Canon EOS-1D X Hitting Retailers

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The EOS-1D X is showing up in small numbers in Singapore. I have also heard it will appear in more stores in Asia this week. I have yet to hear anything about USA, Europe or Canada stock allocation.</p>
<p>Below are a couple of shots from a some lucky person.</p>
<p><strong>Preorder the Canon EOS-1D X at <a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/827036-REG/Canon_5253B002_EOS_1D_X_Digital_SLR.html/BI/2466/KBID/3296" target="_blank">B&H</a> | <a href="http://www.adorama.com/ica1dx.html?kbid=64393" target="_blank">Adorama</a> | <a href="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=canorumo-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=B005Y3T1AI" target="_blank">Amazon</a></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.canonrumors.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/1dx_01.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-10469" title="1dx_01" src="http://www.canonrumors.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/1dx_01-575x431.jpg" alt="" width="575" height="431" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.canonrumors.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/1dx_02.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-10470" title="1dx_02" src="http://www.canonrumors.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/1dx_02-575x431.jpg" alt="" width="575" height="431" /></a></p>
<p>Source: <a href="http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/canon/1112312-eos-1dx-available-june-22-locally.html" target="_blank">Images from ClubSNAP</a> <em>thanks Adam</em></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">c</span>r</strong></p>
 
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If any of you get feedback about when various vendors will begin shipping in the U.S., please post it here.

One member posted in another thread saying that he spoke with a person at Adorama who stated they would have stock by the end of this month, and the first customers would have it by the first week in July.

Any other confirmation or insight into when B&H, Adorama, and/or Amazon will begin shipping woudl be appreciated. I was one of the first to pre-order through Amazon, so I will likely have to guage their probable shipping date off what I learn about B&H, Adorama and others in the U.S.
 
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mjayadev said:
I spoke to Amazon concierge and they have no idea when the stock will arrive. OneCall representative gave a 30 day period but they have a very very short waitlist.
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Amazon's customer service people are NEVER any help in these situations. I have called repeatedly in the past about when a new product, which has already been released, will ship, and they never have any insight. Other members have posted saying that they have no actual visibility into when they will receive NEW inventory, and my experience with them confirms this. They just say, "when we get it in stock, we'll email you to let you know." Invariably, the product actually ships to me before customer service even knows they have it in stock. So, I have stopped wasting my time calling them.

Experience has proven that Amazon receives brand new (just released) cameras and ships them on the same day as, or within a day of, when the other major camera stores like B&H and Adorama receive and ship their first camaras. Which is why I'm so interested in what people are hearing from those other stores.
 
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I pre-ordered mine on Amazon too about 3 weeks ago. When I did, one of their concierge guys emailed me and I asked them the release date. This was their response:

I wanted to let you know we haven't received a release date yet from Canon for the Canon EOS-1D X 18.1MP Full Frame CMOS Digital SLR Camera. I'm sorry the camera probably won't be available until after your cousin's wedding. This is just speculation, however my best guess it this camera will be released sometime after July possibly later.

Canon - 1, Amazon concierge - 0!

;D
 
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Complete noob here....

But what is it on this 1D-X that makes it so much more $$$ than the recently released 5D3?

I see it has less MP, and I know that MP in this case, isn't likely much of an important factor...but, does having less give it more clarity in low light situations?

I believe I've read that it shoots more fps....but aside from this...what makes this camera better and worth more than the 5D3?

Thanks in advance,

cayenne
 
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cayenne said:
But what is it on this 1D-X that makes it so much more $$$ than the recently released 5D3?...what makes this camera better and worth more than the 5D3?
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It's the "1". Canon charges >$3000 to put a "1" on the front of the camera instead of a "5". Really...that's the only difference.

FPS, build quality, weather sealing, metering, built-in grip, LAN, faster X-sync, etc., it's all just window dressing - it's the "1" that matters.
 
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cayenne said:
Complete noob here....

But what is it on this 1D-X that makes it so much more $$$ than the recently released 5D3?

I see it has less MP, and I know that MP in this case, isn't likely much of an important factor...but, does having less give it more clarity in low light situations?

I believe I've read that it shoots more fps....but aside from this...what makes this camera better and worth more than the 5D3?

Thanks in advance,

cayenne
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Various items...
  • Overall Build Quality - Longer rated shutter (400,000 cycles vs 150,000 cycles for 5D3), better weather sealing, built-in vertical grip
  • 1DX has an RGB sensor for color metering which also allows face and object detection while using AF (5D3 doesn't have an RGB sensor for metering... only a two layer sensor in which each layer is sensitive to certain color combos)
  • 1DX has 3 Digic Processors - Dual Digic 5+ and one Digic 4 (5D3 has a single Digic 5+)
  • 1DX does 12fps or14fps (5D3 is 6fps) & probably a larger buffer (specs for this have not been released)
  • Twin CF slots vs Single CF / Single SD Combo (better to some, to others it doesn't matter)
  • 1DX has 1/250 Flash X-sync (5D3 is 1/200)
  • 1DX has Gigabit Ethernet (5D3 only has USB 2.0)
  • 1DX has native ISO up to 51,200 and expandable ISO up to 204,800 (5D3 native is 25,600 and expanded is 102,400)
  • Larger battery (some people say this allows certain lenses to focus faster... not sure if this has been proven or not when compared to a gripped 5D)
  • Sensor most likely handles noise better at high ISO (not proven yet because it hasn't been released)

I think that covers most of it.
 
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