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1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?

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paulfromwales

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1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?

Oct 22, 2011

I was wondering if anyone else thought the 1D X might be the flop of the decade?

Expensive to start. With growing economic uncertainty and serious competition from other manufactures being a concern, what about the following?

It's full frame, so sports shooters will lose a little "zoom" of the APS-H 1.3X cameras.
It's lower MP than the 1Ds Mk3 and 5D Mk2.
Will people upgrade to a lower MP camera.

It seems at the moment to be an expensive camera that doesn't know where it is at?

Not a studio camera, not a landscape camera, sports camera without the crop factor?

Just pondering, it will probably have excellent quality and low light abilities, but there must be a higher MP camera coming at a much cheaper price.

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1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	paulfromwales	Oct 22, 2011
Probably not	Horshack	Oct 22, 2011
Re: Probably not	Apewithacamera	Oct 22, 2011
Re: Probably not	PhotoKhan	Oct 22, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	stelin	Oct 22, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	Lost in Time	Oct 22, 2011
multiple bodies?	Asposium	Oct 22, 2011
Looks like it will do okay	Alton (TN)	Oct 23, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	Keyser Sze	Oct 22, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	Chris Giles	Oct 22, 2011
I wish I could afford one...it is a perfect camera for me	pso	Oct 22, 2011
Re: I wish I could afford one...it is a perfect camera for me	PHOTOJOE55	Oct 25, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	Christian0	Oct 22, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	Scott Larson	Oct 23, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	x-vision	Oct 22, 2011
I completely agree!	ScottieC	Oct 22, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	sparkling elk	Oct 23, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	Gionni Dorelli	Oct 23, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	KiboOst	Oct 23, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	Scott Larson	Oct 23, 2011
Re: Perfect camera for wedding-, portraitphotographers, and photojournalists	polansky	Oct 22, 2011
Re: Perfect camera for wedding-, portraitphotographers, and photojournalists	Kabe Luna	Oct 23, 2011
Re: Perfect camera for wedding-, portraitphotographers, and photojournalists	GRosen	Oct 23, 2011
Try flashes with fast recycle times and there's no waiting with flash portrait	Kabe Luna	Oct 23, 2011
Re: Perfect camera for wedding-, portraitphotographers, and photojournalists	MoreorLess	Oct 23, 2011
Re: Perfect camera for wedding-, portraitphotographers, and photojournalists	polansky	Oct 23, 2011
Re: Perfect camera for wedding-, portraitphotographers, and photojournalists	tarjei99	Oct 23, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	jhal	Oct 22, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade? / I don't think so!	PHOTOJOE55	Oct 25, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade? / I don't think so!	ScottieC	Oct 25, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade? / I don't think so!	jhal	Oct 25, 2011
Negative!, This camera is everything I and my others asked for...	ScottieC	Oct 22, 2011
Re: You misunderstand Canon's intent	Mike K	Oct 22, 2011
prob not, cost and decling media might be only reasons	bronxbombers	Oct 22, 2011
do have a huge hole though	bronxbombers	Oct 22, 2011
Meaby but...	polansky	Oct 22, 2011
Re: Meaby but...	bronxbombers	Oct 24, 2011
Re: Meaby but...	polansky	Oct 24, 2011
It is the perfect camera...	B E	Oct 22, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	Anastigmat	Oct 22, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	AlephNull	Oct 22, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	tonywong	Oct 22, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	Charlie Phillips	Oct 23, 2011
If the AF works it will be a great sports camera (assuming ...	J A K	Oct 22, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	Jeff Palmucci	Oct 22, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	Scott Larson	Oct 23, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	Jeff Palmucci	Oct 23, 2011
Wake up and come back with realistic expectations concerning the image quality	teodorian2	Oct 23, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	Scott Larson	Oct 23, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	Bassman2003	Oct 24, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	teodorian2	Oct 25, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	Jeff Palmucci	Oct 24, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	Scott Larson	Oct 24, 2011
If ...	Tinu_ch	Oct 22, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	tonywong	Oct 22, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	ultimitsu	Oct 22, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	pgb	Oct 22, 2011
of course it could be a flop,	Asposium	Oct 22, 2011
not sure why...	RedFox88	Oct 22, 2011
Re: not sure why...	bigdaddave	Oct 23, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	Canonero	Oct 22, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	sleibson	Oct 22, 2011
