This makes the AF even faster and more accurate than the 5D Mark III's AF - and that is no small accomplishment. But on the Canon 1DX the autofocus gets a boost with its own dedicated DIGIC processor. I've tested and used the 5D Mark III, so I was already familiar with Canon's excellent new 61-point autofocus system. The autofocus is the best you can buy in this format. Those card slots go into as weatherproof a body as Canon has ever made and connect to a system of computers and features that are simply mind-boggling. Just two, normal, red-blooded, easy-to-use CF card slots that are UDMA 7 compatible. I've only had a few days of shooting with the Canon 1D X, but so far all it has done is amaze me.įirst and foremost, can we give a big 'Amen' to Canon and the camera gods for including two CF card slots? There are no fancy new unsupported formats to worry about - no slow SD cards to fuss with. While the Canon 1D X is more than capable of meeting the needs of any shooter - sports, wildlife and other fast action shooters will consider it a must-have addition to their bag (as long as they can afford the simply staggering $6,799 street price) - the camera is in very short supply (as in backordered perpetually), but given the boatload of cash I've given to Adorama over the years I managed to get one of the very few to hit US shores for any purpose other than making a hop over to England for the Summer Olympics. It will probably cause many of its owners to develop early-onset Arthritis. It's built like a tank, which is both its strong suit and its weakness.

It's the new flagship camera in the Canon line.

The Canon 1D X is a full-frame 18-megapixel digital camera that is capable of shooting at speeds up to 14 frames per second.

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