According provided by Canon EOS-1D Mark II camera many thanks to Gleb Drobyazko.
Canon EOS-1D Mark II
The EOS-1D Mark II is the descendant of Canon's very first professional DSLR camera, the Canon EOS-1D, which appeared in November 2001. The Mark II came out in early 2004, the next model, the Mark III, came out in early 2007.
The Canon EOS-1D Mark II has a not very common APS-H sensor. There are only 5 cameras with this sensor size: Canon EOS-1D, 1D Mark II, 1D Mark II N, 1D Mark III, 1D Mark IV. Considering that the 1D Mark II N and 1D Mark II have the same sensor on board, we can assume that only 4 APS-H sensors have been developed. Since 2012, Canon APS-H cameras have been discontinued, and Canon's EOS line1D, EOS-1DSmost likely combined into one.
A lot of different information about crop factor APS-H cameras, to find out everything exactly, I performed small calculations:
Crop factor and the difference in the physical sizes of the matrices. Matrix size Canon 650D is 22.3 x 14.9mm (proof link). Matrix size Canon EOS-1D Mark II is 28.7 x 19.1mm (proof link).
Thus, everything fell into place - the APS-H matrix, in physical dimensions, is 1.6 times smaller than the 36 * 24 matrix, and 1.7 times larger than the APS-C. Most likely, the appearance of cameras with APS-H sensors is associated with the time when Canon collaborated with Kodak and released cameras with digital backs. This is how the first Canon EOS cameras were created. DCS1 and Canon EOS D6000 using matrices with crop factor 1.3 (then they were not yet called APS-H). For more details on the development of Canon's digital control center, see the review of the first full-frame digital SLR camera - Canon EOS-1DS.
Canon EOS-1D Mark II rear view
The Canon EOS-1D Mark II is an amazing machine. Like any professional Canon camera, the 1D Mark II has a rugged, dust and water resistant combo body that allows you to shoot in landscape and portrait modes without the need for an additional battery grip. The camera is heavy, weighing almost 1.5 kg. The controls are exactly the same as those of the 1D, 1Ds and 1Ds Mark II models, as all of these cameras are based on the same Canon EOS-1V film.
You need to get used to the controls. Personally, in 1D Mark II it’s inconvenient for me to poke around in the menu and make certain settings. If you set everything up and go directly to shooting, then holding and shooting with the 1D Mark II is very, very convenient :)
View of the Canon EOS-1D Mark II with a lens Canon Zoom Lens EF 55-200mm 1: 4.5-5.6 II USM
It is believed that the 'ones' (' EOS-1 D ', without the letter' S ') are cameras designed exclusively for reportage photography. Indeed, the 1D Mark II can shoot at 8.5 frames per second, which is very important for shooting action scenes. 8.5 fps is amazing speed, half a frame per second more than its predecessor. From such cameras, faster than 1D Mark II (for 2014) only 1D Mark III, 1D Mark IV, 1DX / DC and Nikon D3, D3s, D4.
The buffer of the 1D Mark II is not very large, the separator '/' shows the number of frames that are placed in the buffer when additional settings are disabled and enabled, such as extended ISO range and noise reduction.
- 20/18 RAW format shots
- 28/21 stills JPEG L (quality '10')
- 53/44 images JPEG S (quality '1')
- 18/16 shots RAW + JPEG L (quality '10')
In RAW format, 20 images will fit only when using ISO 100. At any other value, the buffer shows different numbers. I don't think 20 frames at 8.5 fps is a good indicator. RAW files have a 'CR2' extension and use 12-bit color depth, and weigh between 5 and 12 MB.
Example photo, used Soviet lens MC Helios-44M-4 2/58 with macro rings
The 1D Mark II uses a CMOS sensor of just 8.2 MP, which can produce an image of 3504 X 2336 pixels. I have repeatedly emphasized in my articles that 8 MP, even in our time, is sufficient for a huge number of photo tasks. True, due to new processors, even the simplest modern cameras, for example Canon 100D, in its performance bypass the 'old lady' 1D Mark II.
Example photo on the street
Time takes its toll, and the meager range of ISO 100-1600 nowadays seems archaic. ISO can be expanded to ISO L equivalent to ISO 50, and ISO H equivalent to ISO 3200. The noise level is approximately the same as that of Canon 1DS. By modern standards, the 1D Mark II matrix is weak, but this does not change things if you need to get a good shot.
Sample photo
The 1D Mark II can only use Canon EF lenses. Unlike Canon APS-C cameras, for which special EF-S lenses are created, the focal length of which takes into account crop factor cameras, for APS-H cameras there are no special lenses. Therefore, for APS-H cameras, as well as for Canon D3o, D6o cameras, 10D (which do not support EF-S lenses) There is a theoretical problem with obtaining ultra-wide viewing angles when using Canon's native EF lenses.
