Yesterday Canon released their "home" SLR camera Canon-1D X Mark II. Given the recent announcement of a flagship SLR Nikon D5, the eternal rivals showed their all the most relevant and groundbreaking technical achievements — as they say, put it on the table.

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Yesterday Canon released their "home" SLR camera Canon-1D X Mark II. Given the recent announcement of a flagship SLR Nikon D5, the eternal rivals showed their all the most relevant and groundbreaking technical achievements — as they say, put it on the table.

let's see what is similar in these models and what are the views of the Japanese ideal on the camera do not match.

Both full-frame camera is built on CMOS-sensor: 20.2 MP (5472×3648) from Canon and 20.8 MP (5568×3712) at Nikon. Both cameras provide 14-bit color depth.

If Canon 1D X II has 61 point AF with 41 cross sensor, the Nikon D5 is on Board no less than 153-point system with 99 sensors are cross-type.

Both received camera viewfinders with 100% frame coverage and 3.2"touch displays 1 620 000 pixels from Canon and 2 359 000 pixels the Nikon.

with regard to operating ranges of sensitivity, Canon will give its adherents to photograph comfortably within ISO 100 — 51 200 (409 600 maximum), with Nikon guys will easily be able to shoot in a wider range of ISO 100 — 400 102 (3 280 000 maximum).

When it comes to continuous shooting, Canon will otselyat to 170 RAW photos a frequency of 14 frames/s (16 HR/c with mirror lock-up), Nikon will fulfill a series of up to 200 RAW photos a frequency of 12 frames/s (14 frames/c with mirror lock-up).

Canon offers two slots for memory cards, one CompactFlash and CFast 2.0, Nikon will offer a choice model with two CompactFlash or two XQD slots.

Both of the SLRs, in addition to photos, is also capable of capturing 4K videos: Canon 1D X Mark II will remove the clips a resolution of 4096×2160 pixels, 60 frames/s, and a Nikon D5 — in the resolution of 3840×2160 and a frame rate of 30 frames/s. The maximum length of the roller in the first case is limited to 30 minutes, the second 3 minutes.

Both cameras are protected from the weather and bumps, the weight of the Nikon D5 is 1415 g, Canon EOS 1D X II weighs 1530 Finally, the price of Canon EOS-1D X Mark II will be $6000 and the Nikon D5 will cost $6500.

If you are using a SLR camera, what camera would you click without thinking? Which camera looks more convincing? Who this time took the lead ? In the comments to the article you can clarify his position.