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On the 1DX2, Can the 2 Separate Back Button Focus buttons be set individually for One Shot and Servo? Just like you mentioned on the back button focus section of your 5d4 tutorial? I love that feature on the 7d2 and i don't think i could give it up.
hi from 2025, just bought preloved 1dx mark II 16k Shutter count. this video save me a lot of time to learn my new camera. Thank you. Regards from indonesia.
Hi bro, I hope you love the camera, unfortunately I couldn't find any used for a good price here in Italy, the used with 1,20,000 shutter count is arount 2000 euros, searching rigorously to find for a good price and will use it for another 10 years as I am an enthusiast and not a professional shooter 🤩
Back in the film days, around the time of the 1984 Olympic Games, it was possible to get a camera whose motordrive (frame rate) was 14 fps. The motordrive sat under the camera body and was massive. (It added about 20cm to the height of the body.) This 'drive was Canon's *_'F-1 High Speed Motor Drive'_* and you screwed it to the bottom of your camera body, just like you do with a battery grip these days. The problem is, those were the film days, and the *largest* roll of film you could obtain was a mere 36 exposures. So, when running your camera at 14 fps, you had to change film every 2.5 seconds! That's why digital cameras are indeed an advancement... a CF or SD card is like an endless roll of film!
I just picked up the 1DXmkII and this video is exactly what I was looking for in a tutorial. I watch all your videos and I can't thank you enough for everything that I have learned from the two of you. You both are my "go to" camera experts!
Tony, I am not even half-way through your video tonight and it has been by far, THE most informative and helpful video I have found to date about my new camera on YT or anywhere else on the Internet for that matter. Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video and to share it with all of us, I have paused it so many times and tested the features you have shown us and made some changes as you have mentioned. Thank you again!!! Beautiful camera!
I was told about your channel from one of my subscribers and I'm very happy they did! I've been searching for a video like this and I can't tell you how PERFECT this one is!👍🏻 I started watching the rest of your videos and I'm now a subscriber! GREAT channel, thank you both for your hard work and fantastic videos!!!!👍🏻👍🏻
Hi Tony, Thanks for making these great detail videos they are tremendously helpful, been watching you and your wife since 10 years ago, bought your books as well, Best Regards Daniel
Just a great review of the countless functions and settings on this 1DX MK II camera. It's worth watching twice. A big thank you to both for putting it together.
I almost always use the eyepiece cover on long exposures, mainly at night, but also with 'Big Stopper' shots during the day. The risk of light leak affecting the exposure can also occur if, for example, you have a camera pointed downwards during a long exposure on a tripod during the day. All of this won't happen to most people generally, but it can indeed occur.
Great stuff as usual! I had a 7D that I loved dearly, and decided to trade it in for a 7D Mk II, which just came yesterday. After updating the firmware and setting a few of the custom items as I'd had them on my 7D, I stuck my 24-105 on it and took a walk. I was really happy with the results. Interestingly, I found that compared to my original 20-year-old 300D, my 20D, and my 1DX Mk III, the 7D was a bit more temperamental regarding settings. The other three cameras, whether I'm using Tv or Av, my two default modes, seem to cooperate with me more readily, whereas the 7D always made me work a bit harder, which is fine because that's how you learn. I'll be curious to see if the Mk II acts that way in the long run. Whatever happens, I'm really happy with my obsolete and archaic kit. Between those 4 camera bodies and a bunch of fairly good glass (only the 70-200 f/4 and a 500mm remain on my wish list), I have hardware that I'm confident will last longer than I will. I have nothing against mirrorless, but as I don't shoot video at all, and since what I have is more than sufficient for my needs, I don't see the need to expose myself to further expenses moving to the R-series. Cheers!
Just purchased the 1DX Mk II, thank you for your tutorial. You weren't kidding about the cost of the CFast cards..wow! Moving a tad towards the video world and am excited about the 4K video capability! And, like you I also subscribe to CPS (Canon Professional Services). I have used it over the past two years and highly recommend! Thanks Tony!
The voice memo is a "gotta have" for a sports shooter. Many/Most of us use Photo Mechanic and that voice memo allows us to record who the player was or what happened. In Photo Mechanic we can easily hear what we recorded as we caption the photo. Love your videos.
