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Canon 1Ds Mark II : Specifications and Opinions




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avatarjunior
sent on August 15, 2019

Pros: Image quality, little video wheel, ergonomic, durable, dual board, durable battery, economical (2019), raw ability

Cons: Weight, intuitive commands, few technological "aids" (not necessarily bad), usable but not reliable screen at first glance

Opinion: I wanted to make the transition to full frame and coming from a 60d, I also wanted something not too expansive but that above all "forced" me to train the eye and accumulate experience in photography. Found at 300 euros with 50 thousand shots, a tank of resistance, although heavy use in a comfortable way, and the double handle is definitely rewarding. The double card never makes you fear anything, and once well equipped gives excellent shots, its making "Pro" you still feel it today, and the launch price of 8 thousand dollars still pays off today. Don't let it get away with it if it's in good condition. Heavy and high-quality raw files with impressive workability and recovery. It took me a week to learn the controls well but you get used to it, post shot to control the focus on the small screen it's worth zooming a lot, but with its 45 msf points, you always know how to shoot. With a good sharp lens (an L-series or fixed optics) you have a jewel in your hand.

avatarsenior
sent on November 27, 2018

Pros: Series 1, extremely sturdy and tropicalized body, AF, viewfinder 100%, infinite battery, amazing file quality to any ASA.

Cons: LCD screen practically useless (in 2004 there was that), complicated menu and discomfort in changing the settings, heavy but you already know in the beginning.

Opinion: What about this little monster churched out by Canon in the far 2004?! A fantastic reflex still able to give you wonderful sensations, you just have to challenge it to understand right from the start that the various 5/6/7d are toys in comparison. Here there are no automatic ISO, sensor stabilization and various bales, here you are you and her, if you can photograph, she will always support you and will repay you with fantastic images thanks also to her sensor that churns out a raw with colors and a grain that remind me of the old Kodak Portra 400 film to see To believe! Otherwise if you do not know how to do and do not know the basics of photography and its laws, you will often cannerai because the LCD screen of this machine is almost useless, you want for the size, you want for the very low resolution, which allows you to understand little Or nothing, in fact I disabled the revision of the shot as if I took to film. Difficult to understand and also use the menu, rather messed up as well as the way to change the settings of the machine that always forces you to use 2 buttons in a simultaneous way to do almost everything and then bind the 2 hands together. Among the pros, point out also a beautiful and bright viewfinder with coverage to 100% It's really a pleasure to look inside! And a really performant AF with well 45 points, hard to err MAF with this machine. I found a used specimen kept very well but with 95k shots! That for this type of body are not a problem considering that the shutter is tested for 200k loops so I hope it can make me company still for a long time. In conclusion, is an SLR still very good today and the file that churns out is really incredible at all ISO (3200 is the maximum value), but it is certainly not a machine for Novelli indeed.. I do not recommend to those who use the camera in AUTO mode to shoot and those looking for technological frills/various AIDS, here you have to be able to photograph, which means not being good photographers, but it means knowing what you are doing then have the basics of Photography. If you click "to Muzzo" without knowing what you are doing, you can hardly realize that you have done good or bad, because the display does not allow you to understand almost anything if not perhaps the correct exposure, the automatic ISO are not there and therefore in relation to what you frame Rafa, you need to understand her and set her best.

