The Top Five Reasons Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III are the Best Cameras
- 21.1 Megapixel, Full Frame CMOS Sensor
- DIGIC III Image Processor
- Shutter speeds from 1/8000 to 30 seconds and bulb
- 45-point AF system
- Compatible with Canon's Full Line of EOS Lenses and Accessories
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The Best Prosumer Digital SLR Cameras
Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III 21.1MP Digital SLR Camera (Body Only)
This is Canon's next generation 1Ds...the best camera ever.
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This was the best prosumer digital camera for sale in the US prior to the Mark III.
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Canon EOS 5D Mark II 21.1MP Full Frame CMOS Digital SLR Camera (Body Only)
Canon's newest 5D model. This one boasts HD movie capability. I've seen a short movie recorded with a 5D Mark II (at this years Photo Expo in NYC) and it was beautiful!
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Canon EOS 5D 12.8 MP Digital SLR Camera (Body Only)
The best digital camera when you can't afford a 1Ds. ;)
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The new Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III
Kirkland also talks about the Mark II and 5D
Canon 1Ds Mark III - Live Interview with Douglas Kirkland
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Douglas Kirkland (born 1934 in Toronto, Ontario) is a prominent photographer based in the United States. At age twenty-four, Kirkland was hired as a staff photographer for Look magazine and became famous for his 1961 photos of Marilyn Monroe taken for Look's 25th anniversary issue. He later joined the staff of Life magazine.
A Whos Who of notable persons have posed for Kirkland from the great photography innovator Man Ray and photographer/painter Jacques Henri Lartigue to Dr. Stephen Hawking. Entertainment celebrities he has photographed include Mick Jagger, Sting, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Morgan Freeman, Orson Welles, Andy Warhol, Oliver Stone, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Leonardo DiCaprio, Coco Chanel, Marlene Dietrich, Brigitte Bardot, Judy Garland, Elizabeth Taylor, Sophia Loren and Catherine Deneuve. Kirklands portrait of Charlie Chaplin is at the National Portrait Gallery in London.
Kirkland is contracted for work around the world and has worked in the motion picture industry as a special photographer on more than one hundred films including Category: 2001 - : A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey, The Sound of Music, Sophie's Choice, Out of Africa, The Pirate Movie, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Romancing the Stone, Titanic, and Moulin Rouge!. Some of his famous film shots include John Travolta in the dance sequence from Saturday Night Fever and a portrait of Judy Garland crying. In 1995 Kirkland received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American motion pictures Society of Operating Cameramen.
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Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM Ultra Wide Angle Zoom Lens
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Standard Zoom Lenses
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Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM Lens for Canon EOS SLR Cameras
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Telephoto Zoom Lenses
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Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM Telephoto Zoom Lens for Canon SLR Cameras
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Canon EF 100-400mm f4.5-5.6L IS USM Telephoto Zoom Lens for Canon SLR Cameras
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Canon EF 50mm f/1.2 L USM Lens for Canon Digital SLR Cameras
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Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM Lens for Canon SLR Cameras
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Case Logic SLR Camera/Computer Backpack
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What is your #1 must have lens?
QuantumTiger wrote...
Well; it's on my wish list. But My EOS 20D will have to last a little longer
Posted January 10, 2009
southpaw23 wrote...
Oooh I have a Digital Rebel XT that I'm still trying to figure out to use. Maybe this will be the next big step once I can refine my photography skills a bit! *must not drool on keyboard looking at lenses*
Posted November 19, 2007
James20 wrote...
A good site to look at.
Forget Santa,.....Honey,...I have been good!
Posted November 07, 2007
clouda9 wrote...
Wowsa! For now I will stick with my trusty Kodak Easy Share. Still, this was good info for those enamored with this design!
Posted November 04, 2007
KimberlyDawnWells wrote...
*gasp* They cost how much? Ooooh yah Santa I've been good too! ;)
Posted October 31, 2007
GypsyPirate wrote...
Wow - great information here. I'm convinced, now I need to convince someone to get it for me. Thanks for the proof of Best Ever!
Posted October 29, 2007
Barkely wrote...
My favorite camera is the Nikon N70D, but if Santa brought me a Canon I wouldn't complain.
Posted October 28, 2007
Susan52 wrote...
Dear Santa, Now I know what I want for Christmas, the wide-angle lens. And the camera to go with it. I've been very, VERY good . . .
Posted October 27, 2007
