Comments on: Nikon D4 vs Canon 1D X – Burst depth, continue shutter hands-on [Videos]

By: Gavin

Gavin — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:12:00 +0000

I was very fortunate to shoot both the Canon 1DX and the Nikon D4 for three full days. I Shot wildlife, a wine tasting in low light a dog show, some landscapes. I loaded a Lexar 1000X card in each camera and chose to shoot Raw+Jpeg. The Canon 1DX shot 23 shots before the buffer filled, the Nikon D4 shot 43 befor the buffer filled. Most pros would just shoot raw where the Canon 1Dx shot 37 and the Nikon D4 53 before they slowed. The canon also failed to fire hen a person wore black and had a dark skin, where the nikon fired. From a Resolution perspective the Canon looks better contrary to the DXO Mark report. The one issue the 1DX had was intermittent over Exposure. If they can resolve this issue I and the ablity to focus on Black I would take the 1DX. For now I will wait for the Nikon D4S.

By: Jeep_daddy

Jeep_daddy — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:46:00 +0000

Even though you might think this speed test is
not real, it’s impressive and what we all want are faster FPS rates, higher ISO
lower noise, quiet, quality, durable bodies that are capable of making sharp,
flawless images. The rest is in the hand of the user

By: School Ball Photographer

School Ball Photographer — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 07:40:00 +0000

As an event photographer often in very low light situations ( awards, school balls, etc) I can wait to get my hands on the D4. Yes I am paying for the extra video functionality – which I won’t use. But my work will be 10 x better.

By: Fil

Fil — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:55:00 +0000

kinda stupid – a man pulls a gun and fires it thats a 2 second reaction

the nikon shooter gets 22 images
and the canon guy gets can get 28 images

seems like the canon guy is gonna waste a heck of a bunch of seconds editing

By: ShooterMcGavin

ShooterMcGavin — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:05:00 +0000

Uh… it’s not just the new hip digital kids. Check out Joe McNally’s video about shooting for National Geographic in the early 90′s. His keep rate was less than 18/100th’s of a percent for a year long project.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:10:00 +0000

according to canon UK’s website, the 1Dx can shoot continuous bursts up to to 120 large JPGs, or 36 RAW images. so i don’t think the video was showing 1Dx shooting in RAW, or even large JPGs.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:10:00 +0000

according to canon UK’s website, the 1Dx can shoot continuous bursts up to to 120 large JPGs, or 36 RAW images. so i don’t think the video was showing 1Dx shooting in RAW, or even large JPGs.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:10:00 +0000

according to canon UK’s website, the 1Dx can shoot continuous bursts up to to 120 large JPGs, or 36 RAW images. so i don’t think the video was showing 1Dx shooting in RAW, or even large JPGs.

By: theo122345

theo122345 — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:57:00 +0000

How stupid! Is this supposed to convince Canon shooters to stick with Canon or Nikon shooters to convert to Canon? This info is useless. There must have been a lull in the activity at CES.

By: theo122345

theo122345 — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:57:00 +0000

How stupid! Is this supposed to convince Canon shooters to stick with Canon or Nikon shooters to convert to Canon? This info is useless. There must have been a lull in the activity at CES.

By: theo122345

theo122345 — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:57:00 +0000

How stupid! Is this supposed to convince Canon shooters to stick with Canon or Nikon shooters to convert to Canon? This info is useless. There must have been a lull in the activity at CES.

By: Jwjusaf

Jwjusaf — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 10:31:00 +0000

I was under the impression that these videos weren’t quite apples to apples. According to advertised performance, what this is showing is that Nikon shooting RAW at 10-11FPS (not JPEG), fills up it’s buffer before Canon shooting JPEGs… DUH! With the XQD card, the D4 is supposed to pump out over 100 RAW files, individually metered, and focused at 10FPS before the buffer fills. Is the 1Dx set to meter ALL it’s JPEGs, or was it exposure locked? Little things like this makes a difference to people that use these cameras for real, and not just to read the numbers and masturbate to one of them. Besides… who professionally shoots in only JPEG!?

