And beyond that, you can add more performance in burst situations be electing to go with a CF card. The reality is for me (and most all non-sports shooters) is that this is plenty of performance from the SD standard. When I got home I swapped out that card for my best UHS-1 card and upped that total to 28 RAW images before slowdown. According to the time stamp I got 34 full 30.6MP RAW images in 8 seconds of shooting…on a SD card (and not even the best kind for this camera). I shot another burst until it slowed, paused for a second, and then began shooting another burst. Furthermore, I was able to review the images by the time I had brought the camera down (though the red writing light stayed lit for a second or two longer). And this was from a UHS-II card, which is operating in “backwards compatible” mode. The result? 22 full RAW frames before it began to slow, which exceeds the 21 frame buffer rating. I’ll address those complaints in the review, but one of the first things I did was stick in a Lexar Professional SDXC 1000x card (150 Mbps transfer rate) and rattle off a burst. People wanted CFast and XQD (or at least support for UHS II) cards. One of the other major complaints was over the memory card slots. So I preordered.Īnd caused a lot of controversy, apparently. I was happy with the spec list because it combined a lot of features that I really like and use in real world shooting (and photography work) in one camera. Guess what? The 5D Mark IV had all of that, too. Finally, my most read article ever was about why I chose a Canon 6D over a Canon 5DIII in the previous generation, and some of the main reasons were its low light performance (both the sensitivity of the center focus point down to -3 EV, cleaner shadow performance, better high ISO performance) along with the useful features of Wi-Fi and GPS (both features that I have used a lot). While reviewing (and owning) the 80D, I learned that I loved its responsive touch screen, it’s improved DPAF, the ability to focus at f/8 with a wide range of focus points, the improved dynamic range, and its improved video spec list. It also featured a number of the new innovations that the 5DsR had that really made life easier things like a built in intervalometer, flicker detection, the white priority white balance, the Fine Detail Picture Style, and HDR mode. While reviewing the Canon 5Ds R, I found that it’s MRAW setting of 28MP hit a sweet spot for resolution for me, so I was very happy at the 30.6MP count of the 5D Mark IV. Why all the drama? Because I had the audacity to say that I was happy about the announced spec list of the 5D Mark IV and that I was preordering one.īefore I proceed to my actual review of the camera, here’s why I was happy. But over the next 48 hours the Internet hype machine got itself worked into a frenzy and before long I was getting more negative comments and dislikes than at any point in my decidedly non-controversial stint as a minor YouTube personality. Recent Canon lens releases (particularly the better ones) have been very expensive, though the lenses themselves have mostly been excellent (the new 35mm f/1.4L II is a great example). Then again, I’m rarely happy about the initial price of new Canon gear. The initial response was positive from viewers (others than some complaints about the high price complaints I shared). Wow! When I made a video about preordering the day of the formal announcement of the 5D Mark IV, I had no idea that I was about to become embroiled in controversy.
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