avatarjunior
sent on June 19, 2018

Pros: Excellent file quality, body strength, infinite battery, deadly AF

Cons: Complicated Menu at the beginning, noise after 800 ISO

Opinion: Before this, as the main body, I used the Canon 5d. A whole other story. It is a tank and the body is well balanced so that you can safely use the 70-200 F. 28 not stabilized even at 1/60 (even less). The 45 focus points are spectacular and you can safely do even sports! The rendition of the on-screen photos is something upsetting, really. Before speaking you have to try it, many criticize it only by looking at the release date (2004). The fact that the display is small in fact, for me, has never represented a real problem problem. The noise at ISO 800, as mentioned in the "Cons" section is a flaw, yes, however it is that absolutely pleasing noise that, often and willingly recreate in the post-production phase or that however with a click on LightRoom will resolve entirely. The main flaw is probably how the menu is set up, but after a while you get used to it. Another thing you have to get used to is the fact that to change the ISO you have to hold down two keys, rather awkward to reach + turn the usual wheel, but also here you get used to it. It has little goodies that, if you do not have them, you do not understand how useful actually are, a very important among these is the lock of the wheel to change the diaphragm. Very comfortable the fact that you can insert two memory cards, stored in a box with an almost hermetic closure! There would be still too much to say. In a single talk: Gold!

avatarjunior
sent on June 04, 2018

Pros: Everything and more.

Cons: Nothing to miss.

Opinion: I've been looking for it for months, and finally after so much patience and perseverance has arrived. I had sent e-mails in various stores to find one, and thanks to the RCE of Verona, my dream came true 4 days ago. I did an hour and a half of train to go to see it, fantastic!!!! No sign of wear, practically perfect, no one knows how many shots he made, but they gave me 6 months of warranty. What's great, it cost me 290Euro!!!!!!! I'm so happy. It's heavy, big and a sense of so much strength. After a few minutes to understand the operation, it became very intuitive. It is a machine that before you press the shot you need to think, understand what you want, and she does it!!!! Excellent sensor, great focus, where you point perfectly in focus, photo rendition, similar to those once!!! Super RAW!!!

avatarjunior
sent on March 29, 2018

Pros: unsurpassed sensor

Cons: display screen that does not return the high quality of the photographed image

Opinion: the best professional SLR currently on the market for unparalleled sensor quality, restitution of details and white from true medium-format analog, absolute pleasure even if very heavy, every time I use it in comparison with nikon and fuji I find beautiful quality unique neo is the weight that tires, I use it very willingly also with leica and nikon optics and zeiss with rings adapters in automatic with aperture priority or manual, the 24-70 2.8 l first series on this machine is a show and a real enjoyment for those who love analog photography, yes the camera with updated firmware is also accepting 16gbrn memory cardsFULLY PROFESSIONAL CAMERA

avatarsenior
sent on March 06, 2018

Pros: Everything, except the display

Cons: Display laughable

Opinion: I have in my hands a lady with an immaculate aesthetic, 75,000 shots cost a handful of hundred-euro sheets. Just a clean at the sensor. Stop. We all know the look and the weight that you can imagine, but the ergonomics is perfect: very balanced and solid. Also positioning it vertically you have the commands at your fingertip. The menu has its limits and the display is just right to take a look at the exhibition, but the photos it does, seen on the monitor, are really quality. The sample in my possession has the factory firmware and the machine accepts only cards with a capacity of less than 4 GB (in physical stores you can not find them, at least in my area). Only the obvious update to the problem.

avatarjunior
sent on June 03, 2017

Pros: Reliable, robust, good file up to 400 iso, great battery life, spot reading and multi-spot

Cons: Heavy, useful display only peer to see if the show can go, old-fashioned navigation.

Opinion: I started photographing after years of stopping buying a retired professional kit. I was thinking of reselling the body now to replace it with something more modern. But for now I keep this car. Making a confrontation with today's car bodies is a useless pastime because it loses almost all the fronts, at least the most important ones. But in the end, beneath the 400 iso, it sparks really beautiful images, serene prints up to 30X40, which remind me very much of the film. The aF is good and the super meter. The controls are exactly where you are expecting them and after a few minutes of practice you are already running smoothly. I would not buy it for sports or photographic hunting, but for portraits it's really ok! To start with the FF, attacking a 50th, with even less than 500 euros, you have something in your hand that allows you to make 90% of the photographs that you would scatter with the most modern machines at a good level. The Double Slot (cf / sd) is a mere laugh for backup maniacs. rn

avatarsenior
sent on November 26, 2016

Pros: I stepping stone to all the comments of those who have preceded me and I share them all. I add that today, after 12 years after its release, it is located a few hundred euro. If you happen, do not miss it.

