There have been quite a few Buy & Sell posts lately for the Canon 1D Mark 1.
This made me dig into my old 1D files for a review (reminder?) of that camera's qualities. I found some pics that had been among my favorites from that camera. Thought I'd share.
Like the 1Ds Mark 1, I find the old 1D to be a very special camera.
By the way, each of these shots was originally captured as a JPEG.
I still use my Canon D60 when it comes to studio work. I've enlarged and sold images up to size 30x40 with it. The urge to stop buying newer, more MP cameras stopped when I bought the Canon 1DS Mark II. It took 8k for me to realize the photos coming from it in the studio weren't any better than the ones coming from my Canon D60. Still, I don't regret buying it. You can't beat a full-frame when it comes to wedding work, where you have to mix posed and PJ.
I am waiting on one to arrive. And I can't wait to push it to the limits. With its reported AF superiority over my 20d's, I am chompin at the bit to experience it myself. Without even shooting one frame I have already concluded that a second one will be added promptly, iso 1000 noise and all.
Lets see some more masterpieces from the old school legend!
IMHO, a properly exposed 1600 image is useable. And it is a better camera then the 20D in every way except battery life, but even that is cured by a Lenmar battery ordered from amazon.com
I loved my 1D while i had it.The only reason that i traded it for my 20D was that i wanted larger files to sell for stock photography.For that type of work file size does matter.Here are a few pics of a senior pic shoot and wedding that i did.The sharpness and detail and color the 1D provided are truly amazing.
-Jim
Thanks for the tip on the batts Zander, are third party brands recommended over canon, I read somewhere some of them do not fit properly or something like that.
And I wholeheartedly agree about properly exposed high iso files. I realized a while back that the noise I see in prints is rarely if ever the same noise I see on screen, Maybe its just me.
lwrnclightner wrote:
Thanks for the tip on the batts Zander, are third party brands recommended over canon, I read somewhere some of them do not fit properly or something like that.
And I wholeheartedly agree about properly exposed high iso files. I realized a while back that the noise I see in prints is rarely if ever the same noise I see on screen, Maybe its just me.
Lately, I've been printing ISO 800 images from my 30/40D combo, without NR.
Yep, the Lenmars are better than the Canons by far. The ones I have fit fine, but you can always borrow the end caps from a junk Canon bateery and substitute them if need be.
And I just had a ISO 1600 1D shot printed, very little noise visible.
Imagemaster wrote:
I did that with my 20D, as well as ISO 1600.
And this is why I chose to go with 1d from 20d. I was content with the 20d noise performance, but not the focus accuracy, unless it is me, which I doubt, it leaves alot to be desired.
Which leads to me wanting to know if the 1d vs 20d vs 5d "low light" focusing is a legit question. Is the 1d just as spot on in low light compared to the other two?
Yeah, people sometimes say that, so maybe my 1D is broken because I'm very happy with noise levels at ISO 1000. Is it as clean as ISO 100? Of course not. Is the noise horrific at ISO 1000? Let's take a look.
Here's a sample shot I took a weekend or two ago. Nothing special, but shot under high school lights. ISO 1000, 70-200 2.8 IS wide open, 1/100, IS mode 2 on.
RAW file, straight out of camera, processed in ACR with default settings, NR reduced from the default of 25 to 10.
LCollector wrote:
Sadly, OP, apart from the first image, all your images are pretty noisy !! Clearly, you didn't need the superior AF abilities of a 1 D for the posted pictures. Well, if it does really make you feel good to own an original 1D, enjoy ! :-)
Seems it makes a lot of people feel good. Did you read the other posts?
As far as noise goes, I don't see what you're seeing. Perhaps your monitor is set too bright?
And, no, the AF aspect of the 1D didn't matter here. What matters is the overall IQ of that camera, AF speed or no AF speed.
Finally ... I don't own the 1D anymore. I was just going through some of my 1D files and decided to post a few of my favorites, as my original post indicated.
