Your wishlist for your next body...

[messus]

There has been discussions about this before here.

Anyway, I do not care about ***, WIFI etc..

What we need is Canon to focus on: BETTER PICTURE QUALITY AND FASTER HARDWARE (CPU/SHUTTER) !!

Meaning for my 5D3 wishlist:

Much better ISO (2-3 stops)
Much faster writing to memory cards, utilizing UDMA7 fully (100MBps++!!)
No more megapixels please!!
Improved AF
4K RAW video !!

 

[phacopsrana]

Wish list?

-5D series body size with 1D series construction and weatherproofing;
-FF, of course, with 100% viewfinder coverage. Resolution is just fine on the 5D II;
-MIRROR UP LEVER, PLEASE!
-Options to customize, much as you would a car. Me, I'd opt for no video, WiFi, ***, etc., for example;
-Simplified interface. Right now there are too many buttons and things buried in Custom Function. Look at the Leica S2 or M9 interface. Beautifully simple. Intuitive. Does not require trying to memorize the manual , tossing the manual in frustration :-[, futzing around with camera functions, not getting it right, then going back to the manual you pretended to grasp . 5D II's Customized settings on the upper left dial (the old film rewind location--if people here still remember those things!) are maybe a good compromise.

This body, of course, will never get made. It will be cheaper to make, but the market probably won't be there. But this is a wish list, and I can certainly wish for what amounts to a Canon 5D III Safari body.

 

[dealaddict]

Although I really hope this is true, based on the history, I don't have much faith in this. In order to be a Nikon killer, besides the better noise at high ISO and better dynamic range, it needs to have better AF capability.

If it has all those 3, then it is the 3D that people looking for, and it won't be an entry level FF, I guess.

 

[danski0224]

Well, if this is a wishlist for my next body, I'll take Halle Berry.

Thanks.

;D

 

[UrbanVoyeur]

Eye Movement Focusing!

It wasn't a very popular feature, but I really miss it from my EOS 3 and Elan 7. It was fast, precise, and allowed me to take multiple spot readings without dials.

 

[hambergler]

Either 1D Mark V or 5D Mark III

D3S like AF system and Low Light Performance
25-32 MP
1080P @ 60 fps
Improved DR
1.3x and 1.6x Crop Modes

 

[jesrodmar]

I would like Canon would add a new focusing mode that would automatically focus at the hyperfocal distance. Thinking about it, the only thing the camera needs to calculate the distance is the focal distance (it knows it), the aperture (it knows it) and the circle of confussion diameter (it's a constant value for each camera). Then the camera would focus the len at that distance. It would be great for night, where there are great difficulties to focus and landscape photography.

In this mode the camera would ignore the focus points and would focus at the hyperfocal distance.

Wouldn't it be great?

 

[K-amps]

I would like Canon would add a new focusing mode that would automatically focus at the hyperfocal distance. Thinking about it, the only thing the camera needs to calculate the distance is the focal distance (it knows it), the aperture (it knows it) and the circle of confussion diameter (it's a constant value for each camera). Then the camera would focus the len at that distance. It would be great for night, where there are great difficulties to focus and landscape photography.

In this mode the camera would ignore the focus points and would focus at the hyperfocal distance.

Wouldn't it be great?

Do you want it Pro AF (not 7D like)? ;D

 

[JohnC]

There's a simple feature I'd like to see. Backlit buttons. In a time when you probably wouldn't consider buying a mobile phone without this feature, it's ridiculous that we still have to fumble around in the dark studio with a camera.
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[mikahyva]

15+ megapixels, same type LCD-screen as D60. FF sensor, decent ISO 6400. weather protection. multiple card slot. 1080p/60 fps video, in body interval and long exposure bracketing timer function would be amazing.
battery to last atleast 4 hours of video recording. wireless image transfer (for tethered shooting). in-body IS would be nice too. 1 million cycle shutter life. (i keep on dreaming of most features for long i know)

 

[markIVantony]

>>Your wishlist for your next body...

I would have the body of Arnold Schwarzenegger or Franco Columbu...

Seriously, I would upgrade my 1D Mark IV for the following (in order of importance):
1. less noise at high ISO
2. increased dynamic range
3. FF sensor
4. 10+ FPS
5. 21+ MP

Wish list:
- camera to subject distance indicator in viewfinder
- built-in wifi (alternatively, dual card slots with a type of RAID striping mode would allow more writing throughput; just need the corresponding software to recombine data from two cards back into one at the computer)
- an auto-calibrate feature that compares a contrast detect focus reading with phase detect reading to auto update the micro-adjust for a given lens. seems like all the individual pieces to do this are present; just need the firmware algorithm.

