Canon EOS 5D Mark IV Video Quality and Features Review

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The new Canon EOS 5D Mark IV

Canon EOS 5D Mark IV: [shopcountry 40051]

At a glance:

  • 30.4MP Full-Frame CMOS Sensor
  • DIGIC 6+ Image Processor
  • 3.2″ 1.62m-Dot Touchscreen LCD Monitor
  • DCI 4K Video at 30 fps; 8.8MP Still Grab
  • 61-Point High Density Reticular AF
  • Native ISO 32000, Expanded to ISO 102400
  • Dual Pixel RAW; AF Area Select Button
  • Dual Pixel CMOS AF and Movie Servo AF
  • 7 fps Shooting; CF & SD Card Slots
  • Built-In GPS and Wi-Fi with NFC

In this video reviewer and photographer Dustin Abbott takes a nuanced look at the various video features and the strengths/weaknesses of the video side of the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV.

Images and sample pictures shot whit the EOS 5D Mark IV are here.

Get 15% additional discount for Halloween on Canon Store’s refurbished gear listings

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The Canon Direct Store offers a Halloween 15% discount on select refurbished items. Just use code SPOOKYSAVINGS on checkout. Refurbished gear from the Canon Store comes with 1 year Canon USA warranty. These are the listings eligible for the Halloween discount:

Offer valid October 27, 2016 12:00 a.m. ET through October 31, 2016 11:59 p.m. ET, or while supplies last.

Zombies are the reason Sigma continues to make cameras, CEO Kazuto Yamaki says

sigmaIn an interview at Photokina 2016 by the folks of Lensvid, Sigma CEO Kazuto Yamaki gave a weird reason about why the company is still making cameras.

Mr. Kazuto Yamaki lists three reasons Sigma continues to manufacture cameras, and that’s where the zombies come in:

  1. It’s important for a company specialized in lenses to produce also cameras. The know-how coming from camera production helps to design and build better lenses
  2. Designing cameras is a true passion of Sigma’s engineers
  3. Michihiro Yamaki, Kazuto’s father and the founder of Sigma, always dreamed about making cameras. If Sigma would stop doing it, Michihiro Yamaki might come back as zombie and try to kill his son.

The interview in the video below lasts 15 minutes and is definitely worth your time.

[via heise.de]

Best prime and zoom lenses for the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV (DxOMark)

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DxOMark published their lab-test-based lens recommendation for the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, best prime lenses and best zoom lenses.

As you can see in the image above, the first three lenses are the [shoplink 36336]Sigma 20mm f/1.4 DG HSM[/shoplink], the [shoplink 30145]Sigma 24mm f/1.4 DG HSM[/shoplink] and the Zeiss Distagon T* 15mm f/2.8 ZE.

The best performing (on the EOS 5D Mark IV, image below) zoom lens is the Tamron SP 15-30mm f/2.8 Di VC, followed by the [shoplink 29190]EF 11-24mm f/4L[/shoplink] and the [shoplink 3629]Tokina AT-X PRO FX 16-28mm f/2.8[/shoplink].

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Canon EOS 5D Mark IV: [shopcountry 40051]

New Canon gear shows up at registration authorities (DSLRs, mirrorless, Powershots)

Canon FF mirrorless camera mock-up by David Riesenberg
Canon FF mirrorless camera mock-up by David Riesenberg

Nokishita posted a list of upcoming Canon gear, registered at various registration authorities. I guess some of the items have already been announced, but not the mirrorless camera in the list, since it has a SKU that is not the same as in a previous registration leak. Is the EOS 6D Mark II also in the list? My guess is it is not. The listed DSLRs are most likely new Canon Rebel models, they could be announced in January 2017 at CES. The Powershots too are most likely set to be announced at CES 2o17.

Single-lens reflex camera

  • DS126651
    • Taiwan NCC (PDF materials and備註column described)
    • Fi-Wi · Bluetooth equipped
  • DS126661
    • Fi-Wi · Bluetooth equipped

Mirror-less camera

  • PC2279
    • SKU: 1724C002AA, 1724C012AA, 1724C022AA, 1725C002AA, 1725C012AA, 1725C022AA
    • Color: 2 colors

Compact camera

  • PC2323
    • SKU: 1717C002AA, 1718C002AA
    • Color: 2 colors
  • PC2334 / PC2335
    • SKU: 1790C002AA, 1879C001AA
    • Color: 2 colors
  • PC2329 / PC2332
    • SKU: 1794C001AA, 1797C001AA, 1800C001AA
    • Color: three colors
  • PC2333
    • SKU: 1803C001AA, 1806C001AA, 1809C001AA
    • Color: three colors
  • PC2325

accessory

  • EVF-DC2
    • An electronic view finder
    • SKU: 1727C001AA, 1882C001AA
  • DS586111
    • Wireless Remote Controller