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Suppose the 5D is for real and its price would be more or less equal to the price of the 1DmkII, which would you buy?

Though I've been looking/waiting for a FF camera, I think I would choose the 1DmkII:
1) Faster AF, more FPS
2) Robust body etc...
3) Now I've used the 1D for 18 months, I think the 1.3x crop is a good compromise (1.6x is still too much for me though)
4) I have grown a 1-series addiction

Aug 09, 2005 at 06:54 PM

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lexvo wrote:
Suppose the 5D is for real and its price would be more or less equal to the price of the 1DmkII, which would you buy?

Though I've been looking/waiting for a FF camera, I think I would choose the 1DmkII:
1) Faster AF, more FPS
2) Robust body etc...
3) Now I've used the 1D for 18 months, I think the 1.3x crop is a good compromise (1.6x is still too much for me though)
4) I have grown a 1-series addiction

I'd get the 1D2

Aug 09, 2005 at 06:56 PM

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phidong wrote:
lexvo wrote:
Suppose the 5D is for real and its price would be more or less equal to the price of the 1DmkII, which would you buy?

Though I've been looking/waiting for a FF camera, I think I would choose the 1DmkII:
1) Faster AF, more FPS
2) Robust body etc...
3) Now I've used the 1D for 18 months, I think the 1.3x crop is a good compromise (1.6x is still too much for me though)
4) I have grown a 1-series addiction

I'd get the 1D2

Moi aussi. Interesting trend...

Aug 09, 2005 at 06:57 PM

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Does anyone else find it odd that PictBridge is included on a "pro" body?

I can't see anyone getting this camera shooting in jpeg and printing right from the camera - maybe it's just me....

If all the required ports and hardware are there already for other functions it costs them almost nothing to add it, so why not?

Aug 09, 2005 at 06:58 PM

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lexvo wrote:
Though I've been looking/waiting for a FF camera, I think I would choose the 1DmkII:
1) Faster AF, more FPS
2) Robust body etc...
3) Now I've used the 1D for 18 months, I think the 1.3x crop is a good compromise (1.6x is still too much for me though)

Exactly my point.. Even if my film EOS 5 camera is still my backup film camera i guess i will pass over the little digital brother for now. But (yea there is always a "but"), this so called EOS 5D might do a fine little studio and stock-work camera..

Difficult choices ahead...

Aug 09, 2005 at 06:59 PM

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The choice is easy for me....no money.

Well I do have the money in theory, but I wouldnt dent my savings and my relationship for a camera. My 300D is one year old, and my 10D less than that. My hope is to extend the life of my 10D until a full frame body more or less like this 5D costs what a 20D costs now. Maybe 2/3 years?

Aug 09, 2005 at 07:07 PM

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jackkrash wrote:
Does anyone else find it odd that PictBridge is included on a "pro" body?

I can't see anyone getting this camera shooting in jpeg and printing right from the camera - maybe it's just me....

Well, while it might be slightly odd, it doesn't do anything to the validity of the info at least - for example, the 1Ds Mk II has PictBridge as well.

Personally I think there might well be use for such a feature. How about if you want to offer quick prints to clients right on the location? Not an unprecedented situation. PictBridge could be quite useful in such cases. You could use it a bit like Polaroid, without needing a computer in the middle. And since it's just a software feature (at least to my understanding, considering that many cameras have had PB added in a firmware update), better to include than exclude it, since better to have it and not need it than not have it and need it, right?

Edited by Teppo on Aug 09, 2005 at 09:20 PM GMT

Aug 09, 2005 at 07:18 PM

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Prime example of the "Famed EOS 3D" coming out in a year and a half which will surely solve all the problems already associated with the 5D.

Aug 09, 2005 at 07:19 PM

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Sorry, I am not a camera expert, but it doesn't make sense to me: it would mean that the EF-S lenses (3 so far) were made just for the 20D; that if you want to upgrade from the 20D to the "5D" you have also to change a whole set of lenses (you would still want to retain the focal lenghts that you cover now); that many PJs, which have been advocated for a less bulky body than the current 1D series would dump them for the "5D" (kind of more pros using the F801/F100 than the F4/F5 in former times) etc.

