Canon EOS-1Ds Digital Camera

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Canon EOS-1Ds Digital SLR

The 1Ds is a state-of-the-art digital SLR that meets professional imaging and performance standards, with a price to match. Read more

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Canon EOS-1Ds Review

The EOS-1D broke several barriers, it was the first digital SLR with full environmental seals (and apart from the 1Ds still is), it was also the first digital SLR to deliver that huge 8 frames per second shooting speed (and still is). Canon's ""1"" SLR's have always represented the most prestigious and highest quality of their time and the EOS-1Ds certainly lives up to that billing, it also breaks barriers, it's the first released digital SLR with double figure effective pixel count and it's also one of the first released digital SLR's with a full 35 mm size sensor (Contax's N Digital has been in and out of release status).The full size sensor means several things, firstly that the field of view of a lens used on the EOS-1Ds is identical to the same lens used on a 35 mm film SLR. This means that lenses are being used as designed, and that all those super wide angle lenses really can come into their own. The full size sensor also means a big viewfinder view, in this respect the 1Ds i... Read more

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Canon EOS 1Ds

To sum it up simply - you (always) get what you pay for ... At the time of this review the Canon EOS-1Ds is the ""ultimate digital SLR"" in both features and image quality. It's also one of the most expensive digital cameras which is to be expected given its extensive capabilities. Let's not forget that the top of the line ""pro"" digital SLRs only a couple of years ago cost in excess of $15,000 and didn't have one-forth of the 1Ds' image resolution. Every year we see the resolution and performance increase as the cost decreases and this year has been no different. If anyone is still saying that they're waiting for digital cameras to catch up to film then they haven't seen or used the Canon EOS-1Ds yet! Read more