Added bonuses:
- autofocus during video (I might actually use the video feature if it had this)

 

[Dave]

built-in wifi (alternatively, dual card slots with a type of RAID striping mode would allow more writing throughput; just need the corresponding software to recombine data from two cards back into one at the computer)

Cool idea, you could double the speed of writing daa on the cards without buying bloody expensive CFs.

But imo there is no need for bit-operations. It would be quite enough to save the images on two cards alternatley...

 

[GlamourDave]

I love that idea of backlit buttons. Consider it added to my list of things I would like to see. Such as:

40mp or better resolution
Dual Digic V processors
Dual CF card slots
Dual SD card slots
Be able to specify which card slots are used for stills & video. And be able to specify whether card slots are for storage & backup or continous storage for the designated card usage.
Increase the number of custom profile settings that can be saved. Be able to custom name each profile setting.
In-Camera geotagging
In-Camera LAN WiFi service
Raw picture review and histograms

And finally, I would love to see the camera body styled in White with black & red trim. In my book that would be ver cool.

 

[jesrodmar]

Canon cameras don't show focal distance when you display a photo on the camera screen. Nikon do.

 

[moreorless]

Personally I'd like to see a "landscape" FF body, I'm happy enough with the FPS and AF on my 550D and from the sound of it the current 5D mk2 ISO performance would probabley be all I really need aswell. For me to pull the trigger and upgrade to FF sometime in the next year more megapixels and a fully weather sealed body would be the most desireble, perhaps a weak AA filter aswell.

 

[RichFisher]

1D function / controls in 5D-sized body

Bracket DOF - set close and far points, f stop, and have the camera adjust focus so I can merge images to get increased DOF.

remove anti-alias filter (handle this in s/w post processing)

 

[geohsia]

I hope that the 5DIII retains the simplicity of the 5D Mark II

Body
- Swivel LCD
- Groove around LCD for third-party's to lock in their own viewfinder. Today's myriad of solutions aren't so good
- Swivel LCD lock so that heavier viewfinder's don't pull out the LCD unintentionally

- Headphone jack (where flash port is)
- move flash port to the front of the body somewhere.

- Add third scroll wheel around the mode dial.
- Add locking button to scroll wheel. I added that to my 5D2 and love it
- How does the scroll wheel around the mode dial work? Normally it just scrolls freely and the mode dial does not change but when you press the mode dial lock button it locks the wheel to the dial and you can switch the mode dial.
- The third scroll wheel should be customizable. I'd use it for adjusting audio levels. Maybe for Manual Focs you have variable zoom levels. I have no idea...

- Front or Back Scroll wheel with smooth scrolling. This is for the next generation of lenses that allow for gradual aperture adjustment

Internals
- Update AF to all cross sensors like 7D
- Increase DR
- Keep current resolution
- No Jello
- No Moire

NEW
- Create super connector for intelligent grips
- Photo grip would be like what we have now, more batteries, duplicate buttons.
- Video grip
- Add 2x XLR connectors (stereo)
- BNC video out (HDMI)
- I'm sure others more experienced in video would have more interesting things to add
- Make this open to third-party's who want to add custom grips with more / less /different features

I would like the see the 5D Mark III not get bogged down by too much video specific stuff (monitoring audio is key though). I think the add-on interface would allow for a much wider myriad of uses

 

[Ziggy]

A little out of the box.

Full frame 35mm Square
12-14MB
8-9 fps
Sync speed - 1/500 or 1/1000
High ISO quality, Mark IV is great and wouldn't complain, but a slight improve on 4000-5000

oh the way out there wish- in camera facial id - a huge dream!!!
so when I photograph players on the field when they have no numbers, I can know who they are


sure I am forgetting something

 

[gmrza]

I don't think anyone has mentioned this one:

Ability to integrate with a barcoding or similar system to populate metadata during large jobs - e.g. to get the subject's name or other data into the RAW file for simplified workflow and organisation of jobs with large numbers of images. (Something like what the 7DSV has...)

 

[Chris primadona]

All I want is a modern full frame 1 series pro body with better DR than the current system.

A few nice additions would be ***, built in wifi and ettl II wireless trigger for the new speedlights, a moire filter you can remove/disable for sharper images like the digital medium format cameras, higher sync speeds 1/500+, additional hotshoe on side of body, tilt/shift + auto leveling sensor for the landscape people, larger touchscreen display (so clients can flick through images easier and pinch to zoom etc) and a menu more like an android smartphone than a 20 year old t.v. ;D