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EOS Bodies / Re: Official DXOMark Sensor Score for the EOS-1D X

« on: October 31, 2012, 05:26:31 PM »

Forget the scores.

I shot all of these college football photos at ISO 8,000, f/2.8, 1/1,250 sec on my 1DX.
http://www.herald-dispatch.com/multimedia/galleries/musports/x746103246/Gallery-Marshall-vs-UCF-game-action

High school stadiums are usually much worse. The night shots in this gallery were at ISO 16,000, 1/640-1/800 sec, f/2.8.
http://www.herald-dispatch.com/multimedia/galleries/sports/x1363969376/Gallery-Class-AAA-Region-IV-soccer-championships-at-Cabell-Midland

Sorry about the compression but our website is a little behind the times. Anyway I love the 1DX and everything it does. I don't touch the 1D MK IV anymore but still keep my 5D MK II for wide angles below ISO 3,200.

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EOS Bodies / Re: 1DX lock up?

« on: August 14, 2012, 05:50:06 PM »

Mark:

Do you have any update on your end? Any luck with Canon?

Just curious.

Thanks.

Shawn L.

I shot several thousand photos over the week with a Lexar 128gb 1000x UDMA 7 card in slot one and moved my Sandisk 64GB extreme pro UDMA 6 card over to slot two while keeping all the settings the same and the camera performed well. No hiccups this week but I still see the flashing memory card light from time to time.

How's the new camera? Any different? I'm up to about 25,000 photos already and the issues haven't been serious enough to exchange it.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 1DX or 85mm 1.2?

« on: August 08, 2012, 09:32:24 PM »

The 85 is a little slow but if your just worried about getting a bride walking down the isle you should be fine with the 5D3. I found the lens to be extremely slow on a 5D2 so I used to keep it on a 1D4 for weddings and I even used it for college basketball at times. Now I have the 1DX and the combo is pretty dang awesome. Go for the 85L first because your missing a lot by not having this lens in your bag, you will have a hard time removing it from your camera once mounted

85L for sports
http://markwebbphoto.com/photojournalism2012/h3c590e38#h3c590e38

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 1DX err80

« on: August 07, 2012, 03:15:08 PM »

Been shooting with it everday for the past month, no err80 for me.

What cards/lenses are you using?

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EOS Bodies / Re: B&H shipping of the 1DX?

« on: August 07, 2012, 03:14:31 PM »

I would like to know the status on my order and when I may expect delivery? I've ordered back in April, it's now August and I know of other dealers that currently have stock of the item. If I can't get an estimated delivery time by 8/8/2012 chances are high I may cancel my order with B&H.
#102021xxxx

Thanks and waiting patiently,

Equinox271


Hello Equinox271, my name is Ari G:

Thank you for contacting the Customer Service Department at B&H Photo Video and Pro Audio.

I am pleased to inform you that we are getting a shipment of Canon 1 DX's very soon and your order will be filled in that shipment. Unfortunately, I don't have an estimated time for the Canon wireless transmitter though. I apologize for this.

Please let us know if there is anything else we can assist you with.

Thank you, we appreciate your business.


Ari G
B&H Photo Video and Pro Audio
The Professional's Source.
E-Mail Customer Service Department
http://www.bhphotovideo.com

That's a bummer, after my good luck with picking up a body off a shelf at a local retailer I think I am done with pre-orders.

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EOS Bodies / Re: 1DX lock up?

« on: August 07, 2012, 03:09:31 PM »

That's what I was afraid would happen.  While it's possible it's the cards, you and I use different brands and different speeds. Moreover, between us we cover the two major brands I suspect others are using (SanDisk and Lexar).

I've been toying with returning my camera, but while I suspect we're the first to see/report this issue, it's possible that we won't be the last.

It could be a mismatch somewhere between camera settings (ala the "orientation specific AF" and AFMA issue reported earlier). I'm wondering if we have any "unique" settings in common:

* Before I started my shoot, I changed C.Fn3 so that "Low Speed" was 6 shots/sec. I then shot at that speed. After the lock-up, this value was reset to 3, but other values I had set at the same time retained their new values (e.g.,  changes to the custom menu).

