Canon EOS-1D X Delayed?

[Viggo]

The good news is that it isn't delayed at all, and there is nothing wrong with it.

Thanks Viggo.

Like what you said, it's really nothing wrong with it.

The Olympics website quotes "...Media 24,562 accredited media representing 159 countries..." for the Beijing 2008 Games. Assuming half of them uses still camera and half of these still shooters use Canon (and each uses two 1D X), it still takes Canon about 2 months to feed them all with the 1D X as they are initially making 7000 per month.

A more conservative estimate might be 3 months because of the supply to satisfy Euro 2012 as well.

Needless to say, this is extreeemely dissapointing.......

Ditto!!! We don't know when Canon starts making it, but something like June for general public? :'(

Yeah... June is my new goal, the 17th of May is the "4th of july" here in Norway, kind of hoping I would have it by then, I have a two and a half month old daughter, and kind of wished I would get som "1d"-shots of her as I have of my son, but it looks very grim at the moment...

SO when we can actually buy it, it's a frikkin year old, at least......

 

[Viggo]

Anyone with any news regarding shipping yet?

 

[simonxu11]

Nothing yet I'm afraid

 

[waving_odd]

B&H just took 1D X product page off their website. It had been there with "no estimate of arrival and price" for a long time. Don't know what's going on. ???

 

[justsomedude]

What makes you so sure about this?

Right????

Given today's announcement of an over-priced ($2,299) and under-performing (non-IS) 24-70mm lens, with a whacked out (82mm) filter size... I have no confidence whatsoever in Canon right now. I really wonder if Chuck Westfall and the design team are sitting around smoking dank doobies off the profits from all the 5DMKII sales, talkin' about how rootin' tootin' their 21MP flagship is, and how all they need to do is make few "tweaks" and price jumps to beloved gear like the 24-70 to stay competitive. Prolly a few lines of blow tossed in for good measure too.

This "high end DSLR" coming in "late February" better be gawd damned facking mind blowing considering the D800 and today's joke of a fahckin joke lens release. Otherwise... I'm gonna start shooting porn with polaroids, selling it as "high class art" and slapping $4,500 price tags on prints for enlarged pictures of hairy vadge.

/rant

How's that for a fahckin rant??????????

 

[photogaz]

Right????

Given today's announcement of an over-priced ($2,299) and under-performing (non-IS) 24-70mm lens, with a whacked out (82mm) filter size... I have no confidence whatsoever in Canon right now. I really wonder if Chuck Westfall and the design team are sitting around smoking dank doobies off the profits from all the 5DMKII sales, talkin' about how rootin' tootin' their 21MP flagship is, and how all they need to do is make few "tweaks" and price jumps to beloved gear like the 24-70 to stay competitive. Prolly a few lines of blow tossed in for good measure too.

This "high end DSLR" coming in "late February" better be gawd damned facking mind blowing considering the D800 and today's joke of a fahckin joke lens release. Otherwise... I'm gonna start shooting porn with polaroids, selling it as "high class art" and slapping $4,500 price tags on prints for enlarged pictures of hairy vadge.

/rant

How's that for a fahckin rant??????????

Calm down! Don't get me wrong, I'm not happy paying that much for the lens but if you look at it the lens is the same price as the original when it was announced. Does the Nikon have IS? No! Are you really moaning about the filter size choice? Looking at the MTF charts this lens is going to perform superbly and will really be worth it.

Am I bitter its so expensive? Yes ofcourse. Did I want IS? Yes I did! But at the end of the day if it performs that well it is going to be special. Maybe wait until it comes out before you start moaning.

If you can't afford it and want IS, get the Tamron, simple as!

 

[justsomedude]

[quote author=photogaz]
Maybe wait until it comes out before you start moaning. [/quote]

But I like moaning.

 

[photogaz]

[quote author=photogaz]
Maybe wait until it comes out before you start moaning.

But I like moaning.
[/quote]

;D

 

[docsavage123]

Cannot See it on Adorama either - Admin what can you tell us???

(Not that I can afford one) waiting for a 5d mark III

 

[Wrathwilde]

I just read this quote on dpreview.com ( http://www.dpreview.com/news/2011/12/07/CompactFlashXQD ) “The XQD format will enable further evolution of hardware and imaging applications, and widen the memory card options available to CompactFlash users such as professional photographers,” said Mr. Shigeto Kanda of Canon, chairman of the board, CFA.


