Canon has just unveiled “the one camera to rule them all” in the crowded market of digital photography, a revolutionary professional digital SLR named EOS-1D X. The ‘X’ signifies the 10th generation of Canon’s Pro EOS SLRs and as one of the company’s top-of-the-line eXtreme camera on their EOS line up. As the EOS-1D X became available on retailers, we’ll update this post with all the recent reviews that comes up. For the meantime, don’t stay too much here we already have reviews line up just after the cut, and if you’re curious too on how powerful this new beast from Canon we layout some of its key features and images through a gallery, just do a virtual jump.
Canon EOS-1D X Features:
Full Frame 18-megapixel CMOS image sensor
New mechanical shutter rated up to 400,000 cycles thanks to carbon fiber blades and new drive motor
Dual DIGIC 5+ imaging processors
2nd Gen EOS Integrated Cleaning System
Third DIGIC 4 processor for RGB Metering
100,000 Pixel RGB metering sensor
Sensitivity settings from ISO 100 – 51,200; expansion available with Low (50), Hi 1 (102,400) and Hi 2 (204,800)
Advanced new 61-point High Density Reticular Phase Detection AF system with 21 cross-type focusing points in the center of the frame; 5 of which are diagonal cross-type sensors for smaller apertures
New intelligent EOS iTR AF Tracking and Recognition options
Burst shooting at 12fps with AF (JPEG and RAW), or up to 14fps with no AF (JPEG only)
Full 1080p HD video with new ALL-I and IPB compression format options
Automatic video file splitting when 4GB is reached; video keeps rolling, while new files is created
3.2-inch wide LCD with 1,040,000 dots
Subject Recognition system (AF, Exposure, Auto Lighting Control, AUto Picture Style)
Optical Correction functions for peripheral illumination, Distortion correction, and CA correction
Enhanced intelligent OVF with 100% frame coverage, .76x magnification, 20mm eye-point, and expanded ISO indicator; now 5 digits
