Get a load of this crap canon is pulling

[Ryan Hamblin]

Glad I have a red. Only thing I can say is all this seems as it could maybe push upgrade pricing a bit lower on epic/scarlet?

http://www.eoshd.com/content/9044/exclusive-canon-confirm-1d-c-4k-dslr-is-same-hardware-as-the-1d-x

 

[Patrick Tresch]

One Word... hacking.

Pat

 

[Mike P.]

Patrick is right; that just opened the floodgates.

 

[Jeffrey Loewe]

I figured. If I remember right doesn't the 1DX only give you 60fps at 720 too? So you also get that at 1080...but idk. If they could hack the 1DX for 4K i'd buy one yesterday for a stills camera.

 

[Peter Osinski]

As a non-canon guy I this really doesn't bother me at all, and in a way I understand it. I would think that if they designed 2 totally different cameras, ( one that with hardware that maxes out at the specs of the 1d-x and then another that would be the 1d-c) it would make both cameras more expensive as a result of the additional R&D.

If that's true I think that all the still photographers out there using the 1dx for photography only would appreciate the break in price. Also, if they only had one camera and it did 4k I think that the price would stay the same as the 1d-c because it is the cheapest existing 4k solution that's ready to shoot right now and canon isn't known for introducing cameras with revolutionary price/specs ratios

 

[Patrick Tresch]

They missed the point to trigger another revolution like they did with the 5D MKII.


Pat

PS: Perhaps because they still have a lot of 5D MKIII and 6D to sell before another revolution?

 

[Phil Holland]

I won't name names but I talked to three Canon folk at NAB 2012 and asked the same thing and they gave me what I can describe as a "frowny face".

 

[Mike 'Fireman' Ross]

If Canon don't provide it, hackers will in very short order. This is the heart of the ethos of hacking (sensu stricto); getting hardware to do more than the manufacturers intended or anticipated.

Mike

 

[Les Dittert]

Lots of companies do this type of thing. Your soaking in it.

 

[Mike 'Fireman' Ross]

Lots of companies do this type of thing. Your soaking in it.

Back in the 1970s, IBM sold mainframe printers. There was a low-performance model, and a high-performance model that printed twice as fast for double the price.

Or, you could slip your friendly Customer Engineer a few bucks to cut the single jumper that was the only difference between them...

Mike

 

[Michael Dalton]

It would have been a heck of a camera for 6k, I would buy it. If Magic Lantern unlocks it, I'd buy the 1DX. I would never pay 12-14k for the 1DC

 

[Jeff Kilgroe]

And this has what to do with RED DISCUSSION?