[Also, my new Canon 10D digital SLR arrived on Monday from B&H. Yay! They told me the wait would be 4-6 weeks but it shipped 1.5 weeks after I ordered it, or just 2 weeks after Canon announced it. (I suspect B&H prioritized customers who spend far too much money with them.) It's a 6.3 megapixel successor to the Canon D60, which means I'll be retiring my 3-megapixel D30. I took the 10D to an open source conference in DC yesterday (http://www.egovos.org/) and, based on my preliminary results, give the 10D two thumbs up. Read on for my review of the 11 megapixel 1Ds... --Declan] --- http://electronics.cnet.com/electronics/0-6613935-1304-20610303.html By Declan McCullagh March 18, 2003 Review summary The 1Ds is a state-of-the-art digital SLR that meets professional imaging and performance standards, with a price to match. The good: Tremendous resolution; full-frame sensor; professional body; weatherproofed; excellent handling. The bad: Very expensive; large and heavy; top continuous-shooting rate of only 3fps. Canon's latest foray into the high-end photography market, the EOS 1Ds, may be the most capable digital SLR sold today. With an eye-popping 11.1-megapixel effective resolution, this model trounces its 3- and 6-megapixel EOS ancestors. Based on Canon's 1V 35mm-film-camera body, the 1Ds should appeal to pros and other serious shooters who have been eagerly anticipating this level of quality and flexibility in a digital camera. The downside: This Canon is priced according to its feature set. [...remainder snipped...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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