Speaking of nine year old camera technology, I had the latest Canon EOS 1D-X in my hands for a while recently and did some comparisons with a much older Mark IIN. Left half of the frame is the 2N, right is the X…
I walked into the Cathedral of the Madeleine and fired off two quick frames, just as I would normally shoot a situation. This is a 100% crop of the center of each frame. Left half is the Mark IIN with my old 16-35, right is the X with my nearly new 40mm pancake. ISO:1600, both cameras set to same size (4MP) JPEG.
C shot the left side with a Mark II, image by the X at right. Both at ISO:3200, same focal length.
So that’s how far sensor technology has come since 2004. And how bad some of my glass is. The younger me would kill the older me for carrying this sh*t around.
Such disregard for the craft, he would say.
Then again the younger me could buy a new lens for under $300 and a pro camera for $500.
How I miss the Canon F1-N.
