1. The new LP-E4N battery should not be charged in the old charger. How long before the LP-E4 is discontinued, meaning owners of 1D Mk II and IV and 1DS Mk III cameras have to buy a new charger? Batteries don\'t keep, so you can\'t even stockpile them.
2. What do people think about the new depth of field preview buttons? The old one could be operated with the 4th finger of the left hand curled around the the lens, although not when held vertically or with long lenses. The new ones can only be used with fingers of the right hand, and it looks a stretch if you use back-button AF.
3. Cropping from full frame isn\'t the same as composing in the finder on a 1.3 crop camera.
4. The 1DS Mk III is actually noticeably heavier than the 1D Mk III - for me, it crosses the line of comfort. It seems the 1D X is heavier than either.
5. Some people aren\'t going to like having to power on the camera to look through the finder. And I don\'t like the sound of \"will function substantially better [than the 7d] in temperatures below 0 C\". How about functioning perfectly, like the current 1 series finders?
6. The new Quick Control button is one more thing that could be bumped - and enter a different mode. This isn\'t a camera for novices, so it\'s a basic interface design mistake. The existing 1 series are textbook-correct - it\'s hard to believe this comes from the same designers.
1. The new LP-E4N battery should not be charged in the old charger. How long before the LP-E4 is discontinued, meaning owners of 1D Mk II and IV and 1DS Mk III cameras have to buy a new charger? Batteries don\'t keep, so you can\'t even stockpile them.
2. What do people think about the new depth of field preview buttons? The old one could be operated with the 4th finger of the left hand curled around the the lens, although not when held vertically or with long lenses. The new ones can only be used with fingers of the right hand, and it looks a stretch if you use back-button AF.
3. Cropping from full frame isn\'t the same as composing in the finder on a 1.3 crop camera.
4. The 1DS Mk III is actually noticeably heavier than the 1D Mk III - for me, it crosses the line of comfort (I own both). It seems the 1D X is heavier than either.
5. Some people aren\'t going to like having to power on the camera to look through the finder. And I don\'t like the sound of \"will function substantially better [than the 7d] in temperatures below 0 C\". How about functioning perfectly, like the current 1 series finders?
6. The new Quick Control button is one more thing that could be bumped - and enter a different mode. This isn\'t a camera for novices, so it\'s a basic interface design mistake. The existing 1 series are textbook-correct - it\'s hard to believe this comes from the same designers.
Maybe the \"X\" stands for \"marked wrong\".
Oct 19, 2011 at 01:48 AM
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