Canon EOS-1D X Mark II
Real Sensor Data
- Brand
- Canon
- Sensor Format
- Full Frame
- Resolution
- 20.2 MP
- Pixel Pitch
- 6.54 microns
- Circle of Confusion
- 0.0288 mm
- Crop Factor
- 1.00x
- Announced
- 2016
Released in 2016, the EOS-1D X Mark II preceded the Mark III as Canon's professional sports and photojournalism DSLR flagship, carrying a 20.2-megapixel full-frame sensor — almost identical in resolution to its 2020 successor, reflecting Canon's consistent view across this entire lineage that continuous shooting speed and low-light performance mattered more to its target photographer than chasing higher megapixel counts.
Canon EOS-1D X Mark II sensor specs
- Sensor
- Full Frame
- Resolution
- 20.2 MP
- Pixel dimensions
- 5,505 × 3,670 px
- Aspect ratio
- 3:2
- Pixel pitch
- 6.54 µm
- Crop factor
- 1.00x
- Circle of confusion
- 0.0288 mm
Full Frame sensor · DoF & Hyperfocal Calculator · Astro 500/NPF Calculator
The Mark II was among the first Canon flagships to adopt the CFast 2.0 memory card format alongside a standard CompactFlash slot, a genuinely necessary change to sustain its fast continuous shooting and early 4K video recording, which produced considerably larger files than standard CompactFlash cards could reliably write fast enough to keep pace with.
Canon paired the Mark II with a then-new DIGIC 6+ dual-processor design specifically to handle its faster continuous shooting and early 4K video recording without bottlenecking the camera's overall responsiveness. A genuinely deliberate engineering choice for its era.
See these numbers used live in the DoF & Hyperfocal Calculator by selecting the Full Frame sensor format.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does the 1D X Mark II compare to the Mark III in resolution?
Nearly identical — 20.2 megapixels versus 20.1, a difference small enough that pixel pitch, circle of confusion and the resulting depth-of-field and astro-shutter-speed figures are effectively the same across both generations, with the Mark III's real gains coming from autofocus and processing rather than sensor resolution.