i sold my 1Ds Mark II

Andy · March 13, 2005

(thanks dgrin flea market!) a dgrinner bought it, to be named later, unless he outs himself first :lol3

why?

yes, it's a great camera. i'm really glad i got the chance to use it for the past three months. the image quality, the resolution, the detail is amazing. the full-frame, the viewfinder, the look/fell everything about it is top-shelf.

it's just not ideal for the majority of my shooting, which is situational in nature. street work, in particular. yes, i love doing landscapes, and the Mark II is without peer in this regard - but - the 20d is no slouch either, and i have carefully reviewed my 20d shots and 1Ds Mark II shots, and at large size, 13"x19", the 20d is an outstanding performer.

bottomline - for my personal purposes, the 20d is better suited.

i highly recommend the 1Ds Mark II, and I stand by each and every observation i've made here in this forum on the camera.

Nir · March 13, 2005

Next thing you're going to tell us is you ordered a Nikon ...

Andy, do miss the 828?

Andy · March 13, 2005

Nir wrote:

Next thing you're going to tell us is you ordered a Nikon ...

Andy, do miss the 828?

hmm

828? tasty camera

DavidTO · March 13, 2005

andy wrote:

(thanks dgrin flea market!) a dgrinner bought it, to be named later, unless he outs himself first

why?

yes, it's a great camera. i'm really glad i got the chance to use it for the past three months. the image quality, the resolution, the detail is amazing. the full-frame, the viewfinder, the look/fell everything about it is top-shelf.

it's just not ideal for the majority of my shooting, which is situational in nature. street work, in particular. yes, i love doing landscapes, and the Mark II is without peer in this regard - but - the 20d is no slouch either, and i have carefully reviewed my 20d shots and 1Ds Mark II shots, and at large size, 13"x19", the 20d is an outstanding performer.

bottomline - for my personal purposes, the 20d is better suited.

i highly recommend the 1Ds Mark II, and I stand by each and every observation i've made here in this forum on the camera.

Andy, wasn't the whole impetus for buying the dual G5 so that you could handle the large files from the 1ds mkii? Funny. You'll still be well served with the 20D and G5 combo...but I couldn't help but see the irony. And didn't you own the 20D for a month? Hard to keep up with you...

Andy · March 13, 2005

DavidTO wrote:

Andy, wasn't the whole impetus for buying the dual G5 so that you could handle the large files from the 1ds mkii? Funny. You'll still be well served with the 20D and G5 combo...but I couldn't help but see the irony. And didn't you own the 20D for a month? Hard to keep up with you...

i just want to give you guys somethin' to talk about!

DavidTO · March 13, 2005

...and don't even think about trading in your G5 for some windoze machine...

patch29 · March 13, 2005

DavidTO wrote:

Andy, wasn't the whole impetus for buying the dual G5 so that you could handle the large files from the 1ds mkii? Funny. You'll still be well served with the 20D and G5 combo...but I couldn't help but see the irony. And didn't you own the 20D for a month? Hard to keep up with you...

I am lost too. I forgot that your sold the 20D. So now that you bought the Contax lenses are you keeping those to use with the 20D or not?

Andy · March 13, 2005

patch29 wrote:

I am lost too. I forgot that your sold the 20D. So now that you bought the Contax lenses are you keeping those to use with the 20D or not?

possibly. i put the 18mm up for sale. i don't have the 21mm yet.. it's in transit

windoze · March 13, 2005

"windoze" - hey! I resemble that remark!!!!

DavidTO wrote:

...and don't even think about trading in your G5 for some windoze machine...

DavidTO · March 13, 2005

andy wrote:

possibly. i put the 18mm up for sale. i don't have the 21mm yet.. it's in transit

hmmm...

made a trip to Tiffany's lately?

patch29 · March 13, 2005

andy wrote:

possibly. i put the 18mm up for sale. i don't have the 21mm yet.. it's in transit

which one is the 2.8? why not keeps the 18 w/ the 20D (I suppose my first question might answer this one)? keep us up to date, can you post your equipment list from the last year, it is starting to make me dizzy. Are you going to get new wide lenses with the 20D?

fish · March 13, 2005

Woo Hoo! Now he can use a 10-22

wxwax · March 13, 2005

OK, I just lost the plot. I mean, I get it, but I don't get it. The size/weight thing was a known quantity, wasn't it?

Andy · March 13, 2005

wxwax wrote:

OK, I just lost the plot. I mean, I get it, but I don't get it. The size/weight thing was a known quantity, wasn't it?

yep. and i stuck it out for a long time. i could get over it, but the 20d is just so darn good!

i just ordered the following, i'll have 'em wednesday:

20d body
10-22 ef-s (re-purchasing this lens)
24 f/1.4L
canon 1.4x teleconverter (re-purchasing)

windoze · March 13, 2005

sweet! now that you got the 10-22 ( same as me ) can I hang with you to see how to best use it????

andy wrote:

yep. and i stuck it out for a long time. i could get over it, but the 20d is just so darn good!

i just ordered the following, i'll have 'em wednesday:

20d body
10-22 ef-s (re-purchasing this lens)
24 f/1.4L
canon 1.4x teleconverter (re-purchasing)

lark · March 13, 2005

I just sent a note re: distagon 18mm/21mm lenses

are they compatable with 20D?
Are you going to keep both of them?
the 20D takes such great pictures in it's own rite..another amazing camera.

