12/14 argument? Who is arguing? Are you saying that Canon has in the past denied a need for more than 12 bit A/D conversion?

Obviously 16384 tone levels (2**14) vs. 4096 tone levels (2**12) will make a big difference. It remains to be seen how visible a difference there is between 16384 tone levels (14 bit) and 65536 tone levels (16 bit). I expect you are past the point of diminishing returns.

Don't forget that at 14 bit you are moving around and processing a lot more data. I suspect that at the time of the development of the 1Ds2 and 1Ds that this was a much more challenging design issue than today. Thus the 12 bit.


Paul Gardner wrote:
Hopefully the 12/14/16 bit augument is over also. Here is what Canon has to say. (markering hype on)

http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&tabact=DownloadDetailTabAct&fcategoryid=314&modelid=15710

After all the nay sayers, Canon has finally admitted that 14 bits is better and one of their other papers said that 16 bit was planned for a future camera.

tHE MILKING GOES ON!

More sensor information.
http://www.clarkvision.com/imagedetail/digital.sensor.performance.summary/

I guess the question now is, who will buy this for me? Paul or J.C.?

Thanks for all the good links and comments to all that contributed!

Kind of off-topic, but I wonder how how much retailers will charge for the leftover new 1Ds MkII bodies when the 1DS MkIII finall starts shipping?

Edited: I thought I got a great deal on a new one on eBay, but apparently the seller didn't set a reserve and wasn't happy with the final price, so he's claiming it was a fraudulent auction on his account as a way to back out of the deal. Right, as if a scammer would make the terms LOCAL PICKUP ONLY and payment via cashier's check. Please...

Edited by Drew_Persson on Sep 21, 2007 at 06:23 PM GMT

Man that's a steal. Congrat!!!!!!!

Did anyone find any more pictures from this camera?

Has Canon released more official pics?

Thanks.

Here are some new samples:
http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/review/2007/10/11/7180.html

Found these guys in Australia.

http://www.praimaging.com.au/d1175-14-new-canon-eos-1ds-mk-iii-body.html

Only blank pages (with a little japanese text)... I guess the whole world is trying to access those pages now...