Cons: Only against the small display.

Opinion: I bought it in 2005. At the time I shot only film and digital files that were churned out on the market that were not up to professional use. Until Canon did not present the 1ds mark2. I bought it and it was love at first sight. Well paid 7,800 Euros, it was worth every last cent. I used it until 2009 for professional use, then closed the business, I got rid of almost everything except this tank, which in combination with the 24-70 and the 70-200 is stb 2.8, still They accompany me for passion and for photos family memory. I'd love to buy a newer, but I'm afraid of not finding anything up, if not another 1.rnCosì series I decided that I hold me until you abandon me. And ...... I am sure that we will spend more years insieme.rnUna story that has lasted 11 years and it will not end.

avatarsenior
sent on December 22, 2015

Pros: Body PRO! Ergonomics, speed and amazing quality files

Cons: For me, no or maybe just not being able to write different formats on one of the two memory cards

Opinion: What about ... I found the reflex in physical store to € 250.00 with three months warranty and 111,000 scatti.rnDa owner of the 5D mkI I was already happy. Seeing an ad online I slingshots and immediately taken without esitare.rnBeh it for 250 € was grafiata without two small screws ... with dead pixels, but ... all risolvibile.rnrnPresa to make two shots in the yard grardato on horrific display and I said well ... ok 250 euro .... are not tanti.rnrnVado on iMac 27 and unloading the RAW.rnUAuuuuuu that file! Wonderful! To all ISO ... fantastic reflex. wonderful autofocus, spot metering that works !!! Exposure to 90% always right. Focus very precise with or without side lenses and 1.4 !!!!! Mom tank which is always reflex.rnDa this was just a dream seen 8000 EUR dell'epoca.rnOra to 11 years later I realize it was worth it all! But really everyone. RAW Development with DXO is unthinkable pull out details. Recovery magnificent shadows. WB very good if not excellent. ISO 1600 beautiful! 3200 artistic and with NR as it should you miss it of agreementsFine-grained finish. I estrememente happy. The 5D is no battery in the drawer! RnSulla 1 I put the 50mm 1.4 and is a marvel. Then almost without display are returned at last to take tastefully as I did many years ago! I rnChi law and some year or more know what I mean. rnGrazie Canon had baked this camera! rnrnAggiunta on: 19.1.2016rnsono out for a walk in a natural park and arrived I realized that he still has only one battery notch! rnHo made over 150 photos not to succumb or be extinguished. Mitica! RnrnAD TODAY 2017: rnmacchina splendida.rnOra after a year of use and software for today's RAW produces magnificent files. Amen nothing to say. Perhaps only flaw in the buffer but for my purposes it's okay. The I buy back with eyes closed. Indeed I'm looking for another to be attached to this. Not a photo cane AF module. Perfect 45 points. Truly excellent also the file to 3200 if developed as deve.rnSe had a push to 6400 would be ideal, but it also survives comfortably without. Legendary SLR! It took mesi to understand it, tame it, but now I know it is worth every penny of what costava.rn

avatarsenior
sent on November 06, 2015

Pros: Autofocus-balance-Strength-Spot.

Cons: Noise over the 800.Monitor unusable.

Opinion: Salve.Non'm describing all the strengths and weaknesses of this machine, but try to do portraits, and you will realize that it is still insuperabile.E so well balanced that you can shoot handheld with a 1 / 8'avo. without micro moved, it seems to have one stabilizzatore.Io the use with all L-series Several objectives, portraits gives skin without grain that seems vellutata.Tempo ago I decided to sell it to make a 5 or a K3 6D.perchè are best for high ISO, but trying them in portraits, there is no comparison and I kept my old-1Ds Mk2.

avatarjunior
sent on February 24, 2015

Pros: Machine body indestructible, never a problem even in the worst weather conditions. File very natural and workable. The flesh tones are fabulous, as well as the color rendering in the landscapes. The clogged to 1/8000 in certain situations is a boon, the autofocus is very precise and accurate in most uses. The iso except the extended mode are always very beautiful grit artistic

