Quote Originally Posted by clemmb View Post
It really all boils down to $$s
Agree completely .... my first 1 series was the Mark III which I obtained used and loved it. I still own a 1D MKIV which I bought used in 2012....it works well and produces nice images too.

As technology advances the bodies depreciate very quickly in comparison to the L series EF lenses but that doesn't mean they are incapable of very fine photographs ... I have 3 16x20 bird prints in our kitchen from the 1D MKIII that still look wonderful.