Comments on: The Canons of Navarone

By: Diana

Diana — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 15:56:37 +0000

I am just a beginner but have been privileged to be able not only to hold but to use the Canon 1D Mark III (We call it “Arnold”). I do a lot of horse show stuff in low light situations shooting things like Barrel Racing. I could not believe how clear the shots from the Mark III came out in the indoor arenas! WOW, huge improvement over what i usually use, the 30D. Now if only I had a rich uncle…..

By: Maxpower

Maxpower — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 04:00:25 +0000

“ill just stick with film…” LOL

By: Karissa

Karissa — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 02:40:30 +0000

The 40D is what I’ve been waiting for! I’ve been wanting to upgrade from my Rebel XT, but wanted to get a upgrade in mega pixels too (what’s with the 30D only having 8?), 10 MP sounds so much more, uh, professional :)

By: nate

nate — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 19:59:51 +0000

1 ds iii is 1.0x and 21mp. 1d iii is 1.3x and a piddling 10.1 mp. but at least it’s loud and shoots off a lot of frames, right? for half the price of a 1d iii you can get a 5d, which is full frame and has more mp. you give up the shake and bake sensor and 10fps. i’d call that a reasonable tradeoff

By: Andy Kruczek

Andy Kruczek — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 19:36:43 +0000

I just got back from four days with Canon where I was working as principal photographer on the UK launch of the 1Ds Mk3. Got my hands on the camera on sunday, the day before the worldwide embargo was lifted and used it all day, every day since. The four cameras we had were all “pre-mass” ie the final prototypes and we were working with the final beta copy of the new DPP software. What this means is that the production stuff will be tweaked and refined (this is why we were not allowed to hand over Raw files to anyone). The results from these pre mass models was awsome! I normally shoot on 1Ds Mk 2’s and everything about the new camera blows the Mk2 out of the water. I’m not a Canon employee, I was just a (rather privileged) guest and believe me this thing is the best DSLR I have seen, in every respect.

Someone mentioned the comparison with a MF back. It’s a difficult call. I guess as with film, ‘a good big-un will always be better than a good little-un’ but then on the other hand which medium format model alows you to shoot at 5 fps and has a range of lenses that equate to the Canon line (14mm to 600mm)? Then of course you have to ask yourself, “how much information do I really need?”. My Mk2 produces A0 prints on a regular basis and bigger when needed. If there is a downside it’s only that my clients retouch bill will go through the roof, as the added resolution from the new camera asks a lot of questions of models and make-up artists.

Did I like it?

I’ve ordered two!!

By: Mie

Mie — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 07:06:09 +0000

Is 1 D mark III really FF? Isn’t it 1.3x?

By: mildendomedia

mildendomedia — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:48:16 +0000

Good previews of both over at dpreview;

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0708/07082009canoneos1dsmarkiii.asp

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0708/07082010canoneos40d.asp

The 1ds mk3 looks amazing, but keen to see more about the 40d… since it doesn’t involve a re-mortgage… ;)

By: Roger

Roger — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:22:31 +0000

Quote: “Canon EOS 40D

The other big news from Canon is the 40D - it’s an evolution from my current camera, the Canon EOS 30D.

It keeps the 10 megapixels,…”

Uh, the 30D is an 8MP camera.

By: nate

nate — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:04:50 +0000

this sure makes the 1d mark 3 look like a ridiculous overpriced toy, doesn’t it? the ds is a pro camera- quiet shutter, full frame, 21 megapixels. putting the same 10.1 mp sensor in all 3 other models (xti, 40d, 1d mk 3) seems chintzy as hell

By: christopher

christopher — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 02:21:20 +0000

ill just stick with film…

By: Brian Larter

Brian Larter — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:49:51 +0000

Who wants to spend all his student loan on a new camera? I do!

By: Andrew Ferguson

Andrew Ferguson — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:57:41 +0000

In a way I’m kind of glad they didn’t announce an upgrade to the 5d as well. I don’t want them to update it until I can afford it :P

BTW, I used your success story with Photocritic and your Macro Photography book as part of a talk I gave this weekend at BarCamp Vancouver :)

By: Trent

Trent — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:10:55 +0000

Christopher: Yeah the new 1dsmIII is medium format crushing. What it doesn’t say is that medium format digital backs are now large format-crushing. So digital SLRs are moving into the domain of medium format, while medium format are moving into the stratosphere. Pricing included.

By: christopher

christopher — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:39:25 +0000

“medium-format crushing resolution”

what about the hasselblad h3d…