Pixel Perfect
Offline
• • • • • • •
Upload & Sell: Off
|
 p.4 #12 · 1D X Feature Set Pros & Cons | |
uz2work wrote:
Actually, the more I think about it, I think that, while it may not satisfy the landscape photographer, studio photographer, architecture photographer, etc., I think that the 1D X is more suited to be a 1Ds Mark III replacement than it is suited to be a 1D Mark IV replacement.
For the 1Ds Mark III crowd, the loss of 3 mp will be negligible, but, in return, they get 12 fps, better high ISO, etc. If I had a 1Ds Mark III, I don't know if I could justify selling it, adding a few thousand dollars, and buying a 1D X, but, if I was starting from scratch and could buy a 1Ds III or 1D X for about the same price, I'd easily pick the 1D X. But it clearly isn't a 1D Mark IV replacement. Especially for wildlife shooters, but even for sports shooters and photojournalists, there are issues. Think of the guys shooting NFL games or MLB games. The 400/2.8 has been their go to lens. Now, to get the same shots that they got with the 1D Mark IV, they will, with a 1D X, have to either crop down to 11 mp or else they will have to add a 1.4x or use a 500/4. Either way, they lose a stop of light, which will cancel out any noise/high ISO advantage and image quality improvement that the 1D X will have. At the same time, PJs will have carry around bigger, heavier, more expensive, and slower lenses to get the same shots that they could get with a 1D Mark IV. There is a reason why the 1D series cameras have been, for a decade, the choice of wildlife shooters, sports shooters, and photojournalists, and a big part of that reason is that the 1.3 crop factor has always seemed to be in the sweet spot with regard to the balance between pixel size, pixel density, and speed.
I do have to admit that I'm sure that the 1D X will be a great camera, and I'd like to have one, but, if I did get one, it would be in addition to the 1D Mark IV, but I can't really justify owning 3 cameras, and, for my needs, the 7D is a better fit as a second camera than would be a 1D X. For those rare times that I need more pixels or need to go wider than I can with the 1D Mark IV, I can just stitch together multiple frames from the 1D Mark IV. If, however, Canon had decided to make their "do-it-all" camera a 30 mp ff camera with an 18 mp 1.3 crop mode, even if the price had been several thousand dollars higher, I think I would have gone for it and would have been willing to give up the 1D Mark IV.
Les
...Show more →
Actually Jim I'm not sure what it replaces as I said it tries to satisfy everyone, but comes up short. Don't forget it may only be 3MP less than the 1Ds III, but I'll bet those studio types and landscape people etc, would have probably been expecting and hoping for 27-30MP far more than 12fps.
I'm sure it's an awesome camera and maybe down the track I'll get one, but it's not going to be as simple as now just leap frogging the 1D IV, which is what I would've normally expected. As for sports PJ Jim, let's not forget they were doing fine with a 1D II/1D III + 400 f/2.8, and 1D X gives them a bit more reach, even if a lot less than 1D IV. Canon assumes they'll bump the ISO up a stop or 2 and still have the same IQ (that's the theory) I guess.
Anyway, for now a 1D IV for replace my 1D III and I assume a 7D update has to come in the next 6 months as it's now over 2 years since release. Further tweaking and refinement of the AF, digic 5 and much cleaner files at low ISO especially would be a most welcome.
|
