EOS-1 Ds Mark X
December 21st, 2008 Posted in Canon 1Ds Mark 4
Some ideals of specs out there
I’ve read some various things around the web about the next incarnation of the 1Ds line. Some stuff is from conversations I’ve had as well.
mp: 28-38
proc: Dual DIGIC V 16bit?
LCD: 3″-3.5″
FPS (Still): 5-7
FPS: (Movie): Variable, 1-120fps.
AF: A new 45 point system
Feature: WiFi
Feature: GPS
I’m not sure Canon cares much about WiFi and GPS in camera bodies. I wouldn’t hate having wifi, I might use it. I have no clue why I’d want GPS in a camera though, Google Earth applications aside!
I’ll be weighing closer to its release. I have it penciled for launch in the first half of 2010.
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December 21st, 2008 at 11:08 am
I think the GPS issue depends heavily on the type of stuff you shoot. Personally, I wouldn’t mind having GPS at all. On the other hand, I wouldn’t have much use for WiFi…
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December 21st, 2008 at 11:27 am
GPS would be a real asset to me. I plan on traveling and shooting for personal memories, and having the exact location where the photo was taken would be a great bonus.
Assuming that the file formats can be read years from now, it would be wonderful to look at photos I’ve taken in prior years as thumbnails on the world map.
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December 21st, 2008 at 11:56 am
I hope it does have native 16 bit processing, along with the 1D IV… DR improvements of any kind are a step forward. MP increases are not.
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December 21st, 2008 at 12:35 pm
If Canon is dropping the 1.3x, wouldn’t they be merging the 1 series?
Will there be a high speed shooting option? Or will the movie mode be following RED’s full resolution raw capture at movie frame rates?
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December 21st, 2008 at 12:42 pm
only 21 megapixels… no more!
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December 21st, 2008 at 2:44 pm
GPS is an essential productivity feature for landscape and photojournalist shooters (how else is the production office going to know where the stuff was shot, for keywording and captioning). And completeley essential period for forensic use.
WiFi:
When shooting landscape I would just have the camera automatically offloading stuff everytime I got back to the car. In the studio, of course, I would use it for “tethered” shooting.
For 3-4 years, I have been writing to Canon asking for these features. I see both of these as essential productivity features that I would expect/demand any pro camera to have. I would really like to also have these features on the 5D series, but that may be hoping for too much.
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December 21st, 2008 at 4:09 pm
GPS would be the ticket for me. I suppose once I used WiFi I’d understand the uses better, but…..how long before a camera virus begins circulating?
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December 21st, 2008 at 10:59 pm
I’m with Adam and ‘Sanyi from Hungary’. We have enough mega pixels.
Advances in Dynamic Range, Low-light performance and other core image quality features would be welcome.
Wifi is inevitable – the days of cables for this type of work are numbered and it is not a difficult technology to implement (albeit as a choice). GPS is useful to many – if others do it (and I believe they will), Canon will have little choice than to tag it on as soon as possible to be in the leading pack.
Unfortunately, the current video buzz, and the fear that video companies (think RED) could step over to pro video/still cameras will mean the research and design focus may be on everything other than producing the ‘very best’ stills cameras.
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December 22nd, 2008 at 12:50 am
I think video is a great addition that will add a lot of flexibility. The variable frame rate would be really cool – I’d love to be able to overcrank for smooth slow motion using the lenses I’ve already got.
If still cameras eventually move to an electronic shutter, adding video would be a natural move.
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December 22nd, 2008 at 8:59 am
One aspect of GPS that some may not realize:
The time is synchronized.
If you are like me, shooting events with multiple camera bodies and multiple people, time synchronization is important. “Okay everyone, push it it in 5..4..3..2..1..NOW!”
Either that or, (like I was doing yesterday), filtering an event in Lightroom by camera serial number and trying to find simultaneous shots so that I can think to myself: “Let’s see… What’s 4:26:15 minus 4:32:52?”
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December 22nd, 2008 at 3:28 pm
GPS would be awesome. I use a sony GPS dongle, but I always forget to check the batteries and they are ususally dead.
What I want to see is automatic hyperfocal focusing. The camera already knows the aperature and focal length, why can’t it just focus hyperfocally already! Or bring back the DEP mode, and not the A-DEP mode.
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December 24th, 2008 at 5:02 am
it is already a DIGIC 5 ( 16 Bits ) ??
New :
1Ds Mark V
5D Mark III
70D
600D
3000D
it is incorporated a DIGIC 4 ( 14 Bits )
1Ds Mark IV ??
5 D Mark II
50 D ou 60D
500D
2000D
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December 24th, 2008 at 6:18 am
I think 2 things are going to bring the revolution to still cameras:
1st- HQ Electronic Viewfinders
2nd- Fast increasing speed and storage of SSDs. An 1′8 inch would be ideal for a 35mm still camera (54 mm (W) x 78 mm (L) x 8 mm (H))
1st and 2nd will allow lossless video compression at higher frame rates, maybe up to 100 fps in 1080p…
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December 30th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
About 30 Megapixels is not too much mor than the 21. It is less than the 50D per sensorspace.
I would like less noise at high ISOs. That could be a real killer-feature!
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December 30th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
I forgot an important thing:
AF with Live-View! Please!
And also AF with video-mode!
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January 22nd, 2009 at 5:58 am
Human eye’s resolution is said to be around 400 ppp., which is more or less the best printer’s resolution as well. I usually print 30cm * 40cm, that’s a lovely size to me. If you make the maths we have 40cm*30cm = 6400×4800 pixels at 400 ppp = 30,720.000 pixels = 30 Mp.
So, I don’t agree with Adam or Sanyi from Hungary. More Mp will be welcome.
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