Cons: High ISO mode unusable, my model suffers particularly hot pixels in long exposures

Opinion: Camera fascinating. Massive body and sturdy but I struggle to bring it below. The buttons and also mistreated arrangement of the menu is very comoda.rnFino to 1600 ISO is a pleasure to use, if a little 'noise you notice is in my opinion very nice and not ever speak to reduce it. rnUtilizzata in sports, the autofocus is accurate but the display unusable does not make you understand if you're at the right times and in the portrait or landscape meno.rnNel I find it fantastic, both for color management for highlights and shadows.

avatarjunior
sent on January 19, 2015

Pros: Build quality, autofocus, image quality, weather sealing.

Cons: No One

Opinion: What can I say ... it's a "Series 1" and as such does not disappoint in terms of build quality and materials used. Personally I used this new year with a temperature of -10 ° C and in full blizzard and gave no sign of abating, impressionante.rnPer regarding the autofocus will have 45 points, all selected and very precise; you can have the image in sharp focus even with side steps. Spot metering linked to the point of focus is very useful. As for the controls is only a matter of abitudine.rnConcordo fully with previous reviews stating that this camera has the iso unique, very similar to the film. Indeed clicking at 1600 iso it has a grain that does not bother, indeed it is quite similar to the texture of a film; However if you want to reduce the noise, you can do it easily with any software since the file is very manageable and does not create many problemi.rnPer regarding the display and the buffer must be aware of what is v & asevere; to buy, if you want an SLR camera for hunting, with a larger screen is better to opt for a 1d mark III.rnQuesta machine excels especially in the portrait, the gradations is stupenda.rnSe one day I were to sell it, I would just to buy a 1DX, otherwise it would be pena.rnMolto satisfied, consigliatissima.

avatarjunior
sent on December 20, 2014

Pros: Hi all I do not want to bore anyone but in 2008 it was my dream prohibited finances few as already said I opted for a wonderful machine for eos 5d mè invendibile.Ora in 2014 December I found a used stupendo.Senzazioni, shots, etc. incredibili.Userei say a camera vera.Non interests me the video. The small monitor? How important a.Faccio photos from 1977 and then went to the eye and certain fiinezze did not exist, and if the reader knows what I dire.Quello that gives me a little discomfort and that many having a digital hand feel all PROF.Finisco as I started greetings to all, and I see so many who know how to photograph .Tanto cappello.Buona of life and photos tutti.Viterbo Bartoli.

Cons: Not having prima.Vengo by NIKON analog, and for years has given me satisfaction uniche.Passando to digital in 2008, the only full-frame camera was CANON. And with a little sadness I switched to CANON I have no regrets dire.Ho always a small kit NIKON analog unsaleable.

Opinion: I've tried a lot but that after 10 years and still the TOP. So for those who make photos without the anxiety of how and the coming and coming straconsiglio.Tanto bene.Scusa at all but an old fotografo.Di those who developed the photos in black and white at home doing the hours very piccole.Basi you never forget mai.in conclusion I can say that I miss so much my old film where every shot had to be a center, and the anxiety of how he had come your lavoro.ora everything easier, not cost-film specimens. But frankly those times I mancono.Nostalgia? Maybe, but now the car is very close and questa.Forse tomorrow I'll buy another one CANON but for now is fine cosi.Non know you .But from the photos posted, you are very good and this applies to tutti.rnFaccio effort to post my pictures because they are weddings and have the consent and not facile.Un Greetings to all. PS VERY GOOD. Viterbo Bartoli.