Your review was so funny and awesome. I'm coming from the 1dx to the mark ii and agree on basically every comment on the ui and was just laughing along those moments. Great review, really appreciate it. Was able to play this video picture in picture while I was working and got a full download of everything I really needed to know. Cheers!
one of the best videos on the net n also one of the best reviewers. thank you for walk through Tony it's 2021 and I'm getting the 1dx mark II to go along with my R5 and R6
Tony - Thank you for the tutorial. I will be receiving my brand new Canon 1DX - Mark ii camera this week. So watching your tutorials is exactly what I needed. Klecko-Klecko (thank you in Makah language).
Hey Tony, thank you for your hard work and dedication to helping others. I don't own a 1dxm2, I have the 7dm2 (chosen based on your recommendations in 2015, and I love it!!!) but I'm still learning a lot from this and your other videos, I really appreciate it! Maybe I can teach you something, but I think you may already know it: I noticed that when you were in the menu, you used the joystick to move between the pages and the subjects, instead, try using the Q button to quickly move between the subjects~ additionally the front main dial works well for moving through the pages, quicker than the joystick. anyway thank you! and I'll certainly purchase your photoshop book soon!
Thanks I appreciate all your work. Your recommendations ,team work with Chesea ,Siobhan ,and Justin are great. I've lean so much. Keep on with the great work.
Tony, just want to say a huge thanks for these videos! Even though I knew 90% of what you were saying, there were a few things that were hugely helpful to confirm and talk about - Really appreciate it! :)
I just purchased the 1DX MK2, I found this video to be very helpful in getting familiar with this camera. I was used to the 5D MK3 settings. Thanks again, enjoyed this.
Thanks so much for taking the time to make this tutorial got my 1dx yesterday and it was so helpful for the little tricks you showed. I own all your books and love your work you guys were the first videos I watched when I was first starting out and make such awesome content keep it up.
The eyepiece shutter is mainly for metering at night or with an ND filter where stray light hitting the viewfinder will affect the metering. You can test this yourself by moving an SLR around with the lens cap on and see that the light hitting the viewfinder will affect the metering. Another thing from the film days when you couldn't take test shots or use live view, but can be a nice feature if you're not manually metering at night.
Thanks Tony for doing this with the 1DX the menu is very complex. Thanks for explaining what is what on here... so much information I keep putting this video on hold and keep coming back to it to learn more & more.
You obviously put a lot of time in this. Great job, and respect for your stamina. Specially, that you only covered about 10% of the abilities of the camera. So I can't wait for part 2, 3, 4 etc. lol Anyway great video, and keep up the great work.
The best overview of the 1DX II I've found. Thanks. Oh, last year at the berm of the crane pond 1 at the Bosque, I heard your name more often that comments on the birds. These are serious gear heads, spending money for D5s, 1DX II, 600mm, etc.
the magic is when you AND Chelsea are on camera together. Anyway great informative video. Viewers should realize how long this vid takes to put together and BUY books and support the channel. Thx Tony
Thank you! This is the best tutorial I've seen. I learned a lot about my old 1Dmk3 from this since much is the same. Looking forward to getting a 1DXmk2 this year
Great video and easy to follow. Plan on upgrading from my 1D Mark iii to this one so I thank you for making the learning curve somewhat smaller. Thanks Tony.
Tony, I noticed there is a shortcut that you don't use that you also may not know about - I myself only found out about it by accident - and that is you can hit the Q button to move quickly between menu tabs without having to scroll through every sub menu tab like you were doing in the video. I don't know if is actually listed anywhere in a manual but I now use it all the time after accidentally discovering it.
If you are using two cameras, you can use the GPS log to geotag the images taken with the other camera or you can use it to tag images that for some reason (like indoors) did not get a fix.
Erasing images with dedicated erase menu will save you one button push per image so i suggest using this option when browsing through images. You can assign mfn button to switch between any shooting mode ( bulb, tv , av, M) and C shooting mode with just one push. So you can use camera in manual mode for dedicated purpose ( lets say flash radios on and doing product photos)and then instantly switch to say av or P mode ( without flash radios) and get your different shot outside controlled environment. Use front buttons for recording on/off- you can switch recording on with camera up above your head or with gloves on in winter.
