Just pre-ordered the new Canon EOS 1DXIII and it's coming in right as you watch this video! The 1DXIII has SO many insane video specs like 5.5K RAW, 4K DCI and UHD at 10-bit, 120fps for amazing slow motion... BUT maybe this isn't the right camera for me?? 😱
So, I did it.
I pre-ordered the Canon 1D X Mark III,
which is coming in on Monday,
and by the time you guys see this video,
I will have it in my hands,
which is exciting, super exciting for me.
It's a crazy $6,500 camera
that has got some incredible video specs.
It can shoot 5.5K raw.
It shoots DCI and UHD 10-bit,
10-bit 4K up to 60 frames per second,
1080p up to 120 frames per second.
It's got C-Log, it's got focus peaking,
it's got focus guide,
and it's got the dual pixel autofocus.
It's finally got a better recording codec
than the Motion JPEG that was on the 1D X Mark II.
It's a full-frame camera, just like my EOS R,
which is what I'm filming on right now,
and I'll be doing a comparison video
between these two cameras at a later point,
so make sure you subscribe to this channel
to see when that video drops.
Now, on paper, this is an incredible camera,
and I can't wait to get my hands on it
and play around with it,
but I'm gonna tell you right off the bat
that this is not the camera for me.
I'm not gonna be keeping this camera,
and let me tell you why.
So if you don't know already,
what I mainly do is wedding videography,
and I make commercials as well.
Most of the time, I'm shooting on gimbals,
which is what I find to create
some really cinematic footage,
and what helps me make the best videos that I can.
And usually, I'm shooting for very long times
for lots of consecutive hours, like on weddings,
and the 1DX Mark III is an incredibly heavy camera.
It's gonna be weighing in at three and a half pounds
with the battery and the lens attached to it,
and so once you put that onto a gimbal,
and I have a ton of accessories
attached onto the gimbal itself,
it's gonna be really hard for me to operate it
for longer periods of time.
When I'm shooting on the EOS R,
it's definitely a lighter camera and lighter setup,
so the 1DX Mark III is definitely gonna tire me out
a lot faster, which is one of the reasons
why I didn't get the 1DX Mark II.
Another huge reason why I think
that I'm not gonna keep the 1DX Mark III
is because there's no flip-out screen,
like the one I'm looking at right on my EOS R.
Now, I own the Canon 5D Mark IV,
and now the EOS R, and then way before that
was the Panasonic GH4, which is this camera right there.
99% of the time, I'm using my EOS R to shoot video,
because it's so much easier to see
what I'm shooting with this flip-out screen.
I know for photographers, you guys have that little,
what is it, the eyepiece thing?
The thing that you put to your eye,
and then you just shoot and stuff like that.
For video, it's a lot different.
You don't shoot it through the thing.
We like looking at the screen
to see exactly what we're shooting,
and on the 5D, you have to get into
really awkward positions just to see the LCD screen.
If your camera's a little bit lower,
then you have to look at it from down here,
and it's super awkward, and it's super inconvenient
for me to shoot with, and that's why I like the EOS R.
Now, of course, you can use an external monitor.
I've used that before, but with the 1DX,
since it's already so heavy,
it's gonna add on extra weight to something
that I don't really want to add on extra weight to,
and lastly, the price.
For $6,500, it's a lot of money to spend
on a single piece of gear, not to mention the REDs
and all these other cinema cameras.
Those are expensive as well, but for a DSLR,
for what we do, $6,500 is a lot of money,
and I don't think that it's worth it for me
to spend that much money on specs
that I don't necessarily need.
I've never shot a commercial or even a wedding film
and then looked back at it and then thought,
you know what would have made this incredible
and look so much better?
If we shot RAW, or if we shot 4K 10-bit,
or if I shot the entire thing in 120 frames per second.
These are just not things I think of
when I look back on past films.
Things like composition, things like lighting,
storytelling, editing, these are the things
that make my films a lot better
than things I could improve on, not just specs on a camera.
For what I do, the EOS R is already a perfect camera.
Yes, 4K 60 frames would have been nice.
120 frames per second would have been nice,
but it's definitely not needed.
However, these are just my predictions
on what I think I will feel about the camera.
Once I get a chance to play around with the camera,
let's see how I feel about it.
Who knows, I might just keep it, maybe not.
But maybe I might.
Nah, no, definitely not.
What do you guys think?
Would you get the 1DX Mark III?
Is it something that you're interested in?
Leave a comment down below.
Also, I am gonna be making a ton of videos
about the 1DX Mark III.
I really wanna put it through its paces,
and so if you are interested at all,
make sure you come back to this channel or subscribe.
That'll be even easier.
Let me know what kind of videos you guys would like to see
in the comments down below.
Leave everything down there.
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My name is Alex Chung, and I'll see you later.
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