Canon EOS 1D X Press Release - Pre Announcement Thread

[Ghostdive]

In germany we have it also ;-)

http://www.canon.de/For_Home/Product_Finder/Cameras/Digital_SLR/EOS_1Dx/

english desciption

http://cpn.canon-europe.com/content/education/technical/eos_1d_x_explained.do

Want to know the price.... If its in the range of the 1D IV i'll buy on.

[corpusrex]

Ahh can see why the processing power of the 2x Digi Vs is needed.

From the write up at posted earlier at http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=7-11666-12012

Chromatic Aberration Correction, Multiple exposure mode and In-camera RAW converter.

[ski2slow]

Well, one of the major camera store's has justed started taking pre-orders of the 1DX online.

The pre-order price is at ￥583,200.

http://shop.kitamura.jp/DispPg/002028001019020?aid=mail&me=sg1018

Price is still way too high for me, but looking forward to what it will bring.

[KitH]

	Gigabit Ethernet	USB 3.0	802.11n
Theoretical speed	1 Gigabit	5 Gigabit	0.3 Gigabit
Real world speed	1 Gigabit	??	0.05 Gigabit
Installed base	Everywhere	Some PCs (not Mac)	Everywhere
Reliability	Proven	Unproven/Dubious	Unreliable in public areas
Cable length	100+ meters	3-5 meters	(50-100 meters of air, less with walls)
Wireless Extension	Possible	Not possible	N/A

Gigabit Ethernet is a good decision. End of story.

Well when you put it like that...

If they're smart they'll include power over ethernet (PoE+) so the camera can be powered as well as controlled over the single cable. 

This spec looks like they want people to use a flock of cameras (what's the collective noun for these going to be?) all working together and sending synchronised data to a controller, without wireless latencies.  There's a lot that can be done over a wire to provide guaranteed bandwidth that's not guaranteed over radio.