1D X Mark II Owners Unite! Discuss & Post Photos

First photos with the new camera.

Bkop wrote in post #18826650
=Bkopperl;18826650]Fir​st photos with the new camera.

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Nice shots, the camera is working great!

I'm really happy with it so far!

I am not at all happy with my results when using it with my main lens (Canon 300mm 2.8 II) + the two Canon MKIII convertors I own. So yesterday being a beautiful sunny day I set up the Focal Pro to micro-adjust the lens and the convertors etc And the programme kept on crashing for me....so annoying. I've emailed them about this.

Red Dexs wrote in post #18826858
I am not at all happy with my results when using it with my main lens (Canon 300mm 2.8 II) + the two Canon MKIII convertors I own. So yesterday being a beautiful sunny day I set up the Focal Pro to micro-adjust the lens and the convertors etc And the programme kept on crashing for me....so annoying. I've emailed them about this.

I'll be interested to hear if micro-adjusting remedies the problem. I hope you get your Focal Pro working soon.

This was first posted in the EF 24-70 Mk II thread.

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Inky does not seem too impressed with the new camera.

Bkop wrote in post #18827876
=Bkopperl;18827876]Ink​y does not seem too impressed with the new camera.

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Inky is probably not big on modern technology.
Nice shot.

I think his issue was my intruding on nap time

Nah, he's a cat and cat's are not easily impressed. He's probably like, "Oh, so you've got a brand new 1DX MKII, big deal, Ho Hum!!!!" LOL

Nice shot.

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apersson850 wrote in post #18828620
if something_I_can_eat then
do_that
else
sleep
end;

In our case:

Label_1: if something_I_can_eat then
do_that
else
sleep
goto Label_1:;

The repeat until bored around the if clause was kind of implied.

This picture of Kajsa is actually in the wrong thread, since it's taken before I destroyed the 1DX, and thus acquired a 1DX Mark II to replace it with. But at least it's taken with the 1DX, and it's very relevant to the last discussion.
The 1DX has since then been repaired, so now I'm running both of them in parallel.

It's been a few since I went from my 5D4 to the 1DX2, and after a good number of outings for birds, and some paid work, I'm still extremely happy with this camera. What I'm finding really interesting is the exposure accuracy when compared to my mirrorless EOS R: with the R, you're almost 100% guaranteed to hit the exposure due to the WYSIWYG viewfinder... the 1DX2 gets it right too, unless I'm being daft and exposing on a white sky or deep shadow. Sucks that Canon has kept spot metering on the AF point locked into the 1-series, because it's such a clutch feature

So far, no oil spatter on my sensor *fingers crossed*

Also, the 1DX2 is just bonkers at high ISO noise control.

Photo from MatthewK's gallery.
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Bkop wrote in post #18826105
=Bkopperl;18826105]I now officially join the 1DxII community

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Arrgh, I am saving up for this...
Would the "1DX Mark III" be coming 1Q 2020 ?