Canon outs professional EOS 1D Mark IV dSLR

Leonard Goh | Oct 20, 2009

Canon today announced its latest high-end dSLR, the EOS 1D Mark IV. This model succeeds the EOS 1D Mark III and features several notable upgrades over its predecessor.

The image resolution has been bumped up from 10 to 16 megapixels, though the crop factor of 1.3x remains as the sensor is an APS-H size. To keep up with imaging trends, the EOS 1D Mark IV will have full-HD video capture at 24fps with mono audio recording.

Interestingly, Canon didn't skip the IV model and jump from III to V for this dSLR. We were expecting the company to skip the "unlucky" number 4 (a number which has negative connotions in parts of Asia), since it didn't launch a G4 model for its PowerShot series either.

The EOS 1D Mark IV will compete against the Nikon D3s which was unveiled last week. Click here to see our hands-on with the new Canon dSLR.

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