Great tips! Street photography is a challenge, but worth the effort. Wide angle lens pre-set as to focus and exposure and then wait for the moment and ....Shoot!!
I think the only use case for the OVF blackout is when using serious ND filters in daylight. I block mine out when I use my 10 stop ND, as the sun or general ambient light in the day will screw up my 5 minute midday exposure. Pretty niche case, I just use it for capturing busy scenes with annoying people and cars so they pretty ,I have disappear in a super long exposure.
The eye piece shutter is very useful, for the times when during the day using the remote shooting or anytime your eye is not at the eyepiece during a long exposure. Say a waterfall shoot or using a nd filter for a long exposure.
Thanks! Well done. It saved me a lot of time, 'finding out' myself! It's a great camera with an enormous potential. I also use Capture One Pro 9 and once you studied the tutorials it works very well. I do hope (too) that they will include the possibility of making panoramas, HDR , focus stacking in a next upgrade...
Not sure if you have had this comment before yet but minutes 25-26 you are talking about rating images and the audio recording segment and how it is hard to find them. If you hit info to show the basic information like image number, at the top you get a music note if you have audio, and right next to that is the rating assigned if you have done that. Having been a 1D/1DX user for a long time, just learned a whole bunch of ways to reduce workload and switch settings faster. I had never used the button to change folder and image quality for one. THANKS!
When navigating the menu, the [Q] button allows you to jump to the first page of the next tab. This saves a lot of time compared to rappa-tap-tapping on the joystick.
I found that when you use the back button autofocus the beep disables anyway. It seems to be connected to the AF on the shutter button. Thanks for the info!
Feb 2023 I am interested in purchasing one of these. With the mirrorless craze, how much have you seen these selling for these days? The ef 400 f2.8 on this camera is available too. Not sure what model it is like mark 1 2 3 etc.... any idea what those are going for? This set up may be out of my spending range but was curious. It makes shooting football so awesome. Thx
@29:50 The eye piece shutter is not relevant for super long exposures at night since the ratio of light fogging the image through the viewfinder is the same as for normal photography. But if you you take super long exposures in daylight, the ratio will shift towards the viewfinder proportional to the density of the ND filter used. I.e. the light fogging from the viewfinder is 1000x greater when exposing with a 1000x ND filter on the lens. Then the eyepiece shutter is relevant.
during long exposure at night, the curtain which hide the viewfinder is very safe to use it, during a long exposure at night you probably wear some kind of light atached at your head or a flashlight or maybe you friend or a car, when you do landscape the timing as you know is crucial, surelly you don´t want to ruin a photo cause by accident some light pass to the mirror through your viewfinder, i highly recomend you use it at least in landscape :-) it helped me many times maybe not too much accident like this occur but it is not a pain menu just push your finger and it is, for more you can´t forget it is covering the viewfinder :-) cheers
You mentioned having had issues with corrupt SD cards. It's interesting you mention the erase options on this camera ( which of course all cameras have ) where you can erase images from the card in camera. It's widely known that deleting images in camera will often corrupt the card. Much better to just leave the duff image on the card and move on and leave it on there. Maybe give all your duff images a delete tag ( on Nikon but I'm guessing Canon have something similar ) so you can identify them later making it easier to delete them on your computer later. Once everything is off camera just reformat it and the card is clear. You'll greatly reduce the likeyhood of corrupt cards. In closing, don't use the delete function EVER! Otherwise a good overview of this stunning camera 😃
Thanks. This was very helpful and I've set all my custom modes now. Still not sure how to set CF card to jpeg and CFAST card to RAW. That's the only thing I missed so I rate this an A-!
Hi Tony, your videos are very useful, as i know we can take video for 30min, my question is once i finish that 30 min then immediately shall i start next video?
I know you mentioned that you had a failed C-Fast 2.0 card when taking photos, but would it also be a risk of losing VIDEO by only putting in one of the c-fast 2.0 cards in without the CF card? Why can't I just use one at a time? That seems a bit strange to me. Please help! Great tutorial!
