Please post all news concerning the recently-announced Eos 1D Mark III in this thread. From this point on, all threads in regard to the new body will be merged here, until they are shipping and a 'Hands-On' thread is created.
I was waiting to see what the next FF camera would be because I mainly do Architectural photography. I was not expecting a 1.3 10MP sensor. This camera is probably great for Sports and Wildlife photography. With what limited knowledge we have of it which would users want, this or the 5D?
Edited by SoderhamBratsk on Feb 22, 2007 at 05:12 PM GMT (Reason: Correct spelling)
I am going to call Calumet tomorrow to see how much the 1D3 ships for here in the UK. Just curious!
To be honest, though, I will let others see how well the camera performs in the real world, so the 'hands on' thread is going to be very interesting. On paper I agree, the 1D3 looks fantastic, but equally the 1D2N is the best camera I have ever owned and I simply cannot imagining dumping it to get a 1D3 at the moment. But don't quote me on that when you see one in my sig in April!
SoderhamBratsk wrote:
I was waiting to see what the next FF camera would be because I mainly do Architectural photography. I was not expecting a 1.3 10MP sensor. This camera is probably great for Sports and Wildlife photography. With what limited knowledge we have of it which would users want, this or the 5D?
Edited by SoderhamBratsk on Feb 22, 2007 at 05:12 PM GMT (Reason: Correct spelling)
SoderhamBratsk wrote:
With what limited knowledge we have of it which would users want, this or the 5D?
The MKIII, no contest. The improvements to the AF alone (with better sensors on the horizontal axis in addition to the vertical axis) make me want one. The better noise control (which looks like better overall noise performance and also extensive options for noise reduction in camera) is huge to me. The extra resolution is a bonus, but doesn't really matter much to me. The 5D really doesn't hold my interest at all.
Yeah the problem with the 300 000 frames is that you burn off 6 frames each and every time you turn on and off the camera... So I am not sure if the 100 000 extra frames in reality will mean much.. I was ready to present my business case to my CFO (read wife), but I think I'll wait for at least one firmware upgrade before running to the bank..
BUT 14 Bit's..... Hmmm 4096 vs 16000 colors.... Ohh well.. Waiting for the crazy 1DsMKIII even if I will never be able to afford it..
The sample's full frame is 156px on the short end. The white outlined area is 40px. So the cropped area is 25.6% of the frame.
The 1D3's sensor is 2592px on the short end. Cropping that to 25.6% of the frame, a full sample would be 665px on the short end.
The cropped area on their sample is 156px on the short end. 156 / 665 = .235.
Assuming the bottom image in their sample is the full frame of a picture taken with the 1D3, that sample is roughly a 23% crop. Much less than the 100% crops that would actually show noise grain. They essentially pixel-binned their results to get them to look like this.
Can't wait to see some REAL noise samples from the 1D3. Especially ISO6400.
