Here is a link to another thread I started because of the same issue. While some thought I was a troll, I did get some interesting opinions. I am still debating the issue with myself (and the bank account.)
I'm having the same dilema. The 1D's focusing speed, accuracy vs. the 10D's little lower noise, higher pixel count seem to be the deciding factors for me. I do a lot of orchestra rehearsal shots where the lighting isn't so good and I don't use a flash. I tried the 10D but that particular camera would lock focus quickly but not accurately. The good pics were very nice, but there were many that were OOF. The lower noise level was great and the10x zoom was very helpful. I'm hoping the 1D would focus more accurately. However, because I sit in the orchestra, many times I'm unable to get the composition I would like so I usually end up cropping the picture, so the extra pixels of the 10D would be useful. Maybe I should wait for the next 1D - hopefully with 6-8 megapixels and a lower price?
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But it is matched by the 1D/1Ds.
The Portra family is great & my first choice for skin tones in the film world, but it can easily be duplicated or even bettered with digital if you have the PS skills.
"The EOS-1Ds does not use the same processing engine and related components that affect the speed at which it can, among other things, write finished files to the CF card. The 1D is one of the fastest cameras around at this; the 1Ds, by utilizing different components, including the same DIGIC processing hardware that is now common across all its recently-designed point and shoot and digital SLR models, the 1Ds is simply a lot slower at this task than the 1D. File size, etc, doesn't really factor into it in this case.
Sokolsky has used his 1D for double page spreads in glossy fashion magazines & it can easily make prints much larger than 8x12.
Hate to contradict you Bern, but I can make 16x20 prints easily and with the RIP on the lightjet I have made beautiful 47" x 56" ptints. You are being mucho conservative.
I have 10 pages in the new April issue of Wallpaper Magazine(on the newstands now). I used both the 1D and the 1Ds, see if you can pick which images were made with the 1D? The pages are full bleed and the spreads are 11.75" x 18" ... both cameras are a great complement to each other.
I was trying to be conservative in order not to mis-quote you, but I do remember you telling me this before. This week has been a blur & I've had very little sleep due to all the editing & I didn't have time to go through your posts to link to them properly.
I edited my post where I originally wrote "oversized" fashion magazines since my memory is poor tonight. I've been testing resizing the 1D's files to 200+ mb & it really is amazing how well this camera performs. I can't thank you enough for all the help you've provided.
Bern, Melvin,
I consider the 1Ds to be match for the 1V in the digital world but at $8000, I have to shoot a whole lot of film to make it up. I'll wait until the prices drop a bit or the 1Ds gets replaced with more pixels.
I beg to differ on this point. Color tone is a very subjective matter. I agree you can get close to the color tone of Portra with any editing program but one can never get the consistent and smooth skin tones, not to mention the exposure latitude of Portra. Saying you can duplicate Portra in Photoshop is like saying you can duplicate Velvia by increasing saturation on digital. The average person may say it looks the same but you'll have a tough time convincing a a landsape photographer. Assuming the prints are printed professionally, I can easily identify prints made from Portra, Supra, Astia, or Velvia. I've shot all of them and they all look different. Again...a very personal preference. I'm just very particular about color. In my eyes, nothing beats Portra. Not even Fuji Portrait NPC.
