It followed me home and now I can't get rid of it I swear! I think I might just keep it. This is the new beast in the barn, my newest investment. This was many many months in the making and I'm still trying to gather all of the accessories needed for it. Had to pull the trigger quick on the body so didn't have everything else ready. Caught it while Canon had a good stock of them up refurbished, got a great deal on it. Came in looking brand new and registers less than 11k shutter actuations which I consider very low especially for this camera. Not gaining any megapixels from my 5D mark II, but I am gaining roughly 8 years of tech in Autofocus, high ISO noise, low light ability, 120fps 1080 and 60fps 4k video, etc as well as a 16 fps still image shooting speed demon (sounds like a machine gun). Eventual plan is to get rid of the 5D mark II and add a high resolution body like the 5DSR so I have the best of both worlds, speed and resolution. I anticipate the next real pro bodies to come out sometime in 2019 or early 2020, as it's based on the Olympics (usually summer games), should be plenty of time to save up for my high resolution addition! Surprisingly this body feels 5x more ergonomic in my hands than my 5D Mark II which is thinner overall. I think the 1dx2 grip is deeper so there is more finger space, not sure what it is it just feels better. The built in battery is super nice, really good weather sealed camera too. It is heavier that is for sure.
Time to go eat some instant Ramen for a while....
My "new" Canon 1DX mark II. More pics and videos to come out of this camera, but figured I'd stage a little photoshoot of the body first. White Tshirt and a shoebox, can't beat it. So many buttons!
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4253/3...70cd1260_b.jpg1dx2 by Matt, on Flickr
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4282/3...f591dcac_b.jpg1dx2b by Matt, on Flickr