Get up on the wrong side of the bed this morning? Why do you have to be
on the upgrade treadmill? I bought my 5D because I thought it was the
best tool available that met my specific requirements... which have
never included 4x5 Velvia quality. I don't anticipate any significant
change in my requirements so I will not feel any upgrade pressure when
the 5D verson II comes along.
I think it's fairly safe to say that the megapixel treadmill will slow
down pretty soon. Maybe the 5D version II will go to 16MP vs 22 for the
1 series but there ain't a lick of difference between 13MP and 16MP as
far as resolution goes. Even the difference between 13 and 22MP is only
about 30 percent. And it that ain't enough go use that E-1 as a combo
light meter and Polaroid shooter, shoot some 4x5 Velvia using those
preview settings so one shot gets it perfect and then scan it with one
of the new 4x5 capable Canon 9950F scanner for $350. Even at only 1200
dpi you get a 28.8MP image. See:
<http://www.photo-i.co.uk/Reviews/interactive/Scanners/Canon_9950F/page_13.htm>
Please watch your step when getting off the rapidly moving treadmill. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
AG Schnozz wrote:
> So what?
>
> There have been many cameras introduced since I bought my first
> OM-2S that were "better" in so many ways. Shoot, I missed out
> on buying the three-dozen EOS film cameras that came out before
> digital! I also missed buying a D30, D60, 10D, 20D, 1D, 1Ds,
> 1DmII and 1DsMII. Why is the 5D THE camera for me to buy now,
> when all of these others came and went and are no better than
> what I have been shooting all along?
>
> Why?
>
> The 5D is the cat's meow of cameras--the one everything is
> compared to. It's the "Messiah" of digital cameras! But wait,
> haven't I heard this theme before? The D30 was as good as 35mm
> Provia, the 20D as good as 645 Portra, now the 5D is as good as
> 4x5 Velvia. In retrospect, we realize that none of the previous
> claims are "true", but we keep falling for the "latest/greatest"
> hype and the "unbiased" tests.
>
> In a couple very short months, the 5D will be rendered obsolete
> by Canon's next offering. Something that shows that it is no
> better than all of those stepping-stone models that came before.
> By this time next year, the "common wisdom" will be that 10MP
> images cannot be printed larger than A3, maybe even A4. 22MP is
> where it's at. 22MP and ultra-clean ISO 12800. Oh the
> horror--you can't shoot a wedding anymore unless it's at ISO
> 6400 and 12 FPS.
>
> I despise this current photographic world where we have to buy a
> new camera every 18 months to stay "current". My E-1 is far
> from worn out and probably will outlast any practical
> application of the camera. Last night I shot 514 pictures in
> about 45 minutes and with every click of the shutter (during a
> Christmas Children's Musical) only I heard it. Nobody around me
> was disturbed other than maybe the occasional time my LCD lit up
> for a "chimp". Yes, I shot at ISO 1600, yes there is noise in
> the images, yes I could have used image-stabilization. But you
> know what? For the application (4x5 prints for every
> participant), it was more than sufficient. I'll have about 200
> keepers out of the entire project. My AF was fast enough, the
> frame-rate was high enough, the noise-level was even low enough
> to not even show up in these small prints WITHOUT
> noise-reduction. Would a 5D have resulted in better images?
> Possibly. But for the desired output would it have been worth
> the investment? No. Besides, I couldn't have fired that many
> shots since I was right down front and within three feet of the
> microphones.
>
> Yes, I need more pixels for various reasons, but why do we keep
> feeling the need to jump on the upgrade treadmill at really
> obscene costs? Why can't I just live in peace with the cameras
> I have? My desire is to have a digital camera be viable for at
> least 10 years. Is that too much to ask?
>
> The argument that you are saving money on film and processing is
> bogus. That only works the first time around. Besides, as I
> look back, I couldn't afford the film and processing anyway.
> I'm looking for cost-savings, not cost-tranferrences.
>
> The 5D is the current "shiny", but in too short of a period of
> time it will be rendered as out-of-date as the 10D and the E-1.
>
> It used to be that a professional photographer would go through
> two, perhaps three camera "systems" in his entire career. There
> is an entire generation of photographers who have used the same
> Hassleblad or Mamiya lenses and bodies for 25+ years. We have
> no such luxury today.
>
> Just grousing.
>
> AG
>
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