avatarjunior
sent on August 27, 2014

Pros: Among the pros point out an ergonomics that no battery grip "added" can emulate and build quality can not be described except to the touch, spot metering on the focus point (I do not understand how I could do without it before). Useful for landscape or photographs of the interior multispot function that helps a lot but I have hardly ever used. The viewfinder 100% seems trivial but 98% of 5d mark2 not to mention the 5d are not comparable for the exact mastery of the scene, the far superior autofocus at 5 d mark2 old and, in some areas, if you use always the focus with subjects almost static rather I did not notice significant differences. the ability to record the preferred focus point is comfortable. (Tropicalised but I do not interessa..io are not weather sealed :-))

Cons: ridiculous display with everything that goes with it, but at the time there was this heavy (already 7 days after using this reflex the 5d mark 2 or 30d seemed two compact), use of inconvenient buttons for different commands, including changing the iSO, that are visible in the viewfinder but not while changing them with the buttons, so you have to mentally calculate how many shots you stop dealing with the wheel, and then check the viewfinder if you selected the one desired, alternatively see the display top, but I find it a waste of time in certain professional fields where you do not have time.

Opinion: I was given by a friend who uses it now just because of the weight, so I could try it for 2 weeks, one day dedicated to review the settings in the manual and understand the reflex, the customizations perhaps today are outdated compared to modern series 1 but if you come from a semi pro series also 5d, are more than enough and you open up a new world, the pictures are of excellent quality, up to 1600 iSO equal to 5d mark 2 and 3200 slightly noisier ... but a noise as they said others (and I at first did not understand what they meant) it does not bother ... in fact it is almost artistic ... maybe because it is very luminance and little color, cmq attached to a 100 f2 finally allows bring home many more photos with sharp eyes too wide open as it has to recompose the minimum advantage of all the points (on the difference of the new series 1 can be selected if you want all 45), 4 photos per second, are more for me than enough, the only downside is that after the buffer 11 photos we mected from 15 to about 20 seconds (depending on the cards used) to be completely emptied, it allows anyway already after a few seconds to photograph again, but in a sports field with intense use, may be limiting, but is to say which has not been designed for this scope. In conclusion, apart from the few defects found, when you put the eye in the viewfinder and use it ... you do not realize that 10 years .... still think can humiliate many modern SLR emblazoned in the end used to take it to a lower price than many semi pro with modern limiting autofocus, viewfinder less than 100% against a superior ergonomics and spot metering linked to the focus point, it can be a great satisfaction, more if you have no back problems :). After using it , feel like SLRs not toys series 1 ... and I sorry to give it back in a few days :) If you have doubts or curiosity to ask me, if you are up to try to help. http://fotorealis.jimdo.com/2015/06/02/impressioni-d-uso-della-1ds-mark-ii/

avatarjunior
sent on November 27, 2013

Pros: Iso very unique film-like, really high chance of workmanship and exceptional recovery of the high lights in the raw file, and three-dimensional picture quality, ergonomics and balanced weight with optical "important", with this body, you learn how to photograph once.

Cons: No one has everything I wanted and I did not want a camera.

Opinion: I own this car for a little over six months and I must say I am soooo happy with my purchase, I did not expect much quality from a machine that has almost ten years, and ten years ago was one of the first digital "series", a word "incredible" the quality of photos that this machine manages to churn out even today, when I speak of my car very often liken it to an F1 car, they used to be, where there were no aid and the steering wheel was normal in two or three races , and especially where the difference was who was behind the wheel, and who knew how to "tame" when the time was right, he won!, and instead were wrong when your race ended there, it's the same thing that this camera gives me, mistake when this machine does not forgive, many photos were especially at the beginning, I had to trash, then by the time I learned to photograph or know or change the "trade" there is no automatic modes and even auto-iso or ammenicoli several that should be only to distort the essence of the camera, you'reonly you and your skills, but when photographers and understand that this is the right time, the framing and the diaphragm are perfect, the exposure is sublime, and then press the shutter button with the sound so special that it seems almost say "um, can I photograph? but without disturbing ..." and then review the pictures on the small screen in comparison to those of today seems a joke, and see that there is already great, and then complete that work by converting raw files to your computer, and finally develop the photographer with photo paper. Well, I must say that the end result is something "unbelievable." rnSecondo me the best digital SLR camera Canon has ever produced, the latest generation of fantastic 1V, combining mechanical perfection with digital.

