Canon EOS-1D

Opinion: Good quality.
Good image.
Good white balance.
Good looking.

Opinion: Fun....Fun...camera
Quality is fabulous, the color it's true, after the new firware is so great.....
It's for proffessionel, so fast,everytime is ready to shot and good handling....
Before I have a Canon D30 is good, but Canon 1D it,s a order life, because it's reel camera for photographer, it' s work like a film Camera

Opinion: To the Webmaster: I only had this camera on loan for a day, but I am an experienced commercial photographer, so I hope you will allow this review......

I was lucky enough yesterday to spend the day with an EOS1D. How did it go? I am glad you asked....

Mortgage your house, sell your car or rent the kids out for scientific experiments - do what ever it takes (legally) to raise the dollars because you are gunna want one of these!!

I am already an EOS1 user, so I could bolt this beast onto a few focal lengths (70-200 2.8L, 28-70 2.8L, 24mm etc) and throughout the range this digicam performed amazingly. (The word "digicam" does suit the EOS1D, it is simply not grand enough for a camera of this caliber)

All images, and I mean "ALL" ie "VERY single solitary one" were pin sharp and focused on exactly on what I had intended. Regardless of shooting single frame or a WHOPPING 8 frames per second!!

During a walk in the park, some BMX kids (do they still call them BMX bikes or is that not cool these days??) roared past and with a turn and shoot, with no pre-focusing and a simultaneous cranking through the 70-200 zoom range, the EOS1D delivered 8 perfectly focused images with a single press of the button.

Colour balance, saturation and what ever else about these images was also spot-on.

In the evening I decided to test for noise with a night shot of the city. Once again the camera delivered a perfectly sharp and balance image, however the noise was a problem in the higher ISO ranges (400+) but shooting longer exposures at 100 ISO the noise was only minimal, if noticeable at all.

It was only after getting home I discovered that the noise reduction feature had been turned off by my partner in crime. Doh! So it was back on the tripod for some test shots around the home in near darkness.

The results from these tests showed that the noise reduction feature works extremely well and even at 1600 ISO the noise level was quite acceptable and less than that from equivalent ISO film.

Canon is on a winner with the EOS1D, sure it is only 4 megapixels, but WOW! doesn't it use them well. Many photographers will be happy to go without the extra pixels of the Nikon to gain the precision of the Canon.

Having said that, I am sure Canon will have a 6 megapixel (or better) model on the shelves in the near future.

I have been retired from commercial photography for 5 years and after yesterday I am seriously considering going back to work (after all I am only 38). Digital photography has excited me for some time now, I presently use a Canon G2 as my digicam and it has forced my EOS1 into obscurity, the EOS1D may just see the G2 become some company for my EOS1.

The EOS1D has opened up a whole new level of excitement for me... anyone want to buy a G2? :-)

Opinion: I own a Nikon D1x and wanted to try the Canon. Ofcourse I had to adjust to the other way the Canon is designed, but after a while this was no issue anymore. Then it was down to the basic question: how good are the pictures compared to the D1x?

I have to say Canon did a mighty fine job, but this digital camera does not meet up to the D1x. I experienced moiré and overall the imagequality was not as good crisp and well exposed as I am used to, perhaps because of the 2.8 80-200 AF-S.
Compared to the D1 this Canon is superior, but Nikons struck back with the D1x: being - in my humble opinion - the best digital professional camera on the market today.