Canon doesn't get much love in these parts, but I've used them for so long, owning every 1ds, series, all but one 1d series that to me they are just intuitive and stable.
That's about 14 cameras and only have had three issues ever, which is pretty good considering.
In regards to the 1dxII, it's my next purchase after I rent and test, mostly due to the video functions and the high bit rate for video, 500mps at 30 fps and 800 at 60 fps. (I think).
Since we shoot a lot of projects with a motion component and have multiple professional 4k cameras, this may sound strange but until two weeks ago I had never turned on the video of my 1dx's.
I just used them for stills and moved to another camera for motion.
On our last project just to see and because I was in the exact spot where I wanted the motion from, I did shoot about 25 clips of motion, not expecting much because of the line skipping and since it was 1080 rather than uhd or 4k.
I was very surprised in the result and how well the footage looked in grading. They are not really a motion picture look like my REDs or an Arri, not video looking like a lot of dedicated 4k cameras, but just have the Canon look which is very pleasing out of camera.
I tried to rent a 1dxII for this project but they weren't available though I look forward to testing the 1dxII then probably purchasing.
IMO
BC