According to canonrumors.com, that seems to be the case. Is October 20th going to be the date Canon announces a 1D Mark 4 that hits ISO 102,400? And at what level does high ISO constitute night-vision photography?
It’s been about two and a half years since Canon’s updated their flagship 1D body, so we’re definitely overdue for an update. Not going to lie, I was disappointed by the 7D announcement, wondering why we needed yet another prosumer body from Canon. Hopefully this rumor pans out.
That said, while the prospect of ISO 102,400 sounds mind-boggling, I wish Canon could take a note from Nikon’s playbook and get rid of the cropped sensor for their news and sports body. While they’re at it, how about a better flash system (that doesn’t require holding down buttons activate slaved TTL)?
Well, if wishes were horses, beggars would eat.
– Matt
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5 Comments at "Canon 1D Mark 4 Coming Soon?"
Nikon didn’t, they have the D300S, and now with the 7D, Canon has something to compete with that. We shoot Nikon and have two full frame and one crop frame camera, because many times the extra reach of a crop body comes in handy.
Well, the cropped frame doesn’t actually give you any extra “reach”… it’s just a crop. You could get the same effect cropping your full frame image.
Well, same field of view cropping your full frame image but not the same resolution.
Depends on how many megapixels the sensors is. Generally, cropped sensor cameras have fewer megapixels. There isn’t much difference between using a cropped sensor or taking a high MP full frame sensor and cropping the image. A 1.3 crop doesn’t magically make your lens .3 times longer.
You’re right, a crop factor is just that and not a magically increased focal length. I guess what I’m saying is comparing the D300s with a cropped D3s, you have 12.3mp vs 5.1mp. You sacrifice the greater sensitivity, but you will get higher resolution in your cropped sensor camera.
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