DP Review / Reviews the NEW EOS 1D MKII

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0401/04012 ... 1dmkii.asp

Fascinating stuff and the first time I have seen a price mentioned...

Also includes a ZIP file with image samples.

Check out the Japanese page, must better info that the 2 pager English ones...

http://cweb.canon.jp/camera/eosd/1dmk2/index.html

E-TTL II works with all EX flashes:

http://cweb.canon.jp/camera/eosd/1dmk2/ ... dex13.html

EOS 1D, EOS 1D Mk II & EOS 1Ds comparison chart:

http://cweb.canon.jp/camera/eosd/1dmk2/compare.html

Don't read Japanese? try translate it via:

http://www.excite.co.jp/world/url (click on the 2nd option for JP->EN)

$4,500!!! Doh! Very pricey.

Seems like there is a large gap again between the 10D and the 1D MkII. I wonder if Canon plans on filling that void.

I have just about given up on seeing a digital version of the EOS-3. Seems to me that this 1D mkII IS the 3D, but at a MUCH higher price point.

There is no way I can personally justify spending $4500 on a new camera body. I would much rather spend it on lenses!

I think there is still room for a sub $3,000 camera, but seems Canon has larger and richer fish to go after.

-J

Has anyone seen an estimated date of availability?

Jim,
Looks like April 2004

Greg Downing wrote:Also includes a ZIP file with image samples.

I took a look at these this morning and my initial impression wasn't the best. What did you think of what you saw?

Mr. Komatsuzaki, Head of Canon Consumer Imaging Europe wrote:With commanding speed and phenomenal image quality, the EOS 1D Mark II sets a new performance benchmark for sports and news photographers. With nearly double the resolution of the EOS-1D, the EOS 1D Mark II also opens the digital SLR realm to the areas of fashion, nature and event photography.

Remember how upset people got when I related that a well known Canon-sponsored pro had told me the 1d "was never intended for us" (meaning nature photographers shooting for stock)? Here it is from the Canon's mouth.

Does anyone think that 8 Mp is close enough to 11 to make it a stock camera or is 11 still the way to go for stock? Do image upgrades in the Mark II close the gap in ways other than just megapixels?

Paul

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An interesting tidbit - the lens mounted to the 1D MkII at the bottom of Page 4 of the DP Review article is the new 28-300 and it is a white lens with a red ring

E.J. Peiker wrote:. . . the new 28-300 . . . is a white lens with a red ring

Looks like a shorter 1-4. Canon's repair guru once told me dust-sucking is inherent to the design of a 4x zoom. I wonder how a 10.7x will fare? Personally, I would rather see a constant f4 zoom with a shorter range, say the 200-400 f4 that was once rumored.

The 28-300L is up on the Canon USA site - its another dreaded push pull:
http://www.usa.canon.com/html/eflenses/ ... index.html

Note that Rob Galbraith also has a 5 page write up on the 1D MkII:
http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_ ... -6451-6636
Some interesting stuff in here about how the AF, flash systems, and others have been improved. Dual AF processors for better AI Servo, not losing your work if you open the flash card compartment, dual flash metering options, histogram in all three color channels, etc.

and also details on the two new lenses:
http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/conten ... -6451-6676

E.J. Peiker wrote:The 28-300L is up on the Canon USA site - its another dreaded push pull

I'm curious. Is it the push-pull that's dreaded, or merely the fact that it's not an internal zoom?

My Sigma 50-500 is a twist zoom, but it does have creep if pointed up/down, and does change signifcantly in length when zoomed. Is it really any better than a push-pull type?

-Paul

The push pull in dusty climates tends to suck a lot of stuff into the lens. On paper though this does appear to be the perfect single travel lens when you can only take one lens.

E.J. Peiker wrote:The push pull in dusty climates tends to suck a lot of stuff into the lens.

More so than a twist zoom that has a large volume change? Isn't it the volume change that sucks the dust in, rather than the actual push-pull mechanism?

-Paul

Note that Rob Galbraith also has a 5 page write up on the 1D MkII

Yes some good stuff there for sure.

The wife is smiling as she gets rid of the D-30.

Wish we could get the new model for the end of Feb as we have a week of winter sports to cover in Northern Alberta.(Arctic Winter Games 2004) Could really put it through it's test for cold weather, low light AF and action.

Paul Skoczylas wrote:

E.J. Peiker wrote:The push pull in dusty climates tends to suck a lot of stuff into the lens.

More so than a twist zoom that has a large volume change? Isn't it the volume change that sucks the dust in, rather than the actual push-pull mechanism?

-Paul

Generally a twist zoom is a better sealed unit, particularly when the lens does not need to change in length throughout the zoom range, like in the case of most (or all?) of the L-series Canon twist zooms.

I think the push-pull has a certain vacuum quality to it!

Dick Ginkowski wrote:I think the push-pull has a certain vacuum quality to it!

No more than a twist zoom that changes in length. That is the key, really. If the zoom happens internally there is no vacuum effect.