One proven advantage of 50MP is the ability to crop dramatically into your field of view, but again here there are far more affordable ways to get the same result.
Recently there’s been a strong commercial demand for ultra high resolution work and a growing medium format market, so perhaps the pricing is leaning more towards pro territory than enthusiast, after all most enthusiasts now pretty well understand that greater sensitivity and dynamic range matter more than the megapixel race. It makes more sense to get a D800E and use the saving on glass capable of resolving 36MP like the Sigma 50mm F1.4 ART or Zeiss 85mm OTUS. The problem here though is that barely any of the current EF lenses resolve 50MP.įor me the logic doesn’t stack up. In practical reality away from the internet hype, 50MP represents a relatively minor resolution increase over the 36MP Nikon D800E which can be had for £1200 used. So for Canon to price the 5DS so highly, they must believe that almost all Canon users are locked into the EF platform via their investment in EF lenses. It later turned up in a firmware update!īelow: the 4K shooting 28MP Samsung NX1 with USB 3.0, mic and headphone jacks: Samsung NX1 USB 3.0 port Is 50MP usable on a DSLR?
I’m skeptical when it comes to Canon excuse’s. When the 5D Mark III was released without uncompressed 1080p HDMI, they said it was a hard wired hardware limitation. Why jinx the 5DS’s chances against the Nikon D810 as a high resolution DSLR, when that rival model has fully featured video AS WELL AS an ultra high megapixel count? Then there’s the omission of Dual-Pixel AF (available on the low-end 70D), no 1080/60p, no clean HDMI output and still no peaking or zebra. With the current weakness of the yen vs the dollar even the US price of $3899 seems unusually high given this is without sales tax (nearly 20% in Europe). The admission by Canon of poor video performance is a new one, but there are innumerable other reasons why I won’t be buying a 5DS even for stills. First there’s the Euro pricing, which seems to anticipate the collapse of the Eurozone. The excuse of USB 3.0 excluding the headphone jack would seem strange to Samsung NX1 users who have USB 3.0 and a headphone jack on a body approximately 2 thirds of the size of the 5DS. This is due to a lack of space inside the cameras, caused by the move to USB 3.0 connectivity.” A headphone socket, for monitoring audio, is not included. Canon Professional Network have release detailed technical information on the 5DS and 5DS R. “The uncompressed HDMI output found on the 5D Mark III has not been included on either of the cameras as the EOS 5DS and EOS 5DS R are more prone to moiré and skewing, making them less suitable for high-end video production.