Canon 1DMkIV

[MARINERMAGNUM]

Am I reading this right?

Quote:

Its standard ISO ranges from 100 - 12,800 and the extended ISO ranges from 50 - 102,400, which is the highest ever offered in a Canon SLR.

ISO 102,400???!!!!

[Steve Foss]

Well, MM, that's a little cryptic without telling us where you're reading it, don't you think? It's a big number, but it represents an increase of three stops over iso 12,800. And how much would be usable at those iso ratings vs how much talk and marketing pizzazz it'll generate, well . . . we'll see.

[finnbay]

google canon mark 4 or go to Canon site - $4999. 16+ megapixels

[Steve Foss]

Yeah, I did. Way more camera than I need, though no doubt a lot of fun to play with. I imagine I'll play with one a little next year.

[finnbay]

Yeah, me too. I'm done buyin' for awhile.

[MARINERMAGNUM]

Rumors on Asian sites say the 1Ds4 will be 32 m.p. with the same ISO range. They [Asians] were spot on with the rumors on the Mk4.

The times they are a changin.

[JohnK]

It's a pretty amazing camera going by the specs. It will be interesting to see how well the new focusing system works on it, this could draw a lot of sports and wildlife shooters.

Earlier today Cnet had some sample shots at ISO 102,400 that were really spectacularly bad, bad enough that Canon asked them to take them down. I suspect they did something wrong, no way would Canon have announced their new flagship could do that with that kind of performance.

You can see a sample [note from admin: Please see forum rules before posting again. Thank you]. I'd expect that the 1d mk IV might be comparable.