement, but I think the 5D is and will remain a watershed camera. For an avid amateur like myself, it is the first dSLR that :

is full frame
has low enough noise at high ISO to use realistically
has good enough autofocus
is affordable (compared with 1 series)
has rapid enough image processing not to make me wait
3 fps is fast enough for most use

For me, it is a bit like the first EOS that I bought, the 630 in 1989. I cant see myself upgrading for years, as frankly, it wants for nothing as far as I am concerned. The 10D was a nice machine, but I outgrew it rapidly. I am no where near outgrowing the 5D.

For me, as classic, a body I wont ever sell.
 
It will be the transitionary camera that made FF affordable like the 10D was when it dipped below $2k. The 20D with 5fps made it more practical and the 30D was a longer term refinement.
M02 said:
With people talking about the 5D successor and asking "should I buy
now or wait?", do you think that if I'm out and about with my 5D in
5 or 10 years time, people will say "the 5D, oh yeah, I remember
that, it was a great camera" and remember it fondly as the first of
its kind, like the F1 or T90.

Or will it be just another piece of obsolete electronics. What do
you think?

Malcolm
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I know many would like to believe that their beloved 5D will become a 'classic' but I'm afraid it wont. This is not like in the film days. In the digital age, technology is moving too fast still. DSLR's are going to be much different in the next few years. As good as the image quality is with the 5D, the body and features will change for the better, things like anti-dust, water-proofing, processor speed, sensors, built in WiFi and built in GPS.

Its like computers, they just get better and better.

Mike
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M02 said:
With people talking about the 5D successor and asking "should I buy
now or wait?", do you think that if I'm out and about with my 5D in
5 or 10 years time, people will say "the 5D, oh yeah, I remember
that, it was a great camera" and remember it fondly as the first of
its kind, like the F1 or T90.
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5 years ago we had the EOS D30. It was 3MP $3000 and a landmark DSLR camera (price/perf). 3 years ago, I bought a 10D. It was 6MP, $1500, and a landmark DSLR camera (price/perf wise).

In 5 to 10 years, if you still have your 5D, you'll have 5 to 10 years worth of 12.8MP photographs and 5 to 10 years of experience with an excellent camera. You shouldn't spend ~$3000 on a 5D to impress your friends with how cool your camera is, you should spend the ~$3000 if you want to be able to take excellent photographs with 12.8MP of detail and low noise.

The 5D is a state-of-the-art camera, and although it will likely be replaced by an even better model, that doesn't take anything away from what it is. Most images you see posted to DPReview are 800x600 pixels or less. I have some beautiful 12x18 and larger prints from my 6MP 10D. The 12.8MP 5D has a little over twice as many pixels in 2.56x as much sensor area.

There will always be a better model out in 5 years. I expect that we'll have the 400D's 10MP density in 35mm format at about 25MP in whatever replaces the 5D 2 generations from now. And of course, it will use 64GB flash cards and WiFi version 4. But the 5D will still make wonderful enlargements, and you can decide later if you want to spend whatever the going rate will be on the latest technology or wait for the next round.

-Mike
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I have a D60, almost 5 years now. Do you think is a myth camera? It was the camera with the highest resolution when it appeared, we cannot say the same nowadays with the 5D.

I am fond of it, of course. Worked excellent for many many years. Never had a problem. I wish it could had better AF only in low-light conditions. My only wish. I paid almost 3000$ for it when it appeared.

Now you can think about how the 5D will be seen in 5 years ahead. Probably people will forget it once the sucessor is there.

You have to think. If I buy a new camera, will my pictures be improved. Probably not, so why change it. Just learn to go to the next step in photography.

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You know I'm not so sure. I have a d60 that just has a way of putting color down on a file that still can't be duplicated by any other canon I've owned. Granted it's a bit of a pig in other ways but the colors and the way it lays them down still has me using it from time to time for portrait and studio work. To me the d60 is a classic.
Bob
 
M02 said:
With people talking about the 5D successor and asking "should I buy
now or wait?", do you think that if I'm out and about with my 5D in
5 or 10 years time, people will say "the 5D, oh yeah, I remember
that, it was a great camera" and remember it fondly as the first of
its kind, like the F1 or T90.

Or will it be just another piece of obsolete electronics. What do
you think?

Malcolm
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I've heard that from some people, but still I cannot believe it. Where is the reason? do you think a D60 file is more colour-rich than a 30D or 5D? Do you have or make some snapshots for seeing it?

I owned a D60 for almost 5 years now. I wish I could have 12 Mpix and better AF. The rest is excellent on that camera. Never complaint about it, but I am going to move to the sucessor of the 5D, just because I started to do artworks and I need big prints, and resolution is quite important there.

Thanks.
 
Thats a tech heads point of view, from a photographers point of view there will be digital classics, though i am not sure about the 5D. The original 1D is already on the way to being regarded as a classic.
I think Nikion may get long term recognition with the D2x.

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The 5D is remarkeable for offering FF at a sub $3,000 price with amazing high ISO capabilities.

But that said, there will be replacement cameras and follow ups that will be even better, cheaper, and will have better features more intelligently laid out.

For instance, there will no doubt be higher FPS, better focus point layout, etc.

Classics of old are classics because they used film and could give you the same image quality as the latest super duper film camera of the day. For instance, a Canon AE-1 could get you a similar image as a Canon EOS 3.

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