I think you will get a price drop in about 6 months like Canon did
with the 1DMkII.
Frankly if I were to get a Canon in that price range the 1DMkII would
be the one for me. Much better professional body and features, lower
noise than the 5D, and avoids the worst of the problems of full
frame digital like dark corners and wide angle CA. Super image
quality. And interchangeable screens with a choice of nine.
There is nothing to cleaning a sensor, any more than cleaning a lens.
And you don't have to do it that often.
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
On Mar 5, 2006, at 10:58 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
> I don't have any intention today of waiting until the fall. Maybe
> a few
> months until the 30D and D200 are more readily available which
> might put
> a little more price pressure on the 5D. I think the fact that
> there was
> no signficant change between the 20D and 30D signals the end of the
> megapixel race so I'm ready to buy. If the 5D had the same pixel
> density as the 20D it would have about 20MP but the 5D's 12.8MP is
> more
> than enough for me. It probably exceeds 645 quality which is more
> than
> I ever wished for or need, as you say. But, fitted with a 2.8 lens it
> focuses fast and reliably in available darkness which is something
> I do
> need. It's hard to imagine being seriously tempted to buy even
> more MP
> in the next 5 years. By then I may be too feeble to pick it up when
> it's wearing a 70-200/2.8. I also have to admit that one of the
> things
> pushing me toward a 5D is interchangeable screens. That's also one of
> the things that kept me from rejecting the E-1 out of hand when I was
> generally unhappy over the 4/3 sensor. Absolutely silly, I
> suppose, but
> when I've had interchangeable screens on my cameras for the past 37
> years I'd find it hard to live without them. A gridded screen will be
> nice for architectural stuff and I'm hoping that 12.8MP might actually
> be enough to do some perspective correction in software without the
> need
> of a shift lens.
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