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tolusina · Sep 29, 2016

Try a sensor diagonal 1.27X the size of 35mm FF.

33mm X 44mm is 1.68X the AREA of 35mm FF, crop factor is based on the sensor diagonal.

Baba_HT · Sep 29, 2016

I love the 50mm on my 5dmk3 for portraits and daily shots. I always have 35 prime but want to add the 85 also. I think the 24mm is too wide for portraits. too much distortion

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IsaacImage · Sep 29, 2016

Mazel Tov to Ethan with his Bar Mitzvah
all shot on Canon 5d mark iv

few Mag Mods here and there

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Three generations

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The Rabbi

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The whole set available here
http://www.isaacimage.com/chabad-thornhill-woods-bar-mitzvah-ceremony-ethan/

bjd · Sep 29, 2016

Mikehit said:
That makes sense.
If Canon have not yet updated their software yet I would be very surprised if anyone else has had the accessibility to code to do the same.

Canon has updated DPP and EOS Utility to support the 5DIV, but EOS utility cannot automatically take "stacked" shots like DSLR Controller can. I looked at the Web Page for Helicon Remote and the 5DIV was not yet mentioned as being supported.

I guess the solution will be DSLR Controller or Helicon Remote once they support the 5DIV.

Cheers Brian

SteveM · Sep 29, 2016

I have a 5D Mklll and a 7D mkll. Full frame carries noticeably more fine detail which suits landscape. Yes, lenses are important, as an everyday lens I use the the 24-105 a lot, I would seriously consider the mkll version of this lens when the test results are out....it is very useful for landscapes saving carrying a lot of additional weight.
Back to bodies, I would not personally buy a 6D, courtesy of its 1 cross type sensor. The 5D Mklll has 41 cross types I think, making focussing far more reliable all across the screen. You can get a 5D Mklll now for the same price as the expected price on the 6D mkll - assuming it happens.
Get a new or well cared for 5D Mklll and then look at high quality glass. I don't struggle with dynamic range, so don't be fooled into spending an extra 2K on an additional 2 stops of dynamic range.

Mikehit · Sep 29, 2016

I fully understand the English you are using. It is the description of your experience that is puzzling me

without using a tripod - you will not get the full benefit of the increased resolution.

I agree with that completely - it is like putting a speed limiter on a sports car. But that does not sotp the 5DSR resolving more detail than the 5D3 or the 5D3 resolving more detail than the 5D2 (accepting this is made more complex by changing technologies between sensor generations).

Where your comments differ to those using the 5DSR is when you said

the larger pixels in the FF camera gave me substantially better image quality than a more pixel dense crop sensor of approximately the same MPs when hand held and using that particular lens.

Which reads to me that higher pixels giving a lower image quality being a simple fact of life.

I think larger pixels in a FF camera will give you more resolution (or perhaps it is merely more sharpness) than the same amount of pixels in a crop camera using the same lens.

I was not denying your experience but what I said was also true - those with the 5DSR have repeatedly said they get more detail out of the 5DSR even handheld.
But this is where there are so many variables. The bit in bold suggests that you have (to pluck numbers out of the air) 200,000 5D pixels imaging the eye of the model and you have 200,000 5DSR pixels imaging the eye of the model and the 5D will give better image quality. I generally agree as there is more per-pixel noise on the 5DSR and in theory this would hold if it were 200,000 5DSR pixels of 200,000 7D2 pixels.

But it also depends on how you use the camera and this is where making bald statements like 'higher pixel density gives lower image quality' seems strange. With wildlife you are often limited in where you can stand in relation to the subject so it is less about 'the same number of pixels' as 'shoot form a specific position' which gives more pixels on a particular part of the image.
In a lot of townscapes or landscapes you are limited to where you can stand to get a specific perspective so you change lens, not change position. Again this gives more pixels on any given subject.

Also, IME of comparing my 6D and 7D2 I have noted something that I have read in some reviews that the 7D2 has a tad more noise but resolves more detail which adds a bit of spice to the definition of 'image quality' and here everyone has their own limits/preferences.

xps · Sep 29, 2016

These AF-functions work on 7DII and 5DIV. But do you need so many different settings?

I use my (repaired) 7DII for BIF or static birds that are far away, the 5DIV for static/bigger birds and birds that come along....

I add some of my personal thoughts: (used with 600mm&1.4 extender)
I changed the "*" custom settings to "Register/Recall shooting function". So I can optimize not only the AF settings, but other things like shutter speed, and a lot more too.

Maybe some of us can write to Canon,if they could do such a video/manual to show the optimal / all features of the higher end bodies.

RGF · Sep 29, 2016

gunship01 said:
All,

Anyone know of retailers who might extend a payment plans to those who desire to make the jump to Full Frame? I ask as I saw a local furniture commercial which offered zero interest for a year on larger purchases.

