richiedodson
Forum Enthusiast
I've waited for a camera like this for a long time. I want the resolution for studio and landscape.
It's not the camera for you if you want high iso capabilities. Buy a 5DIII or wait for the upcoming IV. This is NOT the successor to the 5DIII but a branch-off category suitable for certain types of work and there are trade-offs.
I think the wording in the 'leaked' press-release referring to wide dynamic range and accurate colour are deliberate and these will be upgrades.
I'm not sure I have ever used higher than 400iso in studio or landscape. I have barely ever used above 6400 at dark professional events on any camera. Yes it's difficult to use f/8 in the dark when photographing moving subjects handheld and you should not expect to get good results when trying it unless you are trying to get motion-blur. Try f/2.8 or f/4 and expect shallower DOF - or use a flash - it's a trade-off for the colour and dynamic range mentioned and perhaps 12800 is not what this camera is meant for.
Many here have more than 1 camera body. I have a 1DX and a 1DIV and a 5DII. That's why I read this high-end forum often. This will replace the 5DII for studio and landscape and other high resolution work. It will not be the camera I use for corporate events or pro sports requiring 12 frames/sec. If you want that, get a different camera. 5fps at 50MP is enough and I wouldn't want to be the one to go through 12fps/50MP files adding time to my workload. At pro sports events I have been involved in I extremely rarely hear any shutter go off more than one carefully timed click. You can sometimes hear the audible 'oops' when a pro has a slip of the finger and fires off 2 or 3. These people know the job and they know when to time a release for the best shot. At the Aussie Open often about 30 photographers release the shutter at exactly the same time with one big loud click. Think, aquire focus for 5fps is better than 12 oof.
If the resolution is too much - use mRaw or buy the markIII/IV. You will get other advantages over the 5Ds and lose some of the advantages a 5Ds can give. My clients have printed entire showroom walls and wrapped the outside of cafe's with my photos from smaller MP cameras. 24MP with a good focus system and higher fps might be a better choice for an all-around camera.
I think the focus will be fine. I used the 5DII when it was released at the Australian Open and it did ok with it's single centre point, yes 9 was annoying but it was so much better than the 5D original. This is the very first 5-Series to get dual digic processors so I imagine that will help the focus over the 5DIII just fine. Sounds almost as good as the 1DX focus to me minus the dedicated extra AF processor - perhaps halfway between 5DIII and 1DX. 1DX has dual Digic 5+
WiFi - I don't know what's so hard about placing a card in a card-reader and copying quickly. If you want added features buy the device that allows it or expect to pay a lot more in the first place for the body. CamRanger costs a few hundred dollars and gives you wireless live-view and camera control, wireless control to move the added motorised tripod head, wireless download of raws to a laptop such as a watched folder in Lightroom. Yep - it would be nice to have a wireless link to EOS Utility instead of buying CamRanger but as far as just downloading images... just swap out the card - it isn't so difficult. I don't really want to think about slow wifi downloads with 50MP at this point in time and perhaps that's why it isn't included.
GPS. I know where I am. Maybe it's useful to some landscapers I guess to automatically have the position registered in the exif data but there are add-on products you can purchase for it and if you are buying this camera you likely will be open to extra expenses. I have never needed GPS and I prefer to keep the cost of the body down rather than pay for features I will never need. I need other things that i buy suitable products for. You need GPS? buy it.
Video - it isn't the camera for 4k video - but did I read somewhere you can output 4k somehow?
Highest resolution. Highest colour accuracy and dynamic range of any Canon DSLR. Low noise (also specifically referred to in the press release). Pretty damn good focus point spec. Dual Digic 6 like no other 5-Series body has ever had (dual). These are the huge benefits I see in this camera.
It's not the camera for you if you want high iso capabilities. Buy a 5DIII or wait for the upcoming IV. This is NOT the successor to the 5DIII but a branch-off category suitable for certain types of work and there are trade-offs.
I think the wording in the 'leaked' press-release referring to wide dynamic range and accurate colour are deliberate and these will be upgrades.
I'm not sure I have ever used higher than 400iso in studio or landscape. I have barely ever used above 6400 at dark professional events on any camera. Yes it's difficult to use f/8 in the dark when photographing moving subjects handheld and you should not expect to get good results when trying it unless you are trying to get motion-blur. Try f/2.8 or f/4 and expect shallower DOF - or use a flash - it's a trade-off for the colour and dynamic range mentioned and perhaps 12800 is not what this camera is meant for.
Many here have more than 1 camera body. I have a 1DX and a 1DIV and a 5DII. That's why I read this high-end forum often. This will replace the 5DII for studio and landscape and other high resolution work. It will not be the camera I use for corporate events or pro sports requiring 12 frames/sec. If you want that, get a different camera. 5fps at 50MP is enough and I wouldn't want to be the one to go through 12fps/50MP files adding time to my workload. At pro sports events I have been involved in I extremely rarely hear any shutter go off more than one carefully timed click. You can sometimes hear the audible 'oops' when a pro has a slip of the finger and fires off 2 or 3. These people know the job and they know when to time a release for the best shot. At the Aussie Open often about 30 photographers release the shutter at exactly the same time with one big loud click. Think, aquire focus for 5fps is better than 12 oof.
If the resolution is too much - use mRaw or buy the markIII/IV. You will get other advantages over the 5Ds and lose some of the advantages a 5Ds can give. My clients have printed entire showroom walls and wrapped the outside of cafe's with my photos from smaller MP cameras. 24MP with a good focus system and higher fps might be a better choice for an all-around camera.
I think the focus will be fine. I used the 5DII when it was released at the Australian Open and it did ok with it's single centre point, yes 9 was annoying but it was so much better than the 5D original. This is the very first 5-Series to get dual digic processors so I imagine that will help the focus over the 5DIII just fine. Sounds almost as good as the 1DX focus to me minus the dedicated extra AF processor - perhaps halfway between 5DIII and 1DX. 1DX has dual Digic 5+
WiFi - I don't know what's so hard about placing a card in a card-reader and copying quickly. If you want added features buy the device that allows it or expect to pay a lot more in the first place for the body. CamRanger costs a few hundred dollars and gives you wireless live-view and camera control, wireless control to move the added motorised tripod head, wireless download of raws to a laptop such as a watched folder in Lightroom. Yep - it would be nice to have a wireless link to EOS Utility instead of buying CamRanger but as far as just downloading images... just swap out the card - it isn't so difficult. I don't really want to think about slow wifi downloads with 50MP at this point in time and perhaps that's why it isn't included.
GPS. I know where I am. Maybe it's useful to some landscapers I guess to automatically have the position registered in the exif data but there are add-on products you can purchase for it and if you are buying this camera you likely will be open to extra expenses. I have never needed GPS and I prefer to keep the cost of the body down rather than pay for features I will never need. I need other things that i buy suitable products for. You need GPS? buy it.
Video - it isn't the camera for 4k video - but did I read somewhere you can output 4k somehow?
Highest resolution. Highest colour accuracy and dynamic range of any Canon DSLR. Low noise (also specifically referred to in the press release). Pretty damn good focus point spec. Dual Digic 6 like no other 5-Series body has ever had (dual). These are the huge benefits I see in this camera.
