>
> I just checked the specs for the 1D ($5,000) and the 1Ds ($8,000) and
> "DEP mode" is nowhere to be found on the high-end stuff either.
>
Which begs the question as to why a camera manufacturer would dumb down (ie,
remove features) unnecessarily? Here I thought only Olympus pulled that
kind of boner when they removed the spot-meter button from the E-series.
Three things about the Canon really surprises me:
1. They haven't come out with a Digital EOS with the Pellicle Mirror,
2. No Digital EOS with eye-control AF
3. Missing features like DEP. (except for select low-end cameras)
All three items have been in multiple EOS film cameras but have been missing
in action on the digital bodies.
This is not a slam against Canon in the least. It's a puzzlement to me
because these were tremendous advances which have been largely ignored by
today's product managers. I used to occasionally use an EOS RT "back in the
day" when I did part-time work for a team-picture mill. I really did enjoy
that camera. However, I remember that it was a bear to manual-focus.
AG
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