Canon EOS 5D Mark IV to Come Before NAB [CR2]

[jrista]

These are great times to be pushing the shutter!

Indeed! I love the freedom to choose a variety of brands, and the freedom to adapt lenses with new mirrorless cameras. Certainly opens up the options.

I have yet to see anything compelling that actually illustrates this capability. My experiences, which are admittedly small, and many of the videos I have seen, show that this just isn't a realistic option yet if AF is any kind of priority.

Sure you can fit Canon lenses on Sony sensors, but the AF gets much worse from what I have seen and experienced, they are certainly well short of a pro feature from a reliability and ease of use stand point.

For sure where AF is not a priority the choices are broader than ever, and a welcome change, but I think you are gilding the lily to far to great an extent at this point.

It is not just about fitting Canon lenses to Sony sensors. It is about fitting almost ANY lens to Sony sensors. The A7r II significantly upped the AF performance game. I don't know if it is action ready yet...I am hoping to get a chance to rent an A7r II soon and pair it with my 600mm lens, and see how it works for birds and wildlife. It isn't an ubiquitous capability yet, but I don't think it will be long before that changes. The A6100 should get much improved AF, and paired with a high frame rate, I think that may replace my 5D III (or 5D IV, which I do plan to get) on many occasions. I also figure I'll get a Canon mounted Sigma 150-600mm to pair with both cameras as well, for cases when hauling out the big 600mm is not an option and I still want the reach.

You think I'm "gliding the lily too far", I think you are just as narrow minded as ever. To each his own, I guess.

 

[RGF]

These are great times to be pushing the shutter!

Indeed! I love the freedom to choose a variety of brands, and the freedom to adapt lenses with new mirrorless cameras. Certainly opens up the options.

I have yet to see anything compelling that actually illustrates this capability. My experiences, which are admittedly small, and many of the videos I have seen, show that this just isn't a realistic option yet if AF is any kind of priority.

Sure you can fit Canon lenses on Sony sensors, but the AF gets much worse from what I have seen and experienced, they are certainly well short of a pro feature from a reliability and ease of use stand point.

For sure where AF is not a priority the choices are broader than ever, and a welcome change, but I think you are gilding the lily to far to great an extent at this point.

It is not just about fitting Canon lenses to Sony sensors. It is about fitting almost ANY lens to Sony sensors. The A7r II significantly upped the AF performance game. I don't know if it is action ready yet...I am hoping to get a chance to rent an A7r II soon and pair it with my 600mm lens, and see how it works for birds and wildlife. It isn't an ubiquitous capability yet, but I don't think it will be long before that changes. The A6100 should get much improved AF, and paired with a high frame rate, I think that may replace my 5D III (or 5D IV, which I do plan to get) on many occasions. I also figure I'll get a Canon mounted Sigma 150-600mm to pair with both cameras as well, for cases when hauling out the big 600mm is not an option and I still want the reach.

You think I'm "gliding the lily too far", I think you are just as narrow minded as ever. To each his own, I guess.

This may be the wrong forum to raise this question, but I just purchased a A7R II and metabones adapter

I would like to use "Live view" (I know, a Canon term) and magnify the image to determine if I have critical focus.

Some of my lens do not AF w the Metabones adapter but that is okay since I will be working very slowly.

How do I do this?

 

[3kramd5]

For sure where AF is not a priority the choices are broader than ever, and a welcome change

Very much so. I LOVE using MF on the A7R2. Love. It suffers in low-light, but it's workable.

 

[3kramd5]

This may be the wrong forum to raise this question, but I just purchased a A7R II and metabones adapter

I would like to use "Live view" (I know, a Canon term) and magnify the image to determine if I have critical focus.

Some of my lens do not AF w the Metabones adapter but that is okay since I will be working very slowly.

How do I do this?

The function is called focus magnifier. Unfortunately, it is disabled if AF is enabled. So, when you adapt an AF lens which the camera won't drive, you have to disable autofocus (by default with the toggle up, hit the small button). Then you can press the center button (I believe that's the default) to zoom.

I have it up on C1 because I use the center button for AF-on.

It is not just about fitting Canon lenses to Sony sensors.

Yep. I picked up a dumb f to e adapter for a hundreds bucks so I can use my friend's FF f-mount sigma art lenses. It's nice.

 

[vscd]

[quote author=ulric wolf]
Well, I'm sorry, but it just happened that one smart individual started to talk about himself and not think about others. World is pretty big and it's very egoistic to talk things like "i don't need this feature and so that camera don't need that". Stupid.
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Mr. Wolf, I think about others and my comment was only a reaction to another one. And if *my* very own opinion is that I don't need 4k on my (still-)cam than this is something you have to obey to. You're free to have your own opinion on this but don't call me stupid. I think in real world you wouldn't dare to. Now grow up.

 

[martti]

It will be interesting to see how they improve on the 5DIII so that people can justify the price of the upgrade.
Of course, there are people to whom money is no issue. And those who want to have the Sony sensor, nothing else will do. People have their motives and their hang-ups.

Selling the 5DIII might bring some 1500-1800 dollars and then you'd have to pay about the same amount from your pocket to get the new 5D IV. Since I already have as much photographic stuff that I can carry and my 5D III serves me just fine, I'd probably use my money for a trip to one of the places that they show pictures of in National Geographic and Geo. Patagonia, for instance.

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