Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]They keep this up, it will kill off film within the next 2-3 years. A trip to Calumet the other day was very interesting. It was nothing more than an Epson showroom. Slobodan Dimitrov Studio G-8, AGCC http://sdimitrovphoto.com On Aug 22, 2005, at 9:56 AM, "" <marko1976@excite.com> wrote: > > > The Canon 5D is the Nikon D2X killer...... Its a serious threat for > Nikon and the price point is perfect. > > > > --- On Mon 08/22, Ken Lassiter < kenlass@gate.net > wrote: > From: Ken Lassiter [mailto: kenlass@gate.net] > To: lug@leica-users.org > Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 12:01:38 -0400 > Subject: [Leica] Canon Introducs 2 new digital SLRs > > Today on the PMA Newsline International: (Ken > Lassiter<br><br>Canon introduces two new digital SLRs<br><br>Canon > U.S.A. Inc., <http://www.usa.canon.com> Lake Success, N.Y., USA, > <br>introduces its new compact EOS 5D digital SLR which offers a > full-frame <br>CMOS sensor with 12.8 megapixels of resolution. The > camera will be <br>available in October for an estimated selling > price of $3,299 for the <br>complete Power Kit with a full software > package including the new <br>Digital Photo Professional > v2.0.<br>Picture<br>The new EOS 5D digital SLR from Canon will be > available in October for <br>$3,299.<br><br> The EOS 5D features > the DIGIC II Image Processor which allows users to <br>shoot up to > 3 frames per second, and record up to 60 full-resolution <br>JPEGs > and 17 RAW images in a single burst. The camera features a new > <br>2.5-inch LCD/TFT screen with 230,000 pixels that's viewable > even at <br>extreme angles, and a new nine point AF system with six > Supplemental AF <br>points, > a new AF algorithm and a new AF circuitry. The new AF system > <br>improves subject detection and focusing precision at the > center, the <br>most frequently used area, and significantly > enhances subject tracking <br>performance.<br><br> The EOS 5D has > a newly developed, high-speed and highly durable <br>shutter unit > designed to meet the demanding requirements of a full frame > <br>sensor in a relatively compact body. The shutter is a vertical > travel, <br>focal plane type with two parallelogram link curtains. > Each curtain has <br>four blades, three made from KN Mylar and one > from Duralumin, to create <br>a professional-level shutter with a > durability rated at 100,000 shots.<br><br> The camera's top, front > and rear covers and battery grip are made from <br>light and highly > durable magnesium alloy, and the camera has an improved <br>grip > and mode dial, a modified terminal cap share and clearer rear > <br>controls. The camera body consists of a stainless steel chassis > and a <br>mirro! > r > box made of high-strength engineering plastic.<br><br> The EOS 5D > has other high-end features including the same ISO range as <br>the > 1Ds Mark II - ISO 100-1600 in one-third-step increments and ISO > <br>speed extended at L:50, H:3200. Also included on the camera is > <br>ultra-precise white balance with nine types of white balance > settings, <br>white balance bracketing and white balance > correction. Other features <br>include enhanced 35-zone exposure > metering; spot metering in <br>approximately 3.5 percent of the > viewfinder area; six selectable JPEG <br>recording modes including > RAW and simultaneous RAW+JPEG; a large bright <br>viewfinder with > three interchangeable focusing screens; new flexible and > <br>convenient folder creation and selection; and more advanced > PictBridge <br>functions.<br><br> <br>Picture<br>The new EOS-1D > Mark II N digital SLR sells for $3,999.<br><br>Canon also > introduces its new EOS-1D Mark II N digital SLR, which fires <br>at > 8.5 frames per second for up > to 48 full-resolution JPEG images in a <br>burst and has a new 2.5- > inch, wide-angle view LCD/TFT monitor with <br>230,000 pixels of > resolution that offers crisp image playback. The <br>improved > display enables viewing angles up to 170 degrees from any > <br>direction. Startup time has dropped to 0.2 seconds.<br><br> > The camera, selling for $3,999, has an all-metal body and chassis > and <br>weather-resistant construction with its shutter durability- > tested to <br>200,000 exposures. An improved image processing > sequence and a better <br>memory management method in the EOS-1D > Mark II N digital SLR has ramped <br>up its burst capability with > the camera now able to shoot up to 22 RAW <br>frames and up to 48 > full-resolution JPEGs in burst. The camera can also <br>shoot 19 > frames of RAW+JPEG and at 59 frames or better at the JPEG > <br>Middle 1 setting, 77 frames or better at JPEG Middle 2, and 135 > or <br>better at JPEG small, a substantial increase. Additionally, > the EOS-1D <br>Mark II > N digital SLR now creates new folders automatically when file > <br>numbers reach 9999, making the new camera more responsive in > fast-moving <br>news and sports photography situations. > Photographers can even customize <br>the first four characters in > filenames, enabling superior image <br>organization and camera > identification capabilities.<br><br> The EOS-1D Mark II N digital > SLR lets the user save the same image <br>simultaneously in both > the CompactFlash and SD memory card slots. <br>Photographers can > also record to slot one until it was full and then go <br>to slot > two as a reserve. Now, with the EOS-1D Mark II N in RAW+JPEG > <br>mode, it's also possible to save the RAW and JPEG images > separately in <br>each memory > card.<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Le > ica Users Group.<br>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug > for more information<br> > > _______________________________________________ > Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com > The most personalized portal on the Web! > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >