Some may remember the last ‘new’ camera I bought, it was several years ago at Focus 2008. I was tempted, I had money and someone pointed out that it was a good price. So an Eos 1D Mark III was bought. It turned out to be a little naff to be honest, constant errors and some fairly shoddy build meant it went back for a refund.
Still I’ve longed for the fast AF and frame rate of the 1 Series for a while and during one of my recent ponderings I thought – I don’t use my 5Ds so why not sell them and get a 1D. Well being one to jump the gun I decided to get a 1 series.
Now a while back I tried the 1D Mark II N and was impressed, in fact I was seriously looking at one for a while, but then moved on to other things (Apple Macs I think). But during my recent research (yes I do research my purchases – well more like reassuring myself) I looked at the older 1D MkII. There’s not a lot of difference if your prepared to have a smaller LCD, no pic modes or have the ability to write RAW to one card and JPG to the second card (though the latter is a big consideration). So I decided to look at this model. Initially I was tempted with a fairly ropey looking one on Ebay, which eventually went for £375 – which wasn’t too bad to be honest.
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