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Verdict: Both pictures were shot using flash bounced from the white ceiling. As I only had a Canon EZ 430 unit to hand (the 1D, like all recent EOS cameras will only work in auto flash mode with the new generation EX flash range), I had to guess the manual ...

Award: Highly Recommended!

Review summary: Canon's EOS-1D is the first professional digital SLR from Canon since the EOS-D2000 (introduced in March 1998 which was a collaborative effort with Kodak, also known as the Kodak DCS 520). Indeed, the EOS-1D is the first all Canon professional digital ...

Pros: Excellent resolution for its pixel count, not far behind Nikon's D1X, Excellent colour, selection of colour matrices are useful for different situations, Based on the superb EOS-1V, Controls intuitive for EOS-1V and EOS-D2000 / D6000 users, Large ...

Cons: Banding at high ISO's (ISO 800 - 1600 when shooting in low to medium light), For pushed images the noise pattern is different on the left and right side of the image, Moir� occasionally visible, No magnify in playback (no excuse), JPEG/TIFF files ...

Verdict: The EOS-1D is a remarkably important and prestigious camera for Canon.

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Verdict: - Besides my usual battery of standardized test images, you'll also find a gallery of photos snapped by writer gal Stephanie Boozer (an unsung IR hero who helps me with a lot of the gruntwork on many of these reviews)..

Review summary: Targeted at sports and news photographers, the 1D is the Speedy Gonzales of digital photography.

Verdict: Every owner of a big EOS lens system with $5000+ to burn will want to rush outand get an EOS-1D. The only real shames are that image quality and light weighthave been sacrificed to some extent in order to achieve the market-leading 8frames-per-second ...