Loss of market share!

Canon marketing annouced the EOS-1D X too early - probably as a spoiler to the anticipated Nikon launch of the D4. Even with the original availability date Canon's market share was vulnerable to the D4. This is bound to cause a ripple in the "pre-order" market. The 1D X had better be as good as the hype when it does arrive.

Why twice the price

I was under the impression that my 5D mark 2 was a film makers camera ? This new X is twice the price and apart from 60 fps which is also available on 7d whats the difference?

Trop Share!!

These things are all now much too expensive as this greedy industry doubles and trebles lens prices (new 24-70mm f2.8L Canon e.g.) and scrambles over itself to create ever more rungs on an upgrade ladder that should not exist at all anyway.

As they all record HD video at the same resolution, that video quality should be identical, whether you buy a 550D or a 5D MkII, A Nikon D4 or a Nikon D5000.

But they all arrange it such that the quality is NOT the same, even with prime lenses using the APS-C sensors.

In the same way Canon crippled 5D MkII image quality to ensure they sold the 1Ds MkIII, and now , probably they have delayed this one in order to rewrite the firmware such that it competes with the Nikon models, rather than have you wait for ages as they did with the firmware updates to "give" you improved video possibilities on the 5D MkII.

I think their recovery post holocaust is amazing, but still we are being rooked three ways from whichways, whereas computers have plummeted in cost.

This 18MP fullframe Canon costs what the 1Ds MkII did in 2004. It should be the same price as a 5D MkII and the 5D MkII should have equal image quality and shutter lag (it is half the speed in use compared to a 1Ds Mk1,MkII, or a D200 and D7000 Nikon.: Reaction time somehow doubles the price miraculously as does waterproofing. It should be illegal for any portable electrical device NOT to be waterproof and dustproof. Yes, there ought to be a law and a 5 year warranty as standard-like a lot of cars have now. And prices around the globe should all be the same.

Agree about the pricing

So agree about international pricing, Australians and EU people get screwed royally by Canon, even though US money is worthless. Why don't we all just print more money!