eos-1d

My Porsche wrote:
i think its more that she wants me to put it towards a car, more than her not trusting me...

i showed my dad the dslr i want at the store and he was way into it (he's an old school canon 35mm SLR user, the AE-1, which is now mine )

she said if i got a job i could start saving that and use it to buy whatever i want but she wants what ive got now to go towards a car, so i guess thats what i'll do.

i feel i'm old enough to make this decision, but i guess she thinks its a waste (women, what're ya gonna do?)

Fair enough.

Dave

I agree in that the original 1D is an exceptional camera and currently a great value for a 1 series camera, but I would stop short of saying that it blows my mkIIn out of the water.

I agree, the 1D Mark IIN is a better camera in many areas over the 1D. I've heard that the 1D Mark IIn takes a bit more effort to get quality shots out of (configuration/tweakin​g etc). So, quite possibily, the 1D shoots better out of the box. Without having used a Mark IIn and solely relying on reviews etc, it's very hard for me to say. If you'd like to send me your 1D Mark IIn for testing purposes I'd be happy to oblige *grins*.

Dave

The 1D images "out of the box" are loved by sports photographers because there is rarely any need to post-process and they can go straight from trackside/field to the front page.

The main reason they are so good is the weaker AA filter that having a CCD instead of CMOS allows. It does mean a higher risk of moire (rib knit wooll is a classic offender) and the slightly higher noise associated with CCD's. For the price there isn't anything to touch it.

Lord_Malone wrote:
I agree in that the original 1D is an exceptional camera and currently a great value for a 1 series camera, but I would stop short of saying that it blows my mkIIn out of the water.

I recently purchased a 1Dmk2 with a very low shutter count and had nothing but problems. Shots in a seq were oof, shutter stuck open, back focusing.. In a 2 month period It was at Canon twice for major surgery. Once to replace the shutter assembly and another to fix an issue with the auto focus. The body had less than 5000 clicks on it and was never dropped or abused. Hence the reason why the 1D out performs the 1Dmk2 I had.

hooookup, I think you just got a dud camera, not every 1D mark II is like that. It does happen. I personally think Canon's QA is slipping, but then, so is most manufacturer's QA levels if you ask me. An example of this is you never hear of back focusing or front focusing problems with the old EOS film SLRs.

Quality is a thing of the past these days, the modern mentality is "throw it away and buy a new one". Sadly, this is permeating through into more expensive items as well. I personally think that a 1 year warranty on a camera is simply far too short. Should be a minimum 2 years, if not 3.

With all of that said, I really do think you were just unlucky.

The other issue is that it took 2 visits, and 2 months for Canon to rectify the problem. That is completely unacceptable for a pro camera, especially at the cost of it. Either Canon is getting a lot of cameras back for repairs (and thus swamping the repair technicians), or they're just tardy (and don't really care about their customers), or they simply do not hire enough people to allow for a timely repair process to happen. In this modern age of less people, less time, more work, the customer will only suffer. Sure, the shareholder will be richer, but in the end, as a customer, I don't give a rats you know what about the shareholders. And I think is what's causing Canon's bad turn around times for repairs. Nikon doesn't seem to have this problem. Of course, the big thing is, why wasn't it fixed the first time/vist?

Dave