Review: Real World Canon EOS 5D Mark IV

spice5.com said:
Got a few minutes in and had to stop watching. Something about this guy gives me an involuntary tick. Northrup, and a few others have some pretty good reviews on the 4. I'll stick with those.
Different production values appeal to different people. Cut away the "front" and the undeniably caffeinated Jared Polin is an informed, practical and unbiased and ridiculously enthusiastic reviewer. Tony Northrup is handsome, looks authoritative, has classy production values and an apparency of credibility. But cut away the good looks and the content is a tiny bit thin in my view. Bottom line is I'm glad they're both there generating entertaining and informative content.

-pw
 
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When I saw Jared the first time years ago I found him a bit obnoxious. Looking back, it was his early years, starting out, wasn't as polished, trying to make a mark with his personality, etc.

These days I don't mind him so much and I think his videos give a good, hands on, real world usage test. It's a good balance of covering the specs and being technically while delivering the intangibles, stuff you can't read in the spec sheet, namely how it feels and performs in a real world situation (7D2 at the hockey arena was the first time I said, "I don't hate this guy"). I don't get too hung up on him missing Canon lore/history/details. I actually enjoy the fact that he's not a Canon shooter/expert as his first impressions are more genuine and balanced.

Tony has a good thing going for himself and I have a lot of respect for what he's accomplished. Again, I'm not a huge fan of his videos but he adds a lot of value, especially to the novice who's looking to learn. He gets bonus points for not being a one hit wonder co-wroting a bunch of technical Microsoft books years ago.

Kai and DigitalRev, well they provide some of the least amount of useful info, they certainly produce some of the most entertaining videos.

The hardware reviews are fine, but the camera is just a tool. Personally I enjoy videos that cover on location, the shoot, working with the client, more the business side of things. Zack Arias has some solid videos in this regard. Of course some of his best stuff I think is paid content.
 
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:o I'm not sure if this customization was in the 5D-III:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_R77Gs8Q6E

If it was then it was well enough hidden that I never found it in 3 years of owning the camera. Either way I know now why the Fro was raving about the feature. It's pretty darn awesome!
 
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StudentOfLight said:
:o I'm not sure if this customization was in the 5D-III:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_R77Gs8Q6E

If it was then it was well enough hidden that I never found it in 3 years of owning the camera. Either way I know now why the Fro was raving about the feature. It's pretty darn awesome!

Just checked on my 5D MkIII. Unfortunately and unsurprisingly it's not available. Then checked the 7D MkII. Yes, it's there and it's awesome! What a great feature. This could swing me to a 5D MkIV.

-pw
 
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pwp said:
StudentOfLight said:
:o I'm not sure if this customization was in the 5D-III:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_R77Gs8Q6E

If it was then it was well enough hidden that I never found it in 3 years of owning the camera. Either way I know now why the Fro was raving about the feature. It's pretty darn awesome!

Just checked on my 5D MkIII. Unfortunately and unsurprisingly it's not available. Then checked the 7D MkII. Yes, it's there and it's awesome! What a great feature. This could swing me to a 5D MkIV.

-pw
Yeah, it's such a great feature. No need for me to waste a whole custom mode for an alternative AF setup, and it's all in thumb range. Now I understand why the Fro was blown away with the feature. :)
 
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StudentOfLight said:
pwp said:
StudentOfLight said:
:o I'm not sure if this customization was in the 5D-III:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_R77Gs8Q6E

If it was then it was well enough hidden that I never found it in 3 years of owning the camera. Either way I know now why the Fro was raving about the feature. It's pretty darn awesome!

Just checked on my 5D MkIII. Unfortunately and unsurprisingly it's not available. Then checked the 7D MkII. Yes, it's there and it's awesome! What a great feature. This could swing me to a 5D MkIV.

-pw
Yeah, it's such a great feature. No need for me to waste a whole custom mode for an alternative AF setup, and it's all in thumb range. Now I understand why the Fro was blown away with the feature. :)

Wow. Checked the video. Very interesting. I already made * button for the hail mary in any situation settings (1/200 min-AF A-ISO AI-Servo All-AF-points), but I might change AF-On to one of those. And DoF too, I never use it anyway.
 
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