1DS MkI owners unite!

wilsongrady wrote in post #13038817
What's not to like I accept the MkII and actually adulation it. Although the MkIII has been appear, I don't see myself advance anytime anon afterwards account the reviews (not that there's annihilation amiss with it, but it just doesn't action that abundant added to me). IMO, if you're searching for a pro FF physique that yields above after-effects, annihilation in the 1Ds band will do.....and the aboriginal and MkII are complete bargains on the acclimated ambit.

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cvt01 wrote in post #13036986
Try this, I think it is the same exact product. I have one, works great (after like 20 charges)

Thanks, I'll look into that

j4k wrote in post #13039648
Why 400 Jason C?

A great man once said: https://photography-on-the.net …?p=10532361&pos​tcount=522 , and he is absolutely correct. Iso 400 on a 1Ds is the butter zone, an exquisite balance between digital and film quality...the iso 400 files are absolutely unique. Search this thread and see for yourself.

I much prefer the Film-Def captures as opposed to today's Ultra Hi-Def pictures...

I want imperfections, I want grain, I want character!

Crap, now I want my 1Ds back! (must get more glass, must get more glass...)


Jason C

I'm looking at picking one of these up as a back up to my 5d2 and was wondering if anyone is shooting this tethered?

chrisepperson wrote in post #13047883
I'm looking at picking one of these up as a back up to my 5d2 and was wondering if anyone is shooting this tethered?

I have tried it out, it works well mind you its a bit slow, but its slow when writing to the card If your using windows xp 32 bit and the canon supplied software it should be easy to set up, but if your using vista/ windows 7 32 or 64 bit, forget it, canon never updated drivers for them

louismark wrote in post #13049353
I have tried it out, it works well mind you its a bit slow, but its slow when writing to the card If your using windows xp 32 bit and the canon supplied software it should be easy to set up, but if your using vista/ windows 7 32 or 64 bit, forget it, canon never updated drivers for them

Thanks. Luckily my laptop is running xp 32 bit and has a 1394. I think I'll pull the trigger on one in the next couple of days.

I am selling the last of my 2 1DS bodies. If anyone is interested, PM me and I will give you the details.

Thanks Jason - very interesting...!

Jason C wrote in post #13041214
A great man once said: https://photography-on-the.net …?p=10532361&pos​tcount=522 , and he is absolutely correct. Iso 400 on a 1Ds is the butter zone, an exquisite balance between digital and film quality...the iso 400 files are absolutely unique. Search this thread and see for yourself.

I much prefer the Film-Def captures as opposed to today's Ultra Hi-Def pictures...

I want imperfections, I want grain, I want character!

Crap, now I want my 1Ds back! (must get more glass, must get more glass...)

Jason C

Mmm - maybe the 1ds isn't the camera for stock photography - this just got rejected because of 'noise' - I know it's not a great picture for stock, but was told to submit anything sharp to get through the QC, regardless of what the picture is of. This was ISO 250, and to me has hardly any noise at all. Just texture.

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j4k wrote in post #13089299
Mmm - maybe the 1ds isn't the camera for stock photography - this just got rejected because of 'noise' - I know it's not a great picture for stock, but was told to submit anything sharp to get through the QC, regardless of what the picture is of. This was ISO 250, and to me has hardly any noise at all. Just texture.

As the owner of a 1Ds for 8 years, I'd have to say that even at this thumbnail size, there's obvious, though minor, noise. The 1Ds is completely unforgiven of *any* underexposure, but is noise-free when you ettr...

skid00skid00 wrote in post #13092289
As the owner of a 1Ds for 8 years, I'd have to say that even at this thumbnail size, there's obvious, though minor, noise. The 1Ds is completely unforgiven of *any* underexposure, but is noise-free when you ettr...

Unfortunately, noise is the reason why I do not have the 1DS anymore. Anything over ISO400 or even 400 was a big no-no for people I took pictures for. What seems "butter zone" to us is "only noise" to others.
This is an unbeatable camera if you are using ISO 100-200 outdoors and/or under studio lights in studio.

1ds4Me wrote in post #13113150
Unfortunately, noise is the reason why I do not have the 1DS anymore. Anything over ISO400 or even 400 was a big no-no for people I took pictures for. What seems "butter zone" to us is "only noise" to others.
This is an unbeatable camera if you are using ISO 100-200 outdoors and/or under studio lights in studio.

ISO 1250 at 100% crop: http://home.earthlink.​net/~ladlueck6/bright1​250.jpg The sun was setting, the dark red siding is in shadow... This would print up larger than 13" x 19" with NO visible noise.

The picture I posted was ISO 250 in broad daylight - on reflection, I had always thought of nosie as a uniform thing - something that affects all of the image. But of course it can be something that affects just the shadows.

Part of the problem with using these older cameras for stock photos is that the stock agencies ( like Getty ) are demanding larger and larger files. I think Getty's spec is now something like 50meg, which, these older, smaller sensors just can't do. You pretty much have to be up in a sensor range of 15 to 18 megapixel minimum to get the filesize. I suspect that part of why they are doing that is to effectively force us to stay up fairly close to the leading edge of technology. Stock photos is truly a game where they ( the agency ) is in the drivers seat. They are laughing all the way to the bank, while the independent photographers are struggling to make it happen in the field, just hoping that enough images get sold to make this pay off in the long run.
In other words, if you think you are going to get rich shooting stock.....good luck on that. Lot's of competition, so you'd better be not only on the cutting edge, but also seriously on your game at all times.

skid00skid00 wrote in post #13115985
ISO 1250 at 100% crop: http://home.earthlink.​net/~ladlueck6/bright1​250.jpg The sun was setting, the dark red siding is in shadow... This would print up larger than 13" x 19" with NO visible noise.

No arguements from me here. Just saying what people want. Someone with a newer i.e. cleaner camera will look at your picture posted and will point to lack of details in the shadows.