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Friday, 08 December 2006 |
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Canon EOS-1Ds Mark ll £4600 body only
 Canon EOS-1Ds Mark ll
There is only one specification you really need to know about this camera and that is it's 16.7 million pixels which is all crammed into it's full frame image sensor which is equivellent to a frame of 35mm film and is the only camera to offer such an impressive resolution in the professional range.
Picture quality is as good as it gets with file sizes this size, and is very impressive, not to mention the speed of the cameras start up time considering the amount of data it has to process which can be upto 15Mb in RAW mode. Continuos shooting is up to 4 frames per second and will take 32 shots. This may not appear impressive at first when compared to some enthusiuast D-SLRs but once you take into consideration the size of the image sensor it's quite amazing.
As with some of the other Canon's handling could be better, in particular the function setting could be vastly improved as some features require depressing one or two buttons whilst simultaneously turning an imput dial which can be a little fiddly.
Specifications
| Format |
SLR |
| Price (street) |
US$7334 |
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| Release Status |
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 Max resolution |
4992 x 3328 |
| Low resolution |
3600 x 2400, 3072 x 2048, 2496 x 1664 |
| Image ratio w:h |
3:2 |
| Effective pixels |
16.6 million |
| Sensor photo detectors |
17.2 million |
| Sensor size |
36 x 24 mm |
| Sensor type |
CMOS |
| Colour filter array |
RGB |
| Sensor manufacturer |
Canon |
| ISO rating |
100 - 1600 in 1/3 stops, plus 50, 3200 as option |
| Zoom wide (W) |
n/a |
| Zoom tele (T) |
n/a |
| Digital zoom |
No |
| Image stabilization |
No |
| Auto Focus |
Yes |
| Manual Focus |
Yes |
| Auto focus type |
TTL-AREA-SIR with CMOS sensor |
| Normal focus range |
n/a |
| Macro focus range |
n/a |
| White balance override |
8 positions & manual preset and 3 memories |
| Aperture range |
n/a |
| Min shutter |
30 sec + Bulb |
| Max shutter |
1/8000 sec |
| Built-in Flash |
No |
| Flash guide no. |
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| External flash |
Yes, hot-shoe & sync |
| Flash modes |
External |
| Exposure compensation |
-3 to +3 EV in 1/3 EV or 1/2 EV steps |
| Metering |
21 area eval, partial, spot (center, AF point, multi-spot), center-weighted average |
| Aperture priority |
Yes |
| Shutter priority |
Yes |
| Focal length multiplier |
1 |
| Lens thread |
Canon EOS EF mount |
| Continuous Drive |
Yes, 4 fps max 32 JPEG, 11 RAW |
| Movie Clips |
No |
| Remote control |
N3 connector |
| Self-timer |
2 or 10 sec |
| Timelapse recording |
Yes, by cable and PC |
| Orientation sensor |
Yes |
| Storage types |
Compact Flash (Type I or II), SD card |
| Storage included |
None |
| Uncompressed format |
RAW |
| Compressed format |
JPEG (EXIF 2.2) |
| Quality Levels |
Fine, Normal (can have ratios programmed) |
| Viewfinder |
TTL |
| LCD |
2.0 " |
| LCD Pixels |
230,000 |
| Video out |
Yes |
| USB |
Yes |
| Firewire (IEEE 1394) |
Yes |
| Battery / Charger |
Yes |
| Battery |
Canon Ni-MH battery pack & Double Charger |
| Weight (inc. batteries) |
1565 g (55.2 oz) |
| Dimensions |
156 x 158 x 80 mm (6.1 x 6.2 x 3.2 in) |
| Notes |
Professional D-SLR based on EOS-1D/1V |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 27 December 2007 )
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