CANON 1Dx - New presentation & video -

[Archangel72]

Hellou Canon lovers, especially future owners of 1Dx (myself included) ;D

I don't know if someone put these videos before on Canon forum, please forgive me if you have watched this. ???

I'm sending 2 links:

1) New presentation from Ashley McLaughlin -

http://youtu.be/2WuUmbAcK_c

and

2) Story about one day in Gran Canaria from Bruno Barbey Canon photographer, filmed entirely on Canon EOS 1Dx.

http://youtu.be/dWUh8PnJaFU

Something to watch while we waiting for great & final reviews of 1Dx. ;D

Archangel72

 

[steven63]

VERY interesting what she says in the first video beginning at the 4:10 mark.

Essentially that "one of the biggest differences between the 5dmIII and the 1dX is that the shutter is rated at 400,000 cycles vs. 150,000 for the 5dmIII.

Really? That's one of the biggest differences for a camera that costs over $3,000 more?

hmm.

 

[dolina]

VERY interesting what she says in the first video beginning at the 4:10 mark.

Essentially that "one of the biggest differences between the 5dmIII and the 1dX is that the shutter is rated at 400,000 cycles vs. 150,000 for the 5dmIII.

Really? That's one of the biggest differences for a camera that costs over $3,000 more?

hmm.

Shutters are really expensive. Hence the obsession with shutter actuation. ;-)

 

[stilscream]

VERY interesting what she says in the first video beginning at the 4:10 mark.

Essentially that "one of the biggest differences between the 5dmIII and the 1dX is that the shutter is rated at 400,000 cycles vs. 150,000 for the 5dmIII.

Really? That's one of the biggest differences for a camera that costs over $3,000 more?

hmm.

Yes, one of the biggest, not the only.

That video is long, but very informative! Thanks for posting!!!

Clears up the f8 AF contraversy: Not physically possible
Haven't decided yet if that is a deal breaker for me or not.

 

[LetTheRightLensIn]

One funny bit is the charts lists effective MP and then gives advantage hihglighted in red to 1DX even though it has more than one of the others on the list and less than the other hah, now that's just getting sneaky, come on haha.

5 stops better SNR than the 1Ds3 also seems a bit.... 'interesting'. Maybe someone at Canon will get the Nobel Prize in physics next year.

 

[steven63]

VERY interesting what she says in the first video beginning at the 4:10 mark.

Essentially that "one of the biggest differences between the 5dmIII and the 1dX is that the shutter is rated at 400,000 cycles vs. 150,000 for the 5dmIII.

Really? That's one of the biggest differences for a camera that costs over $3,000 more?

hmm.

Yes, one of the biggest, not the only.

That video is long, but very informative! Thanks for posting!!!

Clears up the f8 AF contraversy: Not physically possible
Haven't decided yet if that is a deal breaker for me or not.

Sure I agree it's a valid selling point, but for some reason it struck me as alarming that one of the 'major' differences between those two price points is the shutter durability. I mean yeah, it's nice to have that extra sense of reliability, but I didn't hear anything that convinced me that there will be such a leap between the two cameras as to justify the more than twice the price.

Don't get me wrong - I'm sure it's gonna be a great camera but I don't know at this point if I would be more upset about the price of the 5dmIII (as everybody was complaining about already) or the extra cash I'd fork out for the 1dX for a few upgrades. I hope I'm making some sense here.

 

[JR]

I certainly hope the 1DX sensor delivers an improvement in IQ compared to the 5DmkII and 5DmkIII. Now that would be a justification for the price difference, or at least a portion of it!

 

[Chewy734]

The Bruno video was amazing.

 

[LetTheRightLensIn]

It's the 12fps, 60ms mirror blackout, better VF mag, better sealing, along with the longer shutter life. I'm sure 12fps mirror box has to cost more to make than a 6fps one.

 

[steven63]

The Bruno video was amazing.

Agreed. He really knows his stuff.

 

[AndysRollei]

So now that it is clear that f/8 auto focus is not possible, what have they been doing during these delays for the 1Dx?

Andy

 

[awinphoto]

The presentation video very informative... one thing i thought was odd... she said the 1dx supports AF expansion 4pts and 8pts and said the 7D doesn't have the 8pt expansion... the 7D has the 9pt "zone" cluster... so i wonder what the difference, if any that has to the single pt and 8pt expansion the 1dx/5d3 has..

 

[Viggo]

One of the major differences is the ability to track, which is one of the important things I care about, that and the shutter durabillity and build and usability. The camera needs to be on edge following my every move, the 5d2 starts to argue with me if I go faster than a snail. That is of MAJOR importance.

 

[Archangel72]

After watching both videos, and after all those months of waiting, and waiting, and reading all kind of "this and that" on forums, I'm pretty sure that 1Dx is going to be AWESOME camera.
When we lay our hands on our new toy, that will be the minute when we'll forget about all specs, and technobabble we shared so far.
Nothing else will matter, except new, powerfull, amazing piece of photo-art in our hands.

and than...

and than... "they will live happily ever after" ;D

Archangel72

 

[vinfung88]

Watching the videos make me feel even more tortured...can hardly wait for an email to say 1DX has been shipped!!!

 

[nikkito]

Watching the videos make me feel even more tortured...can hardly wait for an email to say 1DX has been shipped!!!

You are not alone, my friend!

 

[Viggo]

Watching the videos make me feel even more tortured...can hardly wait for an email to say 1DX has been shipped!!!

You are not alone, my friend!

I second that!! I'm number two on my waitinglist, from 3rd of December... As I've stated earlier, we get it Canon, don't be complete idiots like Apple, give us the damn thing.....Well, give is perhaps a poor choice of words considering it's 7000 usd, but look here, come on fetch!!

 

[JR]

Great videos...

 

[WesternGuy]

Anyone have any real scoop yet on the actual availability date of the 1D X, or are we still thinking it is going to be May 2012?

WesternGuy

 

[JR]

After re-watching the presentation video, I am really curious about the difference between the 1DX and the 5DmkIII, while the lady mention the shutter durability which meant it is clear she does not know much about the actual camera, I picked up a few things and would like to see if others agree or not:

1- AI servo AF seem to be a more refined version compared to the mkIII. They also mention it can track face but not sure if this is only in Live View;
2- Metering is an obvious one, however I am curious to see how the Nikon D4 works because the 1DX # of zone dramatically reduce at high ISO
3- sensor. This is the big question for me. Canon had a chart there saying "effective pixel" where they claim the 18.1MP of the 1DX is better then the 21MP of the 1DsIII. Does anyone know what effective pixel mean? Is the 1DX sensor better or not compared to the 5DmkII at low ISO, that is the real question to make this an exception camera!

Thoughts?