avatarjunior
sent on September 28, 2013

Pros: Great reflex proffesional, weather sealed body, speed focusing excellent bright viewfinder, which I sell to other professional analog canon eos 1 it 1v, this and 'the continiazione history eos 1, accustomed to films velvia, the sensibility' and not ' a problem, even with the possibility of working at 50 ISO, and 'fantastic .the resolution and' suitable for any magnification, raw files are easily supplied, they are so in love that I own two bodies. Currently I do not feel the need 'to do an upgrade with another canon, so for me and' the reflex ideal for professional use and as the Americans say, this areflex and 'a TAMK.

Cons: The only negative pinto not 'weight, but keeping the batteries that qundo outside temperature and' too low tend to run down a bit in a hurry, however, just as I have two more available that the problem does not exist.

Opinion: In my opinion and 'the macchian perfect for those who do not watch the news' and only the material, and especially at the end result, and that 'what conta.rnNon the last chance' to have the double slot with sd and cf allows me to have a remarkable capacity for files, when I go traveling load both SLR with two cards of 16 gb and so both with 32GB for SLR gives me the security of not having fear of losing a few shots to the macanza of spaziornUna reflex top .. rngrazie-rnAggiungo another review of a very recent, rndopo have sold my kit Canon EOS with the two bodies EOS 1DS Mark II and my various L lenses I owned, I was passed to the system Olympus 4 / 3rnmirrorless with EM1 and various professional optics Olympus, attracted by chimeras that I sold a system with the mirrorless system with very light bodies and optical performance, rnsono was a little disappointed, and with great satisfaction I could sell all my system Olympus, rne back to my Canon system with two Canon EOS 1DS Mark II, rncome are happy, you E'm real 'heavier, but to me that photograph over 800 ISO does not happenalmost never, rnil system Canon 's perfect and then lernottiche sL are excellent, fantastic bodies, built as tank as the Americans say.

avatarjunior
sent on August 05, 2013

Pros: nothing to say it is a real pro wagon, very, very rugged, well, tropical high resolution

Cons: display very small

Opinion: very nice photo quality that you definitely can not see from the small display when there is very similar to film grain, then the command multi spot detection up to 9 different points is sensational, do not miss a shot, the same for the 'autofocus 45 puntirnche say good machine though dated (highly recommended at all).

avatarjunior
sent on December 28, 2012

Pros: Solid construction. Unique 45-point AF. Grana spectacular, best of the latest mk3 5D and 6D, almost like a film camera. It 'a war-horse, with its shutter guaranteed up to 200,000 scattirnMenù basic, with everything you need at your fingertips. With a battery you do scattirnUna fullframe 1200 from 16.7 Mpixels. Really a superb sensor

Cons: Small 2-inch display, but not a real photographer importarnPesante, but solid! The batteries are heavy compared to today's

Opinion: E 'was for years my workhorse. It never stops and after having tried really hard to go back to a 5D or below, because you get used to a whole other quality and ease of usornIl display is small but aligned when it is released in 2006.rnE 'dated but qunado doors had been built without skimping on anything constructive elements, in fact it cost at full price € 8000! rnPochi know that only this version being at the top, Canon 1DS produced the word gold plated! This says a lot about what level is

avatarjunior
sent on December 17, 2012

Pros: Af scary, side steps can be used to 100%, two CF, battery infinite construction professional.

Cons: Display (weight, unless one is convinced to take it and take it the same)

Opinion: 1tutto two keys but it is intuitive. File perfectly workable with a computer is not the latest generation thanks you its 15 mpx. I sold the 7d just for this. rnrnConsiglio for those who are undecided in my opinion: between the 5dmk2 and this I choose this. Iso can be used up to 1600, I find no reason to get more than an amateur. Af not even be compared! and trust that you try the 5D from the nervous little light you would be breaking with this problem 0.







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