Example photo on camera
The 1D Mark II uses a 45-point focusing system. The same focusing system can be found on the 1D, 1D Mark II N and 1DS Mark II cameras. Various focus settings are possible.
I know one story about the old "ones", which was told to me by a friend of the editor of a Kiev magazine. Canon EOS-1D Mark II and Canon EOS-1D Mark II N were used in the headquarters of photojournalists for a long time, at some point the management decided to replace them with something new. Apparently there was no money for Canon EOS-1D Mark III / IV, and therefore we bought a batch of Canon EOS 7D. According to rumors, employees of the headquarters were outraged for a long time both with the image quality and the 7D functionality they needed. Indeed, observing the development of camera engineering and testing many different cameras, I can agree that there is nothing better than a professional combo monster camera, even an old one and even with a small number of megapixels :)
Sample photo
For the first time among all Canon cameras, the 1D Mark II has the ability to use SD cards. The 1D Mark II from my review "made friends" with a 32GB SDHC card and a 32GB card without any problems CF. Also, in the 1D Mark II, for the first time, it became possible to use two memory cards, which is very, very useful, because the data backup function can, in case of emergency, save the photographer's 'life'.
Sample photo.
The 1D Mark II uses a small 2-inch display with 230.000 dots. It is inconvenient to view the footage on it. For speed and ease of operation, there are also 2 monochrome displays (one on the top of the case, the other under the main screen) with blue backlighting. You can record an audio commentary on the captured photos, which will be stored in a separate file. The 1D Mark II does not have a built-in flash, but it does have a high-speed sync mode with external flash units. As befits a professional camera, the 1D Mark II has many useful features, such as minimal excerpt The shutter is 1/8000 s and the viewfinder provides 100% coverage.
Sample photo
Here link to the archive with the originals - 273 MB, 35 photos, RAW format.
Prices for modern Canon cameras in popular stores can look at this link.
In comments Can I ask you a question on the topic and you will answer, and you can also express your opinion or describe your experience. Many little things for a photo can be found on AliExpress.
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The Canon EOS-1D Mark II is an antiquated professional fast burst camera with an APS-H format sensor. The camera shutter is designed for 200.000 actuations, so it is quite difficult to 'kill' such a device, and nowadays the 1D Mark II can still be used by experienced photographers :)
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Hello!
Please tell me, is the camera body completely made of magnesium alloy, or is it still combined?
And I recently managed to buy an ancient 650 (without the letter D) of 1987 and a 1D one. And all my super-newest lenses work fine on these oldies. It got to the point that the report from the Victory Day parade went into layout with 1D, not 5dm3 ... Miracles! Now I always wear 1d for all my shoots, and it turned out that for the print media the megapixel race is an absolutely unnecessary waste of funds, those 4 megapixels that are implemented in the very first unit are quite enough)))
Very convincing and unexpected!)
It's 2016. I still shoot with this camera. Commerce, children's photography and portraits. Optics 85 1.8. Mileage (!!!) 32.000 frames in total. 8mp is enough for 90% of tasks. Very happy with the camera. And no matter how they spit on me - the picture is better than 5 dm2 ... he was there, but he died and sold it. I drove to a familiar photographer, and he has this unit. I asked for a couple of hours, it was interesting to work with professional cameras. After that, I don't look at others. Yes, the camera is old, but it is a professional, it will give odds to many. And the colors it gives out !!! Few can compare
32.000, this is one season
Yes, mench sometimes for one shooting day about 8000 frames happens)))
And how much is in the bin?
And what difference does it take? The main thing is that the necessary 1-2 frames are made and the customer accepts the work
This junk, which shoots worse than modern soap dishes, was relevant when they hadn’t done anything good for reporters.
Funny to read outdated trash reviews
It’s also funny to read amateur commentaries.
not ... not amateurs, but sofa commentators)))
Or maybe it's in the hands of the so-called sofa commentators who can only shoot with modern soap boxes with the “MASTERPIECE” mode? I immediately remember the old saying, there is nothing to blame on the mirror, if the face is crooked ... ..in our version, hands))))
I bought this camera in 2012. I take pictures to this day, very happy. The camera is good in all respects, despite the age. was born professional and will remain so in history. Yes, progress is going forward and better than the old one, maybe only a new one. After the ones I picked up the 5D, like a child's toy ... compared to the one.
Added a photo from Canon 1D Mark all N.
Arkady, there is probably a mistake here: you have 24X36 specified as an APS frame, but APS is a material format, 24mm wide film, with which there are three format options (and a full APS-H frame is always exposed - 30,2X16,7mm.):
APS-H (full frame on film) - 30,2X16,7mm.
APS-C 25,1X16,7mm.
