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Subject: [Leica] Canon Introducs 2 new digital SLRs
From: s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov)
Date: Mon Aug 22 11:45:16 2005
References: <20050822165656.B8F2F197390@xprdmailfe3.nwk.excite.com>

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:

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> The Canon 5D is the Nikon D2X killer...... Its a serious threat for  
> Nikon and the price point is perfect.
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>
>  --- 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 
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