Canon EOS-1D X Manual Posted

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<strong>Some reading….


</strong>The manual for the upcoming Canon EOS-1D X was posted online today.</p>
<p>We’ve heard to expect some shipments in late June & July, with preferential treatment given to the Olympic photographers. The rest of us should see 1D X’s in August and September.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://gdlp01.c-wss.com/gds/8/0300007358/02/eos1dx-im2-c-en.pdf" target="_blank">Read the Manual</a></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">c</span>r</strong></p>

 

[weixing]

Hi,
Look like no AF at F/8 for 1Dx (Page 81)...

Have a nice day.

 

[Malek Fayoumi]

this is completely 1 year of Delay !!

 

[mjayadev]

This has been a serious disaster for Canon..PR I mean. I am can CPS member and I am so locked in with tons of Canon lens. Even then I am seriously thinking of switching. I browsed today for D4 ..but couldn't find that one either.

 

[wopbv4]

I see this is as positive!!
Finally there is a sign that the production models are not that far away from delivery, can't wait to pick up mine

 

[Panurus]

Thank you for the manual.

It will be nice to read the " Wired lan instruction manual"

 

[dr croubie]

Hi,
Look like no AF at F/8 for 1Dx (Page 81)...

Have a nice day.

Damn. That's the only reason why I clicked to read it, to see if there was anything about f/8.
But nope, you're right, f/5.6 it is for this generation...

 

[Speed]

I know that I'm very selfish, I'm sorry, but personally since 99% of my shots are at f2.8 & since the reason they left out f8.0 to improve operation wide open, I'm very happy that it is missing.

Thanks for the link to the manual.

 

[AmbientLight]

+ 1 Many thanks for the manual. Now I can read it before my new camera finally arrives. ;D This negates the effect that I would rather be shooting with the camera than reading the manual once I have finally got it.

 

[alek35]

Surprisingly "Group E" AF (61 points) will function with the EF-400mm f/2.8 + 2x extender (effectively f/5.6) whereas the EF-800mm f/5.6 can only use "Group F" AF (47 points).

This is weird - these two combinations should be equivalent AF-wise - or am I missing something ?

Looks like owners of the 800mm will be crippled on top of the loss of f/8 AF...

 

[olivander]

The AF display was what got me, has anyone noticed that it says it illuminates in low light automatically so you can see what you're shooting.

To me that's what they must of been addressing.

Something we'll hopefully see occur in the Mark III as well.

 

[nikkito]

+ 1 Many thanks for the manual. Now I can read it before my new camera finally arrives. ;D This negates the effect that I would rather be shooting with the camera than reading the manual once I have finally got it.

Also typical me.
Haha ;D

 

[wockawocka]

The AF display was what got me, has anyone noticed that it says it illuminates in low light automatically so you can see what you're shooting.

To me that's what they must of been addressing.

Something we'll hopefully see occur in the Mark III as well.

I 'believe' this is already in the 5D3?

 

[pwp]

This has been a serious disaster for Canon..PR I mean. I am can CPS member and I am so locked in with tons of Canon lens. Even then I am seriously thinking of switching. I browsed today for D4 ..but couldn't find that one either.

Well let's wait and have a good look at the camera before calling it a serious PR disaster.
It could quite possibly be a high point in Canon history.
But switch to Nikon by all means if you're sure that would serve your business better in the long run.

PW

 

[GuyF]

Hi,
Look like no AF at F/8 for 1Dx (Page 81)...

Have a nice day.

Damn. That's the only reason why I clicked to read it, to see if there was anything about f/8.
But nope, you're right, f/5.6 it is for this generation...

Just because the manual says something doesn't mean it's true! My 5D3 will focus at f8 (300mm f2.8 IS and stacked Kenko 1.4x and 2x convertors). I assume the 1D X focus system is the same.

Mind you, maybe Canon's teleconvertors won't work when stacked.

 

[hollybush]

The Ec-S isn't supported (p. 327). You can fit it, but it won't meter properly.

So its omission from the "Technical Report"

http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php?topic=3078.msg65361#msg65361

wasn't a mistake.

 

[Bob Howland]

+ 1 Many thanks for the manual. Now I can read it before my new camera finally arrives. ;D This negates the effect that I would rather be shooting with the camera than reading the manual once I have finally got it.

Also typical me.
Haha ;D

I did the same thing with my 5D3, read the manual the week before I got the camera.

Am I missing something or are Exposure Compensation and Automatic Exposure Bracketing also disabled on the 1Dx in "M" mode with auto ISO? That's how it works on the 5D3 and it's really annoying.

 

[DzPhotography]

GREAT! 3 months of reading... :

 

[expatinasia]

I am on page 47 or 420 and have just learned how to turn it on and off. Should make ideal bed-time reading, I just hope there is an unexpected twist at the end of this book. ;-)

 

[jmac1]

I think I finally figured it out the 'X' stood for the number of months that it would take to become available (Oct-August).

Then again when I got contacted to verify my CPS number for my pre-order my response should have been"Olympics... yeah, yeah, I'm going to the Olympics... sure. Yeah right I need it for the Olympics!"