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Canon announces EOS-1D X: full-frame 18MP, 14 fps, 204,800 top ISO, $6,800

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Re: Canon announces EOS-1D X: full-frame 18MP, 14 fps, 204,800 top ISO, $6,800

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Post by jsavimbi »

thingie wrote: post #39
adestefan wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A camera you carry all the time is worth more than one sitting at home.

Well, a camera that can't take the picture you want is as useless as the one sitting at home. And iPhone may be, in some cases, a camera that simply can't do what you want. It's a cellphone. Of course, you won't carry a DSLR camera with you all the time, and even that isn't enough, think about lenses, flash, tripod… but iPhone won't magically replace all that, when you actually need it.

> It's a cellphone.

Not so. It's a magical device, especially to those of us who remember the world prior to the beeper.

Re: Canon announces EOS-1D X: full-frame 18MP, 14 fps, 204,800 top ISO, $6,800

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Post by zstone »

jasiek wrote: post #47

It's too bad this won't result in a price drop on the EOS 5D Mark II.

5d2 currently has a $100 manufacturer's instant rebate, $2,400 on Amazon at time of writing. Amazon says the rebate ends 10/29/11, a bit more than a week out. I doubt it'll drop much lower than that in the year or so between now and Photokina (Sept. 2012) when Canon will most likely announce the 5d2's successor.

Re: Canon announces EOS-1D X: full-frame 18MP, 14 fps, 204,800 top ISO, $6,800

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Post by zstone »

jsavimbi wrote: post #51
thingie wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, a camera that can't take the picture you want is as useless as the one sitting at home. And iPhone may be, in some cases, a camera that simply can't do what you want. It's a cellphone. Of course, you won't carry a DSLR camera with you all the time, and even that isn't enough, think about lenses, flash, tripod… but iPhone won't magically replace all that, when you actually need it.

> It's a cellphone. Not so. It's a magical device, especially to those of us who remember the world prior to the beeper.

This.

It's a digital swiss-army knife. Right now in my pocket I have an 8mp still digital camera, an HD camcorder, the world wide web, email, instant messaging, news, social networks, books, notes, digital storage, music player, video player, gameboy, etc etc etc. You couldn't fit a single one of these into you breast pocket in the 90's - I tried, and that walkman ripped that pocket right off!

Oh snap, you mean this crazy thing makes PHONE CALLS too?!

Re: Canon announces EOS-1D X: full-frame 18MP, 14 fps, 204,800 top ISO, $6,800

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Post by thetastypoptart »

mc32 wrote: post #30
skimbrel wrote: post #3

Awesome. The digital imaging space keeps moving so fast due to the heated competition between Canon and Nikon. I upgraded to a 7D from my old 40D this year and it feels like there are way more than two years' worth of improvements in there.

I always thought there was tic-toc collusion amongst Canon and Nikon --ie. Nikon ups the FPS, Canon ups the MP; Canon ups the FPS, Nikon ups MP or ISO, or something else. Or one has nice Lens aperture but the other one's lenses have less distortion, etc. These two companies seem to trade-off on features every other generation (tic-toc). I think they had a common history, some decades back. "Their friendly rivalry" sp…

This generation will likely be different. Nikon will probably announce the D4 early next year, and the D800 very soon.

If a 5DmkIII arrives early next year then both the full-frame series for each company will be updated.

1dx seems pretty evolutionary, it is likely that the D4 will also be similar.

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