Bingo! New Canon 5Ds has 50.6 MP new rumored specs

[Marsu42]

How can it be a true landscape Camera without GPS?

Because landscape doesn't equal travel, so never mind the added bulk or accepting the hassle of merging the tracklogs in post. And of course Canon is willing to take the €€€ for more addon equipment

External gps is more precise, has less warm-up time, longer battery life - and Canon's in-camera version doesn't even record the camera's direction as hotshoe versions do with a compass.

 

[CaptureWhatYouSee]

How can it be a true landscape Camera without GPS?

Because landscape doesn't equal travel, so never mind the added bulk or accepting the hassle of merging the tracklogs in post. And of course Canon is willing to take the €€€ for more addon equipment

External gps is more precise, has less warm-up time, longer battery life - and Canon's in-camera version doesn't even record the camera's direction as hotshoe versions do with a compass.

True if you live in ALL landscapes. Otherwise, you will have to travel to get to one... ;}

Thanks. I'll look into the external versions. Any suggestions?

 

[Pesto]

It seems to me that Canon has abandoned us EOS1D users...such a pitty.

 

[justsomedude]

Am I bonkers for having no interest in this 5Ds business? 50MP just seems silly to me.

I'll be waiting until august to see what the 5D4 brings.

 

[scyrene]

I am sure you can take landscapes with it too...

Sounds about right. A studio camera.

How can it be a true landscape Camera without GPS?

I know you could argue against all innovation like this, but people have managed to take awesome landscape shots without GPS for a century and a half. Surely the best landscapes are taken by people who precisely where they're shooting from.

Sure GPS would be nice, but its absence hardly disqualifies this from being a good landscape camera, if that is indeed how it is aimed.

 

[scyrene]

Seeing as everyone else does this, I may as well add my personal standpoint. Birds are my top subject, and I welcome more MP. Cropping is still a huge part of what I do. If the ISO is essentially the same as the 5D3 then more pixels would be enough at that level (fps isn't a problem, I usually use the 'silent' mode and find it fast enough, which is less than 6fps, I forget exactly what). Crop modes are all very well, but you can crop after the fact of course (if it involved higher fps that might be useful in some circumstances).

So for me - extra MP = good. Better high/low ISO is good but I don't care too much. That's it really! Well, price of course

 

[The Flasher]

Hmpf.... no radio flash controller, no Wifi, no global shutter,
no multilayer RGB imager - and a downgrade in high ISO
performance as well.

Not quite what I was hoping for. Not at all.

No swivel screen either.

 

[Loswr]

It seems to me that Canon has abandoned us EOS1D users...such a pitty.

You're so right. Yesterday, my 1D X was awesome...today it's suddenly a piece of crap.

 

[PureClassA]

It seems to me that Canon has abandoned us EOS1D users...such a pitty.

No one said a new 1DX isn't coming this year too.... a $4000 price drop on a 1DC on Monday? No DPAF in that one, but almost certainly in a new 1DX2... Hmmm... Something tell me the 1DC series is on the endangered species list and the 1DX2 will fully encompass BOTH high speed sports/action AND 4k at the same $7-8k price point. The 1DC as it is NOW is really nothing more than a 1DX with 4k added in. Wouldn't make much sense to have a DPAF 1 series for stills and a 1DC for video without DPAF for Canon at this point...

Read between the lines.

 

[Loswr]

If it has crop modes, will it have an EVF?

Else how will you be able to see it?

So you're saying that the Nikon FX cameras with a DX crop mode have an EVF? Or are you saying that since those cameras don't have an EVF, the crop mode cannot be used? :

In fact, with the transmissive LCD in many current Canon bodies, indicating the crop frame on-demand would be trivial.

 

[drjlo]

Hmm. With the Canony collaboration, I wonder if the sensor in 5D IV will be the current Sony 24 MP sensor that is in Nikon D750 and Sony A7?
If Canon is going to use Sony sensors, I personally wish the Sony 36MP sensor would make it into 5D IV :-\

 

[Marsu42]

It seems to me that Canon has abandoned us EOS1D users...such a pitty.

You're so right. Yesterday, my 1D X was awesome...today it's suddenly a piece of crap.

As far as usability and iq goes, the low-res 1dx might do still do ok-ish ...