What I don't understand is that if someone who is an executive at Canon is the Chairman of the Compact Flash Association, why the hell were Nikon the first to adapt that new tech into a flagship product before Canon? It seems like the brass at Canon don't communicate well with each other.

There are a few good reasons that Canon didn't go the XQD format, and here they are...

#1 The 1D X doesn't need the extra speed of the XQD, CF is perfectly capable of handling the 1D X's output.

#2 Only Sony is making XQD cards at the moment. Sandisk, Lexar and Kingston have no plans at present to manufacture XQD Cards. Since Nikon is using a Sony sensor, Sony might have twisted their arm to include XQD.

#3 Canon Professional Photographers are heavily invested in CF cards and readers, why complicate their work flow by requiring two different cards? I'm willing to bet Nikon Users would rather have 2 CF slots than 1 of each.

#4 XQD Cards are only available in 16GB and 32GB, CF cards on the other hand are available in sizes up to 256GB

 

[Viggo]

What makes you so sure about this?

Right????

Given today's announcement of an over-priced ($2,299) and under-performing (non-IS) 24-70mm lens, with a whacked out (82mm) filter size... I have no confidence whatsoever in Canon right now. I really wonder if Chuck Westfall and the design team are sitting around smoking dank doobies off the profits from all the 5DMKII sales, talkin' about how rootin' tootin' their 21MP flagship is, and how all they need to do is make few "tweaks" and price jumps to beloved gear like the 24-70 to stay competitive. Prolly a few lines of blow tossed in for good measure too.

This "high end DSLR" coming in "late February" better be gawd damned facking mind blowing considering the D800 and today's joke of a fahckin joke lens release. Otherwise... I'm gonna start shooting porn with polaroids, selling it as "high class art" and slapping $4,500 price tags on prints for enlarged pictures of hairy vadge.

/rant

How's that for a fahckin rant??????????

Standing ovation!!! Impossible to put it better and for me to agree more!

 

[RuneL]

Shooting a 2.8 lens with a 2x extender was for me a very very painful experience on the 1D IV. It just doesn't work for anything that moves at all, you'll be focus searching like mad. So autofocus at that aperture become irrelevant, in my opinion. And if you need that reach, and you have a 1D X, you also have the means to acquire a lens that's suitable for the job plus a second camera with a handy tele zoom for closer action or wider shots. Canon more than makes enough teles that you can use on the 1D X and I'm pretty sure they are aware of this.

Here is a helpful list:

EF 300mm
EF 400mm
EF 500mm
EF 600mm
EF 800mm

And they are all at or below f 5.6.

 

[Mt Spokane Photography]

Canon EOS-1D X Delayed? Nikon D4 Joins the Club

Now, the Nikon D4 is delayed, with what is rumored as a firmware issue.

http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/content_page.asp?cid=7-11674-12326

 

[briansquibb]

Given today's announcement of an over-priced ($2,299) and under-performing (non-IS) 24-70mm lens, with a whacked out (82mm) filter size...

Have you some evidence to support this? - you seem to be contradicting the MTF charts and quoting top dollar canon price.

So what if the 24-70II is sharp as a razor and the street selling price is $1500? would that change your mind?

 

[neuroanatomist]

Re: Canon EOS-1D X Delayed? Nikon D4 Joins the Club

Now, the Nikon D4 is delayed, with what is rumored as a firmware issue.

http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/content_page.asp?cid=7-11674-12326

Maybe Nikon's competitive intelligence department learned that Canob is updating the 1D X to AF at f/8, so Nikon needs to tweak the firmware to allow AF at f/11?

 

[Mt Spokane Photography]

Re: Canon EOS-1D X Delayed? Nikon D4 Joins the Club

Now, the Nikon D4 is delayed, with what is rumored as a firmware issue.

http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/content_page.asp?cid=7-11674-12326

Maybe Nikon's competitive intelligence department learned that Canob is updating the 1D X to AF at f/8, so Nikon needs to tweak the firmware to allow AF at f/11?

Ihat would catch it up with my 1D MK III which would AF at f/11 in bright light when I stacked my extenders on my 70-200mm f/4 IS. It struggled, but focused accurately.

IMHO, its likely a IQ issue, banding or something like that that is a bit obsecure and tough to detect. There is no such thing as a camera that is perfect, all we can hope for is that any flaws will be fixed.