Canon CPS: The EOS-1D X explained

[Chris Dodkin]

The EOS-1D X is the new flagship camera in the Canon DSLR range, taking the best of the EOS-1D and EOS-1Ds cameras and melding them into a single unit that gives both high resolution and high speed shooting. No longer do you need to choose between the two when both are available in one body.

By taking the EOS-1D Mark IV and making radical changes to every aspect of the camera's build and design, the EOS-1D X stands head and shoulders above everything that has gone before to offer high resolution, high frame rate and high ISO shooting with a full-frame CMOS sensor, and industry leading HD Movie shooting in one camera. It is ‘Performance redefined'.

Key specifications

• 18.1 Megapixel, Full-frame CMOS sensor
• 61-point AF with up to 41 cross-type AF points
• Zone, Spot and AF Expansion Focusing modes
• DUAL “DIGIC 5+” processors
• 12fps shooting with 14fps super High Speed continuous
• ISO 100 to 51,200 as standard, ISO 50 to 204,800 with expansion
• 100,000-pixel RGB AE sensor
• DIGIC 4 processor dedicated to AE functions
• +/- 5 Stop Exposure Compensation
• Full HD Movie shooting with ALL-I or IPB compression
• 29mins 59sec clip length in Full HD Movie
• 55ms shutter lag, 36ms via ‘Shortened Release Lag' Custom Function
• Timecode setting for HD Movie shooting
• Transparent LCD viewfinder with new focusing screen
• 8.11cm (3.2”), 1.04 million pixel Clear View II LCD Screen
• Improved EOS Integrated Cleaning System (EICS)
• Dual CF Card slots
• Silent control touch-pad area

Full 12 page in depth article here: Canon Professional Network - The EOS-1D X explained: inside Canon