Canon EOS 1D II - Expert Reviews

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Review summary: As a semi-professional photographer, I have always been a fan of Canon cameras. The EOS line has a well deserved reputation for speed and quietness of operation that are highly valued for wildlife and action photography. While this camera may not be ...

Pros: Solid construction and weight (See text) ; Extremely fast ; Large frame buffer ; Accepts all Canon (except S) EF lenses ; Comprehensive user interface

Cons: Price ; Weight (see text)

Verdict: In the first week and a half, I have taken about 300 pictures with the Mark II, some just for practice or playing around with features (such as the 8.5 frames per second capture rate.) I personally like the weight and feel of the camera. Yes, there ...

Award: Highly Recommended!

Review summary: The new Canon EOS-1D Mark II is the successor to the Canon EOS-1D which was announced and introduced at the end of 2001. This new generation of digital SLR almost doubles resolution with its new eight megapixel CMOS sensor, doubles the size of the ...

Pros: Excellent resolution, not just a step change from the EOS-1D but a leap, Switch from CCD to CMOS delivers very clean images with no pattern noise, Maintains EOS-1D's amazing 8.3 fps and increases buffer to 40 frames (JPEG), Superbly well built, 'a ...

Cons: Startup delay - on a camera at this level we expect no startup delay, JPEG images appear a little soft, can be improved by increasing sharpness setting, Control system can be a little confusing at first, menu operation different to other D-SLR's, ...

Verdict: The original EOS-1D was a very important camera for Canon, their first home grown professional digital SLR built to EOS-1V standards and carrying that all important '1' label (indicating the best in their range).

Award: EISA Award!

Review summary: Canon's EOS 1D Mark II is a professional digital SLR camera without a single compromise when it comes to performance, picture quality and resolution. The Mark II exposes almost faster than your own reactions: the speed is incredible, the auto focus ...

Review summary: As of the time of this review, the Canon EOS-1D Mark II is the world's fastest pro-digital SLR camera. It combines a new 8.2 million pixel CMOS sensor with Canon's DIGIC II imaging engine and captures eight-megapixel JPEG images at 8.5fps in ...

Verdict: Canon 1D Mark II CSpro is compatible with Photoshop 6, 7, and CS. Also compatible with Photoshop Elements 1 and 2.0. Both Mac and PC versions are available.