My Canon EOS 5D MKII arrived last week - Haven't had the chance to use it, but hopefully will be able to over the next week or so. I've been doing lots of overtime at work and have been too tired to go out and play.

So the lenses I eventually decided on were the Canon 17-40mm F/4L USM [link] and the Canon 85mm F/1.8 USM [link] Fortunately for me the company I bought the lenses from messed up the order and sent me the Canon 85mm F1.2L II USM lens [link] , which is 5 times as expensive as the one I ordered. BONUS! Both lenses are pretty amazing from what ive seen of them so far, although they have just been snap shots around the house, the image clarity is unbelievable. So far I highly recommend the 'L' range from canon. Although VERY heavy, The 85mm 1.2 in particular is stunning - the sharpness of subject and background blur is quite amazing.

Im starting to think about the weight I'm gonna have to carry around with me when I leave on my trip in 8 weeks, and all lenses lenses dont help this, especially when I've decided to take my Sigma 10-20 along with me too. I know its not supposed to fit the Canon 5d MkII. with it being a full frame lens. I have noticed the amazing fish eye effect I get with it - it does create a pretty big black vignette around the edges of the photo but its looks pretty creative and cant bare to leave it  it home, just incase i need it for something cool.

Profile:
Name - Chris Manuel
Location - Newcastle
Work - Graphic Design & Photography
Tools - MacBook Pro, Mac Pro, Canon EOS 300D, Canon 5d MKII, Canon 85mm F/1.2: II USM, Canon 17-40mm F/4L USM, Sigma 10-20mm, Canon EF 18-55mm

Interests:
Design, Travelling, Football, Photography, Mixing, American Football, SailorJerry, Jennifer Connelley, Cold Drinks, Hot Girls, MrLynch, SmartPrice Noodles, CK Crave, HMV, Jennifer Aniston , Hugh Heffner, Indie Girls, Vinyls, CD's, Vector Art, Playing Pranks, Russel Brand

Fave Music:
A wide range of stuff, Drum & Bass, Dutch Trance, Indie, Electro, Reggae, Rock etc. etc.

Shapeshifter, Death cab for Cutie, The Cure, The Killers, Sting & The Police, Bloc Party, Cardigans, Logistics, Frank Sinatra, Editors, Armin Van Buuren, Groove Armada, Richard Ashcroft, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, The Chemical Brothers, The Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, Foo Fighters, Michael Jackson, Tiesto, Tom Vek, Fun Lovin' Criminals, The Jam, Ian Brown, The Stone Roses, The Clash, Thrillseekers, Feeder, Shapeshifter, London Elektricity, Zero 7, TV On The Radio, The Notwist, Danny Byrd, Gabriel & Dresden, High Contrast, The Fugees, The Streets, Bob Marley, Madonna, her ray of light album is amazing, Van Morrison, The Postal Service, Paul Weller, Oasis, No Doubt, Markus Schulz, Lenny Kravitz, Jamiroquai, Garbage, Matrix and Futurebound, Ferry Corsten, Above & Beyond, Basement Jaxx, DJ Marky, Bon Jovi, Stereophonics, Paul van dyk, Smokey Robinson, Moby, Smashing Pumpkins, U2, Evil Nine, Bonobo, List Goes On . . .

Fave Movies:
Heat, Any Given Sunday, City of God, Mongol, Apocolypto, Curb Your Enthusiasm... Its pretty pretty pretty pretty good.

web: chrismanuel.carbonmade.com
mail: chrismanuel@blueyonder.co.uk
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