Canon 1D Mk1V review link

Like myself I am sure a lot of you are waiting for a review of the new 1D Mk1V well it would appear Canon are now sending out a few pre-production models to photographers and a report from one of them can be seen on this link: http://jeffascough.typepad.com/jeff_ascough_blog/2009/11/canon-1dmkiv-at-a-wedding.html
After looking at the images I must confess to being more than a little dissappointed. Firstly in my opinion not one of the images shows any fine detail - is this poor quality glass, poor post processing or in camera noise reduction that destroys fine detail! Also he refers to the AF as being excellent, well any camera on 'one shot' that cannot AF on near static subjects shouldn't be on the shelves. I can only hope the camera is better than this report suggests - why Canon don't just let DP Review & Rob Galbraith have a pre-production model so that we can see a full and trusted review/test I don't know!

David

Rob Galbraith and Trusted Review...... Now theres a thought...
First thing would be "whats in it for me"

It looks a bit rubbish to me

But then it did manage to "nail" the focus on a bride walking and they can move quite fast.

Strange how things turn up where you least expect them!

I was at a footie match in Glasgow last night and was asking some of the PA and Reuters boys if they'd heard any feedback on the soon to be released mk4's. None had and all were finding it a bit odd that there were no pre production models being touted at the agencies.

Now today I read this gushy review and wonder if weddings are the new footie?

john

Not many conclusions to be drawn from this report. Need to get it in the hands of a wildlife / sports photographer to test out the Servo focus. That's what I'm most interested in. The high ISO shots taken at a wedding look OK but not great and I'd say that the Nikon D3s is superior from the limited shots (on the internet) that I've seen. But then you can only see so much from a web jpeg anyway. More reviews please!

Agree with above comments - the high iso images look like something taken on my mobile phone.

I'll stick with my MKIII. It does what I want, when I want...........unlike so many other things in life...

Gods strewth

Those 100% crops look awful - no danger of me doing a system change..........I was curious, but now I'm not...

David,

I wouldn't worry about the pics in that review. He is a good wedding Tog but, hey, Brides aren't all that interested in fine detail. Also, the sizes (including the crops) are not indicative of the true performance. As for giving the camera to DPReview or Rob Galbraith......DPR reviews have deteriorated since Phil stopped doing them himself and RG is Nikons puppet.

Wait for some Nature Togs to get their thoughts out..... Markus Ostling will have one to try as will Art Wolfe and others.

Wots wrong with a Nikon D 200 ?
Too much rubbish talked about equipment. Not enough about the person behind that little hole. As far as I am concerned all this pontfication about equipment is a load of clap trap.
Get out and take pics.
If I am wrong- then all my pics are crap !
JohnR

OK it is not a review aimed at us high speed wildlife shooters, but hang on a minute, 8000 iso and af in the dark - and the picture is not that bad. I think that we have become too immersed in the dpreview world of 'hyper pixel peeping' and are loosing sight of the fact that the things this camera can do are quite something. Imagine trying to get that shot on a film based IV or even a IDSII. It will be a while before more pictures/samples/reviews come out, but to write off the camera based on a review by a photographer whose aims are vastly different from ours is daft.

Andrew

I'm with John on this one. The way I look at it (and I'm not a professional) how many images would a person need to sell that 'COULD NOT BE TAKEN' on a simpler or cheaper camera to warrant paying that amount of money. A lot of people justify it by sayiny the pro modells are built to last ... yeah, like until the next one comes out in two years.
I won't be looking at any more of your pics John, ....D200 indeed ... that's ancient

I entirely agree that good fieldcraft and a eye for a picture are the key ingredients to making great shots but it does help if you have a camera that will autofocus properly and in addition the advances in technology in regard to high ISO shooting open up a lot of opportunities that were not possible a few years ago and consequently keep pushing the boundaries and raising the bar of wildlife photography. If the technology is there to enhance our own skills then why not use it. Otherwise we would all still be shooting on box brownies!

For those of you on the CPN network, you might like to read the latest up date that has come out, sadly unless signed up, this is electronic

'The Canon EOS-1D Mark IV explained: the camera that delivers high speed and low light shooting'

Hi John

Totally agree re. 'person behind that little hole' and you have shown time and time again that you are one of the 'better persons behind the lens' but as Mark points out you would not have achieved that on a 'box brownie' so we all from time to time need to look closely at what is available - even that Nikon D200 will give up the ghost at some point

Hi Stephen
Yes I have read the latest update and it all sounds great - but this has been published by Canon and this is what they said about the 1D MkIII but in practice it was far from great and it took them a long time to get the camera to give a half decent performance

David