Canon 1DX vs Nikon D610

Canon 1DX advantages over Nikon D610

• Bigger pixels
  ~ 6.94 vs 5.97 microns
  Better low-light and dynamic range (all else equal)
• 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 900 shots
  Capture more photos
• More cross-type AF points
  41 vs 9
  Cross-type AF points improve autofocus performance
• Less shutter lag
  0.13 vs 0.26 sec
  Focus and take a photo quickly (wide angle)
• More viewfinder magnification
  0.76x vs 0.70x
  Get a bigger view of the scene through the eye-level viewfinder
• More AF points
  61 vs 39
  More AF points improve autofocus
• Faster JPEG shooting
  12.0 fps vs 5.9 fps
  Faster JPEG shooting (burst mode)
• Bigger JPEG buffer
  56 vs 30 shots
  Take more JPEG shots before waiting (burst mode)
• Faster RAW shooting
  12.0 fps vs 5.9 fps
  Faster RAW shooting in burst mode
• Bigger RAW buffer
  31 vs 15 shots
  Larger buffer for RAW shots (burst mode)
• Faster shutter
  1/8000 vs 1/4000 sec
  Shoot wide open in bright light
• Higher extended ISO
  204800 vs 25600 ISO
  Higher extended ISO can give more low-light flexibility