Nikon D4 vs Canon 1DX

sathler

Hi,

I have a Nikon D4 with various Nikons Lenses.This point in my life,even though I enjoy using all my Nikon lenses, I have been thinking in minimising the amount of gear I have. I love to take portraits shots of my wife and also want to keep the option open to take photos of sports and fast moving objects ( birds in flight) etc…

The lenses (All Nikon) I have are: 50mm 1.8G / 105mm macro 2.8D/ 85mm 1.4G/ 24-70mm 2.8 and a 70-200mm 2.8 VR ll.

I have been thinking more and more about switching to the Canon 1DX….
But I'm not familiar with the Canon Lenses…

I was wondering If anyone here has tried both of these cameras ( the NikonD4 and Canon 1DX) and give me some of your thoughts…

Would there be one Canon lens that I could use that would cover sports and portraits?

I've heard that the autofocus on the Canon 1DX is superior to the Nikon D4 and that Canon can track fast moving subjects better than the Nikon D4….is that true?

I've also heard many times that the Canon gives skin tones a better result…and I like that! I know people say you could active the same skin tones on the Nikon but only after processing in LightRoom,Photoshop and the like...

I'd prefer better skin tones (for portraits) in the camera…

Weather Seals on lenses is a must for me as I live in a very humid and dusty part of Australia.


Any help here would be very appreciated!

Thank you,

Sathler
Australia

Neil vN

sathler said: I have been thinking more and more about switching to the Canon 1DX

Any particular reason?

sathler said: I've heard that the autofocus on the Canon 1DX is superior to the Nikon D4 and that Canon can track fast moving subjects better than the Nikon D4….is that true?

Sounds to me like you need to rent a Canon 1Dx. It would be the only way to cut through the fan-boy-ism of the photography forums, and be sure for yourself.

re skin tones ... it depends on what you use for your RAW processing.
With DPP, (Canon's proprietary software), I got great skin tones very easily.
But once I found what I like in ACR / Lightroom, I've been quite happy with the skin tones from my D3 / D3s / D4

You can look through the past 3 or 4 years' of work here to see.

Ultimately, I do think you need to rent a 1Dx and see how you feel about it.

On a personal note - here is my experience with Canon and Nikon.

Neil vN

Of course, there is the Nikon D4S now, which improves on the D4.

sathler

Thanks Neil!

Sorry I forgot to mention i use Lightroom 5 for editing from RAW files.