Photography News Issue 38

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Photography News | Issue 38 | absolutephoto.com

Canon goes fourth Canon’s EOS 5D has proved popular since its introduction, offering the benefits of full-frame capture in a compact, portable body. The latest DSLR, the EOS 5D Mark IV, has a bodyform that will be familiar to anyone who has used an EOS 5D over the past 11 years. There are differences – cosmetic and control design – but the core design has been identical through the four generations. within a specific set of parameters, such as focal length, ISO and subject distance. It’s too early to say whether it’s useful. One thing that is useful without any shadow of a doubt is image quality, whichour tests have shown to be excellent, and that is coupled with the ability to handle a good dynamic range and an impressive ISO performance.

Specs

Price £3599.99 body only Sensor 30.4 megapixels 14-bit CMOS with OLP filter, DIGIC 6+ processor ISO range 100-32,000, expandable to 50-102,400 Shutter range 30secs to 1/8000sec, plus B Metering system Evaluative 252 multi-zone, centre-weighted, spot, partial using a 150,000 pixel RGB+IR sensor and EOS Intelligent Subject Analysis system Monitor Fixed 3.2in TFT LCD touchscreen with 1620k dots Focusing One- shot, AI focus, AI servo AF. Contrast detect (sensor) and phase detect. Multi-area, single zone, face detection and touchscreen AF. 61 AF points, 41 cross type at f/2.8. Video

There’s a full test of the EOS 5D Mark IV in this issue on page 46. It is available in the shops now at a body price of £3599.99. Canon’s other significant camera launch was the EOS M5, a new top-of-the-range CSC. With a 24.2-megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor and using Dual Pixel CMOS AF for fast, precise focusing, the EOSM5has the potential tobe class leading and a viable lightweight option for those looking for a backup to their larger DSLR. Buy the camera with the EF-EOS M adapter and Canon’s vast range of EF lenses can be used. The EOS 5M is available from the end of November at a body guide price of £1049. As a launch offer, the free EF-EOS M adapter comes with the EOS 5M. The EOS 5M can be bought with the new EF-M 18-150mm f/3.5-4.5 at £1399. The lens on its own is £429 and this compact, light and high performing lens features an image stabiliserwith a 4EVbenefit.

The EOS 5DMark IV is richwith user-friendly, high-tech features. At its heart is a new full-frame CMOS sensor with an effective resolution of 30 megapixels. Each pixel site in the sensor houses two photo diodes next to each other. The Dual Pixel design helps the camera deliver very fast autofocus but the technology offers another benefit and that is Dual Pixel Raw. Shoot Dial Pixel Raw and you get a file that features two sets of data, one from both photodiodes, ie. A and B, and one with data from A only. All this information is in the Raw file (a Dual Pixel Raw file is around 60MB, twice the size of a normal Raw) and you use the latest Canon Digital Photo Professional software to get at it. During processing you can make micro adjustments to focus, bokeh and correct for ghosting. At least that is the theory; Canon stresses that you shouldn’t shoot Dual Pixel Raw and expect to make significant corrections in software. Tiny changes are possible, but only

4096x2160 (29.97p, 24p, 23.98p), 1920x1080 and

1280x720. 8.8-megapixel stills can be grabbed from 4K video Storagemedia

CF and SD/SDHC/SDXC Dimensions (wxhxd) 151x116x76mm Weight 890g Contact canon.co.uk

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New flagship for Olympus

At Photokina, Olympus announced the development of the OM-D E-M1 Mark II CSC with the actual product launch very likely to be early 2017. While news of the product was released back in September, the camera was not yet available for the public to handle. PN spent time trying an early sample and even the unfinished camera is very impressive. It feels so solidly put together that it inspires confidence. The body features high-level hermetic sealing so it is dust, splash and freeze proof (down to -10°C) so that confidence is definitely not misplaced. With a M.Zuiko PRO (and three non PRO) lens which are ‘proofed’ to the same level you have a camera that will happilywork in challenging conditions. The OM-D E-M1 is the existing Micro Four Thirds flagship and the Mark II is its replacement so it is built on the premise of being top dog in the Olympus system, using new technologies to enable a startlingly impressive performance. A key performance benefit is a new autofocus system that enables sequential shooting at 18 frames-per- second using themechanical shutter with autofocus and autoexposure tracking. A Pro Capture mode is available for time lag-free shooting of full-resolution images. With the electronic shutter you can get up to 60fps and that is with Raws too. The Mark II’s completely new Dual Fast AF system features 121 cross-type sensors and an advanced algorithm to track moving subjects. This system uses on-chip phase-detection AF and contrast-detection AF to give a fast, precise focus given in difficult scenes where light or contrast might be low.

The AF system is aided further by new functions such as AF Target Mode with four options, AF Target Position and Face/Eye Priority AF, and an AF Targeting Pad that enables the AF point to be moved rapidly while keeping the eye up to the viewfinder eyepiece. The EVF has amaximum refresh frame rate of 120fps and a time lag of just six milliseconds so you won’t see any lag in fast moving subjects. Shooting lots of pictures quickly is all very well, but they have to be good. No problem on that front with the new 20-megapixel Live MOS low-pass filter-free sensor. The glass of the sensor is coated on both sides with a special anti-reflect coating to reduce flare and ghosting. To help cope with high contrast the sensor enhances gradation by a pixel characteristic improvement system. The ISO range extends to 6400 but goes down to an equivalent of ISO 64 if you want to make the most out of shallow depth-of-field in bright lighting. The E-M1 Mark II features in-body five-axis image stabilisation to cope with camera shake. This offers a benefit, Olympus says, of up to 5.5EV and when the camera is fittedwith a lens featuring in-lens stabilisation the benefit is potentially up to a massive EV6.5. This system is also available during 4K video shooting so you can shoot handheld and still get stable pictures. Olympus also announced three new lenses, available fromthe end of November. These are theM.ZuikoDigital ED 25mm f/1.2 PRO, M.Zuiko Digital ED 12-100mm f/4 IS PRO and the M.Zuiko Digital ED 30mm f/3.5 Macro.

Above Toshiyuki Terada, general manager of Olympus’s Imaging Global Marketing Division, with the OM-D E-M1 Mark II.

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