Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Just out last night. Canon 1ds mark II http://www.dpreview.com/news/0409/04092104canoneos1dsmkii.asp http://www.dpreview.com/articles/canoneos1dsmkii/ Full frame, 16.7MP, 4 fps. It's huge (we had the original 1Ds back at my old job), but it's full frame and unfortunately the only game in town. The Kodak is noisy over 200-400asa and sllloooowwwww. But $8000 bucks?? You can buy a small car for that kind of money. Makes Leicas look cheap. And here is another question. The RAW files this thing puts out are HUGE. 50MB at full resolution. Think about this: 36 exp x 50MB = 1800mb (1.8GB) of storage. Thats a lot of a space for the equivalent of a roll of 35. I looked a some of the test frames on the Canon site and they are quite spectacular, but frankly nothing you couldn't do with modern Leica glass and slidefilm. And it wouldn't have the Bayer pattern smear. http://www.canon.co.jp/Imaging/eos1dsm2/eos1dsm2_sample-e.html Feli