EOBeav said:
After rebates and selling the bundled printer, I got my 5dIII from B&H for just about $2k about 6 months ago. Couldn't pass on that deal.
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Canon EOS 5D Mark IV to Come Before NAB [CR2]
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After rebates and selling the bundled printer, I got my 5dIII from B&H for just about $2k about 6 months ago. Couldn't pass on that deal.
Perio said:
I never got why they announced the 5D2 and some others in late Nov! These things are kinda specialized and pricey as stocking stuffers, plus in many major population centers of the world where these sell well, releasing on your schedule means they come out just after wedding seasons ends, after fall foliage shooting is over, after all the major summer and fall sports seasons are over, summer vacation and trip photography is over, spring and summer macro insect shooting is over, etc. etc.
It makes 10000x more sense to these spring releases!
Plus with the spring release people are more desperate to pay original list price instead of say putting it off for next spring once price comes down since they may want it for the spring weddings, a big summer trip, etc. etc.
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The 5D Mark III replacement would need to keep up with A7S II and A7R II have 4K resolution video.
It would be laughable it it doesnt.
It would be laughable it it doesnt.
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dolina said:
Maybe, but the real question is whether it would be profitable. As long as people choose Canon cameras, with whatever deficits people see, there is no market pressure to change product strategy.
To be clear, I'd love Canon products to have all of those competitive features as well; however, in the end, it need only be competitive in profit for it to be a good business decision for Canon.
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Really hoping we'll get some darn spec leaks soon.
I need at least 8fps, as the 6fps of the 5D III is frustrating for BIF and even general bird photography and wildlife it doesn't give me the best frames.
I would also like an AF system that doesn't have an intrinsic inter-frame jitter. The 5D III isn't nearly as bad as the 7D was, but I still get slightly out of focus shots and I can feel focus shifting ever so slightly back and forth each frame. Hoping Canon's iTR system would take care of that.
I'm quite eager to retire my 5D III.
I need at least 8fps, as the 6fps of the 5D III is frustrating for BIF and even general bird photography and wildlife it doesn't give me the best frames.
I would also like an AF system that doesn't have an intrinsic inter-frame jitter. The 5D III isn't nearly as bad as the 7D was, but I still get slightly out of focus shots and I can feel focus shifting ever so slightly back and forth each frame. Hoping Canon's iTR system would take care of that.
I'm quite eager to retire my 5D III.
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dilbert said:
true but for a long time, somehow they seemed to time everything for just when everything was over and to treat stuff that really wasn't stocking stuffers as stocking stuffers.
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jrista said:
+1, but why not get a grey market 1D X, then again I guess you want the sensor upgrades that will come with the 5D IV
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meywd said:
I definitely want the IQ improvements. The 1D X is the noisiest sensor Canon has. Compared to the noise levels I'm used to working with these days, it's INSANELY noisy. I also want much better resolution than that as well, as with birds, you often have to crop a decent amount (even with a 600mm lens). I also do not want the big body. I am very comfortable with the 5D III body size and ergonomics. It balances my 600mm f/4 very nicely at just the right point...when I add the battery grip, I have to shift the lens forward far enough that the dovetail that clips into my Joby Pro 2 ends up hitting the bottom of the gimbal, scratching it up.
For my action photography, the 5D line is ideal for me. And I cannot go backwards on the IQ front. I would also much rather have better IQ than the 5D IV is likely to have...I seriously doubt it is getting a DR upgrade. However I am kind of locked into the system after having spent so much money on lenses (and mainly, THE lens). Finally, I have other astrophotography needs that dwarf my terrestrial photography needs. I need over $20,000 in astro equipment that I would like to get within the next year. A 5D IV may not even find its way into my hands until some time 2017 in the face of all that...
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EOBeav said:
Heck, after instant savings, rebates ($350), a free year of Adobe Lightroom/Photoshop ($119.88 value to me because my subscription just ran out) and a free year of Kelby One training ($239.40 value to me because I need it), I just picked one up at B&H for a net cost of $1,789.00 no sales tax and free shipping... plus I got to keep the Canon Pro-100 printer and other goodies.
I'm happy ;D That is from B&H... a very reputable dealer. That's $2,028.40 if you don't care about Kelby One.