APS-P 30,2X9,5mm.
Therefore, APS-H is “full frame” for APS.
Well, neither APS-H can be 1.6 times smaller than APS-matrix. Due to the fact that such a matrix simply does not exist, firstly (there are APS-H and APS-C matrices), since APS is just a letter abbreviation for an advanced film processing system, and secondly, the largest frame of the APS system, which has the name “APS-H” in area less than the crop-one matrix, the area of the one-matrix is 548.2 sq mm, and the area of the APS-H film frame is 504.4 sq mm, I repeat - this is the largest frame in the APS system.
And the dog rummaged in what you with enviable persistence call the standard frame size and 24x36 mm matrix “APS”, although neither standard nor 24x36 matrix has anything to do with APS for a second.))
Fixed
The APS-H format with dimensions of 28,1 × 18,7 mm (aspect ratio 3: 2) can be considered intermediate between the full frame (Full Frame - 36 × 24 mm) and (Advanced Photo System type-C - 25,1 × 16,7, XNUMX mm)
http://fotomtv.ru/stati/chto_takoe_matrica_aps-h/
Hello everyone. So I bought a 1D mark 2n today. What advise the first lens on it? (if the budget is limited).
I thought of throwing (trying) an existing EOS-M42 adapter .. I screwed it .. But there is no sharpness., Sharpness is only from a very close distance. I understand that he, like many Nikon, also needs an adapter with a corrective lens ??
By the way .. Just checked ..
If I wear through the Industar-50 adapter 3,5 / 50, then the sharpness is from a great distance., And if I put the Industrial-61 l / d 2,8 / 55 adapter all the way to the stop, then the sharpness is from only a few millimeters ..
Why is this so ??
Because the working segment is changing. This is how all the macro rings work
Advice please.
How to choose the right third-party lenses on Mark2.
For example, set sigma 28-80 works fine.
Sigma 18 - 200 gives a short focus vignette specific,
on average, barely noticeable. On a long one, like not.
I want to try sigma DC 55-200
The question is how to determine a suitable third-party lens is not empirical,
but just owning the right information)
This camera needs full-format lenses, not lenses for cropped cameras.
Please note that cropped cameras with crop factor 1.3x Canon EOS-1 D Digital, Canon EOS-1 D Mark II Digital (from this review), Canon EOS-1 D Mark II n, Canon EOS-1 D Mark III, Canon EOS-1 D Mark IV and Canon EOS D30 button cameras (not to be confused with 30D), Canon EOS D60 Digital (not to be confused with 60D), Canon EOS 10D Digital with a 1.6x crop factor use Canon EF mount and cannot physically use cropped original Canon EF-S lenses due to bayonet incompatibility. Subsequently, the cropped 1.6x cameras changed the type of mount. Therefore, please, do not panic without understanding the essence of the issue. Details on this subject are described. here. Thank you.
Take universal: efs18-135mm f3.5-5.6 is
Thanks, I get it.
Maybe they have some kind of marking.
I searched for the truth before asking a stupid question.
Wikipedia and the rest write that everything except EFS is suitable for 1.
With this it is clear that efs-ki do not roll. But it works when Canon lenses.
But what about third parties? How to determine the “full size” of a lens.
I would be grateful for the detailed answer.
https://radojuva.com/2012/03/different-lens-main/
Thank you!
Arkady, it would not be bad to point out about the problems with rechargeable batteries, because they are metal hydride, and they can’t get the original ones anymore, there are nuances in their work, unlike modern lithium-ion ones! And so a great article!
New batteries are still on sale, you can also re-solder the old one, which I did, holds 2000+ operations, is friends with the native charge without problems)
As for the compatibility with lenses. For example, my 1D mark 2N was on friendly terms with Sigma 18-35 1.8 art series (it gave a barely noticeable 18mm vignette. And now it is on friendly terms with Sigma 30mm 1.4 art series (without vignette, and sharpness over the entire field of the frame). made are lenses of the EF-S family;)
Third-party manufacturers make their lenses with an EF mount, even if they are designed to work with APS-C sensors (the native lenses for such sensors are only EF-S). This allows them to be used on cropped cameras, such as this one with an APS-H sensor, and a small margin allows you not to feel the vignette on crop 1.3 very much, but the full frame is sadder.
Wow
Third-party manufacturers do quite well for the EF-S mount. Tamron for sure. Yes, and Sigma seems too.
And give an example of a third-party lens with an EF-S mount (which is not compatible with cameras with an EF mount, because native EF-S lenses cannot be put on full-frame cameras with an EF mount)
Alex, good day!
