Canon EOS 1Ds Mark II, with WIFI

[LoudMusic]

Canon's new 16.7MP digital SLR, now with WIFI!

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0409/04092104canoneos1dsmkii.asp

Crazy cool! I'm so pumped. The camera industry is ramping up faster than processor speeds have for the past few years. I wonder what happens when they hit 50 or 60MP.

 

[TB]

That camera is sick! I just got a Minolta Dimage Z2 and thought I wouldn't want another camera for a few years. Guess I was wrong.

 

[LoudMusic]

Minolta has never been one of my favorites, but that's no shabby camera. I think that this particular Canon is ... of a different breed than what you've purchased (:

 

[TB]

^Just a tiny bit

 

[Klostrophobic]

Ha! I bet the Nikon D2X will blow it away. Even if it has a lower megapixel count and will probably cost substantially more.

But everyone knows there is more to a camera than the megapixel figure.

The Fuji S3 Pro should be released soon, too.

 

[LoudMusic]

To tone it down a bit, the EOS 10D is quite nice. If I had a couple grand laying around I'd get one. However, at this point in my life, I think I'll be waiting for something like this 1Ds Mk II to drop to the two grand price range in about five years and buy one then. (:

 

[LoudMusic]

Yo, duder.

Do you think wireless connectivity will be available in other cameras? That's a pretty large step out there in "additional functions" (:

 

[Klostrophobic]

I'm still trying to figure out how I would ever, ever, ever, ever use that function.

I suppose if you worked for a magazine or something like that it would be useful.

 

[LoudMusic]

Oh yeah, totally. There's no point in getting this camera at all unless you plan to take about 2,000 picture a day with it.

 

[Klostrophobic]

You can take 2000 pictures in 8 minutes and 20 seconds with this camera.

Assuming the stated 4 frames-per-second figure is correct.

 

[LoudMusic]

Well, you also have to be able to write them to something. And when you're looking at creating a 16.7MP image at 50MB, you need to be able to transfer 200MB per second. Even if the wired network capability includes gigabit you're only going to be getting just over 120MB per second. So in the first minute when the internal 2GB micro drive is full, you still have 95.7GB of images to deal with. And to make matters worse, that internal microdrive doesn't write at 200MB per second either. I bet they max at about 30MB or 40MB per second.

I guess you could always use JPG compression, drop the file size under 10MB. You'd be able to use gigabit then, but 100mbit and wireless G would still be out of the question.

I took over 1,800 pictures on my three week trip to the west coast with my girlfriend. That comes to roughly two 36-exposure rolls of 35mm per day. The funny thing is, there were several consecutive days I didn't even turn the camera on. I bet I averaged over 3 rolls a day for the days I was shooting, and probably closer to 4 rolls.