Where does Canon go from here?

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Sitting here looking at a bunch of D60 prints I just made on my Kodak 8860 dyesub.

I have to wonder.....Where do we go from here?

These prints are absolutely stunning! They're sharp, colors are dead on, and there's enough resolution to upsize to my heart's desire.

If it's image qaulity you're after, either the D60/1D should be enough to satisfy just about anyone.

I repeat....looking at these pics on my desk.....I wonder how they can get any better?

Just thought I'd share my thoughts.

I made and 8x10 color print on a Canon s900 (shot with my d60) of my friend Steve. He's going to be hosting a radio show and he needed one of those "serious radio host" shots.

I looked at this color print that I did on Ilford pearl paper and all I could think was, "how can it get any better than this?". Honestly, the quality is awesome. I can't imagine this technology getting better, but I guess it will!

yer pal™,
Scooter

From an image quality perspective, it is indeed hard to imagine better. I am waiting for my D60, and am stunned with the quality I am getting in spite of the limitations of my G2.

Here is where Canon and the rest of the industry will go:

Even better image.
More capable bodies.
Lower prices.

I don't to expect to see one or two of the above, but all three.

Paul

Anthony said:

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Sitting here looking at a bunch of D60 prints I just made on my
Kodak 8860 dyesub.

I have to wonder.....Where do we go from here?

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Image noise at ever increasing ISO levels. I'd love my D60 even more if I got shots at ISO 400, 800, 1600, etc. that were as clean as those at ISO 100. There seems to be plenty of room for improvement here from all brands.

Plus of course, I want the 1D focusing speed, accuracy and flexibility at a D60 or less price.

I wouldn't mind an image sensor closer to 24x36 in size so I could get decent wide angle shots w/o using absurdly short focal length lenses.

And without a doubt I want about 18 megapixels so I can crop to my heart's content and never have to worry about dropping below 300-400 dpi. However, I don't want to have to pay for or lug about lenses with that kind of resolving power ;-) (although this issue is at least partially addressed by the previously point on imager size).

For now however, I'm really enjoying my nearly 35mm film quality (according to Luminous Landscape) images.

I even feel likewise about my D30 - the image quality is superb from the current generation of D-SLRs as is colour rendition. We should also remember to thank Epson/Canon/HP etc. for the fine printers which makes getting these images onto paper a possibility. And to Adobe for giving us Photoshop which makes the old enlarger redundant.

When guys on this forum are splitting hairs about monitor calibration, color spaces etc. I often wonder how many of them grappled with chemicals, dial in filters and enlarger meters to get 'consistent' prints.

While the megapixel battle certainly has time to run, I feel that the number of pixels (at 6MP) is fine for all bar the most specialised requirements. The battle needs to shift to larger sensors (lower multiplier, lower noise) and better bodies (based on EOS-3, 7 series) for the "prosumer" ranges.

The number of MPs will climb but this will primarily be intended to move the remaining high end shooters (studio, medium format) to Digital.

Sell them two for the price of one, just a dream.

Anthony said:

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Sitting here looking at a bunch of D60 prints I just made on my
Kodak 8860 dyesub.

I have to wonder.....Where do we go from here?

These prints are absolutely stunning! They're sharp, colors are
dead on, and there's enough resolution to upsize to my heart's
desire.

If it's image qaulity you're after, either the D60/1D should be
enough to satisfy just about anyone.

I repeat....looking at these pics on my desk.....I wonder how they
can get any better?

Just thought I'd share my thoughts.

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So then the ultimate comsumer level DSLR should look something like this:

4-6 mp CMOS
More fps than the D60, not as much as the 1d
A compromise ( at best) between AF systems of the 1D and D60
ISO quality much like the 1d.

Hmmmm......Sounds as if Canon has the ultimate camera in the 1D, doesn't it?

If anything,I'd like to see a 1D in D60 body size.

Anthony said:

I repeat....looking at these pics on my desk.....I wonder how they
can get any better?

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Others have already mentioned some points. I´d like to have a 11"x14" native resolution, I mean without having to blow up the image. 12MP is about 8x11", so this is still not "too much".

35mm is said not to have enough resolution for high quality landscape work because of its lack of detail. So there´s enough perspective to go further in the digital domain. I´d think about a major investment (=DSLR) when the next generation after 6MP without multiplier is there.

Bernhard

Yesterday I went out to an event called 'Christmas in July'. It was held mid day so the sun was bright. If I exposed normally, then the snow was almost completely blown out. Yes... I know I could have expose for the highlights and retrieved details from the shadows, but if the camera could handle a scene that is maybe 4 stops from the brightest to the darkest, that would be great. It looked like there was a difference of about 2 stops when exposing normally and exposing for the highlights. And there was a difference of about 2 stops when exposing normally and exposing for the shadows. This gives a total range of about 4 stops.

Joo

Anthony said:

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Sitting here looking at a bunch of D60 prints I just made on my
Kodak 8860 dyesub.

I have to wonder.....Where do we go from here?

These prints are absolutely stunning! They're sharp, colors are
dead on, and there's enough resolution to upsize to my heart's
desire.

If it's image qaulity you're after, either the D60/1D should be
enough to satisfy just about anyone.

I repeat....looking at these pics on my desk.....I wonder how they
can get any better?

Just thought I'd share my thoughts.

Click to expand...

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• Canon EOS D-30 & PowerShot S100
• Maybe one day I'll take a decent picture. In the meantime, I'll blame the equipment.