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I'm a Nikon shooter, but I gotta give credit where credit is due. And personally, I think that even at 3200 ISO the MK1's noise looks more like film grain than noise.

I have been waiting for someone to go out and do this review. I run a lot of training courses and often surprise people when I tell them I have used a Canon 5D classic for 15 years at over 300 weddings. They expect me to say I have a mk4 I think. The key to the 5D noise is learning how to handle the file in Lightroom. You have to use 0 sharpening and increase noise reduction. Over exposing and exposing to the right using your histogram carefully is key. When you underexpose with the 5D classic sensor you get in trouble with noise. Great video thanks for making it kind regards Richard Barley👍

The images from the 5D classic are unique. They certainly have a film like quality. I keep a 40mm pancake on mine and take it with me everywhere.

That 5d 1 shutter sound 👌🏽🤤

Shooting film has taught me that you can capture 99% of photos with 1600 or 3200 at worst. The remaining 1%, you can set up on a tripod. Grain will never ruin a truly good shot. This video goes on to demonstrate the same in the digital sense. I get tired of seeing mediocre photographers gabbing online about how they need to drop a few thousand bucks on a new body because of the "low light" capabilities, as if the money spent and technical performance is going to make them a better photographer. You took better shots in this video with the 5D than most people will ever take in their lives with brand new gear. I'm sure those same photographers will see this video and use it as confirmation of how they need newer and better gear, rather than the opposite.

It´s not even noise, it´s like grain. I love it!

I like videos like this. Comparing the old vs new cameras. 5d classic is the first affordable full frame camera. Canon paved the way for us consumers to experience full frame. I remember way back 2006, I dont eat too much just to save money to buy 5d. Haha.. And when I finally bought it, Im the happiest person on earth that day.

Some great camera work by whoever's filming

This video just tells me that the Canon 5D classic is THE camera

As someone who was really vocal and critical on your last comparison of these... I just want to say I have the upmost respect and really love that you made this! Thank you for such a lovely video. I love your photos, and its really clear how passionate you are about the 5d classic, and I have to say you really get great results from it!

Out of all the 5d in 2018 videos I have checked out, THIS is the video that made me decide to buy a 5d. Thank you!

Having tried Kodak T-Max P3200 in both my Canon T90 and EOS 600 bodies, I have to say that the EOS 5D Classic images at iso 3200 are pretty good. Sometimes it's nice to see a little noise, because it gives your images a slightly "retro" look. If you view the images in monochrome, the noise looks like film grain on the 5D Classic. It's one of Canon's finest cameras.

Didn't find any of the 5D MK I shots to be ugly or offensive, the grain structure is actually quite film-like and looks nice to my (untrained) eye. Would be really interested to find out what you think of Panasonic's offerings at the moment, the G9 and GH5, specifically for stills use.

I recently bought a Mark IV and this video make me feel so sad

Talent beats technology, you create wonderful images.

Not only the noise, but the image shadow detail in Mark I is degraded compared to the image taken with Mark IV. But the Mark I reminds me about the Fujifilm Natura 1600, those grains are so amazing. You should put together the 1600 Negatives image with Mark I high ISO setting image and see what will happen.

I got a 5D Classic two months ago after a maddening search and loving it. Shoot landscape and lifestyle during the day. Therefore, ISO is never an issue. The ultimate prize! Film-look images that no other model can produce.

Great video. Really nice shots you're taking here too. (I still love the mark 1 though for its back-to-basics simplicity and ridiculously cheap price).

05:49 how loving and admiring the guy looks at you before he turns and ran into the night... Great video and much better comparison than last time.

Pros - buy a Mk 4. Everyone else, get a used Mk 1 and some used L glass - you won't be disappointed.

MK I was still my favourite camera I’ve owned. That sensor just rendered so nice.

