Why are you buying the 1D X?

[Drizzt321]

The biggest issue I have with the 5D3 is in very low light, the AF seems to struggle to attain lock. Once it does, it's golden.

I've noticed that on my 5d3. I was shooting some night surfing (he was wearing/experimenting with glow stucks & stuff on his board & suit) next to the Santa Monica pier and my 5d3 (135 f/2.0) would sometimes take a bit to lock focus, but once it was it would pretty reliably track him in AI Servo mode across all of the X-type points.

Pretty freaking amazing if you ask me, and it would have been nice to be able to actually SEE the AF points that were selected in the view finder. If you wanna see the shots, they're up here.

 

[bdunbar79]

I checked out Bryan Carnathan's review of the 1D X (or partial review). I looked at the ISO charts and at ISO 6400 and 12800, the difference between the 1D X and 5D Mark III really isn't that signifcant and nothing that couldn't be quickly equalized with NR (which you'd have to use for the 1D X image anways). I don't really see a HUGE ISO advantage from these charts at least.

http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Canon-EOS-1D-X-Digital-SLR-Camera-Review.aspx

 

[sanj]

I checked out Bryan Carnathan's review of the 1D X (or partial review). I looked at the ISO charts and at ISO 6400 and 12800, the difference between the 1D X and 5D Mark III really isn't that signifcant and nothing that couldn't be quickly equalized with NR (which you'd have to use for the 1D X image anways). I don't really see a HUGE ISO advantage from these charts at least.

http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Canon-EOS-1D-X-Digital-SLR-Camera-Review.aspx

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[Loswr]

I checked out Bryan Carnathan's review of the 1D X (or partial review). I looked at the ISO charts and at ISO 6400 and 12800, the difference between the 1D X and 5D Mark III really isn't that signifcant and nothing that couldn't be quickly equalized with NR (which you'd have to use for the 1D X image anways). I don't really see a HUGE ISO advantage from these charts at least.

http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Canon-EOS-1D-X-Digital-SLR-Camera-Review.aspx

Not sure I agree about the equalizing with NR - sure, you can NR the 5DIII image, but you can NR the 1D X image, too, and the relative difference will be maintained (or sharpness will go down if you NR the 5DIII image more).

But I do agree that while the differences there and visible, they aren't huge. However, IQ isn't intended to be a differentiator, any more than it was between the 5DII and 1DsIII. For that matter, in terms of ISO noise, the relative difference between the 1D X and 5DIII is similar to the relative difference between the 5DIII and the 5DII - so if that's the main concern, the 5DII is a much less expensive way to get there...

 

[bdunbar79]

I checked out Bryan Carnathan's review of the 1D X (or partial review). I looked at the ISO charts and at ISO 6400 and 12800, the difference between the 1D X and 5D Mark III really isn't that signifcant and nothing that couldn't be quickly equalized with NR (which you'd have to use for the 1D X image anways). I don't really see a HUGE ISO advantage from these charts at least.

http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Canon-EOS-1D-X-Digital-SLR-Camera-Review.aspx

Not sure I agree about the equalizing with NR - sure, you can NR the 5DIII image, but you can NR the 1D X image, too, and the relative difference will be maintained (or sharpness will go down if you NR the 5DIII image more).

But I do agree that while the differences there and visible, they aren't huge. However, IQ isn't intended to be a differentiator, any more than it was between the 5DII and 1DsIII. For that matter, in terms of ISO noise, the relative difference between the 1D X and 5DIII is similar to the relative difference between the 5DIII and the 5DII - so if that's the main concern, the 5DII is a much less expensive way to get there...

I agree 100%. The other aspects of the 1DX do make it a better camera, overall, than the 5D3 for sure. I too want those advantages which is why I'm getting one. I also agree that applying more NR, even if just a few percent, will overall make the 5D3 image with less quality than the 1DX image, at the end. This was just a very narrow observation I had made.