Touchscreen Coming to EOS 5D Mark IV? [CR1]

[RGF]

If you do landscape photography, architecture or anything else where low angles are common, an articulating screen is essential, period. ... The 5DMKIV needs to be a jack of all trades, and it will not accomplish that without an articulating touch screen. End of story.

Aha... This after 20 pages of debate. Next time please let us know earlier... :

What about an L eyepiece adapter. Or remove viewer such as the Cam Range.

There are alternatives, so it is not essential. Just handy - a problematic because it can break. Any if anything can break, it will at the most inopportune time.

 

[PhotographyFirst]

If you do landscape photography, architecture or anything else where low angles are common, an articulating screen is essential, period. ... The 5DMKIV needs to be a jack of all trades, and it will not accomplish that without an articulating touch screen. End of story.

Aha... This after 20 pages of debate. Next time please let us know earlier... :

What about an L eyepiece adapter. Or remove viewer such as the Cam Range.

There are alternatives, so it is not essential. Just handy - a problematic because it can break. Any if anything can break, it will at the most inopportune time.

Those are both horrible alternatives. L finders still require bending down and also require a loss in field of vision outside of the finder. Remote viewing devices are also slow and clunky to set up and operate compared to a flippy screen. My 6D with an iPhone was not even close to as useful as my 60D with the screen. For long-range remote control, it is nice, but not for most of the cases of operating the camera directly.

We've already established that there is no evidence that flippy screens are more prone to breaking. If the flippy screen breaks during a fall, you've got other more serious damage to weaker points like the lens and internals. They may change the shape and ergonomics, but are not really as fragile as some think. They also help protect the screen from being scratched during transport.

 

[YuengLinger]

This is way overdue. I am actually considering switching to Nikon if the 5DMKIV doesn't have a touch and articulating screen. The lack of it in the 7DMKII was very disappointing. I can't count how often I wished the 5DMKII had it. If you do landscape photography, architecture or anything else where low angles are common, an articulating screen is essential, period. For videography it is a necessity to be able to change focus cleanly with the dual pixel AF and move properly w/o shake. As for safety, you are not going to break it unless you're doing one-handed cartwheels or running backwards through the woods. When I travel with the 70D I turn the screen around and the screen is more safe, not less. The 5DMKIV needs to be a jack of all trades, and it will not accomplish that without an articulating touch screen. End of story.

Essential? Right...because there were no low angle shots before the paradigm shifting 60D came along.

A jack of all trades AND MASTER OF NONE. No, thank you. I want my SLR to take great stills while I'm running backwards through the woods.

 

[Ozarker]

This is way overdue. I am actually considering switching to Nikon if the 5DMKIV doesn't have a touch and articulating screen. The lack of it in the 7DMKII was very disappointing. I can't count how often I wished the 5DMKII had it. If you do landscape photography, architecture or anything else where low angles are common, an articulating screen is essential, period. For videography it is a necessity to be able to change focus cleanly with the dual pixel AF and move properly w/o shake. As for safety, you are not going to break it unless you're doing one-handed cartwheels or running backwards through the woods. When I travel with the 70D I turn the screen around and the screen is more safe, not less. The 5DMKIV needs to be a jack of all trades, and it will not accomplish that without an articulating touch screen. End of story.

Essential? Right...because there were no low angle shots before the paradigm shifting 60D came along.

A jack of all trades AND MASTER OF NONE. No, thank you. I want my SLR to take great stills while I'm running backwards through the woods.

It is essential for aging men and women with bad backs, bad knees, bad shoulders, terrible arthritis etc. I know from experience. Since boomers have the most disposable income... guess which market segment will win?

Canon and all the rest would die a quick death if all they survived on were pro shooters. Many of us spend just as much as any pro and far outnumber pro's who actually make a living shooting photos (The very definition of a professional photographer or professional anything else).

It is also a big help to anyone with disabling injuries like veterans who've lost limbs.

Aside from essential... it is a luxurious feature when touch screen and DPAF are added.

Jack of all trades and master of none? It does not detract from any feature or function, it adds to them. But, you don't have to buy one if you don't want to.

This website matters very very little to Canon. What matters is the marketplace. The membership here is miniscule (microscopic) compared to that. Not even a blip.

 

[dufflover]

A jack of all trades AND MASTER OF NONE. No, thank you. I want my SLR to take great stills while I'm running backwards through the woods.

When a flippy screen, popup flash and Wifi suddenly takes away the "mastery" that can be achieved with a 5D3 vs 5D3 plus those features please enlighten CR with your miraculous discovery because I don't see how they are at all mutually exclusive

Thinking about it more, pity I didn't go with Nikon from the get go. Don't get me wrong like I said at the start I like my 70D, and with it and the Canon bodies/lenses before it I've taken plenty of great pictures, but go figure if Canon had something like the D750 I would probably own one, whereas now I've held off for a long while on a 5D3 and so on. (I could use a wife/girlfriend analogy but I think that'll just open up a silly can of worms LOL!)

 

[Hector1970]

"A jack of all trades AND MASTER OF NONE. No, thank you. I want my SLR to take great stills while I'm running backwards through the woods."

With a flippy screen you could run forwards through the woods but shoot backwards.
This would increase your chance of escape and get the shot of the bear chasing you.

I wasn't really tempted by a 5DIV as the 5DIII is still excellent.
The flippy screen might change my mind.
I got the 5DSR. I am a little disappointed so far but its a more specialised camera and I can't get away with some of the loose shooting I do on a a 5DIII. The 5DSR I've decided is for a tripod.
On a tripod a flippy screen is very useful. Especially as I get less flexible and willing to roll around in the dirt as I get older.
The 5DSR has a 16x zoom on live view. This is a good thing. If the quality of the image was good a 5x / 10x / 20x zoom on live view would be great.

 

[StudentOfLight]

"A jack of all trades AND MASTER OF NONE. No, thank you. I want my SLR to take great stills while I'm running backwards through the woods."

With a flippy screen you could run forwards through the woods but shoot backwards.
This would increase your chance of escape and get the shot of the bear chasing you.

I wasn't really tempted by a 5DIV as the 5DIII is still excellent.
The flippy screen might change my mind.
I got the 5DSR. I am a little disappointed so far but its a more specialised camera and I can't get away with some of the loose shooting I do on a a 5DIII. The 5DSR I've decided is for a tripod.
On a tripod a flippy screen is very useful. Especially as I get less flexible and willing to roll around in the dirt as I get older.
The 5DSR has a 16x zoom on live view. This is a good thing. If the quality of the image was good a 5x / 10x / 20x zoom on live view would be great.

Watch out Usain Bolt. This dude can outrun you, BACKWARDS!