Canon keeps APS-H alive with the 1D Mark IV
Canon has released the newest iteration of their sports-centered camera line, the 1D Mark IV. Like the newly announced Nikon D3s, it crosses the ISO 100,000 barrier with a noisy "three stops above what we recommend mode," with a recommended range that goes up to ISO 12,800. It does this with smaller pixels than the D3s, since it is a 16 megapixel sensor to the D3s's 12, and it is the smaller 1.3x crop APS-H sensor that the 1D, 1DII, and 1DIII are featured.
I have to admit I'm surprised that they kept the APS-H sensor. Obviously they are confident in the noise qualities of the chip, and sports photographers often want to get a bit more reach out of their lenses, but after all these years it feels like an unsupported format. We have many lenses made for 1.6x APS-C, countless lenses made for 35mm-size cameras, but there has never been an APS-H optimized lens. Many Canon wedding shooters, who were hoping for a D3 equivalent camera, are going to be shaking their heads tonight. (But that's OK, they can cry over their startlingly good array of prime lenses)
The 1D Mark IV offers 1080P video, in contrast to the D3's smaller 720P. News organizations trying to consolidate around a standard may take that into account, and Canon is billing this as a "multimedia machine."
There is an entirely new AF system for the camera, a necessity since the 1d Mark III's had so much controversy. Probably no one can explain that better than sports shooter Rob Galbraith, who caused most of the commotion in the first place.
You can wrap the major changes up into "Crazy-high ISO and video," and Canon has hired Vincent Laforet to shoot some samples showing what it can do. A wise choice, since Laforet made the 5D Mark II video possibilities apparent with his video "Reverie," which was shot on his own dime.
Otherwise it seems fairly little has changed, with upgrades to the viewfinder, LCD, and slight changes to the body. Shooters used to the 1DIII and 1DSIII should be able to pick this up and feel comfortable right away. I'll write more about the showdown between this and fellow ISO 100,000+ camera the D3s when I try them both on Thursday.
Brett Maxwell on October 20, 2009 at 06:07 AM
Exactly, aps-h needs to die. Nikon even added a 1.2x in-camera crop for those that want that extra little reach. 1.3 just makes all the focal lengths weird, especially on the zooms; the widest focal length of the 16-35 becomes a not wide enough 21mm equivalent, the widest of the 24-70 does the same at 31mm equivalent, and the 70-200 as well.
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We have many lenses made for 1.6x APS-C, countless lenses made for 35mm-size cameras, but there has never been an APS-H optimized lens. Many Canon wedding shooters, who were hoping for a D3 equivalent camera, are going to be shaking their heads tonight. (But that's OK, they can cry over their startlingly good array of prime lenses)
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Many Canon wedding shooters, who were hoping for a D3 equivalent camera, are going to be shaking their heads tonight. (But that's OK, they can cry over their startlingly good array of prime lenses)
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