Is there any way to connect this camera to your smartphone ? like the Bluetooth connection in the Canon SL2 that connects to your phone by using the canon app
Hi, I see Pentax reviews of the K-70, please consider doing one of your 1 hour reviews, Tony, as I am thinking of using it alongside my K-S2, Thanks and regards, Joe
Tony, it is very easy to do in camera, i.e. a frame grab for 4k video, but it doesn't seem to work in LR, even though it gives you a choice to do it - but somehow I can't get it to work - can you figure it out? Also, I tried using very high SS to see if you can get tack sharp images while recording in 4k - it works but of course it looks bad in video. Maybe you can do a short video on what sort of shutter speed you can get away with without the video looking bad. 1/800th works great for sharp images (I did it only as a test) but it of course looks bad. Thanks. Paul
I know this is old. But just a btw for 1Dx users. Transferring 4K via cable works pretty well when I do it on my iPad Pro, but I’ve never tried it on a PC.
Hey tony I've got a amateur question. When shooting 4K its 17.9 ratio aspect and I see most of the 1dx videos on TH-cam has these black bars on both top and bottom. Anyway to get rid of those? I really like the camera but I'm worried that it's not gonna show up in full screen. Please help me hahah.
Hey Tony, are you doing one on the D5 too? There are some things that are different then my D810, like I haven't figured out yet how to change the group area AF points to dots instead of squares. But I did manage to figure out one really cool thing, I assigned Fn 2 button so that I can be in group or D25 and hold it down for single as a quick more accurate switch without having to move your eye from the viewfinder. I'm a AF-C back button focuser as well and this has been a god send.
Even I had cfast 128GB sandisk failed and had to to data recovery. I tried to access the files through USB 2 port and accidentally removed the card assuming that nothing is getting accessed ... so it is important to mention that if u use cfast card, use only usb 3 port and also unmount correctly to avoid file system corruptions.
Using the "Q" button allows you to jump from one menu page to the other, instead of using the wheel which forces you to scroll through all the pages. :-)
Great work Tony, Really the best photography channel.. what do you think about this camera Dynamic Range, and what would 5D4 get ? are these 2 capable to match Sony A7R2 dynamic range ?
Money aside, 1DX Mark II or the 5D Mark IV? Let's assume a wide range of image and video interests also allowing for ongoing exploration in both areas as I improve my photography skills. I already own two L lenses. Thanks!
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On the 1DX2, Can the 2 Separate Back Button Focus buttons be set individually for One Shot and Servo? Just like you mentioned on the back button focus section of your 5d4 tutorial? I love that feature on the 7d2 and i don't think i could give it up.
Just bought it! woot
hi from 2025, just bought preloved 1dx mark II 16k Shutter count. this video save me a lot of time to learn my new camera.
Thank you.
Regards from indonesia.
Hi bro, I hope you love the camera, unfortunately I couldn't find any used for a good price here in Italy, the used with 1,20,000 shutter count is arount 2000 euros, searching rigorously to find for a good price and will use it for another 10 years as I am an enthusiast and not a professional shooter 🤩
Back in the film days, around the time of the 1984 Olympic Games, it was possible to get a camera whose motordrive (frame rate) was 14 fps. The motordrive sat under the camera body and was massive. (It added about 20cm to the height of the body.) This 'drive was Canon's *_'F-1 High Speed Motor Drive'_* and you screwed it to the bottom of your camera body, just like you do with a battery grip these days. The problem is, those were the film days, and the *largest* roll of film you could obtain was a mere 36 exposures. So, when running your camera at 14 fps, you had to change film every 2.5 seconds! That's why digital cameras are indeed an advancement... a CF or SD card is like an endless roll of film!
I just picked up the 1DXmkII and this video is exactly what I was looking for in a tutorial. I watch all your videos and I can't thank you enough for everything that I have learned from the two of you. You both are my "go to" camera experts!
Tony, I am not even half-way through your video tonight and it has been by far, THE most informative and helpful video I have found to date about my new camera on YT or anywhere else on the Internet for that matter. Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video and to share it with all of us, I have paused it so many times and tested the features you have shown us and made some changes as you have mentioned. Thank you again!!! Beautiful camera!
Glad I could help!
