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Message: <blockquote data-quote="postcardcv" data-source="post: 1564618" data-attributes="member: 3294"><p>The 5D would make less sense than a 1D mkII, unless you are getting really close and can make full use of the full frame. Shamed as I am to admit it I have been through a fair few Canon DSLRs, while I have never owned the 5D I have owned the other cameras that you're talking about. The AF system on the 1D series is far superior to the xxD cameras, you would notice a real change. Of all the cameras that I've used the 1Ds mkII is far and away the best, the AF is lightening fast, the image quality is stunning and it's wonderful in the hand. My 1Ds mkII is my working camera (portraits and the like), and I've just bought a 50D to try for birding, but if I'd had the money I'd have gone for anothe 1Ds mkII.</p></blockquote><p></p>