Canon EOS-1D

The Canon EOS-1D is a DSLR camera launched on 13/12/2001.

Technically speaking, the Canon EOS-1D ranks well below the category average, scoring 35 overall. The Canon EOS-1D weights 1585 gr and spans 156 x 158 x 80 mm. This means that it is one of the largest and heaviest cameras within its category.

Going into details, the Canon EOS-1D behaves better than average in its category for:

• Image Quality - Score 51, ranks in the category best 22%.
• Speed Performance - Score 47, ranks in the category best 20%.

On the contrary, the performance of Canon EOS-1D is below the category average in:

• Comfort - Score 6, ranks among the worst 1% of its category.
• Versatility - Score 19, ranks among the worst 17% of its category.

However, the technical performance of your camera should be put in context. Indeed, depending on the type of photography you are interested in, each individual camera feature can impact your pictures to a different extent. This is the reason why we developed the iCamRank. iCamRank has been designed to weight all the individual technical specifications of each camera in the camerarace database, depending on different shooting conditions. Thus, here is what we suggest, depending on the photography type you like most:

• Portrait - Good, score 42, ranks in the best 70% of its category. Canon EOS-1D works well for Portrait photography, however even better options are available, which you may want to take into account.
• Landscape - Good, score 45, ranks in the best 57% of its category. Canon EOS-1D works well for Landscape photography, however even better options are available, which you may want to take into account.
• Sport - Good, score 45, ranks in the best 64% of its category. Canon EOS-1D works well for Sport photography, however even better options are available, which you may want to take into account.
• Street - Suboptimal, score 25, ranks 2% in its category. Canon EOS-1D is not the best choice for Street photography; if Street is your priority, you should definitely look for alternatives.
• Everyday - Suboptimal, score 25, ranks 2% in its category. Canon EOS-1D does not work well for daily photography, you may want to consider some alternatives.

Last but not least, the price. You can find the Canon EOS-1D sold on Amazon for a price comprised between 1380.0 GBP and 2099.0 GBP, well above the average for this camera type.

Overall, Canon EOS-1D is not the best value for money. Unless you have specific reasons to go for it, we suggest you to consider available alternatives. Click here to see alternative options.