Insane plan? TS-E and 1Dx

Just brainstorming. I became pretty much addicted to shift-tilt lenses. A used 90mm arrived today. I now have a 45, 24 and 90mm TS-E. When not using a TS-E I feel that everything is always wrong. DoF plane isn't where I want it and oh how wrong the perspective is. And why can't I compress what I want?

I could see myself using them for everything that doesn't move too fast. The major problem is of course that they won't go more open than f/2.8 and I need some handheld ability.

Would it be totally insane to think about ditching most of the the other lenses and get a 1Dx so that I can bump the ISO to make good for the aperture?

(I would keep the 7D and some airshow lens, I have a 200mm f/2.8 II)

The 5d MkIII has as good or better high ISO and costs a ton less. I wouldn't think you want high frame rate with a tilt shift so Why go to the 1Dx?

Wrong tool for the wrong job imo, save your money and get a 6D.

buddy4344 wrote in post #16446489
The 5d MkIII has as good or better high ISO and costs a ton less. I wouldn't think you want high frame rate with a tilt shift so Why go to the 1Dx?

I have a 5d2 and used a 5d3. The noise performance in the raws is not substantially different (other than a low ISO banding fix that causes smear...) and really not where I would want it if I ditch all lenses better than f/2.8.

The bigger waste would be the AF on the 1Dx. But that's where the insane part comes in

If the Canons in their wisdom would pretty please offer the pixel density of the 1Dx in anything less than $6000 that would be greatly appreciated thank you very much Canon Christmas maybe?

Wow, you have the other 3 TS-E's I want

I have the 17, LOVE this lens.

Agree it is addicting.

For ISO, you can do fine with a 6D, 5D3, and 1DX. However the 6D will do just fine. These are MF lenses so you're not talking about doing anything quickly here.

I'd say save your money and get a 6D and a TS-E 17 to complete the collection, for less than the cost of a 1Dx combined!

Now if you also wanted to shoot sports or racing or birds in flight with big lenses and TC's and AF at f/8 at blazing fast speeds, then that would be a different story... 1Dx all the way there, since it can do it all!

ddk632 wrote in post #16446808
I'd say save your money and get a 6D and a TS-E 17 to complete the collection, for less than the cost of a 1Dx combined!

I'm with David on this one. Great high ISO for under $2000? As long as your OK with everything else that comes with it, it's just what you need.

For TS-E get the 6D - it's a crazy deal, one of the best performing Canon DSLRs ever, IMO it's better than 5D3 in terms of IQ. And since you doesn't need fast AF, i would get it. Well, i've alredy got it

uOpt wrote in post #16446538
If the Canons in their wisdom would pretty please offer the pixel density of the 1Dx in anything less than $6000 that would be greatly appreciated thank you very much Canon Christmas maybe?

Not sure I understand this correctly... 5D III gives you pixel density even bigger than 1Dx (22MP vs 18) 6D is between the two with 20MP.

kin2son wrote in post #16446520
Wrong tool for the wrong job imo, save your money and get a 6D.

+1 on the 6D. Spending money you don't need to spend is insane!

Consider a Sony A7R or A7 with Metabones III adapter. Lower cost, but higher IQ than Canon bodies. I'm considering this myself for all my Canon-mount MF lenses.

cvt01 wrote in post #16474012
Not sure I understand this correctly... 5D III gives you pixel density even bigger than 1Dx (22MP vs 18) 6D is between the two with 20MP.

I want low pixel density.

For the record, I'm already over this fad.

David Arbogast wrote in post #16474141
Consider a Sony A7R or A7 with Metabones III adapter. Lower cost, but higher IQ than Canon bodies. I'm considering this myself for all my Canon-mount MF lenses.

Does that allow the magnetic aperture control to work?

David Arbogast wrote in post #16474141
Consider a Sony A7R or A7 with Metabones III adapter. Lower cost, but higher IQ than Canon bodies. I'm considering this myself for all my Canon-mount MF lenses.

And I wonder how the AF performs. Lower cost and high IQ are tempting features, but I'm needing to improve AF for birding. I'm still waiting from more reviews of the Sonys.

uOpt, I'll chime in with the others. Get a 6D for high ISO. Although I have to say, I have both the 6D (mine) and the 5D MkIII (my university owned camera) and they're not that far apart as far as high ISO IQ. Noticeable, yes, but maybe not enough to justify the cost to someone who already owns a MkIII.

I own both the 5DIII and 1DX. Save yourself some money and get the 5.

Back in the film days, I once travelled to Europe (maybe the 4th time I was there fundamentally on business) and brought only my Olympus OM with 24mm Perspective Control lens...nothing else for lenses! I found that during that trip, I did NOT regret making it my only lens, in spite of the slowness (f/3.5) of aperture and being limited to ISO 400 film. So the thought of a dSLR with its exceptional high ISO (especially if contrasted to film speeds!) capability, with an f/3.5 lens it would matter even less, today. Not an insane idea at all! But to everyone else's point, is there a reason for choosing 1Dx over other very capable FF bodies?

Obviously since you are considering a 1DX with the TSE, you are very rich. Would you like to adopt me? (Nobody else on POTN gets to jump in on this gold wagon!)