With a release price of $3,499 back in 2012 I am happily behind the technological curve. It is an amazing camera that will take me forever to outgrow.
Thank you Canon.
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PureClassA said:
It would be a totally WRONG approach to leave out 4K out of this camera. Even the A7RII has it and more will come. To stay ahead of the game they should really think hard to add it to the features and put som 60fps on it, along with some nice log-curves and video-assist features (zebras, focus pinching etc.) for crying out loud. If this is not in a Canon pro-camera of 2016, I don't see Canon realising what time it is now.
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It's been a great camera (the 5D III). Mine is looking a little worn out these days. There is plenty of metal visible on the outside of the camera (I hope version IV has a more hard wearing coat - part of this is my fault, slings cause more body wear).
I'm looking forward to seeing the actual specs of version IV.
I'd like a fast frame rate.
Better indicator of focus lock.
Better dynamic range
Better ISO performance
I'd like a higher MP (somewhere around 30MP).
More choice on settings for exposure length (eg I could choose how many seconds or minutes)
In view finder level
Lighting up of focus points
I'd prefer dual SD size cards
I'm not terribly interested in 4K video but I'd love 960FPS at 720 or 1080 (a wish) and more than two seconds worth.
I'm looking forward to seeing the actual specs of version IV.
I'd like a fast frame rate.
Better indicator of focus lock.
Better dynamic range
Better ISO performance
I'd like a higher MP (somewhere around 30MP).
More choice on settings for exposure length (eg I could choose how many seconds or minutes)
In view finder level
Lighting up of focus points
I'd prefer dual SD size cards
I'm not terribly interested in 4K video but I'd love 960FPS at 720 or 1080 (a wish) and more than two seconds worth.
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The Mk III was (already sold it) kind of a hatelove for me.
Superb IQ, IF I exposed correct. Was not easy with the constant underexposure in situations with low contrast, trying to avoid blown out lights, having a too dark RAW, and the recovering of shadows was not a strenght of this sensor.
AF was top notch, although bit too much centered.
The Mk IV can have same resolution, much better DR please, and a metering system based on 18% gray (and not 12%).
Yes- faster, 8fps would be fine.
4k: I dont care but I see it as a dealbraker for many of us.
Superb IQ, IF I exposed correct. Was not easy with the constant underexposure in situations with low contrast, trying to avoid blown out lights, having a too dark RAW, and the recovering of shadows was not a strenght of this sensor.
AF was top notch, although bit too much centered.
The Mk IV can have same resolution, much better DR please, and a metering system based on 18% gray (and not 12%).
Yes- faster, 8fps would be fine.
4k: I dont care but I see it as a dealbraker for many of us.
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My friends in Japan told me, that there are just a few rumors around. And nobody knows if they are true. Most of them about the 1DX II and 5DIV. It is said, Canon managers are astonished, how good the Sony 7R MK2 is wellcomed by the press. There is still an in-house discussion about an increase of the planned built in features of the MK IV. They will watch the sales of the competitors and the 5DS(r) and then decide if they want to compete Sony and the coming Nikon successors.
What seems to be plausible: availability before olympic games, maybe just in America (south and north). Other say, it will be available in June (soccer EM in France). But let us see, what comes true.
What seems to be plausible: availability before olympic games, maybe just in America (south and north). Other say, it will be available in June (soccer EM in France). But let us see, what comes true.
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PureClassA said:
To be competitive in that market they need to get rid of the mirror. The logical path forward into the 4K hybrid market is to make an upmarket EOS-M, and that likely won't happen until they can produce an improved processor. A Digic 7 will be able to shoot 4K (it will be the stills version of the DV5), but it may lack the power efficiency to be practical in an EOS-M body. In that case you may have to wait for the Digic 8, and by then everyone else would have moved on to the next step in performance.
I am afraid that Canon are well and truly on the back foot and at the back of the pack when it comes to hybrid 4K, and they are probably going to stay that way for the foreseeable future.
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Tilt screen is important for me in the 5D4, no tilt screen will mean I'll carry on shooting my dual 5DSr's unless there is a massive boost in ISO performance and (clean) shadow push.
Right now I'm not sure if I'd buy one. Cameras are so good at the moment anyway it's hard to screw up an image.
Right now I'm not sure if I'd buy one. Cameras are so good at the moment anyway it's hard to screw up an image.
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