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03/02/2007 01:54:50 PM · #126 |
wow! I wonder if it is going to be a question of demand. I still don't have a wii either because I can't just go and buy one.
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03/07/2007 04:53:36 PM · #127 |
Wow, that perfect focus feature sounds nice too.
I think there is a fair amount of innovation in this release. Something I felt completely lacking in the 30D.
:)
Glad, I was getting worried that Canon had decided to sit on it's laurels like 1970's Detroit.
Hopefully, at PMA we'll hear some news of a 40D. |
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03/07/2007 04:58:02 PM · #128 |
Originally posted by theSaj:
Hopefully, at PMA we'll hear some news of a 40D. |
I can always tell what level camera body someone owns by which level they hope will be announced at the PMA...
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03/07/2007 05:30:50 PM · #129 |
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Originally posted by theSaj:
Hopefully, at PMA we'll hear some news of a 40D. |
I can always tell what level camera body someone owns by which level they hope will be announced at the PMA... |
I don't know...If I jump from the Rebel XT to this beast, well, that's quite a jump!! From the mid-level Toyota to the top-of-the-line Ferrari. Woo hoo!!! |
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03/08/2007 05:02:44 PM · #130 |
according to this site the price is right at $4000... a lot cheaper than I would have expected.
//www.ephotozine.com/news/fullnews.cfm?NewsID=3805
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03/08/2007 05:25:35 PM · #131 |
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Originally posted by theSaj:
Hopefully, at PMA we'll hear some news of a 40D. |
I can always tell what level camera body someone owns by which level they hope will be announced at the PMA... |
True...though I am happy to see the 1D MKIII.
Canon released the XTi which was a substantial improvement over the XT.
Canon has released the 1D MKIII which is a substantial improvement over the 1D MKIIn.
I feel two areas are lacking. The mid-range and the top tier. I did not feel that the 30D was a valid release and I had felt that Canon hadn't updated the 1D line. They've at least updated 1/2 the 1D line.
I think they should release the following:
1Ds MKIII
40D
5Dn (essentially, just an update with the dust removal).
That's what I'd like to see. |
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03/09/2007 12:46:55 PM · #132 |
This site has a video of the camera firing ten frames a second
//www.photocritic.org/2007/canon-1d-mk3/#more-703
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03/09/2007 12:51:35 PM · #133 |
UK price is £2999 - preorders being taken by Calumet for end of March delivery.
Looks like I'll be waiting until later in the year an buying in the US, save myself near to £1000
Message edited by author 2007-03-09 12:53:10.
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03/09/2007 12:59:41 PM · #134 |
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03/09/2007 01:00:17 PM · #135 |
Originally posted by Falc:
UK price is £2999 - preorders being taken by Calumet for end of March delivery.
Looks like I'll be waiting until later in the year an buying in the US, save myself near to £1000 |
You could always pay someone here to buy one and ship it. Of course if you buy it in the U.S. I guess it's tax free. ;)
Message edited by author 2007-03-09 13:00:33. |
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03/10/2007 08:53:07 AM · #136 |
| oooooooooooooohhhh me likes the live view. :) |
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03/15/2007 01:54:56 PM · #137 |
Am in the UK too and to be fair that's a great price.
The 5D was £2,500 when it came out ( so £3,000+ with a good lense, battery grips etc etc )
£2,999 isnt cheap but this isnt a drunken party camera.
And it's still £1,500 cheaper then the 16.7mp monster canon released a couple of years ago.
Would I get shot down in flames for suggesting the ISO noise on the MarkIII would even be better than the 16.7mp model ? ( given the time + technology gap between the 2 )
The previews look great, but obviously canon are going to sugar coat their new baby.
Roll on the reviews ! |
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03/15/2007 04:24:29 PM · #138 |
Originally posted by CalliopeKel:
oooooooooooooohhhh me likes the live view. :) |
What is the benefit of live view if you can't focus in that mode? |
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03/15/2007 04:33:56 PM · #139 |
Originally posted by rswank:
Originally posted by CalliopeKel:
oooooooooooooohhhh me likes the live view. :) |
What is the benefit of live view if you can't focus in that mode? |
As I understand it, you can zoom in 10x with the live view and manually focus. This is quite useful.
I also believe this enables you to correct the back/front focusing issues of the lens. By mounting the lens and calibrating against a scale using the 10x magnification. Then adjusting the focus and letting the camera know you've compensated the focus. The 1DMKIII will record up to 20 different lenses. (Though it doesn't distinguish the lenses so if you have two 50mm f/1.8 and they are off in different directions it won't help much.) |
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03/15/2007 04:52:20 PM · #140 |
Originally posted by theSaj:
Originally posted by rswank:
Originally posted by CalliopeKel:
oooooooooooooohhhh me likes the live view. :) |
What is the benefit of live view if you can't focus in that mode? |
As I understand it, you can zoom in 10x with the live view and manually focus. This is quite useful.
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Now that is cool.
I guess you can prefocus according to distance (if your lens has that anymore) and then frame over your head or around a corner etc.
Pretty slick.
Not sure why AF wouldn't work though, must be a reason or they'd have included it. Maybe that will be to entice you for the MK IIIn
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03/15/2007 05:44:47 PM · #141 |
Give it a few more years. (ie: when WUSB standard is released). Not sure if there is enough ingenuity with Camera makers to take advantage of it. (As I find almost all WiFi attempts very lousy design implementations.)