I was told about your channel from one of my subscribers and I'm very happy they did! I've been searching for a video like this and I can't tell you how PERFECT this one is!👍🏻 I started watching the rest of your videos and I'm now a subscriber! GREAT channel, thank you both for your hard work and fantastic videos!!!!👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks, and just subbed to your channel :)
Hi Tony, Thanks for making these great detail videos they are tremendously helpful, been watching you and your wife since 10 years ago, bought your books as well, Best Regards Daniel
Just a great review of the countless functions and settings on this 1DX MK II camera. It's worth watching twice. A big thank you to both for putting it together.
I almost always use the eyepiece cover on long exposures, mainly at night, but also with 'Big Stopper' shots during the day. The risk of light leak affecting the exposure can also occur if, for example, you have a camera pointed downwards during a long exposure on a tripod during the day. All of this won't happen to most people generally, but it can indeed occur.
Tony, you're such a good teacher/explainer. You should get into teaching people 1 on 1! Keep up the good work!
Great stuff as usual! I had a 7D that I loved dearly, and decided to trade it in for a 7D Mk II, which just came yesterday. After updating the firmware and setting a few of the custom items as I'd had them on my 7D, I stuck my 24-105 on it and took a walk. I was really happy with the results. Interestingly, I found that compared to my original 20-year-old 300D, my 20D, and my 1DX Mk III, the 7D was a bit more temperamental regarding settings. The other three cameras, whether I'm using Tv or Av, my two default modes, seem to cooperate with me more readily, whereas the 7D always made me work a bit harder, which is fine because that's how you learn. I'll be curious to see if the Mk II acts that way in the long run.
Whatever happens, I'm really happy with my obsolete and archaic kit. Between those 4 camera bodies and a bunch of fairly good glass (only the 70-200 f/4 and a 500mm remain on my wish list), I have hardware that I'm confident will last longer than I will. I have nothing against mirrorless, but as I don't shoot video at all, and since what I have is more than sufficient for my needs, I don't see the need to expose myself to further expenses moving to the R-series. Cheers!
Just purchased the 1DX Mk II, thank you for your tutorial. You weren't kidding about the cost of the CFast cards..wow! Moving a tad towards the video world and am excited about the 4K video capability! And, like you I also subscribe to CPS (Canon Professional Services). I have used it over the past two years and highly recommend!
Thanks Tony!
The voice memo is a "gotta have" for a sports shooter. Many/Most of us use Photo Mechanic and that voice memo allows us to record who the player was or what happened. In Photo Mechanic we can easily hear what we recorded as we caption the photo. Love your videos.
A great overview Tony. I just got my 1dx a few days ago. This is very well detailed yet user friendly. makes me appreciate my 1dx much more.
Great overview! Thank you very much for the time you put into making these videos, it's very much appreciated.
Thanks!
I watched whole video,Holding My T3i. I just enjoy them and learn so much. Thanks Tony.
My T3i still does the job for me.
It's a great camera.
im sorry but
i got the 5dsr
I've watched this a dozen times and still find it very useful. Every so often I refer back to it to clarify some setting or other.
Glad I could help!
Your review was so funny and awesome. I'm coming from the 1dx to the mark ii and agree on basically every comment on the ui and was just laughing along those moments. Great review, really appreciate it. Was able to play this video picture in picture while I was working and got a full download of everything I really needed to know. Cheers!
one of the best videos on the net n also one of the best reviewers. thank you for walk through Tony it's 2021 and I'm getting the 1dx mark II to go along with my R5 and R6
Thank you so much for this video. It was THE video of the 1DMKii I was hoping to find on TH-cam.
Tony - Thank you for the tutorial. I will be receiving my brand new Canon 1DX - Mark ii camera this week. So watching your tutorials is exactly what I needed. Klecko-Klecko (thank you in Makah language).
Hey Tony, thank you for your hard work and dedication to helping others.
I don't own a 1dxm2, I have the 7dm2 (chosen based on your recommendations in 2015, and I love it!!!)
but I'm still learning a lot from this and your other videos, I really appreciate it!
Maybe I can teach you something, but I think you may already know it: I noticed that when you were in the menu, you used the joystick to move between the pages and the subjects, instead, try using the Q button to quickly move between the subjects~
additionally the front main dial works well for moving through the pages, quicker than the joystick.
anyway thank you!
and I'll certainly purchase your photoshop book soon!
Thanks I appreciate all your work. Your recommendations ,team work with Chesea ,Siobhan ,and Justin are great. I've lean so much. Keep on with the great work.