Giulio

Aug 09, 2005 at 07:20 PM

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Aug 09, 2005 at 07:28 PM

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p.4 #11 · Canon EOS 5D. New camera. Pics.

I like the fact that the grip is removable and the size of a 20d. hope this rumor is true... Anyone want a 20d?

Aug 09, 2005 at 07:31 PM

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p.4 #12 · Canon EOS 5D. New camera. Pics.

Would bet that the mysterious PDF does not show the new "tweener" DSLR. At the same time there are clear signs indicating that the PDF has been created by an agency working for Canon Europe.

Could it be that this whole thing is a part of Canons launch campaign for the new camera? Viral marketing?

Aug 09, 2005 at 07:35 PM

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Canon is probably getting consumers' reactions to the specs and price by "leaking" out the mysterious pdf.

Aug 09, 2005 at 07:40 PM

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giulioz wrote:
Sorry, I am not a camera expert, but it doesn't make sense to me: it would mean that the EF-S lenses (3 so far) were made just for the 20D; that if you want to upgrade from the 20D to the "5D" you have also to change a whole set of lenses (you would still want to retain the focal lenghts that you cover now); that many PJs, which have been advocated for a less bulky body than the current 1D series would dump them for the "5D" etc.

Only for 20D? How so? Don't forget the 300D and 350D. D'oh. Besides, the EF-S lenses aren't pro lenses. The 20D is a semi-pro or pro body though.

Besides, who's forcing anyone to upgrade?

Aug 09, 2005 at 07:43 PM

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Teppo wrote:
giulioz wrote:
the EF-S lenses aren't pro lenses. The 20D is a semi-pro or pro body though.

Besides, who's forcing anyone to upgrade?

What's a pro lens? Alex Majoli uses digicams...

Aug 09, 2005 at 07:46 PM

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p.4 #16 · Canon EOS 5D. New camera. Pics.

Looks fake to me:

Check out the camera has a popup flash on the back pic but on the front one there is no pop up flash.....

Aug 09, 2005 at 08:02 PM

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Giulio

The 1.6 crop will be here for a long time. The 5D isn't the 20D replacement. The "30D" will be have a 1.6 crop sensor.

I like this camera for what it is, an updated 1Ds.

Aug 09, 2005 at 08:06 PM

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Aug 09, 2005 at 08:07 PM

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ent2b wrote:
I wonder how long it will be before Jim Bowes or someone downstream of him gets in trouble from Canon.

Edited by ent2b on Aug 09, 2005 at 12:52 PM GMT

It was the Canon-Spain rep who first leaked this "October surprise" several months ago. Either he got his hand swatted for that and he's a slow learner or he's Canon's authorized official unauthorized unofficial leaker.

Aug 09, 2005 at 08:12 PM

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An EOS 5D is on it's way through the pipeline and will be official on the 22. of August (Canon tradition; 300D 19. of august etc.), possibly earlier noe that 'the cat is out of the bag'.

Look up this: http://alex.netfun.ro/Canon5D-specs.pdf

Aug 09, 2005 at 08:18 PM

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p.4 #21 · Canon EOS 5D. New camera. Pics.

I think I may be having an orgasm over all this excitement. Is there something wrong with me

Aug 09, 2005 at 08:28 PM

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p.4 #22 · Canon EOS 5D. New camera. Pics.

newguru wrote:
Looks fake to me:

Check out the camera has a popup flash on the back pic but on the front one there is no pop up flash.....

I see no indication of a pop-up flash on the back. What part exactly are you looking at ? The hotshoe ?

fake or not, the amount of detail and original design someone put into it is really impressive. The curvature of the back layout for example is definatly different than that of the 10D or 20D for example. I dont think anyone talented enough to pull this off would of "forgetten" to take the pop up flash off the back view

Aug 09, 2005 at 08:28 PM

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The NDA's expire August 22.

Aug 09, 2005 at 08:29 PM

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p.4 #24 · Canon EOS 5D. New camera. Pics.

http://www.canon5d.com

Aug 09, 2005 at 08:32 PM

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p.4 #25 · Canon EOS 5D. New camera. Pics.

while it may be real, the one part that looks fake (as has been mentioned elsewhere, i think) is that the camera strap on the body's left is shown on the front view, but is missing when viewed from the rear.

Aug 09, 2005 at 08:35 PM


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