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Canon EOS1DSMK2
If your after a full frame, high meg camera the 1DSMK2 is worth a serious look. Since the newer 1DSMK3 came out over a year ago, prices have fallen to around £1600~£1800 body only, low actuation, and what you get for that money is a camera that delivers , as they say, hair splitting detail in pro built body.
Last year I needed a back up camera for my sports work, the 1DS was simply to expensive as an alternative then, also full frame attracted me for landscape work, I bought a 5d new with grip, sadly for sports it was no good, simply not fast enough in operating and AF speed, so I sold it quickly to get a good return, lost a bit, but thats how it goes. The cycling season is getting into full flow, i have big events booked and can not go with just one camera, so what to do, what camera to get, 1DSMK2 was my choice, its big , heavyish, but full frame for landscape, but would it hack sports, in a word , yes. Having used it for a few races i can say without hesitation it is really fast in A/F and when you get used to the button pressing , user operation as well, though i didn't need much practice as I owned MK2 cams before and this is essentially the same cam with higher px.
What about IQ, well its jaw dropping stuff, when i first did a test shot from raw I was amazed, the detail and colour was stupendous. There big files but my computer manages then, just lol. the colour  pictures below where just a snap shot, using bounce flash, nothing special, err the white area on her forehead is that bloody awful messy false tan wearing off, teenagers eh lol
So in a nutshell, you get pro build and speed, IQ thats jaw dropping, and quality that goes to 1600iso, beyond that the newer cams are admittedly better, I never go beyond that , so not an issue for me and dare I say many other togs.
At second hand prices stated above this camera is a joy to own and use, and the detail in prints is staggering, check it out and don't get drawn into gimmicky stuff thats not really needed and your paying for it with new models
I am going to love this camera when I can get out doing landscapes, at least I think I will 
Straight out of cam, little capture sharpen, iso 100
Massive crop, but would still print well large
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Re: Canon EOS1DSMK2
Martin, I can't quite tell what is on TV in the cropped picture.
I have looked briefly at this cam, and have the following questions.
High ISO, and you have answered that.
Battery life. As it is the old batteries, I know the life is not as good as the new, and makes the cam much heavier than say 1D MKIII. That can be important for say a wedding.
Have heard nothing but good about the files from this camera, other than high ISO low light will yield noise.
Thanks Martin.
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Dave
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Re: Canon EOS1DSMK2
Although physically its no bigger in size to the MK3 the battery does add extra weight, its not massively heavier, at a wedding you would not notice this. Noise can be a problem above 800iso, depends what ypu want from it, if you are taking hand held shots and need the speed then the MK3~5dmk2, Nikon D3 etc would control it more, especialy the D3 from what I have read, if you use a tripod then its not an issue as you would use low iso. To be honest I have not tried it above 800 iso so cannot give an honest opinion at this stage , noise control has improved over the last two years with newer cmas so it has to be worse than them
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