And can I see somewhere the photos taken by you on canon 1d mark ii and sigma art? Or, if possible, send me them by e-mail. mail: mihail_zahvatkin@mail.ru
I will be very grateful
Quite often we are faced with the repair of the discussed model Canon 1d Mark2 and Canon 1ds Mark 2. Who cares how the device, or rather the shutter, looks inside, what kind of resource it really works out http://remonton.kiev.ua/blog-remontov/remont-canon-1ds-mark-2-zamena-zatvora.html In the photo, the shutter and the process of replacing the shutter lamellas.
You spit on karma for such a wretched advertisement.
I love the old ones 1d and 1d MK2, things made with a soul, not marketing glamorous new items with a reduced body. Reducing the size of SLRs is a crime. They fucked up a whole class and philosophy, turning a stern and solid camera into a gadget with wifi and lamer ergonomics, ram-marketing louses.
I also love old ones, super devices, but I fundamentally disagree with you. The presence in the 1100d model range does not prevent you from using your favorite 1d, but it allows the company to develop and sell Canon 1d X, some, for example.
Well, the opportunity for a person who does not have a bosom in his bosom to shoot "a marketing glamorous novelty with a reduced body, the creation of which was a crime of the rams of the market, we screw up class and philosophy, a gadget with wifi and lamer ergonomics", some 650d, for example, is great ! This is an opportunity for a poor person to take photographs, and not pray for 1d.
You know, Arkady, as I understand it, loves the D40. And I understand him, despite the fact that I understand and bow, to some extent, before 1d (super thing), I also understand the 1100d camera, for example. I use it with great pleasure (but different, of course, than 1d). And now, having owned and filmed both 1d and 1100d, as one camera for myself, I would choose 1100d. So that. Because 1100d will cope with 90% of all the frames that I will do, and 1d only with 30-40%, approximately.
Yes, by 1100d, too, the most pleasant feelings, I'm even glad that I chose the most budget camera in my time
About lamer ergonomics, I meant the units of the third and fourth series, some kind of frivolous in appearance.
I have 400d, I also love. But I did not like 60d in any way, and more because of the peculiarity of the small pixel pattern. It would be half a lama would take Pentax 645d or whatever it is.))) The new units are of little interest, unless they are high, if they had 11 megapixels, if the working one would be outrageous.)))
I went through all the canons except for the 1d series - I was dissatisfied for many reasons \\ Nikons also although I did not climb above 700 \ on the canons except for elek - in my opinion soap and the balance is not in tune \\ compared with models from sony \ as a landscape painter completely 7p and from cheap nex5n, and the quality of pictures on nex with ef lenses was simply shocked - I left both \\ here they were recently given the opportunity to buy a cobblestone 1d-mark2n-tested on Soviet lenses pentacons of the lower price range - not the highest class but acceptable in comparison with what we think series 5d \ stuffed 70-300 and thought - there was no soap, the sharpness struck \ compared specifically 100% of the crop from sony7r-70-200 f4 \\ clings better than sony \\ put on 24-85 ultrasonic and decided to keep the device for myself and changed my attitude towards canon although you need to be more careful with the white bal. otherwise you will have to lightrum.
I finish from 17.10: the secret seems to be as indicated by uv. Arcadia in crop factor 1.3 - all trash is cut from the edges of the image: both aberrations and borders and vignetting on the open dia-e are cut
better than on a factor of 1.5 or 1.6 \ cheap lenses really sang on APS-H \\ YES -8. megapixels but having 36 megapixels is quite happy with the 8th, which is why the picture acquired will add. harshness please explain to the practitioners, after all, the Sony-nex is the same \\ to the word XT-2 - FUJI-put the APS-H matrix not from the floundering bay \\ the clucking of specialists and status officers around the xt-2 does not subside put fufp frame lenses
getting better - not a fooji but a sigma quattro h
getting better - not a fooji but a sigma quattro h
Not so long ago I purchased such a device in perfect condition and a 24-135 sigma lens. Extremely satisfied. Shooting with this unit is really very convenient, I like everything except the menu. Before that was Nikon D90. I got used to ergonomics in a couple of hours. The picture is good. As for the noise, for me it’s worse on the D90. Of course the thing is subjective, maybe someone thinks otherwise.
Ehh, how do you want to see the reviews of Arcadia on 1Ds_mk3 and 1D_Mk4 !!
The owners of these cameras!
Lend them to him please!
I'd like to read the opinion of Arkady on this validity.
Hello everyone!) Tell me who has the canon 1d mark ii how much they go and who has what mileage? Well, and how much replacing the shutter if anyone changed
In the Canon service I changed it for 5000 tr, brought my own replacement (the shutter curtains purchased at Alliexpess) were replaced during the day. The shutter speeds are about 400.000 kopecks ... Good luck in your photo hunt !!!
Good afternoon, I have a 1D mark ii, practically new, I think to sell it
Hello)
Have you already sold your camera, or is there more?)