Having commented onto your past video regarding the 5D (classic) regarding high ISO, for a camera released in 2005 the 3200ISO is very clean compared to other contenders in the same time period. The quality of 3200ISO depends on the quality of the light. The 5DMKIV is in another league so is the price point. I have both camera's and the 5DMKIV is extremely good at high ISO even in less good light conditions (crappy light, mixed color temp, LED...). Although official Canon support has ended for the 5D it is a very nice FF starter camera with an easy menu system, if you are interested in purchasing one just check if it has the reinforced mirror brackets. I am still surprised of the output of this camera. With 12Mp you have to frame right due to the limited cropping abilities. In daylight you can make A3+ prints of good quality. If you have the money go for the 5DMKIV you will not be disappointed certainly in low light. The 30Mp adds some cropping ability. As things are moving mirrorless it is a nice opportunity to grab the 5dmkiv second hand.

Came for the photography/camera content, stayed for "Green Eyes." Such a great song.

Kept feeling I needed to upgrade. Feeling better about hanging on to my mark 1!

I still love the 5d images. 5d "noise" @ 3200+ is more like the sound of ocean wind.

Without doubt the best Canon bargain is the 6D. Everything good about the 5D with a vastly better sensor, live view, video, lens micro adjust etc all for very little money

The 5D classic is a better camera because it blows life into images due to its strong color array. The denoising mechanisms embedded in the 5D mark IV give wrong skintones compared to the mark I which is always spot on. After testing and comparing I will sell my 5D Mark IV there really isn't a point for any kind of serious photographer owning a tripod and not messing around snapping images at 12 pm.

You also have to remember that a good 5D mk1 is only $250-$325 used vs $2,500 for MK4. In 30 yrs of shooting, I have never needed to go beyond iso1600. Especially now with IS lenses.

Also, it’s nice to see a review with a good photographer 😂

Still using a 5D even today. It feels old, low FPS, basic AF but it still gets images. The colors are awesome of this old camera.

Hey Pablo, just found your review today. What a breath of fresh air. An honest and relaxed review without giving total winners but showing the compromises between two amazing machines. Thanks so much for it!

Great video! I bought the mk I a year ago after graduating university and I’ve been loving it. I’ve taken great, great shots with it and it still runs brilliantly. I does get a bit noisy at dark butI does a pretty darn good job. I managed to get it for £150 with the 50mm from a second hand camera shop in London. It’s not about the gear!

Sir, your kindness and the happy and slow way you are talking just earned you a new subscribe! I've already seen this type of videos already but I can watch your videos without getting tired. And trust me, I am not an easy subscriber. Keep up the good work and don't forget to be happy! Cheers

I had the 5d classic. Some times ago, I sold for to try others cameras: pentax k5, k3, nikon d600, fuji xe2, xe3, sony A7. But one years ago, I sold everithing for to buy a old 5d mk 1, now I use only that, fantastic camera, fantastic pictures ;-)

the 5D was very impressive, then you factor in the price difference- that camera is a steal

Thanks for this video! I used to have the 5d1 and its still one of the cameras with the most appealing image quality and even good ISO performance by todays standards. I used to shoot at 3200 ISO on the 5d1 and it's still super clean and full of detail. Canon could have easily given it one or two pushed ISO's. Also the color and the general image quality of the 5d1 has a "je ne sais quoi" character to it I've never seen in any other camera.

all month I've been using the 5D classic with any of several vintage lenses and have been very happy with the results, despite the low contrast and noise. ISO 3200 on it is 1600 pushed a stop, so I keep it at 1600. what I like most about it in low light is that the noise (without pushing) doesn't add red and green spots or banding. it almost looks like film grain, and I never try to reduce it unless I'm pushing exposure too much that it loses that quality.

Damn, I love the noise/grain from Mark I!

My old Rebel XSI at high ISO handles noise the same as the 5D1. It has a nice grain to it.

Its 2024 and these are still my favorite images from your videos. I watched the A7 review and the pictures felt lifeless.. I have A7 but there is something about the Canon 5D classic. Its very much film like, the colors, the grain, the imperfections. I have to get that camera. Lovely images.

I like how the noise in 5d mark 1 is just like some grainy aethetic retro stuff, yeah something like that and I think it makes it pretty cool effect on the photo

The class 5D looks almost film like

Love both these 📷's, they are both great.

