OK so had chance to really test the 5D4 in the field as it were ! Its the end of wedding season but also the hardest part with long dark days and varying amounts of wind and rain !
Thoughts so far for anyone interested - I am coming from 5D3s and mk2/1 before that and use mainly in wedding work but also some commercial and landscape uses too.
Positives against the 5D3:
Very similar form factor extremely comfortable to hold as most canons are
Feels slighty lighter to use and well balanced
Button layout similar enough to be easy to get straight into - with a couple of handy extras which can be customized
ISO performance - definitely less/finer grain and happily getting away with shooting at iso12800 and cleaning up a bit so enabling better low light shots and faster shutter speeds, i would say the 5D3 was maxed at 6400.
Image Quality / RAW - the raw files definitely have more latitude and I am able to pull more from the shadows than I ever was with the 5d3 so a definite win here.
Touch Screen - has come in handy especially in the dark and cold instead of fumbling for buttons and being able to pinch zoom in to images is a god send at times for speed sake.
Viewfinder display - this is much better with all camera info now shown and being able to lit bright red so you can really see it when needed without looking at camera
In camera Menu system much better with now being able to add multiple favorite screens hence get all needed functions to front
Autofocus in video mode is a world apart better than the 5D3 and is actually useable
Negatives against the 5D3
Battery life very poor ! I am now only getting through half wedding ie 5 hours whereas the 5d3 could get through 12 hours - have turned off wifi but still wasting batteries fast - the newer lpE6N battery does not appear to last any better than the standard batteries either
Shutter noise even in silent shutter mode is now louder than the 5D3 was , not massively but enough to notice especially during weddings.
Wifi is a bit gimmicky and finding it disconnects at the drop of a hat and reconnecting the app etc is more trouble than its worth - not that i really need it
File size is much bigger now around 30-40mb per cr2 file , so you definitely need a bigger card
Still not supporting fast sd cards so backing up using sd slows overall fps speed somewhat
On balance it has its issues but for the pure quality iso and dr over the 5d3 i would recommend it and love it , the rest i can work around and put up with !
Wedding Photographer North East & Yorkshire Northumberland & Wedding Photographer Cumbria
Thoughts so far for anyone interested - I am coming from 5D3s and mk2/1 before that and use mainly in wedding work but also some commercial and landscape uses too.
Positives against the 5D3:
Very similar form factor extremely comfortable to hold as most canons are
Feels slighty lighter to use and well balanced
Button layout similar enough to be easy to get straight into - with a couple of handy extras which can be customized
ISO performance - definitely less/finer grain and happily getting away with shooting at iso12800 and cleaning up a bit so enabling better low light shots and faster shutter speeds, i would say the 5D3 was maxed at 6400.
Image Quality / RAW - the raw files definitely have more latitude and I am able to pull more from the shadows than I ever was with the 5d3 so a definite win here.
Touch Screen - has come in handy especially in the dark and cold instead of fumbling for buttons and being able to pinch zoom in to images is a god send at times for speed sake.
Viewfinder display - this is much better with all camera info now shown and being able to lit bright red so you can really see it when needed without looking at camera
In camera Menu system much better with now being able to add multiple favorite screens hence get all needed functions to front
Autofocus in video mode is a world apart better than the 5D3 and is actually useable
Negatives against the 5D3
Battery life very poor ! I am now only getting through half wedding ie 5 hours whereas the 5d3 could get through 12 hours - have turned off wifi but still wasting batteries fast - the newer lpE6N battery does not appear to last any better than the standard batteries either
Shutter noise even in silent shutter mode is now louder than the 5D3 was , not massively but enough to notice especially during weddings.
Wifi is a bit gimmicky and finding it disconnects at the drop of a hat and reconnecting the app etc is more trouble than its worth - not that i really need it
File size is much bigger now around 30-40mb per cr2 file , so you definitely need a bigger card
Still not supporting fast sd cards so backing up using sd slows overall fps speed somewhat
On balance it has its issues but for the pure quality iso and dr over the 5d3 i would recommend it and love it , the rest i can work around and put up with !
Wedding Photographer North East & Yorkshire Northumberland & Wedding Photographer Cumbria