Picked up a new SLR today

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Hey! Welcome to the Full frame world and congrats on picking up a 5D MKII at such an awesome price.
I have one myself as well as a MKIII and a 7D. The 7D has been my main video camera because it killed the MKII but I am now starting to use the MKIII more often.

Love to see some photos when you get confident on all the settings etc, check the firmware when you get it because Canon released some great firmware updates for the MKII.

[Innuendo]

Yup, I use a Canon 5D MKII and "L" Series lenses as my Full Frame camera. I have 2x Canon 7D APS-C bodies set up as my 3D stereo cameras on custom Steitz Roundshot VRDrive robot and use a Sony NEX 5n when I don't want to lug the big black buggers around.

Price sounds good Byron, I purchased my 5D MKII very early in it's release. Sold my 5D to upgrade. From memory it was $3990 (body only) and that was the best price available at the time.

Now, anyone want to buy my Nikon D300s with many extras?

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Oh some camera geeks on this forum! Niiice.

You have to show me this roundshot robot!

[Innuendo]

My VR Drive set up (back when I used Canon 10D's) actually I still have these cameras also.

If you have some red/cyan 3D glasses take a look...
This 3D Flash panorama shot with twin 7D's and Sigma 8mm Fisheyes.
http://omnipix.net/temp/3d/grayscale/
http://omnipix.net/temp/3d/colour/
55 rotational images in 4 seconds x2 cameras. 17 hours processing.

If your into camera robots I also use a Gigapan Pro.

[HK1837]

What Mb/sec rate CF cards are you blokes using with the 5D MarkII? They aren't cheap and I guess using the minimum requirement ould be the price pointway to go. I don't tend to take photos at anywhere near full frame rate. I've always carried 3-4 2Gb or 4Gb CF cards for the 400D, so I guess 2-3 8Gb or 16Gb would be the go? 8Gb 30Mb/s cards are about $25 each on Ebay from Aus stock.

[Blocker]

What Mb/sec rate CF cards are you blokes using with the 5D MarkII? They aren't cheap and I guess using the minimum requirement ould be the price pointway to go. I don't tend to take photos at anywhere near full frame rate. I've always carried 3-4 2Gb or 4Gb CF cards for the 400D, so I guess 2-3 8Gb or 16Gb would be the go? 8Gb 30Mb/s cards are about $25 each on Ebay from Aus stock.

I have a few 16Gb SanDisk Extreme's 60 mb/s and a 90mb/s. One died on me late last year but they are generally very reliable. I picked mine up in HK they were a lot cheaper there than here in Aus or online.
Agree if you are not shooting for high frames per/s then a 30mb/s card might be right for you.

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What Mb/sec rate CF cards are you blokes using with the 5D MarkII? They aren't cheap and I guess using the minimum requirement ould be the price pointway to go. I don't tend to take photos at anywhere near full frame rate. I've always carried 3-4 2Gb or 4Gb CF cards for the 400D, so I guess 2-3 8Gb or 16Gb would be the go? 8Gb 30Mb/s cards are about $25 each on Ebay from Aus stock.

Yes, I use Lexar Profressional UDMA 16GB 600x Compact Flash Cards. Be very careful buying CF Cards on ebay. Make sure you are dealing with an approved seller. Been caught on these before.
Also check your cards with H2testw.exe software for real speed. Punch "H2testw.exe download" into Google/Bing etc. Transfer rates to PC via Reader also. I had to change to Firewire and USB3 Readers.

I notice that Lexar Profressional UDMA7 16GB 1000x Compact Flash Card are now available at around $150-$200 per card. Pretty sure I paid around $225.00 each when I purchased the Lexar Pro UDMA 16GB 600x versions.

Lexar Profressional UDMA7 16GB 1000x Compact Flash Card = 150Mb/sec