The 10D has superior image playback and magnification over the 1D and 1Ds, and the top ISO speed has been increased to 3200.

Quite a few other features from the 1D and 1Ds have found their way into the 10D though. These include the ability to set colour temperature precisely in degrees Kelvin, white balance bracketing, availability of the Adobe RGB colour space, autofocus point registration, FAT 32 support (for CF cards larger than 2GB) and Safety Shift mode — which prevents under or over exposure in aperture priority and shutter priority modes.

Compared to the D60 the 10D has a more responsive shutter mechanism. The top LCD panel is larger and more comprehensive in its information and the control buttons have been moved to the front edge of the top panel where they are more readily accessible.

The 10D combined with Capture One software is a digital workflow dream-come-true.

My one complalint (and the reason I am holding on to the 1D) is that the camera still has autofocus problems and a small buffer means annoying waits while images are written to the CF card.