02-14-2011, 05:03 AM
[quote name='genotypewriter' timestamp='1297657837' post='6090']
So why didn't Canon add any of these D200 features to the 40D or even the 50D? Would anyone have chosen a D200 over a 40D?[/quote]
For a very simple reason. The 10 MP Sony CCD sensor in the D200 is one whole stop worse than the 8 MP 40D and 10 MP 400D.
Until Nikon 'fixed' their Archilles' heel, they were not match for Canon's CMOS sensors... no matter how well featured the D200 was.
[quote name='genotypewriter' timestamp='1297657837' post='6090']
Like I said, the biggest carnage is only in the online forums where people say things like "how Canon could sell a professional sports camera with serious AF issues is beyond me" <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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That statement is absolutely correct. Why do you think Canon introduced those firmware updates to the 1D3 many months AFTER the 1D3 went on sale? For fun and laughter??? Canon had a lot of time to test and fix their professional cameras long BEFORE they were released, and to make such a gloss mistake is unimaginable.
I may be a Canon shooter, but I am not blinded by 'fanboism'. <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />
[quote name='genotypewriter' timestamp='1297657837' post='6090']
It's difficult to choose whom to believe... the people who say it can't be done or the ones who do it and show the results, right? <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />[/quote]
Errr... those shots are no challenge for all current AF sensors (including those in entry level cameras like the 550D). You would have been more convincing if you showed a whole series of continuous shots of a running target in low light. <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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So why didn't Canon add any of these D200 features to the 40D or even the 50D? Would anyone have chosen a D200 over a 40D?[/quote]
For a very simple reason. The 10 MP Sony CCD sensor in the D200 is one whole stop worse than the 8 MP 40D and 10 MP 400D.
Until Nikon 'fixed' their Archilles' heel, they were not match for Canon's CMOS sensors... no matter how well featured the D200 was.
[quote name='genotypewriter' timestamp='1297657837' post='6090']
Like I said, the biggest carnage is only in the online forums where people say things like "how Canon could sell a professional sports camera with serious AF issues is beyond me" <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />[/quote]That statement is absolutely correct. Why do you think Canon introduced those firmware updates to the 1D3 many months AFTER the 1D3 went on sale? For fun and laughter??? Canon had a lot of time to test and fix their professional cameras long BEFORE they were released, and to make such a gloss mistake is unimaginable.
I may be a Canon shooter, but I am not blinded by 'fanboism'. <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />[quote name='genotypewriter' timestamp='1297657837' post='6090']
It's difficult to choose whom to believe... the people who say it can't be done or the ones who do it and show the results, right? <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />[/quote]Errr... those shots are no challenge for all current AF sensors (including those in entry level cameras like the 550D). You would have been more convincing if you showed a whole series of continuous shots of a running target in low light. <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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