It is a very credible upgrade to the 1D IV	Rick Knepper	Oct 22, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	Christoph Beck	Oct 23, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	Jimmy Presto	Oct 23, 2011
Oohhh P-P-P-L-L-L-E-E-E-A-A-A-S-S-S-E-E-E	ScottieC	Oct 23, 2011
Re: Oohhh P-P-P-L-L-L-E-E-E-A-A-A-S-S-S-E-E-E	buggi	Oct 23, 2011
+1 good point! (NT)	polansky	Oct 23, 2011
Re: Oohhh P-P-P-L-L-L-E-E-E-A-A-A-S-S-S-E-E-E	PhotoKhan	Oct 23, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	PhotoKhan	Oct 23, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	nicolas guilbert	Oct 23, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	tissunique	Oct 23, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	PhotoKhan	Oct 23, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	madzazulu	Oct 23, 2011
I said that	bigdaddave	Oct 23, 2011
Re: I said that	Guus54	Oct 23, 2011
Here's why...	Skip M	Oct 23, 2011
Re: Here's why...	teodorian2	Oct 23, 2011
Re: Here's why...	Skip M	Oct 23, 2011
Re: Here's why...	teodorian2	Oct 23, 2011
Re: Here's why...	polansky	Oct 23, 2011
Re: Here's why...	Skip M	Oct 24, 2011
Re: Here's why... What !!!!	Daniel Clune	Oct 24, 2011
Re: Here's why... What !!!!	Skip M	Oct 24, 2011
Re: Here's why... What !!!! /Switching brands now!	PHOTOJOE55	Oct 24, 2011
Re: Here's why... What !!!! /Switching brands now!	Benjamin Stephens	Oct 24, 2011
Re: Here's why... What !!!! /Switching brands now!	PHOTOJOE55	Oct 24, 2011
Re: Here's why... What !!!!	Daniel Clune	Oct 24, 2011
Re: Here's why... What !!!!	f64manray	Oct 24, 2011
Re: Here's why... What !!!!	tarjei99	Oct 24, 2011
Re: Here's why... What !!!!	Skip M	Oct 24, 2011
Re: Here's why... What !!!!	Daniel Clune	Oct 25, 2011
Re: Here's why... What !!!!	WalterSrChat	Oct 25, 2011
Re: Here's why... What !!!!	Daniel Clune	Oct 25, 2011
Re: Here's why... What !!!!	Skip M	Oct 25, 2011
Re: Here's why... What !!!!	teodorian2	Oct 25, 2011
Re: Here's why... What !!!!	Skip M	Oct 25, 2011
hardly, 1D-X will already be the AFFORDABLE cinematographer's dSLR...	sdyue	Oct 23, 2011
Re: hardly, 1D-X will already be the AFFORDABLE cinematographer's dSLR...	garyknrd	Oct 23, 2011
Re: hardly, 1D-X will already be the AFFORDABLE cinematographer's dSLR...	oysso	Oct 23, 2011
Re: hardly, 1D-X will already be the AFFORDABLE cinematographer's dSLR...	joger	Oct 23, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	Adam Filipowicz	Oct 23, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	MoreorLess	Oct 23, 2011
Buying one? Quite likely	Keith Cooper	Oct 23, 2011
More likely the hit of the decade	Karl Burke	Oct 23, 2011
Re: More likely the hit of the decade	tarjei99	Oct 23, 2011
Re: More likely the hit of the decade	Lea5	Oct 23, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	Blake Cook	Oct 23, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	teodorian2	Oct 23, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	absentaneous	Oct 23, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	Scott Larson	Oct 23, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	absentaneous	Oct 24, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	Compact40MP	Oct 24, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	Scott Larson	Oct 24, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	erbtype	Oct 24, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	El Profe	Oct 23, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade? I completely disagree	PHOTOJOE55	Oct 24, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	Rex Larsen	Oct 24, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	oysso	Oct 24, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	williams359	Oct 24, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	Taikonaut	Oct 24, 2011
I'd buy one	Vibrio	Oct 24, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	FineArtPhoto	Oct 24, 2011
Re: Mr Welshman. Where Art Thou?	tissunique	Oct 24, 2011
Obviously NOT.	JackM	Oct 24, 2011
Re: Obviously NOT.	Michael Todd	Oct 24, 2011
Re: Obviously NOT.	JackM	Oct 24, 2011
Re: Obviously NOT.	teodorian2	Oct 25, 2011
Look at the forum traffic	Michael Todd	Oct 24, 2011
on second thought...	Michael Todd	Oct 24, 2011
Re: Look at the forum traffic	JackM	Oct 24, 2011
Never going to happen	polansky	Oct 24, 2011
Re: Never going to happen	f64manray	Oct 24, 2011
Re: Never going to happen	JackM	Oct 24, 2011
Have you ever considered....	polansky	Oct 25, 2011
Re: Have you ever considered....	JackM	Oct 25, 2011
That's silly. Nobody takes a total loss switching camera systems	Kabe Luna	Oct 25, 2011
Not a flop maybe but artherosclerosis	antoineb	Oct 24, 2011
Re: Not a flop maybe but artherosclerosis	Per Inge Oestmoen	Oct 24, 2011
Re: Not a flop maybe but artherosclerosis	f64manray	Oct 24, 2011
Re: Not a flop maybe but artherosclerosis	gipper51	Oct 24, 2011
Re: Not a flop maybe but artherosclerosis	f64manray	Oct 24, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	Rickard Hansson	Oct 24, 2011
Silly talk	Schwany	Oct 24, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	eNo	Oct 24, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	Per Inge Oestmoen	Oct 25, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	Jackphotog	Oct 25, 2011
Judging by much of the ill-informed blather on here...	Keith Reeder	Oct 25, 2011
Re: Judging by much of the ill-informed blather on here...	teodorian2	Oct 25, 2011
Re: 1D-X Could it be the flop of the decade?	antisocial	Oct 25, 2011

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