New "Camera Specifications Tool"

[neuroanatomist]

Great tool - thanks for developing it, Bryan and team! (and thanks for pointing it out, Pat)

- 1DX does not have the electronic level in live view (the 5D III does), which I use a fare amount on my 7D.

This is an omission from the TDP tool - the 1D X can show the electronic level in Live View as you toggle through with the Info button.

- 1DX has a built in shutter for the eye piece (the 5D III does not). I have a tendency to set up and compose a shot on the tripod, and then I do not look through the view finder any more... I just look at the back panel to look at exposure readings and setting because I am usually shooting when the light is changing rapidly. In shooting this way, my eye does not block the view finder and I find the exposure reading changes by about a stop and a half to 2 stops from the light entering the eye piece. I keep loosing the little black rubber eye piece cover so I have to hold my thumb over the eye piece to expose properly. So I would find this feature useful.

Yes, one of the nice little features of 1-series bodies is a built-in VF shutter (it's a little lever next to/behind the eyecup). Before getting the 1D X, I found that simply hanging the cap from whatever lens I wasusing over the eyecup worked well (as long as the camera wasn't pointed upwards).

[conropl]

Great tool - thanks for developing it, Bryan and team! (and thanks for pointing it out, Pat)

It was in the "Canon News, Nikon News, and What's New" box on the home page.

This is an omission from the TDP tool - the 1D X can show the electronic level in Live View as you toggle through with the Info button.

That is good to know... because it is handy for those of us that are off half a bubble.

Yes, one of the nice little features of 1-series bodies is a built-in VF shutter (it's a little lever next to/behind the eyecup). Before getting the 1D X, I found that simply hanging the cap from whatever lens I wasusing over the eyecup worked well (as long as the camera wasn't pointed upwards).

Wind would be a problem, and I would think the cap would cover up the exposure setting view on the LCD. I use my hat for long exposures, but for metering I just put my thumb over it until I set the exposure and then let go. Exposure metering is fairly useless without covering the eye piece.

Thanks for the information.

Pat