If this body will be out in the 4th quarter next year, much of the specs will already have been determined. Actually, considering lead times for equipment of this level of complexity, it could have been determined several months ago.
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Excellent insights adroitly avoiding anything that would draw "flames" from rational individuals!
I love my 5D IV, and I also believe it is a much bigger improvement over the 5D III than generally recognized. It fits my needs perfectly, as I don't do anything often enough that benefits from several thousands of dollars more of FPS. Plus it just fits my hands like it was tailor made.
The only thing that gets me hot and bothered about RF is the lure of lenses that will no longer be updated for EF. Namely, at this time, the 50mm f/1.2L. Plus being able to forget about AFMA, and, maybe, the most controversial feature ever, IBIS.
With everything eventually moving to the RF mount I can’t justify to myself investing in a system that is going to be outdated. As much as I want to, I don’t think I can wait until the end of next year.
I'd rather see an increase in resolution over frame rate. Hard to imagine they can flip that mirror much faster.
I don't think I'd by another DSLR with the idea of using it to shoot video. The form factor is just too awkward and hybrid MILC really own that space now. I might consider it for video if they offered a tilt screen but I don't see that happening in a 1 series camera. However, if they do beef up the video specs, they have to add some way of streaming High Quality 4K to an external recorder.
Tethering over ethernet would be nice. USB cables are a constant headache.
Presumably the AF will get a little bit better but I can't say that's an issue for me.
I've never had any need to AFMA my IDX2. I don't use legacy portrait lenses with my 1DX2 which seems to be where most of those issues come up. None of my big or little whites have required it.
I'd prefer a high speed SD slot to the CF slot. I like knowing I can always find a card in a pinch if I need one. My guess is they go dual CFast. Abandoning CFast, should they go that route, would probably tick me off.
Other than that the 1DX2 is a pretty solid camera. Best viewfinder of any camera I've ever owned which is as important to me as any other feature of the camera.
Logic says this mk 3 will be 24mp ….Nikon Rumors announced the new Nikon D6 will be released in 2019 with field testing starting in February.
Will the Canon glacier move?
I say this as a former owner of 4 or 5 1DX bodies over time, usually two at a time. It is a special use camera more so than the 5D4. And that's coming from someone who actually *does* those special uses.
Although many ( rich ) amateurs buy 1D series cameras they are primarily intended for the commercial market who will depreciate them over three years and then dispose of them before they fail. Bodies get used and chucked, lenses don't.
From a news-photography perspective there isn't any real investment in the EF system as such when buying the 1Dx3, in fact it's the opposite in that they can keep using their big whites for another cycle until the R1 or whatever appears.
When shooting unpredictable action sequences with prime lenses I almost always have to crop in order to get the kind of dramatic framing that I like. I'm often trying to crop a full height vertical " portrait" out of a horizontal frame. When you only have 20 MP to work with that can be a problem. The 30MP sensor in the 5D mark IV would be just about right IMO. Please don't tell me that professionals don't need to crop. I've seen very few OOC images that couldn't be improved by cropping.Professionals know that resolution isn’t very important, unless they’re photographing landscapes or architecture and printing very large, where the images can be viewed from close up.
Otherwise, 20-24MP is really enough. I suppose that the way things are going, higher resolutions will be had with the next generation. But I don’t see it jumping by very much. What for? If you do photograph landscapes or architecture you can get high resolution in cameras with lower speeds and less durability, which is fine for that.
When shooting unpredictable action sequences with prime lenses I almost always have to crop in order to get the kind of dramatic framing that I like. I'm often trying to crop a full height vertical " portrait" out of a horizontal frame. When you only have 20 MP to work with that can be a problem. The 30MP sensor in the 5D mark IV would be just about right IMO. Please don't tell me that professionals don't need to crop. I've seen very few OOC images that couldn't be improved by cropping.
I spent a couple decades in publishing and I could count on one hand the number of times I published an uncropped image. That's an internet myth. In fact, the better photographers I published intentionally shot "loose" so that art directors and layout artists wouldn't have problems with composition. I've seen far more artwork discarded for being shot too tight than for having to be excessively cropped. We may have different definitions of who are and are not "professionals".Professionals rarely crop more than to adjust minor framing mishaps. Zoom lenses are made for those needs.. I’m not saying it NEVER happens, but there’s a very good reason why the top pro models have remained at about the same resolution for a long time,maven moving down.
I spent a couple decades in publishing and I could count on one hand the number of times I published an uncropped image. That's an internet myth. In fact, the better photographers I published intentionally shot "loose" so that art directors and layout artists wouldn't have problems with composition. I've seen far more artwork discarded for being shot too tight than for having to be excessively cropped. We may have different definitions of who are and are not "professionals".
edit: Sorry if that makes me sound like a jerk. Amazon has been telling me for the last six hours that they are only two stops away with my delivery.