Please help...Should I buy a 1D or a D60?

[Diggi]

I am interested in buying a 1D or a D60. I have reviewed many articles to compare specs and all that, but they left me more puzzled. Price is not an issue, what I am interested is mostly more flexibility and final product quality and less noisy pictures at any resolution, faster interface, night or astronomy photography, speed, focusing mechanism, etc...

I know many of you have both of these cameras and I am looking for your "practical" unbiased review. Please help me with your valuable advice!

Thanks in advance

Diggi

[Paulhuang]

I went for the D60 as I was very happy ith D30. The 1D is at least 3 times the price. I can do with the slower shutter lad and the slower AF as I am using manual lenses. I guess it depends on your budget and what you are shooting most.

Cheers,
Paul

[Roger_Cavanagh]

Diggi,

Lucky dog to be in the position to choose. :D

One thing about the 1D that is relevant to night photography: long exposures will generate tremendous noise. I can't recall the source for this, but the issue is down to the design of the CCD, which has two "amplifiers" (may not be the right name) in order to speed processing to get shooting rate up. This causes a "purple noise" effect at the corners of the image with longer exposures.

I would ask myself:

- do I really need a camera built like a tank?
- do I need to shoot 8fps with 9/10 images in perfect focus?

In your situation, I would compare not 1D vs D60, but 1D vs D60+your choice of super-duper L lens.

OTOH, if money is not really an issue, get both. :)

Regards,

[Diggi]

Thanks gentlemen for your valuable comments.

Just a quick question since you mentioned manual lenses. I have an assortment of Canon lenses from 13mm all the way up to 1000mm for my original Canon A1 which I still have and adore religiously. Some of these lenses have the expensive F and FL coating. Can I use these lenses in manual focus mode on the D60? That would be great if I could!

Cheers,
Diggi

[lazoj]

Diggi wrote:
Thanks gentlemen for your valuable comments.

Just a quick question since you mentioned manual lenses. I have an assortment of Canon lenses from 13mm all the way up to 1000mm for my original Canon A1 which I still have and adore religiously. Some of these lenses have the expensive F and FL coating. Can I use these lenses in manual focus mode on the D60? That would be great if I could!


Yes, you can purchase an adapter ring to mount MF lenses on your EOS. You will have to stop down to meter, then shoot away!

[Rudi]

lazoj wrote:
Yes, you can purchase an adapter ring to mount MF lenses on your EOS. You will have to stop down to meter, then shoot away!



You will most probably lose infinity focus with the adapter in place. This will render your telephoto lenses pretty much useless (unless for macro close-up shots), and your wide-angles won't like being moved away from the film/sensor plane, either.

Bottom line: YES, you can get an adapter, but it's probably not going to do you much good in the long run... :(

[Gomez Photography]

If price is not an issue.get both. Use one as a back up.
Both are great cameras. but for what I do the 1D is perfect. With frd Miranda's SI , my clients make 20x 30 posters easy.
Focus is better with the 1D, I got a bright split screen from Bettie.
The image of the D60 is amazing. If you shoot outdoors with Fstops more than 5.6 or 8 than the D60 is great. Lower light situations with small Fstops ,be careful your critacal focus may suffer. if you can wait, then be on the look out for a new model that will top all the rest. or keep your eye on to Fovon chip in the Sigma camera. Canon just sent a patent design in for a new chip that seems to act like a Fovon chip. Michael