Delivery of Canon EOS-1D X DSLR Postponed

Canon EOS-1D X DSLR

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It appears that photography junkies will have to wait a little bit longer if they are aiming to purchase the Canon EOS-1D X DSLR as a recent announcement from Canon revealed that it will postpone its release into the market.

The Canon EOS-1D X was originally unveiled last October and was supposed to become available by March. However it appears that the upcoming DSLR offering from Canon will be released in the later part of April. Since the announcement indicated that the postponement was for the Japan and the UK, it remains uncertain if the company will also postpone the release of the Canon EOS-1D X in the US market.

Even as Canon UK reportedly confirmed the postponement in the release of the Canon EOS-1D X with a press release. Canon Japan only placed a note on the page showing the DSLR indicating its availability in the later part of April.

The upcoming Canon EOS-1D X is the successor to the Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III and the Canon EOS-1Ds Mark IV.

Aside from confirming the postponement in the release of the Canon EOS-1D X, the press release from Canon UK also provided some features of the upcoming first-generation camera from Canon. The Canon EOS-1D X will reportedly offer impressive images through its enhanced speed, image quality and resolution aside from offering users the capability of recording Full HD videos.

The Canon EOS-1D X has a full-frame 18.1MP CMOS sensor which offers an ISO range of 100 to 51,200 that can be expanded to 204,800. This will facilitate low-light photography for users of the upcoming DSLR offering from Canon.

The Canon EOS-1D X also offers a wide-area auto-focus system that provides accuracy and advanced sensitive across the frame. Accurate exposure levels are facilitated by the 100k pixel RGB metering sensor of the Canon EOS-1D X which detects colors and faces.

The upcoming first generation DSLR offering of Canon also features dual DIGIC 5+ processors that are capable of handling increased image data processing while reducing noise on the image.

The upcoming Canon EOS-1D X also offers Full HD video recording through a dull-frame sensor. The frame rate, focusing, and exposure control is facilitated by the manual settings that are provided by this latest DSLR offering from Canon.

The Clear View II LCD screen on the Canon EOS-1D X DSLR also allows users to have full control on all facets of the shoot.