UK-Germany 50D Housing

Mikko Voipio · Issue 48, May/Jun 2009 · pp. 22–25

Products mentioned: Canon EOS 50D, Canon EOS 5D Mk II, Canon EOS 350D, Canon EOS 40D, UK-Germany 50D Housing, Canon EF-S 60mm macro, Tokina 10-17mm fish-eye, Canon EF-S 18-55mm lens, Subtronic Mini, Kilgus shoe

UK-Germany 50D Housing by Mikko Voipio During a liveaboard trip to the Red Sea last November some of the fellow photographers suggested I upgrade my good old Canon EOS 350D to a full frame one - the new EOS 5D Mk II. At the time I was convinced that I wouldn’t upgrade the system for a while. I knew that the 350D with UK- Germany housing was small and not so heavy to carry on a plane. The comments about an upgrade stayed afterwards somewhere back in my mind. During the holiday season the upgrade slowly began to sound more and more tempting. I started to investigate the EOS 5D Mk II as well as the DX size EOS 50D. Although the FX camera is superior in image quality in the end I decided to stay with the DX format. The 50D allows me to continue using existing lenses, like EF-S 60mm macro and Tokina 10-17mm fish-eye. The EOS 50D is the latest of Canon’s prosumer series DX DSLRs. It has the sa…