Canon EOS-1D X
The Canon EOS-1D X is a professional digital SLR camera body by Canon Inc. It succeeded the company's previous flagship Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III and the Canon EOS-1D Mark IV. It was announced on 18 October 2011.
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Type | Digital single-lens reflex camera |
| Released | March 2012 |
| Intro price | USD 6,799.00 |
| Lens | |
| Lens | Interchangeable (EF) |
| Sensor/medium | |
| Sensor type | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 36 x 24 mm (Full-frame) |
| Maximum resolution | 5184 x 3456 (18.1 effective megapixels) |
| Film speed | 100 – 51200 in 1/3 stops (expandable from L: 50 to H1: 102400; H2: 204800) |
| Storage media | Dual CompactFlash (Type I or Type II) |
| Focusing | |
| Focus modes | One-Shot, AI Servo, Manual |
| Focus areas | 61 AF points (41 cross-type AF points), High-Density Reticular AF with EOS Intelligent Tracking and Recognition (iTR) |
| Exposure/metering | |
| Exposure modes | Program AE, Shutter priority AE, Aperture priority AE, Manual exposure, Bulb exposure, Custom, Movie |
| Exposure metering | 100,000 pixel RGB sensor, 0–20 EV, 252 zones, with EOS Intelligent Subject Analysis (iSA) |
| Metering modes | Evaluative, Partial, Spot, Centre-weighted Average |
| Shutter | |
| Shutter | Electromechanical carbon fiber focal-plane shutter. Selectable electronic 1st curtain shutter. |
| Shutter speed range | 1/8000 - 30 sec. (1/3-stop increments), Bulb; X-sync at 1/250 sec. |
| Continuous shooting | 14 fps JPEG in Live View mode. 12 fps RAW, JPEG, RAW+JPEG. |
| Viewfinder | |
| Viewfinder | Eye-level pentaprism with 100% coverage and 0.76x magnification / LCD (Live View) |
| Image processing | |
| Image processor | DIGIC 4 and dual DIGIC 5+ |
| General | |
| LCD screen | 3.2" (8.1 cm) Clear View II colour TFT LCD screen with 1,040,000 dots |
| Battery | LP-E4N lithium-ion battery pack |
| Dimensions | 6.2 × 6.4 × 3.3 inches (158 × 163.6 × 82.7 mm) |
| Weight | 1,340 g (2.95 lb) |
| Made in | Japan |
| Chronology | |
| Replaced | Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III |
| Successor | Canon EOS-1D X Mark II, Canon EOS-1D C |
It was released in March 2012 with a suggested retail price of US$6,799.00 (body only) and a suggested retail price of £5,299 in the United Kingdom.
The camera is supplemented by the Canon EOS-1D C, a movie-oriented camera that shares most of its still photographic features with the 1D X. The 1D C was announced in April 2012 and released in March 2013.
In CES (January) 2014, Canon released firmware version 2.0.3 with significant improvements:
- Initial AF point selection and 61-point auto selection AF synchronization
- AF point switching according to camera orientation
- Improved low-light performance
- Expanded minimum shutter speed in auto ISO
On 1 February 2016, Canon introduced the Canon EOS-1D X Mark II as the successor to the EOS-1D X.