Many thanks for the info in advance.

ProCam occasionally has 0% finance or will pay your sales tax

In-The-Dark · Sep 29, 2016

The poll could maybe include an option for "DSLR with Full HD features only".

Uneducated guess - should be cheaper than a DSLR with 4K features, "half-baked" version or otherwise.

PhotoSimon · Sep 28, 2016

For me the improvements in dynamic range and the live view touch focus are the most important features of the new camera. The live view touch focus will really change how I shoot. It's so much better than the mkiii

GMCPhotographics · Sep 27, 2016

mackguyver said:
Has anyone used this yet? I ordered the TS-E 17 f/4L version the other day specifically to use with their ND1000 filter for architectural shots to blur out people & cars and was curious what the XL version is like, other than huge. I have also been using the Breakthrough Filters 10-stopper with great luck on my 24-70 f/2.8II and 70-200 f/2.8 IS II lenses.

It's it funny what we now consider a "huge filter". Not long ago we were whining about 82mm threads...I remember cobbling a X pro sized rig for my full frame Sigma 12-24mm mkI. I thought those 100mm filters were big. Then I got a TS-e 17L and a Wonderpanna and those filters are like dinner plates. Like you, I'm after a CPL, 5 stop and a 10 stop. So now there's even bigger options available for the 11-24L...I'm like...What??? All this would be SO much easier if Canon, Sigma and Nikon developed drop in filters for their Uber-Wides. Or it won't be long until we are trying to attach filters the same size as the objective elements on our big wild life lenses.

hawaiisunsetphoto · Sep 27, 2016

Pookie said:
I'll take the 85 1.2 any day of the week... consistent money maker in my portrait/wedding business. I use it with strobes, low light in churches & stage and well, everything.

Here is another thread where the b5L made me a ton of dough and showed up on billboards here in the bay area fro months... http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php?topic=26177.msg583020#msg583020

The 85mm f/1.2L II is the classic portrait lens, along with the 200mm f/2L -- especially when paired with the 1Dx. Go for it.

Don Haines · Sep 27, 2016

Halfrack said:
You're missing the point of these cards - yes they can be used for video, but really the space that needs them is the time lapse folks. I've filled their 512gb cards for a few different projects, where I have ac power, but may not have access for a few days or weeks.

Lexar does a 512gb CompactFlash, but that's it. The largest Cfast is 256gb. If sd is the large/slower/cheaper medium going forward, I'm fine with it.

agreed!
I did a time lapse (to be rendered into a 4K video) of a 14 meter dish being assembled... 19 days and 50,000 pictures later, I had 700GB of images to process. Every day I had to swap in a new 64G card. One big card would have been a lot easier....

raptor3x · Sep 27, 2016

Sporgon said:
Actually this type of thing isn't new; it may have been the same site who demonstrated that the Pentax K3 produced sharper images than the Nikon D600. Print it big, then you'll see the real story.

I'd be more inclined to believe it if even DPReview wasn't showing the 5DsR taking a huge dump on the X-T2 in terms of detail.

jrista · Sep 27, 2016

ritholtz said:
Thanks Jrista. 1DX is the first camera body with iTR. Then they went cold on this feature until 7d2. Nikon is pushing this functionality aggressively into lower end models. Canon skipped this in 80d.

Sure. My point is, iTR is not something newfangled and innovative...Nikon had the same technology years before Canon implemented it into the 1D X. The 1D X was just the first time that Canon ever employed something similar, where full scene information from a color metering sensor was used to help the AF system.

LesC · Sep 27, 2016

I'd like to see an Sl1/EOS100D replacement but hope the M5 hasn't put paid to that.

3kramd5 · Sep 27, 2016

Re: EOS 6D Mark II & New DSLR Body in 2017

Josh Denver said:
3kramd5 said:

But a purpose built video camera has zero need for a mirror. On the other hand a purpose built video camera would have great live view framing, and thus be fully capable of producing stills.

A mirror seems antithetical to being designed specifically for video (unless of course the mirror funnels light to the sensor rather than away from it ). Without one, the reduced volume could be used for any number of things...improved cooling, internal storage, etc.

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That is true. That's why Canon ''video'' cameras are all mirrorless. XC10,XC20,C100,C100II,C300,C300II,C500,C700 and their small chip camcorders too. All rely in EVFs and/or LCDs.

But, the combination that's made when you put great video ability with a FULLY capable stills camera is a killer one. A 5D + cinema grade 4K and features would be just what we want. That combination of a fully fledged FF camera with an OVF and a cinema camera, are what still makes the 5D so popular and the defacto standard even when so many only-video-mirrorless options are out there.

