Our Canon 1ds Mk2 review says it might be, despite its foibles.

The more I think about it, the more I am inclined towards picking up a second one….

I know that the new Mk3 is out, but who really needs 66mb files? And who can spend nearly £5000 on one?

After 3 years of using the Canon 1ds mk2, I still love the camera, it delivers great pictures, with a certain indefinable feel that I just love.

It’s robust, it’s good in low light, it’s got excellent AF, I just can’t see any reason why I would want anything else.

Have digital cameras now matured enough so that we should pick the machine on the same basis as choosing between Kodak EPP 100 or Fujichrome 100?

Should we be choosing, not for better technical specs, but because the way the pictures feel? (I was an EPP 100 man myself btw.)

The great news is you can get a mint used one for around £2500.  Which is a bargain for what is a corker of a camera.

The 5d mk2  will probably be out later this year, but that will be £1800, and not as well put together.

So the 1ds mk2 may right now be the bargain of the decade.

Funny thing is, I normally hanker after the newest cameras, just to get technically better pictures, but not now. For now I’m a happy camper.

So I think I will stick the 1DS mk2 for the time being!

The 1ds mk2 eventually fell out of fashion, as better cameras came out.  Even now in 2024, when we have gone to fuji,  I still think it was my favorite!

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