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Subject: [OM] Re: Crushed! Crushed, I tell you!
From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2007 13:29:45 -0800
Bob Whitmire wrote:
> The subject line says it all. Perhaps it should be known that I  
> clapped for Tinkerbell, too, but I really thought by PMA Olympus  
> would have its next E-Thing at least ready for folks such as DP to  
> review. Now I learn they have more pictures, but no actual camera,  
> and the 410 and 510, which might actually steal the P&S show, won't  
> even be out until around July.
>   
I think you are in the minority in being surprised.
> That new E*S 1D MkIII looks mighty sweet, right about now. Mighty  
> expensive, too, but then a camera in he hand is worth two in the  
> imagination, right? I did notice they've shaved it down to 10.1MP,  
> and use the 1.3x APS sensor, which makes me wonder, what with the ID  
> designation, if Canyon has decided that 10Mp is sufficient firepower  
> for most pro needs?
>   
I think you misunderstand Canyon's obscure nomenclature. The 1D 
designation is for their big, heavy weight and duty Pro series bodies.

The first one, the 1D, used a 1.3x sensor and was their only Pro body at 
first. Later, they added a little "s", using 1Ds for the new body with 
full frame sensor.

Since then, the 1D series are all about speed, for sports and suchlike 
uses, at the expense of a smaller, lower mp sensor. The Mark III can 
blaze away at 10 frames per second for 110 JPEG or 30 RAW images and has 
a new AF system supposed to be even faster than the II.

The 1Ds series are about mp and image quality, but slower. Only 4 fps 
for 32 JPEG or 11 RAW. (And the 5D is a slug, at only 3 fps, which I've 
never used.)

In spite of the similar name, they are completely different cameras, and 
the 1D has the 1.3x sensor because that's what it has always had.
> Anyone know if or when an update for the 5D is due?
>   
Seems unlikely to me that they would announce anything before Fall, and 
certainly not before the 1Ds Mk III. Though slightly lower in mps, the 
5D, according to some reviewers/users has superior overall image 
quality. In ShootSmarter's skin tone shootout, the 5D was on top and the 
1Ds II on the bottom. So they really can't make a 6D with more mps 
before the 1Ds has a mp boost and image processing update.

What else can they add to the 5D? The new anti dust combo introduced 
with the 400D, naturally, but that's not enough for a new model. Maybe a 
5Dx? The 1D introduced Live view, but I assume that would go hand in 
hand in the design process with whatever bigger sensor mp count comes next.

As a user, I can see how a 6D with 16 mp, live view the anti dust 
treatment would be nice. But honestly, the 5D is a mighty fine camera 
and I've had no dust problems with mine. A light blow-out once is all so 
far. And adding 3.3 mp only increases linear resolution by about 12%, 
hardly noticeable.  12.8 really clean mps is really a lot and iso 3200 
is actually perfectly usable. The 300D felt limiting, the 5D doesn't.

Moose

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