I have a 5d classic and a 5d iii. I use the III professionally. But the mark I is my every day go to for landscapes. The mk I is truly an animal

It's fun to hear Coldplay in the background :DD

So nice to see a London photographer walking about those streets 🤘🏼

99% of the problems you might encounter comparing the 5d mark I to the mark IV can be solved by upgrading to the mark II, don't take me wrong the mark I is still a beast, but the mark II is just better, the video alone do justify the upgrade, everything after are just incremental upgrades, but the mark I to II is a justifiable upgrade to me, and you can find those for 500 pounds or less used, even at 600 would still be a good deal.

Nice comparison, as a 5d2 owner thinking about upgrading this has been helpful. You got yourself another subscriber.

Great video! I just bought a 5D "classic" yesterday. Have had the MkIII, MkIV, 10D,20D,30D,40D,50D,60D before.

What a great piece of news having a new video Pablo. I missed them a lot :) Outstanding camera work from both of you guys. I really enjoyed it !!

Great video. You didn't have to leave the 5Dm1 behind at 3200 ISO. You could have pushed it in post, 1 stop for 6400 ISO, 2 stops for 12800 ISO

Hi Pablo, it may be worth noting that Iso variation is applied gain, there is no change to the exposure at the sensor, added after the image has been received by the sensor, therefore you can add gain (exposure) in post to shoot the Mk1 one or two stops under-exposed then add exposure in post to get a very similar result to having applied one or two stops of Iso when shooting, you would then of course see much higher levels of noise and dynamic range degradation. There will also be the factor of pixel pitch to take on board, the greater number of smaller pixels on the later camera will have a slightly lower dynamic range and commensurate lower signal to noise ratio. Some of this is visible in the cropped images where the lower pixel density shows up as a slightly more enlarged image when cropped, if you could properly match the enlargement you would get a more accurate result. The overall impression is none the less, interesting, if only to show how little real change in image quality has come within the last four new models of the 5D! Cheers, Richard.

I had the 5D Mark II (which is still a very good camera) for some time and then I bought the 7D Mark II for sports photography. So, with the 7D Mark II, I started missing this high-tech feeling on the 5D Mark II. So I bought the 5D Mark IV and I do not regret it at all. Most of all, I like the fact that all the settings can also be seen in the viewfinder.

A very interesting comparison, I have never owned a MkI but I do have a MkII which I find very satisfying to use because of its relative simplicity compared with more recent cameras, yes you do have to "work" at things a bit more but there is a greater sense of achievement when you nail it. Perhaps I'm a bit of a an old man but recently, I've also gone back to wet film and shooting in black and white alongside my digital cameras as much to slow me down and concentrate on what I'm shooting as to get my 'eye back' from spending too much time shooting in maximum fps !

I personally really like that iso noise

I recently bought the 13 year old Mark 1 and it really is a very capable camera. The ISO 3200 photos looked quite usable and the shutter sound does remind me of an old film camera with a motor drive but I like it lol.

Props for mentioning the shutter sound. Most reviewers overlook stuff like that nowadays. I have the 5dM2, but it sounds like a rivet machine… not so cool… takes wicked pictures though. I also have a 6D2 which is my main FF machine, and the shutter whispers sweet-nothings like it's in leeeerve!

Been doing a lot of low light with film and love the grainy images it can produce especially black and white. Saw a lot of similarities in the later part of the MK 1 segment which I thought was very pleasing and not something that would cause me to be worried by the appearance of noise. Love your composition, really thoughtful.

Wow! You've really opened my eyes. I have a 5D Mk 2 that I've been struggling to get good photos out of and you've made me realize that I just need to become a better photographer

There is a certain charm about the pictures on the 5D mk1, that the 5D mk4 just doesn’t have

