Poll: Would you buy a high MP Canon EOS 5DIV?

[Maiaibing]

The question is hypothetical and presumes

1) a 5DIV would improve generically on the 5DIII but with a significant MP boost (at least 32MP compared to the existing 22MP for the 5DIII)

2) the price range of such a camera would follow the pattern of the 5D-family (around 3.500$ at launch)

 

[Marsu42]

1) a 5DIV would improve generically on the 5DIII but with a significant MP boost (at least 32MP compared to the existing 22MP for the 5DIII)

Imho these two goals conflict with each other, at least with the current technology's speed. The 5d3 is the best "all around" camera, but if you simply move the balance to the resolution side you'll end up with too much data for photojournalism and sports/action shooting - the 1dx has "just" 18mp for a reason.

To get an upgraded "all in one" package there have to be significant changes, so it's possible Canon will simply push a simply old-school update with 24mp, 4k video, a bit better everything and dual pixel af. The first high mp incarnation would reserved for a 1dxs until the 5d5 arrives.

 

[Maximilian]

I am fine with 20 to 24 MP.
I don't care for more than 30 MP because for me it only costs disk space and makes pixel peepers happy - or even not.
Same MP, better high and low ISO performance, maybe some DR on top and I'm fine.

To say it in other words:
The 5D4 must have a real big improvement in IQ (not pixel resolution) that you can recognize at once in real world usage.
Minor improvements (half an stop ISO here, little less noise there) are not enough.
Otherwise I am not interested at all.

 

[tron]

The question is hypothetical and presumes

1) a 5DIV would improve generically on the 5DIII but with a significant MP boost (at least 32MP compared to the existing 22MP for the 5DIII)

2) the price range of such a camera would follow the pattern of the 5D-family (around 3.500$ at launch)

+1 Plus, the poll assumes that Canon will mess with 5D series and increase the MP count instead of improving noise and DR.

 

[FEBS]

I am fine with 20 to 24 MP.
I don't care for more than 30 MP because for me it only costs disk space and makes pixel peepers happy - or even not.
Same MP, better high and low ISO performance, maybe some DR on top and I'm fine.

To say it in other words:
The 5D4 must have a real big improvement in IQ (not pixel resolution) that you can recognize at once in real world usage.
Minor improvements (half an stop ISO here, little less noise there) are not enough.
Otherwise I am not interested at all.

+1

exact the same thought. I don't need all those megapixels as I presume that fps will drop in that case. The 5D3 is such a versatile camera. I would not buy if I only see small improvements. Higher ISO combined with less noise is much more important to me then 20Mp added to the resolution.

 

[Omni Images]

YES,
I shoot landscape and only something like a 10-12 shot stitch or a scan of a film image from my Linhof 120 pano will be good enough to print an image in the size I want will do. I scan the 120 pano in at about a 2gig file size.
There is no way I can afford something like a Hasselblad 40-60 meg or a Phase One or Better Light back for my 4x5 etc .. so a one shot digital camera could do the job for me.

 

[melbournite]

As a Canon 5D user over every generation, I can't tick any of the selections.

I understand the premise of your question but there are so many other factors to consider. MP is only one of them.

 

[tomscott]

The 5D line has always been an event photographers camera and thats who buys them. The files as they are are a good size, making the MP 30+will increase the files by a 1/3 and after editing a raw and saving it as a PSD they are already in the 250mb range which is more than enough. You can only fit 1000 images on a 32gb card so at a typical wedding your shooting 64gbs as it is shooting redundancy is 128gb. It basically means more money to be spent on storage reducing profit margins. When your not printing past A2 or even A1 that space is wasted. Granted it gives you room to crop, but most event shooters don't shoot to crop just adds time in post.

its not a landscape camera and most event shooters don't need that kind of resolution.

The high MP camera designation was always the 1DS and I hope that continues or I for one as an event photographer will be disappointed as Canon won't make a camera for lets be honest the main area photography is still commercial. Landscape photography is a niche, there are not many photographers making a living from it anymore.

I would be happy with a modest boost to 24 or even staying the same with an improvement in noise performance and adding a few other features like GPS and possibly making the camera a little lighter.

 

[Bob Howland]

I am fine with 20 to 24 MP.
I don't care for more than 30 MP because for me it only costs disk space and makes pixel peepers happy - or even not.
Same MP, better high and low ISO performance, maybe some DR on top and I'm fine.

To say it in other words:
The 5D4 must have a real big improvement in IQ (not pixel resolution) that you can recognize at once in real world usage.
Minor improvements (half an stop ISO here, little less noise there) are not enough.
Otherwise I am not interested at all.

+1.

 

[Sella174]

Add choice to the poll for "only if mirrorless". Plus Canon can make mirrored and mirrorless versions.

 

[Loswr]

No, but I'd likely buy a high MP 1-series body.

 

[AvTvM]

Add choice to the poll for "only if mirrorless". Plus Canon can make mirrored and mirrorless versions.

[X] ... Yes!

 

[torger]

I'm interested in a high MP Canon, but I would be disappointed if they are not competitive with the Sony sensors concerning base ISO dynamic range. I'm less interested in high ISO performance as I would not intend to use a high MP camera as an all-around camera, but rather use it as I use my medium format camera today, ie carefully set up shots from a tripod shot with base ISO.

As I shoot landscape, and I expect many will with a high MP Canon as landscape photography is huge among amateurs, base ISO dynamic range is of interest.

 

[caruser]

No, but I'd likely buy a high MP 1-series body.

+1

 

[ajfotofilmagem]

For my use, I do NOT want more megapixel. But I know some people who WANT to, and a very small group of people who really NEED more megapixel.
For this small group who really need above 30 megapixel, Canon should release a series 1 body to replace 1Ds Mark iii.

 

[Coolhandchuck]

Bring on a high MP 5D!!! Those that say it won't work for photojournalists or sports photographers because the files are too large and would take up too much card space, I say this... Can't one select the size of the RAW file they want to use? I thought so... Problem solved. Why is this even a question honestly? Some of us like to exercise choice.

 

[Marsu42]

Can't one select the size of the RAW file they want to use? I thought so...

No, one cannot because the downsized sraw and mraw aren't real "raw" files but cooked in the camera - so if you want the best quality you'll end up with the full resolution size. An option that would make sense is a raw crop mode for focal length limited shots like Nikon has it, but Canon never showed any aspiration to follow suit.

 

[tomscott]

SRAW and MRAW aren't the answer to full Raw file on a higher MP Camera. The whole point of Raw is that they aren't compressed and contain all the original data.

 

[Dylan777]

The question is hypothetical and presumes

1) a 5DIV would improve generically on the 5DIII but with a significant MP boost (at least 32MP compared to the existing 22MP for the 5DIII)

2) the price range of such a camera would follow the pattern of the 5D-family (around 3.500$ at launch)

+1 Plus, the poll assumes that Canon will mess with 5D series and increase the MP count instead of improving noise and DR.

+1

 

[Click]

No, but I'd likely buy a high MP 1-series body.

+1