Canon 1DX sample photos posted

[waving_odd]

So this CR3 said:

There will not be a 5D Mark III or similar announced on February 7, 2012. It is suggested the “embargo” lift on the 7th may be for samples from the EOS-1D X.

It's now Feb 7. I just check Canon JP and DC Watch. There are still no high resolution samples.

Would this embargo lift be actually related to the announcement of 24-70 f/2.8 II on Feb 7?

When will we be able to see 1D X high resolution samples like those of D800 that are available on day 1???

 

[nightbreath]

1D X high res samples just appeared

Check this out: http://web.canon.jp/imaging/eosd/samples/eos1dx/

 

[nightbreath]

Re: 1D X high res samples just appeared

It looks like all images are straight from the camera, shot in JPEG with WB set to Auto. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[simonxu11]

Re: 1D X high res samples just appeared

Why today???
I think Canon clearly feels the pressure from Nikon : : : :

 

[noodles]

Re: 1D X high res samples just appeared

wow.
Looking forward to higher ISO samples. It says coming soon....

 

[Astro]

check again.... your doing something wrong.

 

[simonxu11]

Re: 1D X high res samples just appeared

Check the second protrait's background noise, not as good as I expected.

 

[Canon-F1]

Re: 1D X high res samples just appeared

Check the second protrait's background noise, not as good as I expected.

the second one sucks.... it´s not very sharp either. not a good example imho.

 

[simonxu11]

Re: 1D X high res samples just appeared

Check the second protrait's background noise, not as good as I expected.

the second one sucks.... it´s not very sharp either. not a good example imho.

Exactly~How come they can use this as the offical sample!! And the model is not as pretty as Nikon's ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

[herbert]

Re: 1D X high res samples just appeared

Is the sample image from the 600mm mark II any better than you would expect from the mark I?

 

[smirkypants]

Re: 1D X high res samples just appeared

Check the second protrait's background noise, not as good as I expected.

That's shot at 1600 ISO. If that's straight from the camera it's pretty good. If shot in RAW that noise is gone in a heartbeat with minimal noise reduction added. I think it's pretty good.

 

[simonxu11]

Re: 1D X high res samples just appeared

Is the sample image from the 600mm mark II any better than you would expect from the mark I?

I wish I can tell the difference

 

[ereka]

Re: 1D X high res samples just appeared

Check the second protrait's background noise, not as good as I expected.

That's shot at 1600 ISO. If that's straight from the camera it's pretty good. If shot in RAW that noise is gone in a heartbeat with minimal noise reduction added. I think it's pretty good.

I didn't notice any noise when viewing the image at 100%. Only when mentioned did I magnify to 200% and then you can see some noise. I think that's what they call 'pixel peeping'? For 1600 ISO (assuming it hasn't undergone any post processing to reduce noise) it seems pretty darn good to me! It would be interesting to see an equivalent image shot with the new D800.

 

[wockawocka]

Re: 1D X high res samples just appeared

That's it, I'm switching to Konica

 

[JR]

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Too bad they are not including any picture with ISO above 6400 yet...

 

[nightbreath]

Re: 1D X high res samples just appeared

Check the second protrait's background noise, not as good as I expected.

the second one sucks.... it´s not very sharp either. not a good example imho.

Exactly~How come they can use this as the offical sample!! And the model is not as pretty as Nikon's ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Here's a Nikon D4 image example shot at ISO 100 and it's not even close for me to those ISO 400 / 800 examples from 1D X taking into account look and feel of the images. I know it depends on personal taste, but I don't think ISO is the only thing we should pay attention to.

The ISO 1600 image is blurry and it looks like a shot with focus-error (may be front-focus due to recomposing after focus lock, for instance), however if you make it smaller it looks fine: resized sample of ISO 1600 shot and the grainy background even at 100% crop looks almost the same as in ISO 100 shot above made on D4.

 

[simonxu11]

Re: 1D X high res samples just appeared

Check the second protrait's background noise, not as good as I expected.

the second one sucks.... it´s not very sharp either. not a good example imho.

Exactly~How come they can use this as the offical sample!! And the model is not as pretty as Nikon's ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Here's a Nikon D4 image example shot at ISO 100 and it's not even close for me to those ISO 400 / 800 examples from 1D X taking into account look and feel of the images. I know it depends on personal taste, but I don't think ISO is the only thing we should pay attention to.

The ISO 1600 image is blurry and it looks like a shot with focus-error (may be front-focus due to recomposing after focus lock, for instance), however if you make it smaller it looks fine: resized sample of ISO 1600 shot and the grainy background even at 100% crop looks almost the same as in ISO 100 shot above made on D4.

I guess you're right ;D ;D

 

[nightbreath]

Re: 1D X high res samples just appeared

Another thing that astonished me was that all sample shots were made at Auto WB setting. If you look on samples of other recently released models (Nikon's for example), you'll be able to see that WB of those was set manually to some XXXX Kelvin value.

If these 1D X examples are straight from the camera it means that it becomes much easier to handle colors and easier to post-process (or post-processing might be not even needed for some areas of photography). WB might have been configured in-camera though, as Canon's added some editing functions inside of it

 

[simonxu11]

Re: 1D X high res samples just appeared

Another thing that astonished me was that all sample shots were made at Auto WB setting. If you look on samples of other recently released models (Nikon's for example), you'll be able to see that WB of those was set manually to some XXXX Kelvin value.

If these 1D X examples are straight from the camera it means that it becomes much easier to handle colors and easier to post-process (or post-processing might be not even needed for some areas of photography). WB might have been configured in-camera though, as Canon's added some editing functions inside of it

It seems Canon always release their sample pics straight from the camera, but Nikon's pics are usually from their NX software.
Just hope the new 5D will get the similar feature

 

[willhuff.net]

Re: 1D X high res samples just appeared

I was hoping this camera would have a huge increase in dynamic range, but after looking at the image of the sprinter in the starting blocks, it doesn't look like that is the case. Canon has a long way to go to catch up with Nikon in terms of DR.