Hi Francois,
Well, as you know I have an 11 year old EOS 1Ds. Yesterday I charged the batteries and switched it oin. First you need to input date hour year whatever.
The next step I made was to look at the menu and I have to say that is was so similar to my eleven year old 1Ds, evem more simple and more intuitive that I was able to understand how it is build up, etc. OK. The 1D X has a lot more features the the 1Ds but the important buttons are all on the same place as the old one so it is very easy and quick to get shooting for the first days.
What overwhelmed me was the functionality of the AF. Here I will have to test a lot so I get to know how all those possibilities of the AF work.
That is all what I can say about the 1D X.
The build is impecable like the old one, feels nice in the hand and what else eshgould I say. I will try to test it this long weekend and for the 16th to 19th of May I will join some friends for a shooting session and then I can say more.
The mahual is 435 pages long and the special AF user guide is 47 pages long. So a lot for reading :-)
So far so good
¿ Why did I buy it ? ... US $ 6,799.00 are no 3 peanuts ...
Very simple, if the images are no good it is not the cameras fault, it is the guy standing behind it ...