Canon 5D Mark IV official topic

Vitaliy_Kiselev

http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/canon-5d-iv/canon-5d-ivA.HTM

MikeLinn

chauncy

I thought tony northrup gave a pretty fair one of these "previews". It's telling that a guy who makes a chunk of his living off shooting and talkin about canon was left shaking his head as much as he does in this preview.

I think this is a very lazy camera for canon to put out.

Vitaliy_Kiselev

MikeLinn

Panamedia

With the enormous bitrate / space requirement, it makes me wonder how it compares with a 5D MK3 with Magic Lantern RAW. Both require a ridiculously fast card and a lot of space. So I wonder if the quality in the MKIV is even any better.

Manu4Vendetta

Lol, this is hilarious.

eatstoomuchjam

“Canon’s EOS 5D series of DSLR cameras has a history of being at the forefront of still and video innovation."

And by that, they mean "a moderate bump in megapixels and adopting the mjpeg engine from a camera they've been shipping since March 2013."

bannedindv

Ok... After watching the HDR mode... YES PLEASE ! This mode + CineStyle... Done deal. Alexa level dynamic range in a Canon body? I'll take one. Is the MJPeG 4K recording 500mbps? If so, this is a winner, despite what detractors may say. I'd like to add Rolling shutter looks pretty good.

Another benefit of the 4K crop mode. Now we can use Tokina 14-20 F2 and Sigma 18-35 and get full sensor readout coverage in video. It's a benefit not a drawback !

bannedindv

One could just load the Technicolor CineStyle "LOG" canon picture profile. Images don't look bad so far... Actually I kind of prefer the image quality to most Sony stuff I've seen. 1.74x crop ? So right around Super35 imaging area in 4K? If you're a canon shooter and you want a top of the line canon brand stills/video hybrid... I don't think even the 1DC is better than this really. Inevitably this should have magic lantern. Would have been nice if they had Cfast for higher data rates. Other than that, it's a Canon... I dunno seems like a median high price workhorse...

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Official samples

http://web.canon.jp/imaging/eosd/samples/eos5dmk4/

Tommyboy

If this was just it. There is way more to this hence it is so amazing 2016 camera if anyone gets my sarcasm here. On a positive note, I'm disconnecting myself from this epic release.

Xenocide38

5DmkIV has it all!

1.74x Cropped 4K No 4K HDMI output, only 1080p HDMI output No LOG profile No articulating screen Huge MJPEG file sizes 30min recording limit

Can't believe we get such an amazing camera in 2016!

:-)

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Renovatio

Born to be old. And expensive.

Too crop, too high bitrate.

Tommyboy

;-)))

Tommyboy

Behind the curve technology with power of advertising. I can't say I don't believe it but it's like with your own kids that you love. The more they lie and nag to you the more you give in. People will keep advertising it as the camera of the year for know reasons, sell sell sell..

Manu4Vendetta

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Parts

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Previews and hands-ons

Vitaliy_Kiselev

https://www.ephotozine.com/article/canon-eos-5d-mark-iv-hands-on-review-29771

Vitaliy_Kiselev

https://www.ephotozine.com/article/canon-debuts-eos-5d-mark-iv-29783

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Issues

The 5D Mark IV uses a native crop of the sensor for 4K capture, using a 4096 x 2160 pixel region of the sensor. This works out to a 1.64x crop relative to full frame and is pretty close to Canon’s APS-C sensors, so shooting wide-angle 4K video could prove difficult. The crop factor could also be challenging to someone who wants to switch frequently between stills and video since the effective focal length of the lens will change significantly in the process.

Additionally, 4K recording is limited to Motion JPEG, which in its favor produces high quality video since it saves every frame as a separate image. This makes it good for extracting stills, but it’s also relatively inefficient, so recording at 4K/30p requires a bit rate approaching 500 Mbps. The camera does include other compression algorithms (All-I, IPB, IPB Light variants of the popular H.264 format), but they’re only available when shooting 1080p video. What this means is that you'll only be able to get around 17 minutes of 4K video on a fast 64GB CF card. And you'll need to use a CF card since even the fastest SD cards (with 30MB/s 'U3' ratings) can't be depended on to keep up.

There’s also support for clean HDMI-out but, like the 1D X Mark II, it’s limited to 1080 resolution. For those who don’t need 4K there are still useful improvements: full HD recording is now available up to 60p, and it’s even possible to record 720/120p, albeit without audio.

There's still no option for a flat or log gamma profile nor any tools to assess exposure.

https://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canon-eos-5d-mark-iv-first-impressions-review

So, no 4K output for external recorder or even for monitor,
Crop.
And only MJPEG.

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