Canon EOS 5DS Samples With Sigma ART Prime Lenses

firegs said:
lichtmalen said:
firegs said:
I'm dying to see the 16-35 f/4L on this beast.

Relax. I hope I'll get mine soon, first thing I'll do is -real- high quality samples with all my lenses and also detail and iso-wise comparisons with the Mark III.

I love you. Can you PM me when you get these pictures? Or E-mail?

Will release it on my website (see signature) once I'm done. I plan on putting all the files in 100% in a dropbox so everyone can download and compare fullsize images for themselves. Also I will probably offer an English translation inside the article. I will hurry with this as fast as I can, but I don't even know yet when I get my camera. Retailer said 15th is the date for shippings, but who knows, don't have word of anyone here in Germany, unlike USA where you can find 14th everywhere.

Given I get the camera at the beginning or middle of next week, I'll have that up by friday tops.
 
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None of these tests are gonna please everyone out there. Especially not internet bloggers and chat room nerds like us. There's never going to be a review page with EVERY canon lens or third party lens tested with this or any camera that comparable to another (taking the same exact shot with every lens).

I agree this review page's sample pictures are less than ideal (to be kind). But I do like seeing some test shots handheld. I know the story is that, to get the most outta this camera, a tripod should be employed, but handholding is going to be pretty common, and using a typical focal range like 24-200mm (that would be all the good L glass within that range) should give you pretty damn sharp results provided you're firing off at 1/500+ per second.

A lot of what that site is showing is 1/60 and such, and I don't image they're using a tripod much, if at all. More silliness in tandem with shenanigans like f/16.

However, the only upshot is that it shows what you may expect with less than perfect (or even decent/good) technique, but then again, how many people are buying this camera who don't know what the hell they're doing or buying it to take normal family vacation pictures... Maybe I'm nuts though. I'm the guy who walks into Disneyworld carrying a big manfrotto tripod AND monopod... ::)
 
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I've tried pulling the shadows out of the raw examples that have been posted and I'm not really impressed yet.
I would really like to see a 15-30 second RAW exposure taken during sunset or "blue hour" at ISO 100 and f/8.
As a landscape photographer, I would like to see how "shadow pulls" are compared to the D810 and A7R.
The MkII's red streaks were horrible, MkIII's a little better but still looked like red sandpaper.
My decision to stay with Canon and go for the 5DS R will be gauged on the shadow pull.
If someone on here has the 5DS or the R, can you please post a few raw long exposure landscapes taken during sunset at ISO 100 and f/8.
Thanks in advance.
 
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My first impressions of the samples with Sigma lenses:
Great resolution in the center region but inferior (for that sensor) on the edges and in the corners. I think the sigmas are perfect for up to 20 MPix. So I wished to see some samples of a macro lens or the OTUS series of Zeiss.

Thankfully they fullfilled my wish (perhaps after receiving my thoughts telepathically?) with the "old" EF 100/2.8 and ... I am impressed about the quality of 5DS with that "old" lens from center to corner (based on images 5...7, blue flowers). Near the lower right corner there is one leave in the focal plane. Straight from f/2.8 it is imaged with well defined texture.

About some who are nagging about the test setup / test parameters: It's always helpful to see samples with a wider variation of subjects/situations/exp settings to have enough material to draw your conclusions. Photographyblog delivers a lot in jpeg AND raw which is more or less unique in my opinion.
Using f/16 doesn't show that they do not now what they are doing - they show us samples of the behaviour of a 50MPix FF sensor under conditions that might be needed to (1) get enough DOF and (2) reduce the amount of light in extremely bright situations w/o ND available. As physicist I know about the diffraction limit and thought that 5D classics MPix (50/4) count is enough for f/16 but I see there is room for more MPixels especially if you include some thoughtful sharpening during postprocessing. What I really like are the smooth and precise transitions between colors - great texture fidelity I would say!
 
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BMLmedia said:
mb66energy said:
So I wished to see some samples of a macro lens or the OTUS series of Zeiss.

I hope to pick up my camera today and will be testing it out with the Zeiss Otus 55

Interestingly enough how many new members with one post seem to get theirs before release, see Shugarmandesign up in this thread... troll or real, that is the question
 
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lichtmalen said:
BMLmedia said:
mb66energy said:
So I wished to see some samples of a macro lens or the OTUS series of Zeiss.

I hope to pick up my camera today and will be testing it out with the Zeiss Otus 55

Interestingly enough how many new members with one post seem to get theirs before release, see Shugarmandesign up in this thread... troll or real, that is the question

About the same number of nuggets on dpreview that either 'I own it' or 'I had it' ;D
 
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zim said:
lichtmalen said:
BMLmedia said:
mb66energy said:
So I wished to see some samples of a macro lens or the OTUS series of Zeiss.

I hope to pick up my camera today and will be testing it out with the Zeiss Otus 55

Interestingly enough how many new members with one post seem to get theirs before release, see Shugarmandesign up in this thread... troll or real, that is the question

About the same number of nuggets on dpreview that either 'I own it' or 'I had it' ;D

Well I was the first one in GB or Ireland to get the Otus: https://www.flickr.com/photos/brianmacl/11345344194/in/datetaken/ so I have form :)
 
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I'm getting mine for sure, on friday, the day one store in nyc will be getting a few R's early for customers who spend a great deal of money in the store, myself included. No troll here. I was remarking about wanting to post sexy samples woth my superb Canon 180mm f3.5L Macro.

Because the 14th is sunday, it wont be shipped later, but earlier than then.
 
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BMLmedia said:
mb66energy said:
So I wished to see some samples of a macro lens or the OTUS series of Zeiss.

I hope to pick up my camera today and will be testing it out with the Zeiss Otus 55

Good luck and I would like to see some images with that "reference lens" - I think it will deliver 40-45 MPix net resolution after DxO measurements. That's new terrain for 35mm full frame sensors!
 
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mb66energy said:
BMLmedia said:
mb66energy said:
So I wished to see some samples of a macro lens or the OTUS series of Zeiss.

I hope to pick up my camera today and will be testing it out with the Zeiss Otus 55

Good luck and I would like to see some images with that "reference lens" - I think it will deliver 40-45 MPix net resolution after DxO measurements. That's new terrain for 35mm full frame sensors!
It did not show up yesterday, but hopefully will be getting in at lunch time today. this is worse than waiting for my first child
 
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