I’m happy I got into uni for many reasons but I have to say the main one is the excuse to buy a Canon 5D – full of full-frame goodness.

I started with a 450d which was great when I started out but when I reached it limitations (shutter speed was what got me) I upgraded to the Canon 7D. I have only had it for about 6 months and I really, really love it but I’ve been informed I will be greatly limited if I study without a full-frame camera so bring on the 5D. Whenever I pick up my 450d now, it’s like picking up a toy camera.

It finally arrived and wow, it’s amazing to go from a small sensor to a large one. I didn’t really understand what all the fuss was about but of course I now know and I’ll never be able to go back. I actually thought it was broken when I heard the loud ‘clunk’ of the shutter. I Googled that shiz asap and discovered that it’s quite normal and due to the larger everything.I even shook it thinking something was broken. Ha.

I had a play with it last night for the first time with my Canon 17-40mm f4 lens which is soooo much nicer on a full-frame camera.

I was using it at up to ISO 2000 and it still looked sharped which I’m most impressed by. It started to get noticeably noisy when I went past 2000.

I grabbed a gaggle of friends and went shooting. I’m still getting used to it and have a lot to learn but I can definitely see now why full-frame is better. In simple terms (I’m a simple person) you can just fit more in in the frame.

1/640 secs at f 4.0, ISO 1600, 17-40mm L f4.0 (taken at 6pm)