Peety,


Good point on the line up suggestion!


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I don't think FF@10fps is "easy" (and therefore feasible at the 1D price point). To get 10fps, the 1D3 needed two mirror motors, one down and one up. Most every other moving-mirror camera uses a motor and a return spring. Having to motor a FF mirror both ways at 10fps would be tough.
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I will have to disagree with you on this.


My 1V-HS does 10FPS in ease with some minor body vibration - it is a camera from almost one decade ago. If that's not enough, the FD mount [url="http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/camera/film/data/1976-1985/1984_nf1-hsmd.html?lang=us&amp;categ=crn&amp;page=1976-1985]Canon F1 from 1984[/url] with the high speed booster will do 14FPS! Though it was a ridiculous camera to shoot with and it was at a ridiculous price point, Canon has done it back then. That's why I don't quite believe that Canon does not offer FF on the 1D is because of any technical (mechanical) difficulty. The 1V's mechanism is just about good enough in my opinion, and the 1V is sold at $1700 - not even close to any 1 series digital bodies.


Nikon does 11FPS when using the crop mood on the D3, 9FPS full resolution. I think Canon should be able to keep up on this at least.





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There would also be sacrifices in x-sync speed with FF, a trade-off that likely doesn't make sense in a "reporting" camera.
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The flash sync speed of the 1V and 1Ds III is both at 1/250s, for the 1D III it's 1/300s. Though the 1D III is faster, I wonder if this much difference will make any practical difference at all. The original 1D camera can sync at 1/500s - that compares to the 1/250s is a whole new scale.





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The 60D, to me, doesn't make sense at APS-H.
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Agreed. The xxD line does not make sense to jump up to APS-H at this moment yet. To introduce a new body (say 7D) with APS-H sensor makes sense since there is plenty of room between the xxD and the 5D. $1550? That would be so nice - I'll ditch my 50D right away if that happens.[]





As I said before, a FF 1D body does not and will not hurt even as a "reporting" camera. I don't see any reason why Canon will have to make a APS-H camera if the FF one will just do the same (i.g. to have the same pixel density, same speed, etc...) at a reasonable cost. If you consider the 1Ds Mark III's 21MP sensor, I agree that a FF 16MP 1D IV will come too close. Say if the future 1Ds IV sports a 30MP sensor, a FF 16MP 1D IV will be just fine to stand behind it as the "speedy &amp; low rez" camera.


Correct me if I'm wrong.


Ben