$1000 Off Kodak Pro SLR/C

[CoolToolGuy]

I just saw this on DPREVIEW:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0411/04112202kodak_1000$discount.asp

Only good in the USA, and does not include the Pro SLR/N.

Did they give up, or is there a new one coming, or ...

Full frame for $3500 - sounds attractive :?

Have Fun,

[MrKickalot]

I don't know if I would....Sigma builds that camera for Kodak. I have nothing against Sigma but not for that kind of money... That is how they got the "Canon" mount. I'm not 100% sure who builds the sensor but the camera is built by Sigma....

[Longwatcher]

Oh NOW they lower the price.....








(if confused by my comment - see other recent posts by me)

[CyberDyneSystems]

Dude... you will be much happier in the long run!

Still.. $3,500.00 is compelling :shock: Would have been a noce price to "try it out" ...

But I imagine the used price for this beast will be plummetting too.

[Longwatcher]

Dude... you will be much happier in the long run!

Still.. $3,500.00 is compelling :shock: Would have been a noce price to "try it out" ...

But I imagine the used price for this beast will be plummetting too.

I will be happier, but my savings account won't 8) 8) 8).

Such is life :shock:

[sGu]

I remember there was an article in Practical Photography by David Norton who is specialise in landscape photography. He had a chance to play with a Kodak SLR/n while on assignment, from his review, he was hugely disappointed with its enlarged version of images, totally unusable.

Regardless how cheap it gets, I'll stick with Canon.

[Longwatcher]

All I will say on what I found out when I did my research was if you use the Kodak SLR/c under controlled lighting conditions (which landscapes never are) at the best ISO, it will produce better pictures then the 1Ds. Which means for the 90% of the time I shoot in a studio setup with controlled lighting, it would work very well for me.

On the flip side it is the other 10% when I shoot on location, while traveling or a concert or other low-light condictions (and the extra FPS, touch of MP, and more assured compatability with my lenses) that the Canon 1DsMkII wins.

The 1Ds was close but price versus the added resolution in the studio made the Kodak a slightly better choice. Both the 1Ds and 1DsmkII are clearly superior to the Kodak SLR/c, but price is a big factor.

If I were not getting the mkII, I will still be slightly annoyed because they waited a whole month to lower the price and I would have had it already at the higher price. At $3500 K/SLRc versus $8000 C/1DsM2 , while not regretting my descision, If I had not already made up my mind That is $4500 I could have spent to get the remainder of the lenses I wanted. Then I would have waited at least a couple of years to get a better camera, because between the Kodak and my 10D it would cover 95% of my needs so lowering my need.

too late though, I have THE 35mm sized DSLR coming. (at least for a few months)

[C.S.I.]

1.7 FPS aint my cup of tea for 3500$.......... :shock:

[CoolToolGuy]

1.7 FPS aint my cup of tea for 3500$.......... :shock:

Yes, but its not about the FPS, its about the PPF (pixels per frame) and the FOV... :wink:

Have Fun,

[Longwatcher]

1.7FPS is quite good enough for me in the studio most of the time. There will be one or two times in a four hour session where I might want a faster frame rate, but I could live with that.

Also, I have found with my 1DsM2 that I am changing out CF cards a lot faster. The 1.7FPS wasn't really a big concern, it was more the buffer write time. If that is a slow as it appeared then I would be more irratated waiting for the images to write to CF card then I would be in the FPS. With my Sandisk standard 1gig card I ran in to a couple of occasions where I was waiting for it to write to the card instead of taking pictures. (did not have same problem with Lexar, except once and that was because I wanted to review a shot after taking about 8 in a row - much shorter delay).

It looks like the Kodak's top write speed goes at about 1/2 the speed of the Canon 1DsMkII, however with the cards I have it seems to actually go a bit faster according to Rob Galbraith's CF database. According to it my Sandisk would take just as long, but my Lexar would go about 15-20% faster on the Kodak. On the flip side the CF card I will be getting next should take full advantage of the 1DsMkII's write speed.

The Kodak SLR/c is not a bad camera for the price, but it also not the best camera for the price. It has limitations, but for certain applications it is well worth the money from all of the research I have done.

Too late now for me anyway, unless I happen to come accross one in a few years for cheap.

[Chrisc]

There's a new model due for release early next year, one of the Uk mags reviewing Photokina or similar mentioned it. No other details yet.