The battery life thing is relative... After I added a 1Ds to go with my 1D, I was pleasantly supprised on how much BETTER life I got out the 1Ds compared to my trusty 1D.

everyboday says its so terrible

mttran wrote:
Get 1Ds if you are 100-400 iso shooter. 1Ds IQ is a special one, i like them better than 5D

+ 1. As long as you properly expose, you'll find exceptional IQ with this body.

I should say that I absolutely loved the 1Ds, and that my best photos were taken with it. Granted, that's in good part because I owned it during the peak of my travel days, but still. An amazing camera as long as you stay at 400 or below, and below 30s max exposure time (and even then, better not).

The one actual defect that the 1Ds was famous for was banding. By that I don't mean the "look I can't believe how my ISO 6400 7D shot is banding when shot in the closet" - I mean actually defective sensors that were banding at ISO 100. If you can actually test the camera, shoot an extremely high contrast scene, such as a window in your room, exposed for the highlights (the outside). If you see purple or blue streaks all over the shadow areas of the image, and faint ones even in the highlights, back off.

Only a small number of cameras had this defect, and many people were successful at getting the chip replaced by Canon. I was not, and it drove me nuts, because it would come up even in properly exposed ISO 100 shots. But other than that, kick ass machine. Meh 5D.

I just picked up a 1ds. Sold my 50d. The 1ds is awesome. But I keep hearing iso 400 or less. I shoot raw and properly exposed ISO 1250 shots are great. With todays raw software ISO 800 on the 1ds is noiseless. If I get time I will have to post a series.

SteveS wrote:
I just picked up a 1ds. Sold my 50d. The 1ds is awesome. But I keep hearing iso 400 or less. I shoot raw and properly exposed ISO 1250 shots are great. With todays raw software ISO 800 on the 1ds is noiseless. If I get time I will have to post a series.


Well somehow I don't think that my 1Ds was fundamentally different from yours; even when I open my 2003 vintage photos with modern tools, they do look better than they did in 2003, but they are pretty noisy nevertheless. If you're comparing to a 50D then I bet you're comparing (like 99% of all people) at 100% 1Ds vs. 100% 50D, which is quite skewed - 15MP in a 1.6x cropper vs. 11MP in a FF - that may help the noise perception, but if you were to print images from both cameras at a given size it would be a whole different story...

Again, I am as big a fan of the 1Ds as they get, but there's a limit to my reality distortion field

IMO I see nothing wrong with 1ds high ISO. I agree not the best but still very useable.

ISO 800

did u do anything to the pic.Look great for me.Better than my 450D

I don't mind the high ISO noise either. Looks more film like, and doesn't have as much of the multi-color rainbow noise effect as some other cameras. A little Neat Image, or Noise Ninja and they clean up really well IMHO. I use my 1Ds mostly for scenic and art photography with some portrait work. It's still a very nice camera right now for the price.

Hal

Doesn't anyone remember what high ISO film used to look like? I remember when ISO800 and higher film looked like crayon. There is nothing wrong with the ISO 800 and 1250 shots (to me) posted above.

^ my sentiments, but times change...

I don't own the 1Ds, but I shoot with two 1D classics, and with careful exposure, high ISO can be obtained.

Body with a low serial number - 007xxx. No noise software applied, taken at ISO 1250 / s-m-c Takumar 85mm f1.8 wide open / 1/50 sec:

(I have since ventured into the 1600 ISO range, and it performs equally well there. Caveat: exposure becomes even more critical - do NOT underexpose, or the file is pretty much toast)

1d classic is another favorite.

SteveS wrote:
1d classic is another favorite.

+1
I do love the 1D classic as well. A very special camera.

luant16 wrote:
pauelv wrote:
I currently use 1Ds and have to say that the battery is sufficient for my use. I bought a new battery and I can shoot a lot with it the whole day without the need to charge it. This may depend on the weather if it is cold or warm as well. In winter the battery last a bit shorter. But I don't use burst mode so much and I'm not a very "aggressive" shooter. I also turn off the preview screen. Usually look at the shots for exposure/histogram between different lighting/exposure/conditions etc. Its hard to use the screen in order to judge picture sharpness because you can't zoom and the resolution isn't the best.

Its an old model, with old technology but can capture great pictures still. The battery issue may depend on your shooting style.

Hope this helps

pauelv

you can zoom it on preview, you can on it under personal setting, it helps a lot to check whether subject in focus or not (especially for large aperture), but 95% of the time its always in focus





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pauelv
you can zoom it on preview, you can on it under personal setting, it helps a lot to check whether subject in focus or not (especially for large aperture), but 95% of the time its always in focus







How can u turn on the function zoom in 1Ds? Which Software?
I try hard all day with EOS Ultility but it doesnt work. Someone help?
Thx