Review: 5D4 at DPR posted

[ahsanford]

DPR and DXO drop their hammers on the same day? Shocking. :

https://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canon-eos-5d-mark-iv/15

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[Chaitanya]

Those Cons listed are quite fair, dont understand continued use of CF or older UHS-I SD slots.

 

[ritholtz]

There are no f/8 lens with extender focusing tests and comparisons with competition. I guess, they do that once Nikon catch up with Canon. Except for video related issues (crop factor, rs, 1080p iq), it looks solid. Nice review overall.

 

[ahsanford]

There are no f/8 lens with extender focusing tests and comparisons with competition. I guess, they do that once Nikon catch up with Canon. Except for video related issues (crop factor, rs, 1080p iq), it looks solid. Nice review overall.

Canned procedural reviews wouldn't get into extender AF impact. Even LensTip, who makes focus speed and hit rate a regular part of their reviews doesn't dig into teleconverter impact.

Only TDP or birding sites will probably give you the extender testing and feedback you need. I imagine Mr. Carnathan is hard at work his 5D4(s) as we speak.

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[sebasan]

1600 comments. Maybe they unified the comments from the preview.
I read four or five comments, and conclude that 99% are from trolls.
What a trash website is dpreview nowadays

 

[AlanF]

There are no f/8 lens with extender focusing tests and comparisons with competition. I guess, they do that once Nikon catch up with Canon. Except for video related issues (crop factor, rs, 1080p iq), it looks solid. Nice review overall.

Canned procedural reviews wouldn't get into extender AF impact. Even LensTip, who makes focus speed and hit rate a regular part of their reviews doesn't dig into teleconverter impact.

Only TDP or birding sites will probably give you the extender testing and feedback you need. I imagine Mr. Carnathan is hard at work his 5D4(s) as we speak.

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I'll be testing with the 400 DO II + 2xTC tomorrow, maybe.

 

[Sharlin]

1600 comments. Maybe they unified the comments from the preview.
I read four or five comments, and conclude that 99% are from trolls.
What a trash website is dpreview nowadays

Yes, they always have the same set of comments for the whole press release-preview-review cycle. The comment section of any DPR article, especially Canon article, is cancerous, almost as bad as Youtube comments. The DPR forum proper is much better, though certainly not optimal.

 

[LSXPhotog]

I don't know if I like that reviews are being done on cameras before full software support, but at least they liked it. I'm more inclined to favor reviews by professional photographers that use Canon daily than a bunch of writers with limited working experience day-to-day with the Canon ecosystem. Such as the perpetual comments about the overly customizable AF system. While a deterrent to new users for sure, Canon shooters have come to appreciate that we can tailor our AF system to the situation. Also, they love 3D tracking from Nikon way too much...I don't know any professionals that rely on any camera to choose where to focus and track like they do. I know I use expanded groups and haven't had any issues with tracking...maybe I need to use iTR more and let the camera choose everything for me? Haha jk

 

[sebasan]

I don't know if I like that reviews are being done on cameras before full software support, but at least they liked it. I'm more inclined to favor reviews by professional photographers that use Canon daily than a bunch of writers with limited working experience day-to-day with the Canon ecosystem. Such as the perpetual comments about the overly customizable AF system. While a deterrent to new users for sure, Canon shooters have come to appreciate that we can tailor our AF system to the situation. Also, they love 3D tracking from Nikon way too much...I don't know any professionals that rely on any camera to choose where to focus and track like they do. I know I use expanded groups and haven't had any issues with tracking...maybe I need to use iTR more and let the camera choose everything for me? Haha jk

Absolutely. One of the few things I like from DPR are their "Field Test". At least the do that tests with photographers who use the system and in photography that is of their knowledge.

 

[ritholtz]

There are no f/8 lens with extender focusing tests and comparisons with competition. I guess, they do that once Nikon catch up with Canon. Except for video related issues (crop factor, rs, 1080p iq), it looks solid. Nice review overall.

Canned procedural reviews wouldn't get into extender AF impact. Even LensTip, who makes focus speed and hit rate a regular part of their reviews doesn't dig into teleconverter impact.

Only TDP or birding sites will probably give you the extender testing and feedback you need. I imagine Mr. Carnathan is hard at work his 5D4(s) as we speak.

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I guess that is fair. They reviewed aliasing aspect more this time and preferred 5d4 AA version and removed AA filter from cons list.

 

[IglooEater]

DPR and DXO drop their hammers on the same day? Shocking. :

:link removed:

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A bit saddening... I kind of hoped canon would stay out of bribing, ehem, paying well for an unbiased review..