Digital BW, The Print

Jerry, 

That depends on who is paying for it.  

Newspapers that have top or not top photojournalists are looking for a camera with solid body, decent image quality (not the same as the highest resolution) and most like the range of light (ISO range) and the fast shutter speed.  A business can afford to expense the tools.  

If the Canon 1D can shoot off 8 frames per second...they will more likely get that special "expression" or event on the memory card...and that is where the money is.  This camera's key feature is a fast frame speed.  Most useful for motorsports, sports, and other PJs who have to catch the image and get paid on results.  

For amateur users, it is overkill....unless you like to spend money freely...or have the latest and greatest.  

Steadman
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jerry Olson 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 3:36 PM
  Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Problems with Piezo? It gets hot in the kitchen.


  Thanks Alejandro.  The lens is available now at B&H for $1799.

  Eight thousand is in my opinion way out of line for a digital camera
  with only 4.2 megapixels. You can get the 6 megapixel Contax or the
  Kodak 760 for less. Or the nikon DX.  I know the new D1 is going to be a
  dream camera, but for that kind of money it must be at least, at the
  Very least, 6 megapixels.

  Jerry





  Alejandro Montiel wrote:
  > 
  > Hello:
  > 
  > Two german magazines have run articles on the EOS 1-D
  > this month and the price they report is 16000 deutsch
  > Marks, which should be about $8 thousand. The new EF
  > 2,8/16-35 L USM is reported to cost about 4300 DM
  > which should be about $2 thousand.
  > 
  > Regards
  > 
  > Alejandro Montiel
  > 
  > --- Jerry Olson <jerryolson@...> wrote:
  > > Hi Todd,
  > >
  > > The sharpen filter I'm speaking of is in KAI's power
  > > tools Version 6,
  > > and is called the "Equalizer". Use the bounding
  > > sharpener, not the
  > > equalizer. I set it at about 400 percent.  Drag the
  > > RGB slider until it
  > > looks best for your image. It will NOT be the same
  > > for all images. Some
  > > don't seem to benefit from this slider, while others
  > > do with only a
  > > little bit.
  > >
  > > This will give you a very sharp image, with no halo
  > > next to the hard
  > > edges. If you get a halo, you have to back off a bit
  > > fromt the 400
  > > percent.
  > >
  > > Then, if you run a high pass/soft light filter on a
  > > duplicate layer, it
  > > will add just a tad more sharpness. You can fade the
  > > opacity of this
  > > layer as you like. I usually fade this to about 50
  > > percent.
  > >
  > > Jerry
  > >
  > > Just out of curiosity have you heard anything about
  > > the price of the new
  > > EOS 1 D?  I can find the specs, but no prices yet.
  > > Someone on one of
  > > these lists said over $6 grand.
  > >
  > >
  > > > Could one of you explain this sharpener? Is it
  > > based upon sharpening edges
  > > > to a greater degree than "flat" areas? I presume
  > > it's part of a package from
  > > > Kai Power Tools? Which version?
  > > >
  > > > Todd
  > >
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