Tony, just want to say a huge thanks for these videos! Even though I knew 90% of what you were saying, there were a few things that were hugely helpful to confirm and talk about - Really appreciate it! :)
Just got mine today. This is perfect to watch as the battery charges. Thanks guys
I just purchased the 1DX MK2, I found this video to be very helpful in getting familiar with this camera. I was used to the 5D MK3 settings. Thanks again, enjoyed this.
Great job with this overview! Really appreciate you taking the time to do this.
Thanks so much for taking the time to make this tutorial got my 1dx yesterday and it was so helpful for the little tricks you showed. I own all your books and love your work you guys were the first videos I watched when I was first starting out and make such awesome content keep it up.
The eyepiece shutter is mainly for metering at night or with an ND filter where stray light hitting the viewfinder will affect the metering. You can test this yourself by moving an SLR around with the lens cap on and see that the light hitting the viewfinder will affect the metering.
Another thing from the film days when you couldn't take test shots or use live view, but can be a nice feature if you're not manually metering at night.
Just got my canon 1dxii and I literally only needed this video to understand everything I had questions on. Thank you so much !
Thanks Tony for doing this with the 1DX the menu is very complex. Thanks for explaining what is what on here... so much information I keep putting this video on hold and keep coming back to it to learn more & more.
You obviously put a lot of time in this. Great job, and respect for your stamina. Specially, that you only covered about 10% of the abilities of the camera. So I can't wait for part 2, 3, 4 etc. lol Anyway great video, and keep up the great work.
The best overview of the 1DX II I've found. Thanks. Oh, last year at the berm of the crane pond 1 at the Bosque, I heard your name more often that comments on the birds. These are serious gear heads, spending money for D5s, 1DX II, 600mm, etc.
Absolutely wonderful!! Will use this again and again as I become more familiar with my 1DX Mark II. Thank You!!
the magic is when you AND Chelsea are on camera together. Anyway great informative video. Viewers should realize how long this vid takes to put together and BUY books and support the channel. Thx Tony
Thank you! This is the best tutorial I've seen. I learned a lot about my old 1Dmk3 from this since much is the same. Looking forward to getting a 1DXmk2 this year
Great overview! Better than any others I've seen thanks.
Great video and easy to follow. Plan on upgrading from my 1D Mark iii to this one so I thank you for making the learning curve somewhat smaller. Thanks Tony.
This is much better than reading the manual. Thanks!
Great tutorial Tony! Upgraded from a 1d mkiv and its a huuuuuuuuuuuge difference. I’ll keep the mkiv for backup.
Tony just stumbled into your channel . I have 1dx2 . Phenomenal and simple explanations . Subscribed
Excellent video, Tony. Well worth the hour.
Just bought one of these used, this video is so helpful!
Thanks for painstakingly putting this all together!!!
Tony, I noticed there is a shortcut that you don't use that you also may not know about - I myself only found out about it by accident - and that is you can hit the Q button to move quickly between menu tabs without having to scroll through every sub menu tab like you were doing in the video. I don't know if is actually listed anywhere in a manual but I now use it all the time after accidentally discovering it.
Thank you for the tip! I kept telling my self...surely there is a quicker way to move between menu tabs!
Your welcome - it was an accidental but fortunate find
I've been using that for years on my 7D Mk II. I was thinking the same thing watching Tony scroll through all the sub menus to get to the next one.
Thanks for this amazing and thorough video!! Great stuff!
If you are using two cameras, you can use the GPS log to geotag the images taken with the other camera or you can use it to tag images that for some reason (like indoors) did not get a fix.
Erasing images with dedicated erase menu will save you one button push per image so i suggest using this option when browsing through images. You can assign mfn button to switch between any shooting mode ( bulb, tv , av, M) and C shooting mode with just one push. So you can use camera in manual mode for dedicated purpose ( lets say flash radios on and doing product photos)and then instantly switch to say av or P mode ( without flash radios) and get your different shot outside controlled environment. Use front buttons for recording on/off- you can switch recording on with camera up above your head or with gloves on in winter.
Great tips! Street photography is a challenge, but worth the effort. Wide angle lens pre-set as to focus and exposure and then wait for the moment and ....Shoot!!
