I regularly use 2 bodies at an event (currently 1D series & 5D series). What I want/need most of all is:
1. Feature parity for all software/menu items (e.g. Spot metering off centre AF point)
2. Two card slots that are the same (SD/SD, CF/CF or CFast/CFast)
3. Card slots that are common between 1D/5D
I don't expect the cameras to have feature-parity (megapixels & frame-rate being the most obvious), in fact it's better that they don't. Use the 1DX for fast sports action - better with less megapixels to manage afterwards. Use the 5D4 where a crop in post is likely, the ISO needs to be higher or a high frame rate is not as important.
I've stopped using the 1DX & 1DC together, because they are 'too similar', yet don't share all the same options (1DX has firmware 2.x with several useful additions; 1DC has been limited to firmware 1.x). This creates a cognitive dissonance (senile confusion), which doesn't happen when I use the 5D as the 2nd (or 1st camera).
Canon should recognise that Pros don't just use the 1-series (the MacBook works the same as an iMac or Mac Pro, only it has the tilt-flippy...), so please provide software feature-parity.
I don't envisage ever going back to using 2 1-series bodies for an event, I feel that I'm better supported with more specialist tools that give a greater of options.
I'm really happy with the 5D4, probably won't get the Mark V, but if the only new feature was dual CF, it would be very tempting from a card management perspective. Although I actually get better transfers with the SD card.
I'm not techie enough to know if CFast is 'the future' or just another Betamax? How about dual SD for the Mark V, and the 1DX Mark III?
1. Feature parity for all software/menu items (e.g. Spot metering off centre AF point)
2. Two card slots that are the same (SD/SD, CF/CF or CFast/CFast)
3. Card slots that are common between 1D/5D
I don't expect the cameras to have feature-parity (megapixels & frame-rate being the most obvious), in fact it's better that they don't. Use the 1DX for fast sports action - better with less megapixels to manage afterwards. Use the 5D4 where a crop in post is likely, the ISO needs to be higher or a high frame rate is not as important.
I've stopped using the 1DX & 1DC together, because they are 'too similar', yet don't share all the same options (1DX has firmware 2.x with several useful additions; 1DC has been limited to firmware 1.x). This creates a cognitive dissonance (senile confusion), which doesn't happen when I use the 5D as the 2nd (or 1st camera).
Canon should recognise that Pros don't just use the 1-series (the MacBook works the same as an iMac or Mac Pro, only it has the tilt-flippy...), so please provide software feature-parity.
I don't envisage ever going back to using 2 1-series bodies for an event, I feel that I'm better supported with more specialist tools that give a greater of options.
I'm really happy with the 5D4, probably won't get the Mark V, but if the only new feature was dual CF, it would be very tempting from a card management perspective. Although I actually get better transfers with the SD card.
I'm not techie enough to know if CFast is 'the future' or just another Betamax? How about dual SD for the Mark V, and the 1DX Mark III?
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