Canon EOS 1Ds - Expert Reviews

Review summary: Let me start by saying that the Canon EOS-1Ds is the first digital camera to produce what I consider to be film-quality images. At it's best settings it produces a 4064 X 2704 pixel image that translates into a 31.5 Mb TIFF file. As a comparison a ...

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Award: Highly Recommended!

Review summary: The EOS-1Ds is Canon's newest professional SLR. Based on the EOS-1D body the EOS-1Ds raises resolution to 11 megapixels, uses a CMOS sensor (just like the EOS-D30 and D60) and is the first Canon digital SLR with a sensor which captures a full 35 mm ...

Pros: Class leading resolution, the best we've ever seen *, First full 35 mm size sensor digital SLR, offers excellent wide angle opportunities, Excellent color response with good selection of color matrices (inc. Adobe RGB), Based on the superb EOS-1D/1V, ...

Cons: Some moir� occasionally visible, ISO 100, ISO 200 noise levels not as low as EOS-D60, better at higher sensitivities *, Full size sensor means that edge lens aberrations are now more visible than APS-size sensor, Maximum sensitivity of ISO 1250 may ...

Verdict: The EOS-1D broke several barriers, it was the first digital SLR with full environmental seals (and apart from the 1Ds still is), it was also the first digital SLR to deliver that huge 8 frames per second shooting speed (and still is).

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