Canon EOS-1D X Availability [CR3]

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<strong>Coming in July…. sort of


</strong>Canon Canada has started to confirm the preorder lists from retailers for the EOS-1D X. Retailers have to prove the people buying the camera are CPS members, and have prepaid for the camera. If the camera is needed for the Olympics, it appears you’re moved to the front of the line. I don’t know if any other countries are going to experience the same limitations with the initial shipment of cameras.</p>
<p>Canon Canada expects a very small number of cameras in July, and that should be the same across the globe.</p>
<p>It still looks like August, and more likely September, is when we’ll see larger quantities of the 1D X.</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">c</span>r</strong></p>

 

[JaxPhotoBuff]

Let's just call it October and make it an even year since the original announcement of the camera. One full trip around the sun.

Though I still look forward to the 1DX, I am interested to see if any of the cameras announced between now and when it actually ships end up looking better to me because an entire development cycle for most companies will have gone by.

 

[pedro]

Let's just call it October and make it an even year since the original announcement of the camera. One full trip around the sun.

Though I still look forward to the 1DX, I am interested to see if any of the cameras announced between now and when it actually ships end up looking better to me because an entire development cycle for most companies will have gone by.

Not a pro. Maybe you either. What if many more people take your route? + Dx could stay on the shleves after pro's are supplied...don't know.

 

[Bombsight]

I live in Texas and just heard a Cajun (somebody from Louisiana) talking about the 1DX pre-order he made with Canon .... he said; "First you tell me April, then you tell me May, then you tell me June .... now I know ju lie!".

This is where the rumor of "July" started.

 

[DzPhotography]

Great! more time to save up... :

 

[chabotc]

I do wonder how this will play out in the US - I know they've bumped CPS members to the front of the queue in the UK as well (that news hit a few months ago), but I haven't had any inquiries here in the US yet.

Given that I am a platinum CPS member, well I have to admit I hope that'll apply here as well

 

[Gcon]

Can someone please remind me - what was the hold up?

 

[DzPhotography]

Can someone please remind me - what was the hold up?

Nobody knows exactly... :

 

[emilio_n]

I will go to Hong Kong on July and I will try to renew my gear but I am afraid that will be too soon to find the 1Dx there... :-(
Meanwhile... I suppose that this question has been done before, but...
For fashion, wedding and portrait (And maybe some landscapes on my trips) Do you think that 1DX is a really better choice than the 5D Mark III?

Thanks in advance for your feedback!
Emilio

 

[lonebear]

.... he said; "First you tell me April, then you tell me May, then you tell me June .... now I know ju lie!".

This is where the rumor of "July" started.

LOL.

 

[chabotc]

Meanwhile... I suppose that this question has been done before, but...
For fashion, wedding and portrait (And maybe some landscapes on my trips) Do you think that 1DX is a really better choice than the 5D Mark III?

If you don't know the answer to that, then the 5D Mark III is the far better choice

 

[emilio_n]

Hi Chabotc,
I know the different specification for both cameras. For may personal use, I think the speed shooter and the "sports" focusing system is not a reason to spend close to double if I am really don't get spacial benefits for my job. In othe hand the dedicated DIGI4 for the metering system and the ISO range looks incredible better than in the 5D Mark III.

Also the number of life shoots (I think 150.000 VS 400.000) of course!

I am asking because I really want that someone that know more than me give me a tip. Sorry if the question is very stupid, but I never had a 1D, only I had the 5D and the 5D Mark II and I am looking advices for other colleagues.

Thanks in any case for your fast response!

 

[emilio_n]

Meanwhile... I suppose that this question has been done before, but...
For fashion, wedding and portrait (And maybe some landscapes on my trips) Do you think that 1DX is a really better choice than the 5D Mark III?

If you don't know the answer to that, then the 5D Mark III is the far better choice

Oh wow! You are such a smart___ why don't you enlighten us? I mean, if you answer like that you might be a genius with the camera. You are the kind of people who shouldn't be allowed in forums.

Gracias nikkito. Algunas personas piensan que diciendo ese tipo de frases son superiores al resto

In anycase, if my budget is enough finally I will buy the 1D x. But also want new lens, the new flash... :-D Why everything is soooooo expensive? lol

 

[DarkKnightNine]

No one knows what Canon is doing or why it is taking so long to bring this camera to market. I was extremely excited camera and actually have two on order, but it has taken so long that I really don't care anymore. For the time being, my 5D Mark III is fulfilling all of my needs and the 1DX will get here whenever it gets here.

 

[wockawocka]

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.

Another 4 years.

 

[pzyber]

Roel Lammers said in a Swedish interview that they will start to deliver 1D X in Sweden in the middle of this month but in small quantities compared to the backorder. The new 24-70 will start being delivered in the middle of July he said.

At the end of the video in this link: http://www.fotosidan.se/cldoc/webb-tv-canon-eos-650d.htm (Swedish)

 

[emilio_n]

Totalmente de acuerdo, no le hagas caso, generalmente son puro bla bla y cuando se trata de hacer fotos no tienen idea. De donde sos Emilio?

Soy de Madrid, España. ;-)

I thought to wait also... The possible Canon 3D about talked on canon rumors last days sound great, but I think that will be impossible that is releases on July that is the date that I will be in Hong Kong. (Also I think that will be impossible find a 1D X on this time )

Anyway.... Nico o other in the forum, could give me an advice about if is better invest on a Canon 5D Mark III and maybe the 70-200mm 2.8 L II or buy the Canon 1D X for my needs?
NOw I have only the 24-105L and to primes lens (50 and 85)

Thanks!

 

[emilio_n]

Back again to the topic, a lot of things are strange about the Canon 1D X...
Too much delay looks like Canon have a very big problem with this model. I see a unit of the 1D X two month ago in a a Canon Masterclass. I suppose that was a pre-production model, but in the workshop made incredible pictures. With the Eurocup started and the olympic games in the next month is strange that Canon didn't ship the camera with enough time. I think people with no too much Canon gear will think seriously to move to Nikon. Present a model in October and not release yet 9 months after is at least a little bit strange...

Don't think so?

 

[DB]

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.

 

[stoneysnapper]

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.

Another 4 years.

I'd like to think you are right but I really have my doubts given previous release dates/announcements of the 1Ds and 1D (dates taken from DP Review);

1D Mark III Feb 2007
1D Mark IV Oct 2009

1Ds Mark II Sept 2004
1Ds Mark III Aug 2007

So 2 and a half years and 3 years respectively. If this is going to be Canon's one and only top Pro body I cant believe they will wait 4 years to refresh it, that's an age in product turnover particularly in the electronics industry.

Anyway here is us having a difference of opinion on a camera that's maybe not even been thought of yet! I just wish Canon would treat their customers with some respect in so much as tell us when it will be available, I wrote to someone at Canon Europe over a week ago expressing disappointment, needless to say and as I expected I have not received a reply.