Just got the Canon 1DX Mark ii. Great info, thanks!
I think the only use case for the OVF blackout is when using serious ND filters in daylight. I block mine out when I use my 10 stop ND, as the sun or general ambient light in the day will screw up my 5 minute midday exposure. Pretty niche case, I just use it for capturing busy scenes with annoying people and cars so they pretty ,I have disappear in a super long exposure.
The eye piece shutter is very useful, for the times when during the day using the remote shooting or anytime your eye is not at the eyepiece during a long exposure. Say a waterfall shoot or using a nd filter for a long exposure.
Thanks! Well done. It saved me a lot of time, 'finding out' myself! It's a great camera with an enormous potential. I also use Capture One Pro 9 and once you studied the tutorials it works very well. I do hope (too) that they will include the possibility of making panoramas, HDR , focus stacking in a next upgrade...
This is the video I've been waiting for, fantastic!
Great video, clean and to the point tutorial.
You are seriously the BEST. Thank you.
Not sure if you have had this comment before yet but minutes 25-26 you are talking about rating images and the audio recording segment and how it is hard to find them. If you hit info to show the basic information like image number, at the top you get a music note if you have audio, and right next to that is the rating assigned if you have done that.
Having been a 1D/1DX user for a long time, just learned a whole bunch of ways to reduce workload and switch settings faster. I had never used the button to change folder and image quality for one. THANKS!
Tony, thanks for always provide us great contents.
You're welcome!
When navigating the menu, the [Q] button allows you to jump to the first page of the next tab. This saves a lot of time compared to rappa-tap-tapping on the joystick.
Thank you for taking the time to do this🙏🏻
I found that when you use the back button autofocus the beep disables anyway. It seems to be connected to the AF on the shutter button. Thanks for the info!
Great advice re: memory cards. I've had Lexar and Sandisk CF cards and SDHC cards fail repeatedly. Trusting them is a bad plan....redundancy!
Feb 2023 I am interested in purchasing one of these. With the mirrorless craze, how much have you seen these selling for these days? The ef 400 f2.8 on this camera is available too. Not sure what model it is like mark 1 2 3 etc.... any idea what those are going for? This set up may be out of my spending range but was curious. It makes shooting football so awesome. Thx
@29:50 The eye piece shutter is not relevant for super long exposures at night since the ratio of light fogging the image through the viewfinder is the same as for normal photography. But if you you take super long exposures in daylight, the ratio will shift towards the viewfinder proportional to the density of the ND filter used. I.e. the light fogging from the viewfinder is 1000x greater when exposing with a 1000x ND filter on the lens. Then the eyepiece shutter is relevant.
during long exposure at night, the curtain which hide the viewfinder is very safe to use it, during a long exposure at night you probably wear some kind of light atached at your head or a flashlight or maybe you friend or a car, when you do landscape the timing as you know is crucial, surelly you don´t want to ruin a photo cause by accident some light pass to the mirror through your viewfinder, i highly recomend you use it at least in landscape :-) it helped me many times maybe not too much accident like this occur but it is not a pain menu just push your finger and it is, for more you can´t forget it is covering the viewfinder :-) cheers
Very well done. Thanks Tony
fantastic review thanks , could you just verify what 2 buttons for bracketing .Thanks Rob
You guys are so awesome!! Thanks for this video!
You're welcome!
I've really warmed to you mate... I love your sarky comments! 😆👌🏻
Great video. Thank you Tony
You mentioned having had issues with corrupt SD cards. It's interesting you mention the erase options on this camera ( which of course all cameras have ) where you can erase images from the card in camera. It's widely known that deleting images in camera will often corrupt the card. Much better to just leave the duff image on the card and move on and leave it on there. Maybe give all your duff images a delete tag ( on Nikon but I'm guessing Canon have something similar ) so you can identify them later making it easier to delete them on your computer later. Once everything is off camera just reformat it and the card is clear. You'll greatly reduce the likeyhood of corrupt cards. In closing, don't use the delete function EVER! Otherwise a good overview of this stunning camera 😃
Thanks. This was very helpful and I've set all my custom modes now. Still not sure how to set CF card to jpeg and CFAST card to RAW. That's the only thing I missed so I rate this an A-!