* I had "orientation linked AF points" set -- I always have this set as the only lens I've used with the 1DX (a 70-200 L IS II) doesn't need AFMA

* I was constantly switching back and forth between portrait and layout shots

* I was also switching between "spot" metering (which I have linked to AF) and "evaluative"

* the camera had been on for longer than ever before (probably about 15 minutes or so)

Other than those, I didn't do anything different than normal. As for humidity/heat, I'm in the SF bay area, the day was dry and cool(ish).

Shawn L.

I keep my low speed set to 6 as well, however, I don't think I have seen any difference with the camera set to low or high. I'll try it out though.

I also use orientation linked AF points, none of my lenses need AFMA so I keep this turned off.

I also only use spot meter and the evaluative metering when I shoot in AV. Most of the time I use manual exposure.

I had been using my camera for about 3-4 hours before it locked up (671 photos before lock up). I was inside an air conditioned venue. Actually the only time I see issues with my camera seem to be when I'm in an air conditioned room. It always seems to perform flawlessly when shooting out under the sun.

I have changed just about every custom setting on this camera so it would be hard to pinpoint anything.
I doubt custom settings have much to do with it except the AFMA bug might possibly be related but here's some of the major changes I have made: Multi function lock, Custom Controls, Lock/record, shutter release time lag, spot meter linked to Af point, restrict shooting mode and drive modes, Record photos to separate cards, selectable AF points (eliminated non-cross type), orientation linked AF point (separate), optimizer off, long exp noise reduction off, high iso NR off, highlight tone priority off.....

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EOS Bodies / Re: 1DX lock up?

« on: August 07, 2012, 01:34:55 PM »

Mark:

Have you been able to reproduce the lock up? I haven't been able to.

Which, of course, means I have no way to test their suggested "fixes" -- not that I have high hopes any of them are actually relevant (though I am curious about my missing mode dial ).

Shawn L.

This is a huge headache for me. I keep my camera on my desk even on my days off and I turn the camera on with different memory card combinations to see if I can reproduce the error but I can't. Perhaps it has something to do with the amount of power left in the battery although I highly doubt that. It is most likely related to a certain level of heat/humidity. If we are having this much trouble then I assume Canon's tech support is as well.

My CPS rep got back with me and she said she spent quite a long time chatting with their tech department but at this point they are assuming it is memory card related (plus some certain setting on the camera I assume).

Chatting with a rep rather than calling tech support directly seems to get a less "standard" answer as she knows the right people to chat with to get info but they are all still a bit clueless at this time.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 1DX err80

« on: August 07, 2012, 01:23:01 PM »

Maybe we should do a Poll. Granted it's a small sample on here, but it would be interesting to find out how many 1DX shooters have been getting err80's.

Yep it is about time that we start talking about a Poll. Let's start coming up with some sort of draft.

1) My 1DX works flawlessly with all lens, battery, and memory card combinations available to me
2) I have experienced Error 80 continuously since I first turned my camera on
3) I experience Error 80 with select lenses only
4) I experience Error 80 with select memory cards only
5) I have not experienced Error 80 but the memory card activity light stays on for prolonged periods of time but has caused no issues so far
6) I have not experienced Error 80 but the memory card activity light stays on for prolonged periods of time and has caused my camera to lock up
7) My camera has locked up from Error 80 as well as the memory card activity light bug (throws no error code)

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EOS Bodies / Re: 1DX lock up?

« on: August 06, 2012, 02:10:59 PM »

I tested a few CF cards yesterday, all Sandisk.

Testing was performed by turning the camera on after installing a single CF card in slot 1. All cards had photos on them. The camera was used all day yesterday.

Extreme Pro 64gb (90Mb/s) - Memory light activity light stayed on for prolonged period of time after turning the camera on.
Extreme Pro 32gb (90Mb/s) - No issues, camera performed normal.
Extreme III 32gb (30Mb/s) - Memory light activity light stayed on for prolonged period of time after turning the camera on.
Extreme III 16gb (30Mb/s) - No issues, camera performed normal.

I tried to repeat the test again today after waking up, all cards performed normally. Still waiting on the CPS representative to reply.

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EOS Bodies / Re: 1DX lock up?

