Canon EOS-1Ds
digital single-lens reflex camera made by Canon
The EOS-1Ds is an 11.1-megapixel full-frame digital SLR camera body made by Canon in the 1Ds series, released on 24 September 2002 as Canon's first full-frame DSLR. Its dimensions are 156 x 157.6 x 79.9 mm (6.1 x 6.2 x 3.1 in.); weight without a battery is 1,265 g.
The ~11 megapixel, full size 35mm digital camera had higher megapixel resolution and larger frame size than most others. The price was US$7,999 in 2002 (equivalent to $14,318 in 2025).
Functions
The camera has two autofocus modes and an option for manual focusing. Its viewfinder is a glass pentaprism. It also has a two-inch, thin-film transistor, color liquid-crystal monitor with approximately 120,000 pixels.
The camera's image sensor is a CMOS-based integrated circuit with Bayer filters for RGB color detection (Canon calls it single-plate, in contrast with three-CCD sensors). It has approximately 11.4 million effective pixels. A non-removable optical anti-aliasing filter is located in front of the image sensor.
The camera has an electronically controlled focal-plane shutter with maximum speed 1/8,000 of a second.
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