... but alas, with about a third of the metapixie count if the new flagships, the glamour and prestigious ownership might take a hit for six. I imagine we'll see less "just get the best" 1dx people who don't make use of its capability as these customers will go 5ds now.

 

[Chuck Alaimo]

Hmm. With the Canony collaboration, I wonder if the sensor in 5D IV will be the current Sony 24 MP sensor that is in Nikon D750 and Sony A7?
If Canon is going to use Sony sensors, I personally wish the Sony 36MP sensor would make it into 5D IV :-\

Now why would they do that? the 5d4 will be the nimble camera for action/event shooters/low light shooters - if it has 36 mp then that really dampens the uses a bit (huge files that don't need to be huge, hence why the res of the 5d4 shouldn't be much more than the current one - a modest increase in Res and better af, increased high iso sensitivity. 36 is overkill if you have a studio cam like the rumored one.

 

[Mt Spokane Photography]

I'll be waiting for a 5D MK IV. This camera seems aimed directly at studio photography, wedding photography, and landscape photography.

I'm more into low light photography, and ISO 6400 is not high enough. I'm sure that this one will be just what many want and will use.

 

[Chuck Alaimo]

It seems to me that Canon has abandoned us EOS1D users...such a pitty.

You're so right. Yesterday, my 1D X was awesome...today it's suddenly a piece of crap.

As far as usability and iq goes, the low-res 1dx might do still do ok-ish ...

... but alas, with about a third of the metapixie count if the new flagships, the glamour and prestigious ownership might take a hit for six. I imagine we'll see less "just get the best" 1dx people who don't make use of its capability as these customers will go 5ds now.

the funny thing about this is ----look at nikon --- they went with big mp first...but what did their flagship d4 and d4s get? 16.2MP --- 16 on the d4 which was pre sony chip era, and 16 on the d4s which was after the sony partnership.

maybe canon's market research showed that people who need extremely high quality large file images aren't shooting sports? LOL, how many studio strobes can fire at 14 fps???? lol (and yeah, do you really need 14fps if you mounted to a tripod at iso 100, f16, and a 10 stop filter on your camera....lol....)

 

[cliffwang]

Not excited. ISO 6400 camera is not for me. Where is 5D MK4?

 

[justsomedude]

Not excited. ISO 6400 camera is not for me. Where is 5D MK4?

Coming in August - according to Northlight.

 

[Marsu42]

maybe canon's market research showed that people who need extremely high quality large file images aren't shooting sports?

It'll be interesting what the Canon 1dx2 will feature. With Nikon, imho 36mp isn't a game-changing difference ... it's the worst of both worlds, large files and not that much of a real world x*y pixel increase.

However, 50+mp is really a big splash, and manufacturers' marketing divisions will need nerves of steel (and reliable market data, if something like this exists at all) to keep their gripped "pro" models below 20mp. After all, it's not only "pros" buying them, but also rich folk looking for the "best".

LOL, how many studio strobes can fire at 14 fps???? lol (and yeah, do you really need 14fps if you mounted to a tripod at iso 100, f16, and a 10 stop filter on your camera....lol....)

Thank the maker for that, because otherwise I'd really feel inferior with my 6d. But ignoring the crappy af system, the low fps doesn't matter as I'm using (fill) flash all the time.

 

[dolina]

Why is Canon following the naming convention of Sony?

Is it because they're using a Sony sensor that only goes up to ISO 6,400. ;D

The 7D Mark II by contrast goes up to 160,000?

Based on how many other sites see the specs it appears to be very legit.

Disappointments for me are...

AF system is not equal or exceeds those of the 7D Mark II
No mention of GPS
No mention of WiFi
No mention of NFC
No mention of 4K (which to me would justify it costing beyond $3,000)

Any who I hope the announcement does happen on the first Friday of February

 

[justsomedude]

Disappointments for me are...

AF system is not equal or exceeds those of the 7D Mark II
No mention of GPS
No mention of WiFi
No mention of NFC
No mention of 4K (which to me would justify it costing beyond $3,000)

I would not take the spec list as final and or Gospel; it was hocked from a Japanese camera website translated by Google translate. Probably just a sneak peek... next week should give us a full spec breakdown.