Comments on: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark IV: the rumors begin

After only a year on the market, talk starts about an update to Canon's flagship dSLR.

[optika_hawaii]

I predict...Mark IV 1Ds

35 Megapixel, Full-Frame Sensor
Dual Digic V Processors
16-bit Color Processing
16 GB Hard Drive
4GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M Graphics Card
3 Slots for memory cards
7 Frames Per Second in full RAW and Large JPEG formats
4" LCD @ 1,500,000 pixel
65-point Autofocus
USB-Firewire-Ethernet-HDMI Ports
AUTO MODE OPTIONS: Portrait, Landscape, Stitching, Speed Motion, Sunset

$7999.00

[vwfoto]

Yes, yes please I wish your predict is come
Yes I want one

[mulderd]

Mmmm, I think it will be slightly different.

- Full frame, definitely.
- GPS
- Wifi
- Same battery as Mark III
- Authenticity module
- Prepared for 3D shooting with several DIGIC V processors
- Prepared for 3D shooting, mount for 3D lenses
- Let go of the Ds, just EOS 1D-M(ulti-animal)
- Cradle for the several interfaces such as HDMI
- Separate USB v3 interface
- Parallel CF, SD and internal flash of 32Gb
- 18-bits color depth
- ISO 25-50000 spotless
- HD 1080p video possibilities WITH AF
- internal stabilization of the sensor and on the lenses, so always perfectly balanced
- over pressure in the body, so dust never can enter the body
- 14 frames/second in RAW or JPEG, 60s continuously

SRP: ? 5500

[vwfoto]

That's the things why we need gps, even wide or big LCD or even video feature

[adamtaylor01]

I predict that the new Canon 1DS Mark 4 will be able to get its own taxi, shoot my gigs, go to fedex and do my invoices-- wirelessly. But I'll STILL wait for the Mark 5 which will update my website, pay my credit cards, taxes, and walk my dog. When is Canon going to get it together?

[telephotonc]

Given that I waited at least 10 years to go digital (from the stone-age .5 MP Nikon DCS camera useful only for shooting thumbnails) when I bought my 5D MkII at the end of 2008 precisely because I wanted to wait for a reasonably priced digital camera that could shoot better than 35m film resolution (18MP), I can't see blowing 80% of what I had invested in equipment (3 film formats, tripods, studio strobes and stands) in one camera body.

I mean - I can see people using this stuff, but what clients are out there paying rates that justify replacing pro DSLRs every 3 years - or sooner? Most pros I know are using the 5D MkII as their primary body, and a G-10 (or G-11) as a back-up/street body.

[calvin_xsi]

1DS MARK IV
-Fullframe
-29.5 megapixels
-dual digic iv processors
-6 frames per second or 8 frames pre second if possible!
-ISO (100-12800) expandible (50-102,400)
-Full HD video (same as 1d mark iv)
-same body as mark iii

[Robert--123]

I think:
- Full Frame, ofcourse
- Dual Digic 4
- 14-bits images, that really is enough
- Just 26 mp, 6 fps (same data transmission as 1D 4)
- Just 26 mp? Yes, because the lenses of this moment are not sharp enough to reach THE detail of THE mentioned 30-36 mp, I think just 26. And unless Canon has some brilliant invention, the lenses become abnormal big and heavy then.
- GPS and Wifi, because of you can't make any more pixels, you have to imagine something else.
- ISO 50-25600. Untill 6400 almost spotless.
- Full HD-video, with AF in
- Very fast AF overall.

[Paul_Harris]

Yes, but can it coddle eggs?

[Paul_Harris]

Let's be realistic. It should have all of the above, including providing the services of Julia Child, PLUS, and this is most important, interchangeable backs so we could also load it with film.