1DX Mark III

[DavidEccleston]

Cool. So they are using the color data as I imagined they would use the IR data, to help decide which focus points to use. Unless the IR data is too low res, noisy, or otherwise unsuitable, I'd imagine they're using it too.

[conropl]

Cool. So they are using the color data as I imagined they would use the IR data, to help decide which focus points to use. Unless the IR data is too low res, noisy, or otherwise unsuitable, I'd imagine they're using it too.

Technically speaking, IR is a color (just in the non-visible wave length). So you could still be correct, and Canon is just being vague on purpose to protect IP.

[DavidEccleston]

Technically speaking, IR is a color (just in the non-visible wave length). So you could still be correct, and Canon is just being vague on purpose to protect IP.

Yup. The thing that got me thinking IR might be too low-res to use as freely as the "color" channels, is that on the IR birding page I linked to, all the standalone IR imaging devices are super low-res. 1) 208x156 @ $250, 2) 80x60 @ $350, and 3) 384x288 @ $1600

Part of the price on the "high-res" one is going to be because it IS a very niche item, but if resolution was as cheap for IR as it is normal sensors, why wouldn't any of these companies had made higher-res devices? I'm thinking that adding IR pixels isn't as easy as RGB pixels. Canon has likely added just enough to help.

[Tounis]

Technically speaking, IR is a color (just in the non-visible wave length). So you could still be correct, and Canon is just being vague on purpose to protect IP.

Nice to see you post again Pat ! It's been a long time.

And thanks Jonathan for the impressions on the 1DX3, interesting read and pictures.

[Kayaker72]

I mean, they are no Jonathan Huyer….but....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTM5X_zazGU


Not entirely sure if I need to buy the 1DX III or a bird blind in Texas....

Nice to see you post again Pat ! It's been a long time.

And thanks Jonathan for the impressions on the 1DX3, interesting read and pictures.

+1!!

[Jonathan Huyer]

I mean, they are no Jonathan Huyer….but....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTM5X_zazGU

Not entirely sure if I need to buy the 1DX III or a bird blind in Texas....

+1!!

That would be a fantastically fun day. But I would barely be able to lift the camera afterwards --- it would be so heavily loaded with images

[conropl]

Nice to see you post again Pat ! It's been a long time.

And thanks Jonathan for the impressions on the 1DX3, interesting read and pictures.

Thanks.
Work got in the way of life. For about 6 years I would head to the airport on Monday morning and get home Friday - every week. So I had the weekend to get things done around the house and spend time with my wife. I really did not have time to pick up a camera.

I got sick of that and retired. So I hope to get back to some photography. We'll see how that goes.


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[Jonathan Huyer]

Thanks.
Work got in the way of life. For about 6 years I would head to the airport on Monday morning and get home Friday - every week. So I had the weekend to get things done around the house and spend time with my wife. I really did not have time to pick up a camera.

I got sick of that and retired. So I hope to get back to some photography. We'll see how that goes.

Congrats on all the positive changes in life! And welcome back --- you've been missed!

[Kayaker72]

Laguna Seca Ranch is on my list with or without a 1DX III

Road trip!!!

I'll be in Texas in May...I wonder if that is a good time at Laguna???

That would be a fantastically fun day. But I would barely be able to lift the camera afterwards --- it would be so heavily loaded with images

Haha....

Congrats on all the positive changes in life! And welcome back --- you've been missed!

+1 Great to see you back around Pat! And, I travel enough, I couldn't imagine every week, and congrats on the retirement!