Canon equips EOS 5D Mark IV with 30-megapixel sensor with Dual Pixel Raw function

By admin On Aug 25, 2016

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Canon has announced the EOS 5D Mark IV. The dslr gets a new 30.4-megapixel sensor with Dual Pixel autofocus and a new Dual Pixel Raw function, with which small adjustments can be made afterwards to, among other things, the focus.

According to Canon, the 30.4 million pixels of the sensor in the 5D Mark IV consist of two light-emitting diodes, which can be used together or separately in the final result. Because the diodes have a small shift relative to each other, this should allow some adjustments that cannot be made with a regular sensor.

Canon has added three new features. With Image Microadjustment it is possible to adjust the sharpness of the photo, which should come in handy for portrait photography. Bokeh Shift lets users shift out-of-focus highlights horizontally to better match image elements that are in focus, according to Canon. Its exact function is unclear. The third function is called Ghosting Reduction and should make it possible to reduce artifacts in the image.

To make the adjustments to the Dual Pixel Raw files, users will need to use the Canon Digital Photo Professional software. The manufacturer supplies this raw converter with its dslrs as standard. Since the shift of the diodes relative to each other is small, it seems to be expected that the adjustments that can be made will be subtle. Canon has not shown any real-life examples.

Canon has long used the same pixel format in cameras for the Dual Pixel AF function, which enables fast and smooth autofocus in live view across the entire sensor plane. The 5D Mark IV is the first camera in which the light emitting diodes of the pixels can be used separately.

The new 30.4-megapixel sensor has a sensitivity of 100 to 32,000 iso. That can be digitally expanded to equivalents of 50-104,200 iso. The device uses the Digic 6+ image processor and an autofocus system with 61 points, 41 of which are cross-sensitive. This makes the af-system equal to that in the EOS 1D X Mark II. The center point is sensitive to light values of -3EV. The maximum shooting speed is 7fps and the buffer has room for 21 raw files. When shooting in jpg format, you can shoot at maximum speed until the memory card is full.

The Canon EOS 5D Mark IV also gets a 4k movie function, with a resolution of 4096×2160 pixels and speeds of 30, 25 and 24 fps. When filming in 4k, the entire sensor is not used, but a crop of the center of the image is made, resulting in a crop factor of 1.64x. Canon uses the motion jpeg codec and also lets users save single frames, resulting in files with a resolution of up to 8.8 megapixels.

The 3.2″ screen on the back of the housing is a touchscreen and has 1.62 million pixels. The Canon 5D Mark IV has WiFi and NFC and there is room for an SD and CompactFlash memory card. The device uses the same RGB metering sensor with 150,000 pixels as the EOS 5DS models.

Along with the camera, Canon is introducing two new lenses: the EF 24-105mm f/4L II USM and the EF 16-35mm f/2.8L III USM. As the Roman numerals in the names indicate, these are successors to existing models. The new 24-105mm gets improved image stabilization, which according to Canon should be effective up to four stops. With the current model, this is three stops. The standard zoom also has a new coating, which should prevent ghosting and flare. The diaphragm in the new model consists of ten instead of eight blades. The third version of the 16-35mm f/2.8L features a double-sided aspherical lens element, which should result in better sharpness in the corners of the image.

The Canon EOS 5D Mark IV will be available from September for a suggested retail price of 4,200 euros. The 16-35mm f/2.8L III lens will follow in November and will cost €2670. The 24-105 mm f/4L IS II will be on the market in December for 1280 euros.