Citing "mass production delay" the EOS 1D X is now not slated to arrive until the June/July timeframe.

Pretty much everything Canon has announced lately has had massive delays, The 5D3 i think is the only product that has hit the shelves in the allotted time scale, Looking at all the new video cameras coming out or being announced i think Canons priorities may now lie elsewhere

Dave

Hopefully the delay has nothing to do with AF.

...on the other hand maybe Canon are retrofitting AF for f8!

The AF of the 5D MKIII is almost identical to the 1D X which has been released already.

Anybody with a 5D3 had better not read Canon rumors-hopefully thats all they will be

Wow!!! That would be devastating if true.

Some humorous commentary on other sites like "To install the missing 14 megapixels..." ROFLOL

If true I'm glad they are getting on it right away unlike what they did with the 1D MKIII.

Dear Max:

Hopefully, you are correct.

Best Regards,

Roman

The only complaint I've read is the changing exposure comments. That doesn't seem sufficient for a recall.

Well its only a rumour although as the 5D3 has similar internals as the 1DX maybe theres a common problem and thats why the 1DX has been delayed again-pure speculation of course

Dave

The Nikon D 800 has 36 megapixels, 2X as many as the EOS 1Dx @ 18 megapixels.
The Nikon D 800 is $3000. The EOS 1Dx is $7000.

Perhaps Canon is working hard on the $4000 rebate and 18 meg software update?

In all fairness the Nikon D4 is 16mpx and cost me 6k but if I had to do it all over again I would do the same.

I hope this "alleged" recall is bogus.

Steve your comparison doesn't make any sense...

Dear Steve:

Aren't you comparing apples and oranges in a sense. The Nikon D4 and the Canon 1DX appear to be comparable products. But the Nikon D800 series seems to slot in competitively with the Canon 5D Mk III, not the Canon 1DX. Thus, comparing and pricing and features of the Nikon D800 with those of the Canon 1DX is not a comparison of like products.

Nonetheless, I appreciate and share your frustration with the persistent delays on the part of Canon getting its newly announced products -- super telephotos, new standard zoom and EOS1DX -- to market. These products sound very exciting; and if the products are as good as Canon represents they will be, these products will be terrific. Unfortunately, as consumers there is not much that we can do but wait for Canon's new offerings to reach the marketplace.

Best Regards,

Roman

I don't think so. AF on the body I used back in end of February/beginning of March was amazing. It's not "just better" then mk4, but it's plain amazing. And it works great. Really great! I'm not saying mk4 has bad af, it has great one, but 1dx's af is like from other planet.
On the other side, there were quite few weird bugs at that time. And few extra ones, which I could notice on body I used last week. Personally I would assign these bugs to firmware not hardware... but what do I know

Dear Primoz:

Were you a tester for the 1DX? Could you relate more of what your experience in using the 1DX was like, or are you subject to a Non-Disclosure Agreement or Confidentiality Agreement?

Best Regards,

Roman

I was not tester or anything like that officially, I just got it for "test" for few days, with few rules what I can and what I can't do. Otherwise what really fascinate me is AF. Like I wrote, I'm not saying AF of 1dmk4 (bodies which I currently use) is bad. It's really good, and a lot better then anything what Canon put out before. But step between 1dmk2 and 1dmk4 is not all that big (step between mk3 and mk4 is huge, since for me, mk3 didn't work, no matter what version, or point color it was... it just didn't work). Step between mk4 and X is huge. It really is lightyears difference between how mk4 works and how X works when it comes to af speed. I used X with few different sports, including sport where athletes come at you at 100+km/h with almost zero time for tracking, and it works amazing.
On the other hand, I don't have need for some crazy high ISO values (shooting top level pro sport means, even when shooting indoor, you are shooting in pretty well lit arenas), but just for test I did few shoots, and all I can say is, that iso 20.000 is something similar to iso 6400 on mk4 (since it was pre-production cameras, it means no photos should be sent out, so no samples).
Other then that, menus are completely redone, so it takes a bit to get used to, and for beginning it will surely be pain in the a** to get used to them, when you are used to more or less same menus on 1d bodies for 10 years or so. Good thing is, that you have now help for menus/settings build in camera. Another good thing is ethernet and ftp upload build in camera. With a bit of fiddling, some cheap GSM router in pocket, and cable, you are able to avoid paying yet another 600eur for new WFT (old one from mk4 won't fit, just as old one from mk3 didn't fit on mk4, or the one from mk2 didn't fit to mk3...).
So not to be too long... before I got it, I was pretty sure I will keep my current mk4 bodies, and forget about X completely. Especially since I don't like FF, and I much rather use 1.3x of current 1d. But after first 10mins with X, I was almost 100% sure, this won't happen, and X will be in my bag as soon as it's out. And considering this is not hobby for me, which means shelling out 6500eur (as they are saying it will cost), has to have darn good reason, I guess it tells everything

Thanks Primoz, that's a fascinating report. I've had no interest in this camera so far but your report will have me giving it a hard look. I've owned six 1D series bodies and didn't think I'd buy another but you never know........

I just wish they would shoehorn the 1Dx/5D3 AF system into a 1.3 crop Mark IV. That would be my ideal camera body.