Gotcha, fair enough.

Viggo · Sep 27, 2016

Anyone with a 5d4 tried the old Multiexposure with 9 shots to eliminate noise yet?

JoFT · Sep 27, 2016

Craig: you started the thread: Yes it was a pity not to meet you at Photokina.

I did a fairly good summary here: http://bit.ly/2cRFsF3

In terms of Canon: the M5 was just great. This is a very good answer and for me this camera seems to be much better than the Sony a6xxx ones. But still not on the level of the panasonics. But it is a different ecosystem. Let´s hope for many more and unique lenses to support this format!

tpatana · Sep 27, 2016

My nose and cheek protects the screen pretty good. I doubt anything can hit it very easily.

KeithBreazeal · Sep 26, 2016

My first day with the Mark IV in daylight was quite pleasing.
Right off the bat, I could see the DR improvement, but the biggest surprise was the lack of blown out highlights.
Despite direct sun on the white paint, the exposure was perfect. Normally I would have to have done some manual exposure comp for the whites and lose the shadow detail.

This is a jpg and shot before we got the raw capability in Lightroom.

GMCPhotographics · Sep 26, 2016

To the original poster, yes I agree with you. It's a very specific tool and it's need was pushed by a very vocal niche in photography....the pixel junkies. The 5D3 was and is a very versatile tool. There is very little that it cant do amazingly well. I've shot wild life with it...action...along side photographers with 1DX cameras and our results were great. Sure the 1Dx users get a lot more images to wade through, but with careful and keen timing the 6fps has always delivered for me. The lower resolution of the 1Dx is a bit too low for my likes, I like around 24mp ideally. I've printed A1+ sized images from my 5D3 (landscapes using a stable tripod and good technique) and I've never found them to be lacking...In fact they are very impressive. I've found that the vocal group of MP trolls are usually more concerned about bragging rights in the Canon vs Nikon forum wars than actually about any practical photographic advantage. I think it's amazing that a 50mp 5fps camera even exists. It's the stuff of fantasy 10 years ago. But it's not a photographic Nirvana, it's an ultra high resolution camera with all the benefits and pitfalls which that particular specification brings.

As to the need for newer lenses for the 5DSR...that may be true wide open, but stopped down, many lesser lenses are more than capable.

xps · Sep 26, 2016

Canon answered my question, I wrote to them 14 days ago, on this topic: They say, it is better to switch this feature on in the camera, than doing this in the software afterwards. Seems, that there is an slight IQ improvement by activating the function in the camera. Then the sensor behavior will be different.
There will be an Winston video (?) coming, also an small pocket guide how to use AF and all the other IQ improvement features. But they do not know whne. Maybe in the middle of 2017

hajiaru · Sep 25, 2016

Dylan777 said:
AvTvM said:

Dylan777 said:

Hi guys, Just for fun
Let's say tomorrow Canon releases medium format in DSLR and mirrorless, would you:
1. Jump on it and sell your current FF or crop gear
2. Add to your current FF or crop gear
Big questions: why? or Why not?

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No. Canon should not mess around with MF, just go ahead and launch a kick-ass mirrorless FF system. I would sell my FF mirrorslapper camera, keep my EF L glass, use it with an adapter and buy some nice and small new native pancake primes in order to go small with a small FF MILC.

MF is really only needed for less than 1% of all photographic tasks. MF is a market segment with no lack of established players who are slugging it out. Nobody is waiting for additional players. Fuji will learn it the hard way, they will loose a ton of money on their GFX. And I bet, Leica has not and will never recoup the S2 system development cost and resources wasted on it.

It is really absurd, how ALL camera makers except Sony stubbornly refuse to make the product needed for the largest future market segment: mirrorless FF system. Instead they choose to make action cams in 2016 (stupid Nikon), new MF systems in 2016 (stupid Fuji, stupid Ricoh/Pentax), or only dwarf-sensor mirrorless (stupid Oly, stupid Fuji, stupid Canon, stupid Nikon). It will be a future business case in all business schools on "how an entire industry f*cked up".

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Not Fuji, but very similar:
http://www.mirrorlessrumors.com/hasselblad-sold-x1d-cameras-10-days-expected-sell-year/

2cents: If Fuji can keep the body around $7-8K, I think they will be fine. We don't have to carry f1.4 prime all the time. However, not having one when needed is really "f*cked up"

and only 1 unboxing on youtube .Worst unboxing ever made .

jeffa4444 · Sep 25, 2016

I mainly use the GPS on my 6D when shooting in wilderness areas so I know what the landmarks were at a later date, such as the Tors on Dartmoor. For all other locations I leave it off after all if your shooting scenes at Hadrians Villa for instance you know where you are!

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