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History of Canon's S & G series cameras

Started Dec 30, 2017 | Discussions thread
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Re: History of Canon's S & G series cameras

GeraldW wrote:

Thanks for the nice reply. My first digital was a Kodak DX-6440 (4 MP). It got me started; but didn't last long and was replaced by the Canon G5. Noisy sensor; but good at low ISO and had really good resistance to highlight clipping. After that I moved up to the 20D. After walking around Rome all day with the 20D and a Sigma 18-125 lens, I was hot and tired, and my neck hurt. I was about to see if it could swim the Tiber. For most of the rest of our trip (a 14 day cruise) I used my 70D. After we got back home, I bought a Canon Pro 1 as a travel replacement for the 20D and just kept the 20D for stuff near home or on car trips. The Pro 1 was half the weight of the 20D and 18-125.

Speaking of the Pro 1, I've always considered it as a plussed up member of the G series. The sensor on the Pro 1 was an 8 MP 2/3" by Sony. ISO settings were way off - by about a full stop, so ISO 50 was actually 100, 200 = 400, and the noisy 400 = 800. With the fast f/2.4-3.5 lens it did fairly well in low light, and the noise was fine grained, so even an ISO 400 shot printed pretty well at 8" x 10". I'm about to get my Pro 1 collection of camera and accessories back from my daughter.

I've been waiting since the Pro 1 was discontinued in 2006 for Canon to produce the Pro 2. It has never come!

Wouldn't it be nice if the components were modular and you could just drop in a new AF module, new EVF, new sensor as you liked for your favorite old cameras? Those Pro1s were sexy pieces of machinery!

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