Canon Panders to Paparazzi of the World
May 26, 2009 | Filed Under Equipment
I’m about to upgrade cameras. I’m trying to decide between the Canon 5D II or the Canon 1D Mark III. I hate buying old technology. The Digic IV processor in the 5D seems far superior to the Mark III’s Digic III. Yet the Mark III shoots 10 fps…even Canon touts this feature as the ideal paparazzi camera!! Speed over quality. Miss the one frame that matters or go for quality.
The dual processors make themselves known, too, in the burst performance of the EOS-1D Mark III. Large size JPEGs at compression level 8 (of 10) can be fired in barrages of 110 frames (at 10 frames per second with 10.1-megapixel files). RAW images can be shot in bursts of 30. Paparazzi of the world, your new camera has arrived.