GenX Digital

The Canon EOS 1D Mark IIN is the latest in the line-up of Canon Digital SLR cameras, and I’ve had the pleasure of reviewing it for the last month in preparation for the forthcoming Men’s Vogue article showcasing hot new technologies. Being a Canon user myself for the last 5 years, and acquiring my set of Canon lenses to complement my cameras - I must say this camera is by far the coolest fucker I’ve played with yet!! The one HUGE downside for use average consumers - the price. It’s definitely targetted at the professional photographer who can withstand a $4000 bill for a single camera without lenses.

If you’re into carrying your camera wherever you go, and have always just thrown it in your purse, pocket, backpack or wherever - read no more. This is one big camera - heavy, large, and expensive. You need the Nikon S6…

But, if you’re keen on getting a good depth of field, already have some Canon lenses, you EVER shoot sporting events, or just have a crapload of money and are just itching to spend it - well, this camera is definitely for you. It has 8.2 megapixels of crystal clear images, shoots onto either a CF or SD card (or both, separating RAW and JPG files to one or the other card), it shoots 8.3 muthaf**ken frames per second up to a max of 48 frames at a time! It has no built-in flash, a nice big 2.5″ LCD on the back and a very nice auto focus system.

It’s really a whopper of a camera, and I’ve had a blast shooting with it combined with my 100-400L IS lens, a provided 16-35 2.6 L lens and my 28-200IS lens, and this camera will not only show you the imperfections in the lenses you give it - it will compensate to some extent very nicely. For example - my 100-400L lens is image stablized, but it’s aperature is 3.5-5.6 so at big zooms - the aperature is pretty small. Image stablization helps, but being able to boost up the ISO in the camera to 800 without worry of undue noise really helps me crank out fast shutter speeds. Of course, if I were doing anything professionally, I’d opt for a large fast L lens but I don’t want to spend $3000 on a lens after spending $3600 on a camera.

You know - that’s just about all I have to say about this camera. There’s a TON of reviews about it, and they’re all very favorable. But most of my readers just wouldn’t be into this kinda camera, so go out and get a Canon 30D or Nikon D200 if you’re a “prosumer”.