« on: August 05, 2012, 06:35:02 PM »

Mark, I am both relieved and sad that someone else has the same issue. FWIW, I sent an email to Canon support this morning about the issue:

Problem Description:
Camera locked up on me (completely unresponsive, no error code, shutter "clicked" as it happened), and I'm not sure how to proceed. I was shooting a hula show, had taken about 700 photos in a 10 to 15 minute window, when the shutter "clicked" and the camera stopped working. The red "writing" light was on, though I'm sure the buffer wasn't full as I was shooting in short bursts (maximum rate was set to 6 frames a second) and *not* holding the shutter release down. Also, when the camera is buffering, it's still responsive (menus work, etc). In this case, it was completely locked and unresponsive. I waited for 10 seconds for the writing light to go away. But it didn't. I then turned the unit off and on. Everything seemed to work, and none of the images were missing or corrupt. I've since run chkdsk on the memory card (Lexar 32 GB 1000X), and there were no issues found. I'm writing to you because I'm not sure how to proceed. I'm not sure if this is some incompatibility between the camera and the card, or an indication of something wrong with the camera given how it just cut out and became unresponsive.

Additional Information:
The memory card is a Lexar 32 GB 1000x (I only use one card in the camera, this one, in slot 1). It's worked flawlessly for me in the past (I've taken a couple thousand photos with it). I've since run chkdsk on it to see if it had any bad "sectors," it did not. Since the incident, I've tested filling up the camera's buffer (using the same card both empty and with the photos from the hula shoot), and it worked as expected: new photos were still taken, but at a reduced rate as images were cleared from the buffer.

Has anything changed:
No. I had successfully used this combination in the past, having taken around 2,000 photos without issue. This was, however, the first time the camera had been on and in use for more then fifteen minutes straight. Not necessarily taking photos the whole time, but never off.

Error code:
No error code. Just completely locked up with the red "writing" light on. None of the buttons did anything, and I couldn't get the menu to come up on the back of the unit. I waited for 10 secs or so for the red light to go away (again, I'm nearly 100% the buffer wasn't full), and it never did. I finally turned the camera off and back on. It came up without issue and worked fine. It's the lack of error code coupled with the "click" the shutter made as it just cut off, becoming completely unresponsive, that has me worried there might be something wrong with the camera.


I'll post here what I hear back.

Shawn L.

Sounds good, I'll send a message over to my CPS rep as well to see what she says. She's aware I have one of the more problematic cameras so it may be time to send for repairs.

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EOS Bodies / Re: 1DX lock up?

« on: August 05, 2012, 04:38:39 PM »

I had the same issue today. I used to have Error 80 but that has somehow gone away and now I have this going on. The red light was on for almost the entire shoot, I'm using Sandisk 64gb and 32gb Extreme Pro cards. The camera "froze up" on me and wouldn't respond to anything so I had to take out the battery briefly to get it going again. I must have a bad board.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Is this a good time to buy 1D X?

« on: August 02, 2012, 06:21:56 PM »

I did have Error 80 many times but it seems to have gone away! ....for now at least.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Camera Crossroads :)

« on: August 02, 2012, 06:20:23 PM »

As long as you guys think 18mp is no big deal vs. 22mp, I'm comfortable with that decision.

I've got my 1DX but I'm going to hold out for a high megapixel camera like a 1DXs or something as a second body. Until then I will continue to use my 5D2 and 1D4!

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 1DX Replacement

« on: August 02, 2012, 05:43:57 PM »

I was getting Error 80 a lot when I first got my camera body. For some reason the error has stopped and I haven't seen it for several days after shooting thousands of photos....weird. It must be some I am more concerned right now with the memory card activity light coming on for several minutes when I turn the camera on. Not sure what is going on there.

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EOS Bodies / Re: 1DX or 1D4

« on: August 02, 2012, 05:24:44 PM »

For those of you who went from the 1D MKIV to the 1DX,do you miss the 1/3 crop factor of the former,especially while shooting sports or wild life?The reason for me asking this question is because that is the only thing stopping me upgrading to the 1DX.
Thanks.

I shoot weddings, journalism, and all kinds of sports. My biggest lens is the 300mm f/2.8L IS which allows me to get pretty much anything I need. The move from the 1D4 to the 1DX was a no-brainer for me. I would rather take the full frame camera any day over a crop sensor. I plan to use the 1.4 extender for football, baseball and soccer. It would be nice to have a 400mm lens but I don't have that kind of cash laying around.