Canon 1DX vs Pentax 645Z

Canon 1DX advantages over Pentax 645Z

• Lens selection
  Excellent vs Limited
  Better lens selection gives you more options
• Bigger pixels
  ~ 6.94 vs 5.31 microns
  Better low-light and dynamic range (all else equal)
• Fast startup
  ~0.50 vs 1.5 sec
  Faster startup lets you catch the moment
• Longer stills battery life
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  Longer stills battery life

  Cameras with longer battery life can take more photos before exhausting their batteries.

  Special note: The measurement standard for battery life stipulates that if a camera has an internal flash, it must be used for 50% of photos taken. For this reason, comparisons of one camera with an internal flash to another without will not be comparable

  1120 vs 650 shots
  Capture more photos
• Thinner
  82 mm vs 123 mm
  Thinner
• More cross-type AF points
  41 vs 25
  Cross-type AF points improve autofocus performance
• Higher max flash sync
  1/250 vs 1/125 sec
  Reduce the effect of ambient light in flash shots
• More AF points
  61 vs 27
  More AF points improve autofocus
• Has anti-aliasing filter
  Filter vs No Filter
  Reduces unsightly moiré in photos
• Faster JPEG shooting
  12.0 fps vs 3.1 fps
  Faster JPEG shooting (burst mode)
• Bigger JPEG buffer
  56 vs 12 shots
  Take more JPEG shots before waiting (burst mode)
• Faster RAW shooting
  12.0 fps vs 3.1 fps
  Faster RAW shooting in burst mode
• Bigger RAW buffer
  31 vs 10 shots
  Larger buffer for RAW shots (burst mode)
• Faster shutter
  1/8000 vs 1/4000 sec
  Shoot wide open in bright light