Well you knew the Canon EOLs would have blog posts pre-canned and at the ready as soon as their NDAs expired. The handful I've read so far (of those I've found) look really amazing. Granted it's jpegs on the web, but it's hard to fudge ISO 10,000 and beyond. Like Private, I too am anxiously awaiting some RAW files to play with like when the 5DSR came out. Soon as I got my hands on the RAWs from Digital Picture, I knew my pre-order was going to stand. Though I may not pre-order a 1DX2, I will be eagerly socking away capital to purchase it. My only qualm is now that Canon has shown the commitment on on sensor ADC with this body, I may feasibly be better off waiting for the 5D4 since it's more germane to the bulk of my work. That said, a 1DX2 delivers 90% of the resolution of my 5D3 now (disregarding sensor IQ for a moment and using nothing but pixel count) which is still ample for my general projects (personal shooting, political campaign work, event coverage, etc...) and I would no longer have the $360 expense of renting the 1DX the one time a year I really require it. My portrait work is done on my 5DSR now. I'm at a crossroads. I'd likely sell my 5D3 and 6D (and probably my 7D, since I almost never use it) to buy this.