Canon’s New Flagship EOS-1D X: Crop-Frame Speed With a Full-Frame Sensor
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The new EOS-1D X is impressive in every way — except looks
Canon has announced a new flagship DSLR, the EOS-1D X. The camera is supposed to take the place of the fast-shooting crop-sensor 1D Mk IV and the multi-megapixel full-frame 1DS Mk III.
The main draw is that you’re getting a full-frame 18MP camera that can shoot at 12fps whilst autofocusing. For comparison, the 1DS does 21 megapixels at 5fps, and the sportier 1D manages 16 megapixels at 10fps.
This makes it a great all-rounder, but studio shooters may prefer the extra pixels over the faster shooting speed, and many sports photographers prefer a crop-frame sensor as it effectively makes their lenses 50 percent longer.
The new EOS-1D X is also heavy on video, shooting 1080p footage at 24p (with plenty of other options). It will also split movies when you reach the 4GB limit without dropping a frame, letting you shoot for up to half an hour in one go. The camera is clearly aimed at pro movie shooters, with other features like “SMPTE-compliant timecode embedding,” and manual control of sound levels.
The press release over at DP REview has the full, exhaustive rundown of this ridiculously capable new camera, but I’ll mention just one more thing. The new AF system has face detection and recognition to let it track moving people. This is obviously most useful for sports.
My (currently up for sale) Nikon D700 is pretty tenacious in its focus-tracking, but add in face recognition and you could probably just let the camera shoot the football game on its own.
The EOS-1D X will launch in March 2012 for $6,800.
EOS-1D X press release [DP Review]
See Also:
- Canon EOS 1D Mark 4: Night Vision, 1080p Video
- Canon EOS-1D Mark III Digital SLR Announced
- More Stunning Video Shot With Canon 5D MKII DSLR
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