Canon EOS-1D X Technical Report

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<strong>From the Canon Museum

</strong>Canon has posted a technical report about the Canon EOS-1D X  at their Canon Museum. It’s a good quick reference for the camera.</p>
<p><strong>The following information is covered.</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Development objectives</li>
<li>Advances in image quality, resolution, and digital functions</li>
<li>New 61-point AF system</li>
<li>New exposure control system</li>
<li>High-speed continuous shooting and silent shooting</li>
<li>Advanced creative imaging functions</li>
<li>Advanced movie shooting functions</li>
<li>Pursuit of shooting convenience</li>
<li>Design and ease of operation</li>
<li>Further reliability and durability</li>
<li>Further system enhancements</li>
</ul>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/tech/report/2012/01/">Read the report at the Canon Museum</a></strong></p>
<p><strong></strong><em><a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/827036-REG/Canon_5253B002_EOS_1D_X_EOS_Digital.html/BI/2466/KBID/3296">Canon EOS-1D X at B&H</a></em></p>
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[candyman]

Great.
In addition I love to see some RAW images

 

[smirkypants]

That was actually pretty shockingly uninformative.

 

[Loswr]

That was actually pretty shockingly uninformative.

Quite. "We wanted to make a new camera. We wanted to make it good." Earthshatteringly insightful...

 

[Tov]

Well, at least it keeps us busy from doing some work.

 

[Wrathwilde]

That was actually pretty shockingly uninformative.

Quite. "We wanted to make a new camera. We wanted to make it good." Earthshatteringly insightful...

Now, now, play nice. After all it was posted in the Canon Museum. If you want excitingly new (and suspect) information, you'll have to wait until Canon marketing releases their white paper - "Alien technology, Area 51, and the 1D X: The Truth is Out There."

 

[AJ]

Gee, this drum roll has been going on for some time now. When does the cymbal crash?

 

[seanmcr6]

LAME!

Still won't say...even in this "official" entry....1) what the weight is 2) how many shots a fully charged battery can take and 3) how many shots the buffer can handle

seriously Canon?! The camera is manufactured by now and on a boat crossing the Pacific. you KNOW these performance numbers, publish them!

 

[pakosouthpark]

Great.
In addition I love to see some RAW images

yeah bring on some raw images already!!!

 

[traveller]

You guys are being a bit hard on Canon. Yes, we're all closet gear heads (which I like to think isn't mutually exclusive with being a good photographer) and have been following every development of the 1D X story, but not everyone is and Canon's technical report is a good summary of the camera's performance and design objectives.

 

[Loswr]

seriously Canon?! The camera is manufactured by now and on a boat crossing the Pacific. you KNOW these performance numbers, publish them!

Is it? Or is the fact that the battery is not yet final the reason for the reported/rumored delay in availibility - initially March, now April?

 

[Mt Spokane Photography]

Wow, it has not yet hit the streets, and has already been relagated to the museum!

 

[daveswan]

I'd *really* like to know the video bit-rates in both I-frame and IBP GOP.

And how much reduced is the moire and aliasing?

 

[Arkarch]

Now, now, play nice. After all it was posted in the Canon Museum. If you want excitingly new (and suspect) information, you'll have to wait until Canon marketing releases their white paper - "Alien technology, Area 51, and the 1D X: The Truth is Out There."

So Canon is also now owned by Dell? Oh no!


Thanks for the heads-up. Yeah, I want to see RAW images too! Maybe on Feb 7?

 

[pakosouthpark]

'High-speed continuous shooting and silent shooting'

i would like to see/hear how silent it is..

and a guy already posted a review on the 1Dx on B&H website

 

[Mt Spokane Photography]

The camera is manufactured by now and on a boat crossing the Pacific.

I doubt that. I import products by sea frequently and it takes 5 days to get here. Canon is big enough to have their containers pre-cleared and sealed before they leave Japan, so they come right off the boat and go by rail to the Canon warehouse. It would take under two weeks.

Since a delay has been rumored, they may not ship until March.

 

[5D Freak]

That was actually pretty shockingly uninformative.

Quite. "We wanted to make a new camera. We wanted to make it good." Earthshatteringly insightful...

We would have expected nothing new from that anyway - we have already heard. Specs look pretty impressive (people are wondering about the f8 focus stuff - minor I think), so why are people so negative! Canon must be confident and backing their new AF and IQ - they are hanging their balls out! Two stops over 5DII is a bit much for RAW, I think maybe one stop ISO with better circuitry to suppress read out (and banding) noise+gapless microlenses. Let's wait n see. I think that people that would gripe of AF would be the ones that don't know how to tweak it for their own needs anyway - too much camera for them. I think this will be a great camera. If even some advances happen with the (hopefully) 5D III, I'd be more than stoked! I know DPP is pretty good, but would love to see things like dark frame subtraction (and at a stretch flat frame division) prior to 16bit output. I'd love to play with the files prior to curves applied. That may upset the forensic folk though.

 

[Gcon]

I'm surprised that the X-sync speed has dropped to 1/250 sec, when the 1Ds Mark III and 1D Mark IV sync speed is 1/300. For a machine that can do 12fps I'd have thought it would be 1/300 or even higher. That extra speed can be handy before having to switch to HSS.

 

[Wrathwilde]

Now, now, play nice. After all it was posted in the Canon Museum. If you want excitingly new (and suspect) information, you'll have to wait until Canon marketing releases their white paper - "Alien technology, Area 51, and the 1D X: The Truth is Out There."

So Canon is also now owned by Dell? Oh no!

Wouldn't that be Alienware? Been using Apple for the last 8 years, hadn't even given Dell a second thought, since I hated them even before I switched platforms.

 

[5D Freak]

I'm surprised that the X-sync speed has dropped to 1/250 sec, when the 1Ds Mark III and 1D Mark IV sync speed is 1/300. For a machine that can do 12fps I'd have thought it would be 1/300 or even higher. That extra speed can be handy before having to switch to HSS.

I'm pretty sure it's always been 1/250. You can still set the 580EX for high speed for above 1/250 for fill flash and use higher shutter speeds. Just a setting in the flash. In daytime, I'd be using a polarizer anyway to cut reflections off noggin, etc