21st Sep 2004
Jonesing For Mark II
Wow, Canon is really raising the bar with the EOS-1Ds Mark II. 16.7 megapixels for a 35mm-sized SLR! That’s an image size of 4992×3328.
Gosh. Drool. And it’s 1:1 with film. None of this silly “multiply your focal length by 1.5″ stuff. An 18mm lens is an 18mm lens.
I was wondering how closely this compares with film, in terms of resolution. There are a couple of decent pages on this:
* ClarkVision: Film versus Digital
* How Many Mesagpixels Does My Digital Camera Need?
I still love my Nikon D1, and my wife’s D1x. We’ve been thinking about jumping to Canon down the road, and this just adds to the thought. I like the fact that Canon lenses are better suited for motorsports photography (faster autofocus, no pun intended)
(invariably, someone who’s happy with a little digicam will wonder why I would lust after something so big and clunky. Print size. My wife can print some beautiful stuff off of her Epson 2200 at 11″x14″. I also like my comparitively smaller Nikon 950, and my Holga)
