On 24/8/04, Michael Stevens, discombobulated, unleashed: >If you think you need 1 class performance you would be making a mistake in >getting anything other than the 1D. Since you have a D60 the upgrade to a >20D would be an extremely good one for you but the 20D cannot compare to a >1D. The only thing the 20D might have is slightly cleaner images since it'll >be using a newer sensor and noise should be lower. The 1D is going to have >less noise than your D60, too. > >An upgrade is definitely in order. It just depends on what kind of shooting >you do to make the choice of which body to get. > >And, lastly, once you buy a 1 series body you'll never want to shoot >anything but. All other bodies are slower both in focus and response times >and it'll drive you crazy to shoot a non-1 body. It's an upgrade that is not >easy to return from.
This is very interesting. I, too, am on a D60 these past couple of years. In 12 to 18 months I will be in a position to go 1st class, as you put it, with the 1D incumbent. Because of the cost of digital gear, I've limited myself to one body whereas previously with film it might have been two or three. From what you say, it looks like keeping something like a D60 as body number 2 would be pretty much futile. It probably would not get used. Does this mean that if I want 2 bodies, they'll both have to be 1D territory? I suppose a spanking new1DMII and a tatty old 1D would be good companions. In actual fact, I now seriously doubt whether or not I need 2 bodies. Having just a D60 these couple of years, I find that with the sort of photography I do, I don't really miss a second. The only possible reasoning I can come up with is for having 2 different ranges of focal length on each shoulder. But swapping lenses is not that big a pain. Besides, these days I'm more likely to wander around a crowded market with a 14mm on, shooting from the hip. My days of jewelry-cam are effectively over. Must be something to do with being over 40 ;-) I am tempted to dump the 60 in favour of the 1D even now, and then slide over to the 1DMII or III or whatever in 12 to 18 months. Choices...... Thanks for the thoughts. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _____________________________ * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
