Yawn: Canon 1D Mark III rated best camera ever
Posted on June 25, 2007
Filed Under DIGITAL PHOTO VIDEO
No surprise: San Francisco-based tech news site Cnet just rated the new Canon 1D Mark III with the Editor’s choice tag. Well, this editorial decision was a pretty easy one: The Canon 1D Mark III is the latest and most advanced professional Digital SLR and with a retail price of $4.500 by far one of the most expensive digital SLR ever made.
Sure, this is ‘the’ professional digital SLR on the market right now, it is just fantastic, allows incredibly fast shooting, has an amazing picture quality, and an absurd number of options which make this one the best SLRs the global photography community has ever seen. No doubt about it, every serious photographer wants this camera.
However, I predict, within 6 to 12 months, Canon’s fiercest competitor, Nikon Corp. will roll out an update to their current top-of-the-line DSLR camera model, the Nikon D2Xs. As for decades, the Canon vs. Nikon head-to-head race to built the best pro SLR will continue and within the next six to twelve months, Nikon will have a more advanced camera then the Canon 1D Mark III. This is the same old story as with Mercedes vs. BMW. And this essentially the most natural way of competition in the hightech business sector. I bet a lot of money that Cnet will then award the newest Nikon pro DSLR (D2Xs2, D3Xs, D3y or whatever the Nikon upgrade might be called) with the Editor’s choice award as well.
The bottomline: Sorry, Cnet folks, as much as I like your reporting and overall work, this rating is truly silly! Spend your time wisely with reviewing items that need to be reviewed and compared. Don’ just tell the world, the newest Canon professional DSLR is the best camera ever made. Everybody interested in photography knows that already!
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