DSLR News

Yes, it’s official. Canon just announced the long rumored 5D Mark IV DSLR and Shutterbug was one of a handful of media outlets to get our hands on this new 30.4MP Full Frame camera and take it for a test-drive.

The 5D Mark IV is the long awaited successor to the 5D Mark III from 2012 and the latest in this popular line of pro DSLRs from Canon that are aimed at wedding, portrait, landscape, and other serious photographers. Incidentally, the original 5D came out in 2005 and was followed by the 5D Mark II in 2008, which was the first full frame DSLR to offer HD video shooting.

But enough of the history lesson. Let’s run down the key specs and features of the new Canon 5D Mark IV, which was announced tonight alongside two new Canon lenses: the EF 16-35mm f/2.8L III USM and EF 24-105mm f/4L IS II USM.

Further down in this post, you can see a Shutterbug video we shot of pro photographer and Shutterbug contributor Jordan Matter trying out the Canon 5D Mark IV in portrait, action, video and low light tests. We’ve also posted high-resolution sample images that Matter shot with the 5D IV to give you a sense of its image quality. However, since the camera we were trying out was a pre-production model, Canon required us to resize them at 90% of the original size.

Canon EOS 5D Mark IV DSLR Specifications
• New 30.4 Megapixel full-frame CMOS sensor with ISO range 100–32,000; expandable up to 50–102,400.

• 4K Motion JPEG video (DCI cinema-type 4096 x 2160) at 30p or 24p; in-camera still frame grab of 4K 8.8-Megapixel images; multiple video options include Full HD up to 60p, and HD up to 120p.

• Dual Pixel CMOS AF designed for more responsive and smooth AF during video or Live View shooting; LCD monitor has full touch-screen interface, including selection of AF area.

• Up to 7 frames per second (fps) continuous shooting burst speed and DIGIC 6+ image processor for improved speed and better image quality.

• 61 AF points with expanded vertical coverage with 41 cross-points, and AF possible at all 61 AF points with many lens + extender combinations effective at f/8.

• 150,000-pixel RGB+IR metering sensor designed to provide more precise exposure metering, and to help detect flickering lights and allows for enhanced scene recognition and face detection capabilities.

• Dual Pixel Raw, in-camera Digital Lens Optimizer during JPEG shooting and Diffraction Correction technologies.

• Built-in Wi-Fi and NFC connectivity to help provide easy sharing to compatible smart devices, select social media sites and the Canon Connect Station CS100 device.

• Built-in GPS provides geotag information including auto time syncing with Universal Time Code (UTC) via satellites.

Canon 5D Mark IV Pricing & Availability
The Canon EOS 5D Mark IV DSLR will go on sale in early September 2016 for $3,499, body only. It will also be sold as as a kit with the EF24-70mm f/4L lens for $4,399 in September, and with the EF24-105mm f/4L IS II USM lens for $4599 in late October.

Two New Lenses
According to Canon, the new EF 16-35mm f/2.8L III USM ultra-wide zoom lens features a large diameter GMO dual surface aspherical lens and ground aspherical lens, f/2.8 aperture throughout the entire zoom range, fluorine coating, improved durability and is dust and water resistant.

The new EF 24-105mm f/4L IS II USM Standard Zoom lens, according to Canon, features an improved four-stop image stabilization along with ghosting and flare reduction with air sphere coating. The Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L III USM goes on sale in late October for $2,199. The Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS II USM  also goes on sale in late October for $1,099.

See how we felt about the Canon 5D Mark IV in our test video below. We posted a few of our test images further below as well.