Four years had passed and my crush on the Canon 5D Mark III showed no signs of fading. Even as rumors of a more exciting Mark IV began percolating, I couldn’t imagine a camera getting any better.
That is until the IV hit the floor last week.
Canon introduced and began taking pre-orders on the much hyped Canon 5D Mark IV last week, ending months of speculation by delivering on the hype.
Sure the camera that was a breakthrough in 2012 in low-light photography, with gorgeous files and stunning video will probably be a great buy as they begin to appear online for sale used or at a discount. But when you consider the list of impressive upgrades to the Mark IV, you might find yourself looking for some more wriggle room in your camera budget.
Starting with megapixels because it seems photographers can never have enough, the new 5D possesses a 30.4 megapixel full-frame sensor (The Mark III was 22). New is a 150,000 pixel RGB+IR metering sensor, which is said to improve facial recognition and tracking of fast moving action.
Photo: Canon USA
Other specs include:
- ISO range is 100 to 32,000 and is expandable on both ends, 50 to 102,4000.
- I61 autofocus points with expanded vertical coverage.
- I4K video with the ability to pull a frame grab of 8.8 megapixels.
- IBuilt-in Wi-Fi for transferring images and MP4 movie files to compatible mobile devices. Wedding shooters can finally post images to social media as fast as the guests using their smartphones. The camera also features built-in GPS to provide auto time sync and geotag information.
Other features include touch screen function, a vibration control system around the mirror to reduce the risk of blur, especially in continuos shooting (7 fps) and bokeh shift, allowing you to adjust creative blur around the image.
The 5D Mark IV is available for pre-order now for around $3,5000 (body only) with shipping to begin next month.
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David Pierini is a former newspaper writer and long-time photographer. Considered a luddite by most of his friends, they did not believe him when he broke the news that he would be writing for a technology website. He is fascinated by human nature and would love to cultivate stories about the people driving the tech bus. Reach out to him at [email protected].
4 responses to “Canon’s 5D Mark IV improves on what was already an amazing camera”
Proud owner of one
Best camera in the whole Milky Way
What!! the 5ds MK III was alright, outdated for may years, bought one sent it back, I am a Canon shooter, but the new MK IV is nothing but a loser as far as the specs go, I haven’t seen a GOOD review yet based on the specs, WHAT THE HELL IS CANON THINKING, WERE THEY TRAINING NEW ENGINEERS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OVERPRICED AND SPECS DON’T ADD UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Right? $3,500 for a body that natively tops out at ISO 32,000? That’s the only spec you need to look at as a photog. Nikon’s 2 year old D810 shoots 4x that with higher res for $700+ less. Weak upgrade from Canon.
Canon 5D M iv = Useless for video.
-4K records to DCI ratio, incompatible with YouTube, UHD TVs or broadcast.
-4K is highly cropped, defeating the purpose of using an SLR camera for video (the only reason to use an SLR for video instead of a dedicated video camera is to get the full-frame look of shallow depth-of-field, bokeh and wide angles, but the Mark iv doesn’t deliver this).