I own a pair of 5D Mark I's, had a 5D III (now sold) and I shoot with a Mark IV. To me the key differences between them are resolution (obvious) and how much detail the files hold in the shadows. If you do very light editing and leave you contrast SOOC kind of high - sure, both cameras look the part. But where I find the Mark I falls apart really quickly is if you underexpose or have saturated colors...both is even worse. Those 12-bit files get very noisy and pixelated with no smooth color transition when you try to recover shadows. This is even somewhat problematic if you try to de-vignette shots taken with a lens that vignettes a lot (50mm f/1.4, 35mm f/2 IS, etc). Denoising in LR doesn't help much as even then the tonal transitions are very unpleasant. These files are almost best left alone. Plus it doesn't help that the JPEG preview cooked into the raw files is only half-res, which makes critical focus hard to tell sometimes. Though it must be said that SOOC images from the Mark I are very...film-like, which is why I bought the cameras in the first place. Super simple camera with no bells and whistles - it just takes pics. Very good for learning, which I appreciate. Plus, with computational photography you can take very high-res images, 3D scans, noise-free images, etc - if you know what you're doing and if the scene is suited for that. Which is great, since a 128GB card can hold about what...7000-8000 raw files. I've shot 2600 frames and I've not filled up the card even half-way yet xD Overall, even if the Mark I is a bit of a dud if you like your shadow detail - it's a great learning tool and the files have a special look to them :)

would be nice to know what settings you had the two cameras on - a side from the ISO.

5D Classic = Organic Noise, almost filmic stuff

Ok this is not the comment anyone would expect here I was having some serious exam stress rn because its day after tomorrow but Pablo's great pictures and this great video really helped me relax...I dunno what was so relaxing about this video - the content or Pablo himself, maybe both!

I picked up a 'like new' 1Dmk2 on MPB. Run it alongside my 6D2 and 80D and absolutly love it. Servo AF at 9.5 fps is amazing. Consider if you got married only 8 years ago this is what your pro would have used and you would still br happy with the rslts today.

Mark 3 and Mark 4 comparison pls, because it both has twin card slots which can be efficient for pro use unlike the mk.1. And the mk3 price so much better now. Thanks!

I love the noise on 5D Mk1, feels like pictures from film time period, ISO 1600 is fully usable.

I currently have a t1i with a 50mm1.8. I was thinking on saving up to buy a classic 5D. Still unsure... Great video!

Both are great cameras and will serve a purpose depending on the user. The 5D MK I is great for anyone wanting to get into full frame photography and students alike. Bear in mind pixel density, 12MP vs 30MP and the 5D MKIV still works much better! Great video and well put together!

is it only me that find granier photos look better and nostalgic :)

Very surprised how nice the 5D1's pics still look so long after release.

Pablo I enjoy and mostly use my 6D's and 5D III, but for Canon users not to have a Classic 5D is a mortal sin. I have 2 of them and every so often take them to my shoots with me. Maybe is old age and melancoly but I can't seem to be able to reproduce the creamy look of the 5D's with any other camera. They are very special cameras that made a mark in the market place amongs serious photographers. Many that I know raised their families using the 5D Classic, and that's a lot to say. A wedding photographer friend recently said to me: "those two 5D's put thru college one lawyer and one physician"; now it is time to move up to the Mk IV and let these two rest in a very special place..

Comparison videos are the best! OMG u went to Las Vegas, lots of memories there!

the mark 1 which i own has a nostalgic look shooting at 1600 reminds you of a little bit better than a polaroid of sorts film

The 5D1 RAW processed in DXO DeepPrime is incredibly improved in the shadow noise above 1600iso.

This video just shows how good cameras are. If one is not able to get a great picture with 5D Classic, that means he sucks and there is no Sony A7III, A9, Nikon D4, D5, D850, D810, D750, Canon 1dx mk2, 5D 2,3,4, 6d mk 1,2, Leica or any other newest camera out there that will help him. And it means that you don't need to have the latest and greatest gear every time. I would always go for 5d classic, than any crop on the market, it is dirt cheap these days.

@3:20 they saw the 5d and immediately stopped to appreciate it. They had to let him take that street light shot.

the noiseon the 5d mk1 is like no other. its oftentimes like film noise. very beautiful sometimes.

