August 22, 2005
What would happen if aCanon 1Dsmated with aCanon 20D? You'd end up with either headlines on CNN, or, the just announcedCanon 5D.
Following much humorous speculation online, especially after the spec sheet was "leaked" about a week before the official announcement, with many self-proclaimed experts pontificating on how the specs weren't credible and the images had to have been "Photoshopped", the truth is that the spec sheetwasreal, and so is the camera.
In a nut-shell, the 5D is a 13 Megapixel full-frame DSLR. What sets it apart from any prior full-frame DSLR, such as the 1 Ds Series Canon's or the now-defunct Kodak DCS 14n and Pro n models is that it is about the physical size of the current generation of 6 and 8 Megapixel cameras, as well as current film-based SLRs such as theCanon 1V. It's the first high-resolution full-frame digital SLR that can make this claim.
The price of course is the other differentiator. Though street pric...