Interesting article: Hasselblad to 1Ds

[tim]

http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=7-7883-7913

[martook]

Although long, it was a really good article! It's very interesting to read about a professional photographers workflow

I loved this part from the last page:

"Here's the good news: {now I don't} own any camera gear except the Canon. I used to have to support the Nikon, the Hasselblad, the Sinar, the Fuji. I had four different systems, which meant all the stuff, plus all the supporting stuff. With the Canon now I can basically put all my eggs in the Canon basket and say, okay, well that means not only will I have zooms, I'll have primes, I'll have long glass, I'll have really ultra-wide glass."

Though Terrill makes that statement matter-of-factly, it's a startling one: a knowledgeable and successful advertising and editorial photographer with a top-notch client list believes that he can do with one 35mm-style digital camera what previously required four separate film camera systems in four different formats.

That's Canon for you... :D

But he does make a point of the fact that they are missing the best quality in the wide angle area... It's not the first time I hear that, so Canon really should do something about that.

[KevC]

But he does make a point of the fact that they are missing the best quality in the wide angle area... It's not the first time I hear that, so Canon really should do something about that.

Hehe. Everyone's heard that. That's why full frame users look at Leitz and Zeiss. Anyway, it's not the fact that Nikon's WA are better, necessarily. They don't have any full frame (or any bigger than 1.5x for that matter) sensors, where the quality drops off near the corners.

I don't believe even professional grade slide film matches the resolvability (is that even a word?) of the mightly 1Ds mk2 :D

I'd imagine it's quite difficult to make a wide angle, more difficult than a telephoto. Anyway, I do agree, Canon should do something about it :)

[Longwatcher]

Although I would love to see a new and improved 16-35 or better a 12-24/2.8L from Canon that is not EF-s. I dread to think how much they would charge given the higher tolerances that would be needed.