My first DSLR from serious film was the 5Dc: at the time, I was blown away from ISO 1600 (while it had noise, it still looked very fine grained compared to any digital camera output I had ever seen before). I held on to my 5D past the 5D2: its main contribution was video, and I didn't feel it worthwhile as its AF was the same. I've since upgraded to 5D3 and now 5D4. The 5D3 had great AF and a much improved high ISO: yes, any digital camera is much better at high ISO then film could have approached...but since technology gets better, why shouldn't we try to reap the benefits of better performance. This vid also doesn't get into post processing, but I find 5D4 also has some leeway with ISO 1600 to still do quite a bit of push and pull that you wouldn't have with 5Dc (and way back then, 5Dc was a game changer then as well). Then also with good light, the 5D4 has better dynamic range: I found base ISO with 5Dc, you'd get noise while trying to push shadows. Now with the 5D4, no noise while pushing at base ISO.

There’s not that much in it IMHO. There’s a reason they call the Mark 1 the Classic. Side note: the 6D is a good option and can be had used for a nice price.

The 5D mk1 always gave a certain character to the images... looking at this video, I still think so. The 5D had unusually large pixels on the sensor....and less tightly packed ...12.8mp. I still think the images have great character. Maybe I like a bit of imperfection...but I preffered most of the mk1 shots to those of the mk4.

oh my boy you're alive what a great news!

I bought a 5Dc recently and is one of the most funny cameras I have ever used. Film-like noise structure, the color are different than other Canons, and the monitor is shit, so you have to take much care when taking a picture (i use vintage lenses manual focus only) because you don't have how to check if it's really really ok or not. And no live view.

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Interesting. It's funny how we get attached to these old bodies despite their limits. I felt the same about my 6D when i upgraded to the 5d4. One thing i did immediately notice though, was that 50mm 1.8 certainly shows it's limits on that 30 megapixel sensor, the 5d4 really needs quality glass in order to shine.

7:15 Where is this alleyway? It looks so cool with the neon lights. I feel like shooting there!

please, you have to make a video where you explain your editing (photo), I've searched everywhere but nothing, I think it's the best editing ever seen in my life

get it, next question same but about MK2 you can find it today less than $300 in a very good condition sometimes even for $200 so it's should be interesting to compare

Its truly astounding how much sensors have improved. With the Canon 40d I never went past 400 iso & the 5dii never past 1000iso. On my new apsc I shoot at 3200 iso without much hesitation.

When did Pablo replace his selfie stick with a camera operator? 🤣 High ISO comparison between mki and iv: is probably worth pointing out that the perceived noise is also a function of different pixel counts. If you cropped into the iv to a pixel for pixel comparison rather than a scene to scene comparison then the mki wouldn't look quite so poor. But that's not very useful as a real world comparison. Keep em coming Pablo. And please revisit the street interview work too. 👍

5D + 50 1.2 = i am so happy

To me it just makes sense that image quality would fall off slightly... it’s photography. If you take that out of the equation, then you might as well just put it on auto and let the camera take over completely. If the sensor and the computer inside are cleaning the image up....the creativity and problem solving of photography goes. Spend the money and get a better lens. I love my 5D mk1. Still more camera than most even need or will even use.

Moral of the story: The 5D MkIV rules the roost _hand-held_ in low light, but how do they stack up against each other when a tripod with hands-off shutter release (cable or remote) comes into the picture and you can take your time over the shot? In addition, I would have thought a good deal of model and fashion work comes with control over the light (speedlights, reflectors, etc), which would also tend to erode the relative advantage of the MkIV. That being said, there are other things to consider, such as how the AF locks on and tracks in lower light, and that may be another reason to take the newer camera even when the sensor of the older model is still producing decent work with the ambient illumination.

Bring the noise! Mark I is a bargain for rock n rolll shoots!

This is all well and good but what camera is this video being filmed with?! handling the light amazingly!

I'm still using the mark 1 even though it's a 12years old machine. Not just for the larger pixel but also the philosophy similar to film camera.

I own a 5D classic and by its limitations is a really good camera, as you show us. 10 plus years old technology, which is a huge technological gap now days.

Pablo, love the video. I have a 6Dmk1 and a 5Dmk1. I think your video proved what a great camera the 5D is. The 6D is technically better in every aspect but I still love using my 5D. The 6Dmk1 is overlooked as a great DSLR used bargain.

I like your joy of shooting, nice music choice :)