DPReview TV: Canon 1D X Mark III hands-on first look

This was about stills shooting only. There's a different video about video.

The Sony also has half the durability, probably less and won't stand up to true pro level sports or wildlife usage. The Sony also doesn't come close in the video department.

@Thoughts R Us

//The Sony also has half the durability//

Link? Both are made of injected magnesium alloy. The Canon has only four screws on the mount - the Sony has six. The Canon is the first camera they have ever made with a shutter tested to 500K actuations, the A9II is the third camera Sony has made with such a shutter. The Canon has two mirrors and a discrete AF module, the Sony has no secondary AF module. The Canon may be more durable, it may not - but cite evidence, don't just pull words out of a hat - 'half the durability' sheesh.

//The Sony also doesn't come close in the video department.//

No, it doesn't, the video specs of the Canon are extremely impressive. But it also costs as much as a pro video camera. I think it will be used for one or the other, not both, by the people who buy or rent it.

@Thoughts R Us - "The Sony also has half the durability, probably less and won't stand up to true pro level sports or wildlife usage"

That's nonsense and you know it. Besides, digital cameras are not 10 year cameras. You use them for 4-5 years, then you upgrade to the latest technology. Any camera on the market will easily handle 4-5 years of hard use. Heck, I have a lowly Sony A6000 that I've literally traveled around the world with, that has taken an enormous amount of abuse (it's cheap so I don't mind treating it like cr@p) and it still works perfectly even after all these years. I've done everything to it short of dropping it in a bucket of water! So I have to really laugh when people act as if today's cameras as so delicate. They aren't. They can take quite a lot of abuse!

@Thoughts R Us

"The Sony also has half the durability"

We both know that this isn't true, but even then it also costs half the price of the DX-III.

@T3 ... at this point, you have lost me :) I know about "durability" of sony Axxx line quite a lot, and there is no way you can use it really rough ... So either your "abusing" use is actually warm touches here and there, or ...

@toomix - People greatly underestimate how much today's cameras can take. Especially with mirrorless cameras that have practically no moving parts. I've gotten my lowly A6000 socked in monsoon rains in southeast Asia, been through intense high humidity and blazing heat (also in southeast Asia), been through dust storms with it, etc, etc. Dropped it plenty of times, The same can be said for my trusty old Fuji X-E1. Part of the genius of mirrorless cameras is their simplicity. The only thing mechanical/moving that they have is a shutter. Nothing to get knocked out of alignment, very minimal parts inside, very low complexity. There's a LOT more that can go wrong with DSLRs, which is why they typically need to be overbuilt.

Thoughts R Us: You have been bashed enough for your durability part, so I won't go there, but there is a thing about the video part.
Yes the Canon has INCREDIBLE video specs, but when looking at Jordans video about video I see some major flaws with it.
RAW video sounds nice, but only internal and for less then 6 minutes?
No AF in many video modes? No IBIS only EIS that will give you soft results. And why did Canon used a micro HDMI socket instead of a full HDMI socket, it was not to save space on this camera was it?And the most important flaw: NO view Finder when doing video. When doing a hand held shot you have to hold the camera at arms length and no good IBIS at all.
I think this camera is great, for both stills and videos, and the A9 is great for only stills, but that is what that camera is all about.

A beast maybe, but a sales winner? Probably not. It will surely be the slowest selling 1DX body ever. I was expecting Canon to up the resolution to at least 24mp and lower the price to at least $5500 to stay competitive in a rapidly changing market, but Canon did neither. Instead they kept the resolution the same as the 1DX II introduced 4 years ago and raised the price. Sure, there will be buyers of this "beast". But flagship $6,500 DSLRs are no longer the only game in town like they were back in 2016.
Thankfully buyers have more options now and there is more competition now, which is good for everyone.

This is not a consumer camera, T3. The people who are going to buy it know who they are. Canon probably already has orders lined up with major press agencies.

I read where about 80% of sports/PJ's use Canon and that is a market that has not shrunk that much during the camera market contraction. Look at the pro sports broadcasts; it's mostly Canon with some Nikon. Same with major news events.

You are acting as if this is some sort of consumer cam for the average user; it is not. There is a built in market that Canon has served very well for decades. Oh, and BTW, part of the appeal of Canon is the service; far better than any other. That's another point that really matters to the professional market that most people forget about.

Canon has a deep relationship with this market and has served up a camera worthy of cementing that relationship further.

I agree the video was informative and entertaining. But seriously...it's not a street photography or a travel camera that you go around town snapping sights. The review didn't challenge the camera, showcase it's technical marvel once.

That's what I need in the next more in-depth video: indoor (for lowlight iso showcase) and outdoor sports, perhaps some airshow or non-mechanical birds in-flight. Thank you! :)

@Thoughts R Us - Things are changing. And even the PJ/sports market is not immune to these changes. Like I said, $6500 DSLRs are no longer the only game in town. For example, White House press photogs are now using Sony A9's

https://www.sonyalpharumors.com/sony-a9-shooter-spotted-at-the-historical-trump-and-kim-jong-meeting/

https://www.stevehuffphoto.com/2018/02/14/sony-is-changing-the-game-at-the-white-house/

This was once a market owned exclusively by Canon and Nikon. But technology has changed. $6.5K DSLRs such as the 1DXIII and D6 are no longer the de facto go-to for pros. I'm just acknowledging that these flagship DSLRs are entering a different era in the market with more options available to pros. It's no longer an automatic "winner" that it might have been in years past when such DSLRs were really the only option.

But Canon are between a rock and a hard place, trying to juggle their DSLR past with a mirrorless future.

Completely wrong Elvis has been seen here, at The Domain of the King a bar and grill restaurant located in a desert on an unspecified planet.

sony has always stated that the a9/a9ii is a sports camera first and foremost.

asking for hybrid capability out of a sports camera is not realistic, including with this 1dxmk3, that doesn't even have a ff parfocal motorized zoom available for it, like sony does with the 28-135.

additionally, sony has ibis, the 1dxm3 does not, and the a9/a9ii sensor has faster readout speed, so good luck with rolling shutter on this 1dxmk3.