Probably one of the most rumoured and talked about cameras ever, is finally announced. Can't access any official Canon sites yet but this is from Canon rumors site.
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Canon 5D Mark IV announced
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Canon 5D mark IV on Canon USA site.
https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/home/explore/see-legendary/image-quality
Canon Australia site.
https://www.canon.com.au/eos-5d-mark-iv/images/newproduct/k349/brochure.pdf
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This could be a great feature for Macro, giving you functionality similar to Lytro.
"The 5D Mark IV also has some new tricks up its sleeve including Dual Pixel Raw, a nifty option that can prove useful in specific shooting scenarios. It works by recording two 30MP images, one from each of the 'left-looking' and 'right-looking' photodiodes at each pixel. Previous Canons have combined these two signals at each pixel, but Dual Pixel Raw gives you the option of keeping them separate. This results in a file that's twice as large, but one that allows for 'image micro-adjustment,' 'bokeh shift' and ghosting reduction"
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Some pretty nice features for stills photography, As for video, pretty much a poke in the eye in terms of what you really get vs. what you should be getting. Here's a good link that explain's why - http://www.eoshd.com/2016/08/1-74x-crop-odyssey-canon-5d-mark-iv-officially-announced/
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I'm excited about focus micro-adjustments in post, and wondering how this will work with the virtual image of the dome. I'm also hoping that Lightroom gets their things together and implements the functionality so I don't have to use the Canon program. Mostly I'm excited about low light and low light focussing though...I like to dive in dark places.
So, last time I bought an SLR was 2009 and it was a 5D2. The camera had already been out for a year so housings were already available. I skipped the 5D3 deliberately and I've been waiting for this upgrade for a while.
How long do new housings take to turn up? I'm currently in Aquatica and hoping to go Nauticam for better functionality at depth with the same ability to smash it against rocks regularly. It looks like the 1DXII housing took about three months from announcement by Canon to housing announcement by Nauticam. Does this mean a 5D4 housing might be available before Christmas?
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Good camera for 2014...
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I am adding information/outside reviews you the camera here:
http://wetpixel.com/articles/eos-5d-mark-iv-news-and-reviews
Lots of good stuff being posted...
Adam
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Perusing through all the camera discussion websites like EOSHD, Cinenma5D, Planet5D, DPReview, Canon Rumors, Philip Bloom, to name a few, I am not seeing (reading) any body really jumping up and down with excitement over this long awaited up graded 5D.
The new 30 MP FX-Format sensor with Dual Pixel AF is certainly nice and will meet most middle of the road shooting applications for stills photography.
The biggest disappointment with the release of the Canon 5D MKIV is with the video specs.
O.K. The 4K is not full frame, or even 1.3x crop like the 1DC or 1DXmk II. What sucks is that it’s down in the neighborhood of a 1.74x crop factor, which is huge considering APS-C 1.5 to 1.6x crop is closer to industry standard Super 35 format. If you want to shoot wide, plan on having something like a FX format lens like Canon’s 8-15 f/4.
On a more realistic note, while in camera HD (1080) recording is ALL-I (good, but could have been better) there is no C-Log mode. We do get 1080p 50p/60p, which is also fine, however anything faster lis still only 720p. The 1DX MKII does 1920 x 1080p up to 120fps.
My biggest gripe is that Canon still refuses to provide any true video functions we really can use like peaking and zebras for focusing, nor punch in focus check whilst recording.
To make matters worse, in addition to not having 4K HDMI out (so you are stuck with in camera recording of huge motion jpeg in 3GB blocks) the media cards Canon chose for this camera is yesteryears CompactFlash technology when their 1DXnk II has CFact?
Come on, really! Even Nikon had the wisdom to add XQD media to their D500 which is better than compact flash or SDXC.
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Perusing through all the camera discussion websites like EOSHD, Cinenma5D, Planet5D, DPReview, Canon Rumors, Philip Bloom, to name a few, I am not seeing (reading) any body really jumping up and down with excitement over this long awaited up graded 5D.
The new 30 MP FX-Format sensor with Dual Pixel AF is certainly nice and will meet most middle of the road shooting applications for stills photography.
The biggest disappointment with the release of the Canon 5D MKIV is with the video specs.
O.K. The 4K is not full frame, or even 1.3x crop like the 1DC or 1DXmk II. What sucks is that it’s down in the neighborhood of a 1.74x crop factor, which is huge considering APS-C 1.5 to 1.6x crop is closer to industry standard Super 35 format. If you want to shoot wide, plan on having something like a FX format lens like Canon’s 8-15 f/4.
On a more realistic note, while in camera HD (1080) recording is ALL-I (good, but could have been better) there is no C-Log mode. We do get 1080p 50p/60p, which is also fine, however anything faster lis still only 720p. The 1DX MKII does 1920 x 1080p up to 120fps.
My biggest gripe is that Canon still refuses to provide any true video functions we really can use like peaking and zebras for focusing, nor punch in focus check whilst recording.
To make matters worse, in addition to not having 4K HDMI out (so you are stuck with in camera recording of huge motion jpeg in 3GB blocks) the media cards Canon chose for this camera is yesteryears CompactFlash technology when their 1DXnk II has CFact?
Come on, really! Even Nikon had the wisdom to add XQD media to their D500 which is better than compact flash or SDXC.
Have a read of Ken Rockwell, Walt. He's über-excited......
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4 years late and nothing new... Bad thing for Sony.
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Hi TimG, Ken Rockwell maybe uber-excited, as he is a stills photographer above all else, but I am still in the wait and see position right now. Don’t get me wrong, the new 5Dmk II has some very nice features for a stills camera, and if that is all you are doing than Compact Flash and SD cards are fine.
As for video, well… some of the features I mentioned including replacing Compact Flash with CFast would have made the camera (even without 4K) far more useful.
As for the belief that Canon does not want their still camera market encroach on their professional video line should read this http://www.eoshd.com/2016/08/canon-c300-mark-ii-flopping-vs-the-sony-fs7-at-rental/ as it raises the question whether Canon really understands that market in the first place.
