Eos M5 records 12bits RAW

[pokerz]

when shooting photos continuesly, 14bits RAW in single shot.
It sounds familiar

 

[rrcphoto]

Link?

 

[Loswr]

He took ritzholtz seriously?

Identical pixel count on the EVF as G5X/EVF-DC1; perhaps the EVF-DC2 (rumored) is hotshoe upside? Grasping at straws here.

7FPS while in tracking I believe is in line/trumps the A6300's continuous tracking AF FPS, interesting. Might be wrong on that but I believe the best buy rep indicated you can't shoot 11fps in tracking, you have to dial down to either 8 or 3 FPS for hits.

Edit: A6300 is 8FPS continuous, still, not bad at all.

At least I don't have to drop another ~$60 for a spare battery.

MTF charts on the 18-150 anyone? Be nice to have prior to release for upgrade path decisions.

And it also drops down to 12 bit mode and evf resolution as soon as someone starts using headline features on Sony.

 

[ritholtz]

He took ritzholtz seriously?

Identical pixel count on the EVF as G5X/EVF-DC1; perhaps the EVF-DC2 (rumored) is hotshoe upside? Grasping at straws here.

7FPS while in tracking I believe is in line/trumps the A6300's continuous tracking AF FPS, interesting. Might be wrong on that but I believe the best buy rep indicated you can't shoot 11fps in tracking, you have to dial down to either 8 or 3 FPS for hits.

Edit: A6300 is 8FPS continuous, still, not bad at all.

At least I don't have to drop another ~$60 for a spare battery.

MTF charts on the 18-150 anyone? Be nice to have prior to release for upgrade path decisions.

And it also drops down to 12 bit mode and evf resolution as soon as someone starts using headline features on Sony.

That 12bit mode is about Sony offerings in general. We typically see statements like class leading A and class leading B for Sony. But they drop to 12 bit mode on so many occasions, it ends up A and B being mutually exclusive. Wondering if it is the case with M5. As OP mentioned, does it drop to 12bit in continuous mode?

 

[Sharlin]

Canon Japan's M5 pages seem to confirm that the camera uses 12-bit A/D in continuous shooting mode:

http://cweb.canon.jp/eos/lineup/m5/feature-highquality.html (Google Translate)

RAW (14bit, Canon original)

※ RAW image at the time of continuous shooting has been decorated with 12bitAD conversion.

 

[Jopa]

Canon Japan's M5 pages seem to confirm that the camera uses 12-bit A/D in continuous shooting mode:

http://cweb.canon.jp/eos/lineup/m5/feature-highquality.html (Google Translate)

RAW (14bit, Canon original)

※ RAW image at the time of continuous shooting has been decorated with 12bitAD conversion.

What about the 80d (since it got the same sensor)?

 

[Sharlin]

Canon Japan's M5 pages seem to confirm that the camera uses 12-bit A/D in continuous shooting mode:

http://cweb.canon.jp/eos/lineup/m5/feature-highquality.html (Google Translate)

RAW (14bit, Canon original)

※ RAW image at the time of continuous shooting has been decorated with 12bitAD conversion.

What about the 80d (since it got the same sensor)?

It is not literally the same sensor, as far as I can glean from reviews. No 80D specs mention anything else than 14bit, independent of shooting mode. Some guesses: they have skimped on fab process to make the sensor cheaper, or have issues with heat dissipation given the smaller body, or have issues with ADC throughput at 7/9fps even though the DiGIC 7 can take it, or have compromised on ADC speed to drive read noise even lower. Or something else entirely.

 

[ritholtz]

Canon Japan's M5 pages seem to confirm that the camera uses 12-bit A/D in continuous shooting mode:

http://cweb.canon.jp/eos/lineup/m5/feature-highquality.html (Google Translate)

RAW (14bit, Canon original)

※ RAW image at the time of continuous shooting has been decorated with 12bitAD conversion.

Looks like 12bit with continuous shooting. Does it mean DR less than 12EV?

 

[pokerz]

Looking forward to see this mechanism be implentated in further DSLRs.