Agree, I get really hacked off by guys on forums who feel the need to answer a question with a real smart ass answer. If you can't answer respectfully don't answer at all. People come on forums looking for advice not to be belittled for lack of knowledge. That said this forum is normally pretty good, Mac forums on the other hand......
To be honest I'm in a similar position in that I can afford the 1Dx but have been waiting on the 5Diii for months and months like a lot of people. It wasn't until I held the 1Dx at Focus in the UK in March that I thought, I'll max out and get that instead. However I am now somewhat concerned that the camera is going to hit the streets almost a year after it was announced, that's a heck of along time in development terms and you have to wonder how long it will be before a mark ii of this camera is announced given the amount of delay there's been. No way will Canon say well we will add a year on because of the year it took us to get it to market. I could be wrong but I think Canon have shot themselves in the foot here. I'm now not sure I want to invest in a camera that may have a relatively short shelf life. Off to see if I can find a 5Diii now.....
First point well said, I come to CR to learn a few new things, not for glib replies.
Your main point about 1DX delays intrigues me, because it must be unique in the field of consumer electronics, can you image Apple announcing an iPad3 and have purchasers camped outside their stores for months? or Intel announcing a 6-core processor, but shipping quad-core with a promise to return & replace once the new chips were ready? It begs the question why would a major manufacturer (like Canon) announce a product that was not yet ready or fully tested, they don't do this with their Printers, or Photocopiers, so why do they do it with DSLRs?
The more I read on CR, the more I believe that Canon is just interested in mass-market volume products like the T4i and the flagship of the range is a burdensome nuisance around their neck that they have to (a) get it out the door but (b) not screw up so as to cause reputational damage. Canon could easily sell 1,000,000 Rebel T4i/650D/Kiss X6s worldwide, they will sell perhaps 10,000 1DX's (5,000 Pros + 5,000 Amateur enthusiasts). Let's say they make $300 profit on each T4i (about 30-40% margin) and they make $2,000 profit on each 1DX, that means they'll clear $20 million profit (I know this is crude, but it is to prove a point) on the flagship DSLR, but 15 times that or $300 million on the new Rebel. Therein lies your answer, unpalatable as it may seem.
