Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]BD I would agree with you, but the Canon dealers, I have talked to prefer the 1D MK II over the 1Ds as they feel the 1Ds is slower to work with for every day type shooting and is better suited for studio work, and a better value for the dollar. Also from what I remember, only the 1Ds is full frame, the 1D MK II is the 1.5 factor sensor. Gene Let me make a suggestion to those of you who are considering an alternative to the Digital back... Thing seriously about either the EOS MarkII or the D1...Yes, they are infinitely more expensive than the D20. And, yes, you'll get great results with the D20. But IF you were or are planning to spend $4-6K on the digital back (and I mention the higher price because the dollar seems to be heading for the basement against the Euro, which means the price of the digi back has to be going up as we speak), you might consider the higher end Canons, which will be more likely to give you want you're looking for in terms of results. Frankly, the D20 might well provide an image as good as that the digi back will produce, but who knows. And I would suggest that the Mark II and the D1 or D1s will have better viewfinders than the D20 - but they may well not be up to R8/9 standards. (But then no SLR is. ;-)) Actually, the D1 or D1s is probably the way to go, because it will give you the fullframe 35 sensor, which seems to be what most people here want... B. D. _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information