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OntheRez wrote:
OP,
I made the same trade off as you (sell 1DsIII and 1DIV, buy 1Dx). It was wrenching to do. I'm still in the preliminary stage because a bad bout of flu has kept me down, and I clearly don't have control of the AF system though progress is being made. I can say categorically in action shots at ISO 6400 the 1Dx is all over the 1DIV. Since I'm often forced to go that high in the venues I shoot, that's a big plus. As for replacing the 1DsIII, I haven't been well enough to even care so that's on hold.
The following will sound a bit weird but here goes. I've owned or used ever 1D() except the first two. I loved them all. The 1Dx feels like a different camera not a continuation of the previous lineage. My hands accept the body ok though there are a few differences and I was surprised at how much I noticed the slightly greater weight. Muscle memory I think and not a big deal. The controls are mostly the same and while the menu system has been throughly rearranged most of what I'm use to is there. It's in the actual execution of the shot where I start to wonder if Canon hasn't slipped something fundamentally new into what is basically the same old black box. Shutter sound, speed of AF acquisition, light gathering in the viewfinder particularly in the dark corners of the gym, the whole framing of the picture and how quickly it presents, these all seem different to me and I think better.
I could of course be full of it has I've been downing a lot of cough syrup lately so I'm not willing to bet on my first impressions. Also It could all just be cognitive dissonance (or confirmation bias as it's labeled in another thread), but I really don't think so as I don't need or care about proving anything to anyone. I expected a camera that would be incrementally better as all of the previous models have been. I'm not sure this is. I have to get well and to get out and do some landscape work before I'll stand up and yell about this. My hypothesis is that I'm going to want more to work with in my landscape and "art" work, (maybe a 6D? maybe a 5DIII?) but who knows?
Am I a singular and weird outlier here or has anybody else noted a phenomena similar to this? (This is not a scientific and/or measurable thing at least not yet for me.)
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Robert, I have a similar sense about the 1DX, after using it for a year and a half. Every one of the 1D series was solid and responsive, but this one has a quality to the sound that's "better", AF results that seem not only accurate but more what I "want them to be", and also raw files that allow just that much more tweaking and end up just that much cleaner than previous generation DSLRs. IOW, subjectively it's very enjoyable to use, and the objective results are great. I end up with files I prefer to those I get from the 1DIV even for FL limited distant shooting. Someday there will be a 30 or 40 MP replacement, and if I can manage to buy one I'll get spoiled by that, but right now the X still feels really special. Considering how quickly digital cameras tend to seem dated, I'd say that's something. I have a 5DIII and love it, but do the 1DX files seem inferior because of the "missing" pixels? Nope.
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