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dcmiller wrote:
stanj wrote:
dcmiller wrote:
I think you can get the 5D mkII by the end of Oct. The IQ probably will be superior on the new 5D. At a minimum, it will be equal. The newer canon tech. is superior to what you would get in a used 1DsII. Complex colors (landscapes) are truer.
Just as the 5D wasn't necessarily better in "most" aspects than the 1Ds, the 5D2 will not necessarily be better in "most" aspects than the 1Ds2. You won't know until you see, and even then it's not clear how obvious it will be.
The OP stated that "Most of my shots are landscape, travel, and street"
I stand by what I said. Canon may be boring, but their product roll-outs are predictable. The newest digic version (and maybe 14 bit) is better than the mkII series for his stated purpose.
Yeah, when it came to street, then the 5D will eat the 1Ds1 after sunset. But if Canon is indeed predictable and sells the 5D2 with the 40D AF, as we are all afraid that they will, I think the 1Ds2 may win on the street, even if some of the image quality ends up being inferior (which is yet to be seen), simply because it will get the shot, while the 40D, er excuse me 5D2, won't be able to focus. Having been a 40D and 1Ds2 owner at the same time, I can tell you that at least my 1Ds2 could run circles around my 40D in every aspect other than frame rate, and very much especially in the AF department.
Again, this is all silly speculation until the 5D2 (or whatever) is out and people peeped on the first pixels, and photographed their first cars from a bridge. Nor was the OP about the 5D2
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