EOS 1D X announced!

[bob williams]

Actually, I am glad to see this announcement. Up to this point, one had to choose between a fast crop sensor/body or a slower full frame sensor/body. Some say they are dissapointed in the specs (I am assuming your talking about the 18 Megapixels) but we have discussed one here many times that Megapixels aren

[Kayaker72]

It seems that the X is for the roman numeral 10, because it's the tenth generation of 1D bodies.

Thanks Rocco, I hadn't thought of that. But I must be missing a camera body because I count 8 1D bodies including the sequential three 1Ds and the five (including 1D IIN) from the 1D series.


A few pics from the 1D x:


cweb.canon.jp/camera/eosd/1dx/samples/index.html


They are pretty small, but it seems to me where this camera can really set itself apart will be with DR and ISO performance. So, I am looking forward to the pictures and reviews to see what it is really capable of producing. Not that I'll ever own one. But the "new" sensor may be technology that filters down to people like me.

[Dr Croubie]

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[Joel Eade]

I think the camera was probably designed to compete with Nikon

[bob williams]

For me, I'm not sure about using a full frame for birds....it means you will need to be even closer and have even more focal length. I think the wildlife photographers might prefer a version with an APS-H size sensor. (ie 1.3 crop factor)

I do agree with that, Joel.

[HDNitehawk]

Another Canon marketing flop?


They push larger and larger mp cameras then lower the mp count on their flagship camera? So will this new sensor give better IQ than the 21mp sensor on the 1Ds III now?


I am going to have to see the reviews on this one, no pre-order for me. Any time you combine two things to get one, something suffers. You have all the speed of the 1D IV plus more, but you loose your 1.3 crop. Sports and wildlife photographers can over come that sure, with all the new lighter tele's they can just step up to the next longer lens. So much for the weight advantage.


How about the photographers that wanted the best possible IQ. Landscape, macro and such. You go from the 21mp sensor to a 18mp sensor? If you look at the bodies on the market now and compare them, more mp has translated in to better IQ up to this point. Sure, the 7D has higher pixel density than the 5D II and the the IQ of the 5D II is better. Canon pushing its ff sensor up to 21mp as a selling point then bringing it back to 18mp, not very sound marketing? Maybe it will have better IQ, or maybe there will be a 5D III that fills this void.

[bob williams]

And, btw, how would an APS-H crop-mode be handled in the optical VF?

Did I miss something----APS-H crop mode? I didn't see it in the specs or press release.

[Colin500]

And, btw, how would an APS-H crop-mode be handled in the optical VF?

Did I miss something----APS-H crop mode? I didn't see it in the specs or press release.

No, it isn't there, but people were asking for one (perhaps that was over on CR) and I was wondering whether just cropping the saved images would be sufficient, or whether you needed to do something in the VF to make it usable.

[Kayaker72]

Another Canon marketing flop?

I don't know, could be. The thing that is very anti-climatic for me about the announcement is that we don't yet know much about DR, high ISO performance, and IQ. And those may be the real advances for this camera. If they are very impressive, I think this will be a very solid and popular camera. But we simply don't have that information yet. I read some of Chuck Westfall's quotes on dpreview, and he is saying some ofthe right things,granted, he didn't say much,but we simply won't know until we have sample pictures under different conditions and real world reviews.


I alsowonder ifthis is only part of the picture. This camera may be the start of a reposition of camera bodies by canon. If so, we won't know the full picture until the 5D III, 7D II, etc are released. But it also is possible that Canon is simply encouraging birders to buy longer lenses or switch to the 7D.


But, the more I think about it, I am excited by some of the announced technology filtering down. The in camera HDR, f/4 AF points, and the new sensor. If I have any issues with my 7D, and I only have a few, itsDR, ISO performance, and AF under low light. So I can see some of the announced technology filtering down to address each of those.

[jimr]

oh baby... how long until do I have to wait for a full hands on testing?


I am also keen on those Canon GP-E1 GPS Receiver and the Canon WFT-E6A Wireless File transfer and if they can but both used at the same time.