Any ways of renting the camera? Like to try the 4k 60fps video.
lensrentals.com has the Canon 1DX II in stock. Even renting these monsters isn't cheap.
Jim Keener hope its an ok site
Check online with a search on Google. I think there's also a TH-cam channel.
Thanks Tony very use full
Great video. Would love to pick up one of these.
I didnt understand how to do quick erase of images,you sade that you will show here.
tnx
Elad
Hi Tony, Do you have any videos to show how to do cinematics with the 1DX, please?
Hi Tony, your videos are very useful, as i know we can take video for 30min, my question is once i finish that 30 min then immediately shall i start next video?
Hi Tony I'm just wondering if you could help me. Do you know why is my canon 1dxii giving me a busy signal? Thanks
I know you mentioned that you had a failed C-Fast 2.0 card when taking photos, but would it also be a risk of losing VIDEO by only putting in one of the c-fast 2.0 cards in without the CF card? Why can't I just use one at a time? That seems a bit strange to me. Please help! Great tutorial!
Is there any way to connect this camera to your smartphone ? like the Bluetooth connection in the Canon SL2 that connects to your phone by using the canon app
Hi, I see Pentax reviews of the K-70, please consider doing one of your 1 hour reviews, Tony, as I am thinking of using it alongside my K-S2, Thanks and regards, Joe
Tony, it is very easy to do in camera, i.e. a frame grab for 4k video, but it doesn't seem to work in LR, even though it gives you a choice to do it - but somehow I can't get it to work - can you figure it out? Also, I tried using very high SS to see if you can get tack sharp images while recording in 4k - it works but of course it looks bad in video. Maybe you can do a short video on what sort of shutter speed you can get away with without the video looking bad. 1/800th works great for sharp images (I did it only as a test) but it of course looks bad. Thanks. Paul
How does this compare to the 1DC besides not having Canon Log?
I know this is old. But just a btw for 1Dx users. Transferring 4K via cable works pretty well when I do it on my iPad Pro, but I’ve never tried it on a PC.
I cannot save a custom shooting mode C2 or C3 no matter how many times I try. I had no trouble saving C1 though. What am I missing ? Can anyone help ?
very helpful! thanks guys!!
It can shoot 4K time lap video without using any timer device ?
Thank you Tony.
Hey tony I've got a amateur question. When shooting 4K its 17.9 ratio aspect and I see most of the 1dx videos on TH-cam has these black bars on both top and bottom. Anyway to get rid of those? I really like the camera but I'm worried that it's not gonna show up in full screen. Please help me hahah.
Also the Shutter Release Time Lag can be changed from 55ms to an even faster 36ms!
Hey Tony, are you doing one on the D5 too? There are some things that are different then my D810, like I haven't figured out yet how to change the group area AF points to dots instead of squares. But I did manage to figure out one really cool thing, I assigned Fn 2 button so that I can be in group or D25 and hold it down for single as a quick more accurate switch without having to move your eye from the viewfinder. I'm a AF-C back button focuser as well and this has been a god send.
+Crewchief 227 yeah, I'll do a D5 tutorial soon. And good tip!
+Tony & Chelsea Northrup woot! Do it Tony!
Even I had cfast 128GB sandisk failed and had to to data recovery. I tried to access the files through USB 2 port and accidentally removed the card assuming that nothing is getting accessed ... so it is important to mention that if u use cfast card, use only usb 3 port and also unmount correctly to avoid file system corruptions.
Using the "Q" button allows you to jump from one menu page to the other, instead of using the wheel which forces you to scroll through all the pages. :-)
Thanks for putting up this video
Canon 1dx Mark iii coming soon. Oh yeah baby.
Great work Tony, Really the best photography channel..
what do you think about this camera Dynamic Range, and what would 5D4 get ? are these 2 capable to match Sony A7R2 dynamic range ?
The 1dx mark ii does not have an internal intervalometer, not sure why you said that.
Are you sure your using the 1dx ii
Because when I set the raw to jpeg like you did I did not get the easy acces screen to raw and jpeg
Money aside, 1DX Mark II or the 5D Mark IV? Let's assume a wide range of image and video interests also allowing for ongoing exploration in both areas as I improve my photography skills. I already own two L lenses. Thanks!