Canon 5D Mk II

terry44 wrote in post #2586200
I couldn't really follow focus a fast moving cycle in low light as I'm using a series I 300mm f2.8 and the manual focussing on that thing is dreadful. But even if it had had full time manual focussing, I doubt if I could have followed the bike in that light (I was also using flash so couldn't just hose either).

Ah... point taken . The rapid action of your shooting situation is far more demanding than my typical wedding reception. I know that I certainly could NOT pull that off.... I feel your pain.

sapearl wrote in post #2586304
Ah... point taken . The rapid action of your shooting situation is far more demanding than my typical wedding reception. I know that I certainly could NOT pull that off.... I feel your pain.

Yeah, news can be quite stressful, especially during the cold dark winter months. I'm really hoping the new 1D will help though...

AdamJL wrote in post #2555881
Damn that sounds good..
Any engineers on these boards willing to try it out?!

Send me your 5D and 200D and I'll give it shot.

Now lets consider this....Canon is the only provider of FF bodies at present, other manufacturers are not joining in, possibly because the marketing gurus dont think consumers are in the market for high quality images, just the snap shot variety.

However, the best selling of the "cheap" DSLR's to this day, is the 350D(rebelXT), coincidently the low-end Dslr with the best image quality of the pack(educated guess).

My point is this. What would happen if Canon, in the near future, made a FF DSLR. In a slightly enlarged XTi body, and sold it for the price of a D200 or equivalent?

U get all the Pro advantages, but without the heavy build quality needed for professional field work.

It could knock Nikon and the others right off the map.

Canon ..... do you hear me?

I would sure as hell get one!

er wei wrote in post #2634385
Now lets consider this....Canon is the only provider of FF bodies at present, other manufacturers are not joining in, possibly because the marketing gurus dont think consumers are in the market for high quality images, just the snap shot variety.

However, the best selling of the "cheap" DSLR's to this day, is the 350D(rebelXT), coincidently the low-end Dslr with the best image quality of the pack(educated guess).

My point is this. What would happen if Canon, in the near future, made a FF DSLR. In a slightly enlarged XTi body, and sold it for the price of a D200 or equivalent?

U get all the Pro advantages, but without the heavy build quality needed for professional field work.

It could knock Nikon and the others right off the map.

Canon ..... do you hear me?

I would sure as hell get one!

I don't think Canon is that stupid to throw down their trump card this early in the game. Although no other manufacture currently have a FF body in the market doesn't mean there aren't working on one particularly Sony. I think the next company to offer a FF will be Sony and possibily resurrect the Minolta name or maybe the Contax name thru Zeiss.

lostdoggy wrote in post #2634495
..............I think the next company to offer a FF will be Sony and possibily resurrect the Minolta name or maybe the Contax name thru Zeiss.

All you'd have to do is name drop those high end words Contax and Zeiss, and that would certainly grab the attention of some.

No no, thats not what I ment. This is not about paying poker.

All I'm saying is, I think there are a lot of people out there who would like to get better images, that can be enlarged to, say , posters. Without the kind of quality loss that we get with todays consumer models. And not spend a years savings. And I believe a lot of people would replace their Nikons, Pentax and sony a100s if they could get a Canon FF for less than 2k. People who are reasonably happy with their current setup. But aware of the obvious advantages of FF.

Naturally, most people are suckers for functions, but some are also suckers for picture quality. And I believe there is a large enough market.

Canon have a real chance here, to be the first to cover all the bases. Hell why not make a panorama dslr, something like a digital Xpan, and a proper Medium format. I'm not suggesting monopolizing the industry is the way to go. But hey....

er wei wrote in post #2639858
........Hell why not make a panorama dslr, something like a digital Xpan, and a proper Medium format. I'm not suggesting monopolizing the industry is the way to go. But hey....

A digital Widelux would be a pretty slick machine. You can still pick them up - now THAT'S a panoramic camera!

Actually I wasn't referring to Poker. Trump as in Bridge.

sapearl wrote in post #2634509
All you'd have to do is name drop those high end words Contax and Zeiss, and that would certainly grab the attention of some.

Yeap and Sony/Zeiss and Panny/Leica are also betting on that as well.