But theoretically it would be feasible to have the view screen display to a 7" screen with zoom in/out controls and have a line of automated zoom lenses. It'd be a fun option. But would probably necessitate either a re-design of the EF mount or at least an upgrade.
I personally that in another decade or so we'll see this sort of thing. I think they could do it already just not enough market. And since it's an afterthought it's always a bulky and cumbersome implementation.
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03/16/2007 01:45:46 AM · #142 |
There are 6 1D mk3's in the US at this time.
I know where one is...and where it was for the past 2 weeks. Yesterday and today it was in my hands!
I've spend the week at school My instructor, Michele Celantano, is one of the Canon Explorers of light and has had the 1D mk3 (and 580 EX2 flash) for the past 10 days - she shot a wedding last saturday and sent some images to canon today for use in ads for the camera.
I got to shoot some with it. SSSSSSSSSSWWWWWWWWWWWWWEEEEEEEEEEEETTTTTT camera. I want one!
The canon rep was on site as well...got all kinds of tid bits of info!
First, expect the sensor cleaner thingy in ALL new canon dSLRs. Expect the DiGiC3 as well. Hopefully some of the other nifty features will be available as well, such as 5 custom WB settings. The new wireless will be useable in the new bodies.
And the build quality is awesome too - Michele had the body and flash on a tripod with her 85 1.2 and it was knocked over, to the floor. the lens died a horrible death - but the flash and camera finished the wedding. there is a crack on the mirror box from the stresses of the flash on the hot shoe. Mike, the canon rep, says while it sucks to bust a $2000 lens, the body costs even more, and you always have another lens handy, but not always another body. Puts things in perspective a bit, huh?
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03/16/2007 08:55:34 AM · #143 |
@ Prof Fate:
Not to go OT here, but Michele Celantano is your instructor? Sweet!! I love her work, and I've watched her 5D videos on the explorers of light site and read some interviews with her, and I'm really impressed with her pix (she's kind of cute, too! :o)). How did she like it for weddings? She can obviously attest to the strong build quality, but did she like the camera layout, IQ, low light shooting quality, etc? I'm already sold on this camera more or less, but if she thinks it rocks as a wedding camera, so much the better! |
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03/16/2007 09:05:51 AM · #144 |
Originally posted by Pixlmaker:
The final price hasn't been officially confirmed by Canon, but it looks like this camera might be a bit more than the Mark II--quite a bit more. $3999 was the original street price listed, but now it's looking like it may be in the $4500 - $5000 range. Again, this is not official word, and I really hope this isn't the case. Spending $4k on a camera is outrageous enough if you aren't a full-time pro. But $5k? Definitely a deal breaker for a lot of us. |
The 1dII was $4500-$5000 when it launched. It was sold out for months. |
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03/16/2007 11:45:43 AM · #145 |
Dropped one of the only 1D MKIII's in the world.
Trashes $2,000 lens...
*sheesh*
I didn't realize going pro was so destructive to equipment. *lol* |
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03/16/2007 11:51:24 AM · #146 |
Originally posted by C-Fox:
wow! I wonder if it is going to be a question of demand. I still don't have a wii either because I can't just go and buy one. |
Hell in Baltimore County Maryland I can walk into game store and walk out with 10 of them. I think they limit 2 to a sale though. Was in Game Spot the other day while camera hunting at circuit city and say 7 sitting in the window.
Message edited by author 2007-03-16 13:12:35. |
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03/16/2007 11:53:03 AM · #147 |
Prof Fate,
How did you rate the 580EX II ?
I have the mark 1 and busted the plastic hotshoe foot on it ( and have no idea how grrrrr ! )
Any feedback appreciated as I am thinking of using the 580EX as a seperate flash and getting the II for the main. |
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04/04/2007 01:51:42 PM · #148 |
Just been down to the calumet in Edinburgh to have a look at the mark III and it is a amazing peice of kit. the screen is larger then my tv and the live view is crazy not much use to me but still very cool feature. The guy did not let me take a photo on my memory card to see how good the ISO actually is which was a shame. But it goes like a bat out of hell, very excited for the release.
I also asked about the price drop for the Mark IIN and the guy said that the drop would not be very noticable as there are not many N's left. He said that the canon warehouse in the UK only holds a hand full of them.
Any way that is all i have to say |
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04/04/2007 02:38:51 PM · #149 |
Originally posted by David Newland:
Prof Fate,
How did you rate the 580EX II ?
I have the mark 1 and busted the plastic hotshoe foot on it ( and have no idea how grrrrr ! )
Any feedback appreciated as I am thinking of using the 580EX as a seperate flash and getting the II for the main. |
I held it is all. The three features that appeal to me the most are: auto feature (i use a metz 54 for it's auto feature as canon's eTTL is not great at weddings), faster recycle time (i thought the first 580 was quite fast) and the ability to plug the flash into a pocket wizard (without the need/expense/reliabilty issues of using a hot show to PC adapter.
It does have better build, and while you never like breaking things, losing the hotshoe on the flash is much less costly and problematic than ripping the hotshoe from the camera body!
The weather sealing is great for some folks, but since none of my bodies or lenses are sealed it's not a feature I would want to use ;P
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04/04/2007 02:44:28 PM · #150 |
I use the 580 for weddings all the time and haven't notice any problems. What am I "missing out on"? What is the Metz 54 doing different?
So you're saying the new 580 can be triggered by a pocket wizard now? (obviously without eTTL, but still, that could be quite useful)
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