Question for 1DX owners

[rawbphoto]

Having come up through the entire 1Ds line, I will admit, I was very leery about purchasing the 1Dx as I too thought it would be a step back from the 1Ds MKIII. I have used the Dx since release and I have to say its the best damn 35mm camera I have ever used. So much so that I never even considered upgrading my 5D MkII to the MKIII.
I use it in the studio and on locations and as my primary travel camera (though the Fuji x-pro now seems to be filling that travel role...the Dx is heavy). I will likely drive this camera into the dirt before upgrading to a 1Dx MKII.
I've had no problem making 17x22" prints on my studio printer and 36" prints from pro print shops.

 

[J.R.]

Thanks for the replies guys. I've put the 1dx on order, should get it next week.

Cheers ... J.R.

 

[Dylan777]

Thanks for the replies guys. I've put the 1dx on order, should get it next week.

Cheers ... J.R.

Congrats JR

1dx will give you a much better handling with your big lenses: 85L II, 70-200, and of course future 200mm f2 IS

Keep in mind....it might take you sometime to get use to 18MP(larger pixel). Once you passed that state, I doubt you would pickup your 5D III.

 

[tpatana]

Thanks for the replies guys. I've put the 1dx on order, should get it next week.

Cheers ... J.R.

Congrats JR

1dx will give you a much better handling with your big lenses: 85L II, 70-200, and of course future 200mm f2 IS

Keep in mind....it might take you sometime to get use to 18MP(larger pixel). Once you passed that state, I doubt you would pickup your 5D III.

I'm tempted to order one too, but I'll wait for the Mk2. After that maybe 200/2 or 300/2.8. New kidneys grow back in few years, right, so I can keep selling them?

 

[J.R.]

Congrats JR

1dx will give you a much better handling with your big lenses: 85L II, 70-200, and of course future 200mm f2 IS

Keep in mind....it might take you sometime to get use to 18MP(larger pixel). Once you passed that state, I doubt you would pickup your 5D III.

Thanks Dylan - I watch out for the larger pixels. The big whites are on my shopping list too - the first one being the 300 II.

I'm tempted to order one too, but I'll wait for the Mk2. After that maybe 200/2 or 300/2.8. New kidneys grow back in few years, right, so I can keep selling them?

I considered waiting for the Mk2 as well but felt that photo opportunities can't wait. That said, if the Mk2 did come around sometime next year, I'd probably sell the 5D3 and get a Mk2.

 

[tpatana]

Congrats JR

1dx will give you a much better handling with your big lenses: 85L II, 70-200, and of course future 200mm f2 IS

Keep in mind....it might take you sometime to get use to 18MP(larger pixel). Once you passed that state, I doubt you would pickup your 5D III.

Thanks Dylan - I watch out for the larger pixels. The big whites are on my shopping list too - the first one being the 300 II.

I'm tempted to order one too, but I'll wait for the Mk2. After that maybe 200/2 or 300/2.8. New kidneys grow back in few years, right, so I can keep selling them?

I considered waiting for the Mk2 as well but felt that photo opportunities can't wait. That said, if the Mk2 did come around sometime next year, I'd probably sell the 5D3 and get a Mk2.

I've had the 5D3 for almost 2 years now, and can't complain on anything much. Biggest one is the noise when pushing exposure up.

For 1Dx2, my about realistic hope is:
-about 1.5-2 stop better high ISO noise than 5D3
-at least 10fps
-between 20-35 MP

Also I'd love, although not so important:
-dual CF slots with individual bus on each one so it'd dump the buffer at twice the speed if you use 2 CF cards.

Plus of course all the other stuff like stellar AF with gazillion AF points etc. Not sure on the DPAF, first I want to know it works good.