I for one hate this silly speculation and number fapping and can’t wait for the REAL production models to duke it out in the REAL world where it really matters.

By: Roy Alexandre

Roy Alexandre — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 09:41:00 +0000

I agree with several comments about this ‘review’: useless! 2 months before release and it is still not possible to take any test shots with the Canon 1 DX. The rest is pure hype. I am a pro Canon user and anxiously await an upgrade from my 1DS mk3 (with better video capabilities than the 5D Mk2). Canon’s coyness is beginning to be very annoying and unconvincing!

By: Get real

Get real — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 07:35:00 +0000

The test was referring to how quickly similar card buffers would get filled. With the Nikon having the XQD option the buffer would take much longer to fill due to the card speed. Agreed the camera wouldn’t take the image any faster but realistically who can keep up with 11fps anyway.

By: Unknownframes

Unknownframes — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:57:00 +0000

spoken like a true poet

By: Doc Gonzo

Doc Gonzo — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 19:28:00 +0000

If I were the cameraman on the Canon movie, I’d have been deaf of the producer yelling FOCUS in my headset ;)

By: David

David — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:39:00 +0000

Screw these test results! I only shoot RAW with my Nikon.

By: Riccardo

Riccardo — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 17:48:00 +0000

The Canon 1DmkIII with faulty AF outperfomed many D3s in AF accuracy… There is to say that 1Dx at 14fps is not able to use servo AF (continuos AF) because focus is achieved only in the first frame, but it can use servo AF at 12fps anyway. We can just talk because we have to wait the tests in real world.

By: johnjohn

johnjohn — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 17:22:00 +0000

the Nikon won’t outperform the Canon using XQD, the shutter won’t go faster than 11fps, not sure where you’re getting your information. the canon will definitely always be faster. the question is why did they make it slower. my hunch is even though the canon is faster, more of the Nikon’s shots will be in focus, completely negating the advantage. canon is more into sacrificing performance for spec hype, whereas Nikon could give a crap about hype. their pro models tend to nail AF much more accurately (d700 absolutely wastes a 5dmkii). regardless both seem like a dream to shoot sports.

By: Manuel Smirnoff

Manuel Smirnoff — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:31:00 +0000

Is the objective here to lower the already-abysmal hit rate of contemporary photographers from like 1 in 1000 good shots to something like never in infinity? Give geeks something to count and they will, whether it has any value or not. More has just GOT to be better.

Yuck.

By: Get real

Get real — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:01:00 +0000

With a higher bit-rate Jpeg image it’s understandable that the CF card on the Nikon would fill up quicker. All the above test proves is that the Jpgs on the Nikon are a higher quality than those from the Canon.

What you failed to mention is that (for this very reason) Nikon also support the new XQD cards which run at speeds of up to 10 times that of the current CF cards – use one of those and the Nikon will outperform the Canon by miles.

Bit of a rigged test if you ask me.

By: Andrewclick

Andrewclick — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 08:16:00 +0000

Technical clap trap – it’s the photographer, not the camera, who makes the image. Do you think Ansel Adams and his ilk had D4s or D1xs?

By: Rickster_n

Rickster_n — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 05:06:00 +0000

Totally meaningless info but after reviewing the videos;

The Nikon D4 took slightly longer than one second for 11 frames whereas the Canon 1DX took slightly less than one second for 14 frames.
The Nikon D4 managed 126 frames (11.498 seconds) before shutter slowed down whereas on the 1DX video clip, there were 273 frames (19.975 seconds) before the shutter slowed down.

Viewing the waveforms produced by both cameras, the Nikon is more uniform in its frame to frame cycle duration than the 1DX which seems to have slight variances in duration for each frame to frame. The Canon 1DX has a longer noise duty-cycle than the Nikon D4.

By: cpm5280

cpm5280 — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 02:44:00 +0000

I’m amused that you’re treating “more chips inside!” as support for your declaration that one is superior, in spite of the fact that you know nothing of the cards inside, haven’t shot with either camera, and have neither (I presume) edited and shipped or printed a real world image from either.

By: Lazpete

Lazpete — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 02:34:00 +0000

And RAW?