I'm moving into a 24" printer and mostly larger prints... so the zeiss glass interests me a lot.

Thanks
Den

Andy · March 13, 2005

windoze wrote:

sweet! now that you got the 10-22 ( same as me ) can I hang with you to see how to best use it????

only if you teach me how you talk to the gorillas

Andy · March 13, 2005

fish wrote:

Woo Hoo! Now he can use a 10-22

a damn fine lens, as you've proven already fishy!

ginger_55 · March 13, 2005

My gosh, I take a little nap and the world changes.

Good choice Andy, IMO. The right stuff for your needs, that comes first.
Not the latest stuff, or the biggest, the right stuff.

And my birds, gotta get my birds. Shakey, send em back!

g

Andy · March 13, 2005

ginger_55 wrote:

My gosh, I take a little nap and the world changes.

Good choice Andy, IMO. The right stuff for your needs, that comes first.
Not the latest stuff, or the biggest, the right stuff.

And my birds, gotta get my birds. Shakey, send em back!

g

yup, ginger - how many times have we all said, "it's not the camera..."

heck, have you seen the bird shots harry gets with a nikon?

hope your birds come back

ginger_55 · March 13, 2005

Andy, what is your bag situation now? I carried my stuff almost piecemeal from the car to the house last night. I have to have a bigger more comfortable bag.

Are you keeping the farmer or going back to the other one, the one I was going to buy? I do not have a laptop. But I could use the space and the comfort anyway. I cannot carry my stuff individually out in the field. With my bag I have it worked out so that if I put the 300L on the camera, don't put those in the bag, I can get most other stuff in my current bag. That is not optimal.

Are you selling a bag? If so why?
If not, why not?

ginger

Andy · March 13, 2005

ginger_55 wrote:

Andy, what is your bag situation now? I carried my stuff almost piecemeal from the car to the house last night. I have to have a bigger more comfortable bag.

Are you keeping the farmer or going back to the other one, the one I was going to buy? I do not have a laptop. But I could use the space and the comfort anyway. I cannot carry my stuff individually out in the field. With my bag I have it worked out so that if I put the 300L on the camera, don't put those in the bag, I can get most other stuff in my current bag. That is not optimal.

Are you selling a bag? If so why?
If not, why not?

ginger

ah good question ginger dear.

i may go back to the shrinkle, let me get to b&h this week, prolly tuesday. odds are that i'll be selling the farmer's double if the shrinkle fits my 15" powerbook....

can you hang on for a few days?

ginger_55 · March 13, 2005

andy wrote:

ah good question ginger dear.

i may go back to the shrinkle, let me get to b&h this week, prolly tuesday. odds are that i'll be selling the farmer's double if the shrinkle fits my 15" powerbook....

can you hang on for a few days?

Yes. Is the farmer's double as comfortable?

ginger

Andy · March 13, 2005

ginger_55 wrote:

Yes. Is the farmer's double as comfortable?

ginger

very.

ginger_55 · March 13, 2005

andy wrote:

very.

good, PM me when you know, please,

ginger

John Mueller · March 13, 2005

I dont blame ya Andy.Im in sort of in the same boat.
My 1D M2 is one heck of a cam,fast,dead on and built like a tank.It didnt give me the reach Im looking for and was a tad on the soft side..I bought another 20D and I see a big difference.
So,I think,should I sell the 1D M2?

I have another trip planned for WV in a couple months and I want to give it a go for the wide.Guess Ill make up my mind after that.
On another note,my new 20D's view screen is filthy.Was like that out of the box.

wxwax · March 13, 2005

MHJS wrote:

It didnt give me the reach Im looking for and was a tad on the soft side..I bought another 20D and I see a big difference.

Reach?

wrt soft, the 1DmkII images are made with the expectation that the shooter will sharpen them in PS or equivalent.

John Mueller · March 13, 2005

I understand that,but it takes less work with the 20D

Andy · March 13, 2005

MHJS wrote:

I understand that,but it takes less work with the 20D

won't be a difference for me as i shoot only in raw ... fwiw you can tweak the parms in the 1d2 to equal what you get from 20d also.

John Mueller · March 13, 2005

andy wrote:

won't be a difference for me as i shoot only in raw ... fwiw you can tweak the parms in the 1d2 to equal what you get from 20d also.

Hmmmm,sumtins not right.I have been shooting only raw since the Drebel days.I find the 20D a lot sharper before any post

Shot over 11,000 raw files with the 1D M2 and I have worked my butt off to sharpen the files.3 different raw convertors and several sharpening methods.

pathfinder · March 13, 2005

MHJS wrote:

Hmmmm,sumtins not right.I have been shooting only raw since the Drebel days.I find the 20D a lot sharper before any post
Shot over 11,000 raw files with the 1D M2 and I have worked my butt off to sharpen the files.3 different raw convertors and several sharpening methods.

Sumthins not right indeed. The 20D is a great camera - but it is not the camera the 1DMkll is. 1DMkll files do need sharpening, but not much more than the 20Ds if the parameters are set right.

I shoot them both interchangeably - using the 1DMkll for when I need better focusing, better low light shots, etc Like Andy says - the 20D is a lot easier to carry all day on your shoulder.

i sold my 1Ds Mark II

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