Official: Canon 5Ds 50mp monster will cost $3699

[pRICE cUBE]

None of the camera makers really offers it all. If they did, you wold t upgrade. This lackluster video option will not deter pixel peeping freaks that want 50mp.

While I like the added image quality I get from 36mp, it really showed me the weakness of some of my lenses. I now use my 17-35mm afs NIKKOR with slight disdain. I really need to upgrade this and a few other lenses.

[DRR]

Gareth wrote:
[quote=DRR]
[quote=mrbigstuff]
why the intentional video crippling? to save their video cam market?

No, because this camera is targeted at landscape/studio use. They'll have another SLR offering(s) that are more focused on general purpose and video work, that will have additional video features.
And because Canon is the master at not giving you everything you want, aka "product differentiation".

The lack of a headphone out can be "justified" by the USB 3 connector which takes up more space, however the lack of a clean HDMI out is a little baffling, until you consider my point above.
Exactly... why sell one product when you can sell two?

The lack of headphone jack as a complaint always baffled me... if you're doing high-enough end production, you have dedicated audio anyway, you're not going to rely on in-camera audio. So what's the big deal?

A number of specs for this camera point to the fact that it's targeted for stills/studio work... headphone jack, ISO 6400, high MP count, etc. It's basically got all the stuff studio shooters care about and none they don't.

[DRR]

And I'm surprised it's only $3600.... I was expecting it to be a fair amount more. Canon's MO for higher end cameras is to intro them at a high price and then drop the price to a more reasonable level after 6-9 months. This dare I say is a reasonable price for a number of shooters.

[pRICE cUBE]

DRR wrote:
And I'm surprised it's only $3600.... I was expecting it to be a fair amount more. Canon's MO for higher end cameras is to intro them at a high price and then drop the price to a more reasonable level after 6-9 months. This dare I say is a reasonable price for a number of shooters.

Canon had to price this at 3699 because Nikon has has sold a bunch of D800 and D810 to people seeking higher pixel full frame cameras. They are 2 years late to this party.

[Billybob]

pRICE cUBE wrote:
[quote=DRR]
And I'm surprised it's only $3600.... I was expecting it to be a fair amount more. Canon's MO for higher end cameras is to intro them at a high price and then drop the price to a more reasonable level after 6-9 months. This dare I say is a reasonable price for a number of shooters.

Canon had to price this at 3699 because Nikon has has sold a bunch of D800 and D810 to people seeking higher pixel full frame cameras. They are 2 years late to this party.
I might add that with the large decline in the Yen-dollar exchange (Japanese currency manipulations, perhaps?), the price no doubt provides a huge margin for Canon.

[Gareth]

pRICE cUBE wrote:
[quote=DRR]
And I'm surprised it's only $3600.... I was expecting it to be a fair amount more. Canon's MO for higher end cameras is to intro them at a high price and then drop the price to a more reasonable level after 6-9 months. This dare I say is a reasonable price for a number of shooters.

Canon had to price this at 3699 because Nikon has has sold a bunch of D800 and D810 to people seeking higher pixel full frame cameras. They are 2 years late to this party.
2 years late and 2 stops of dynamic range short. It'll be interesting to see how it does for the landscape photographers. I shoot with my 5D III next to my friend with his D800 and it's just amazing how much more he can cleanly pull out of the shadows. For portrait work though, I'd give the nod to the 5Ds simply b/c Canon has had better skin tones right out of the camera.

[pRICE cUBE]

Gareth wrote:
[quote=pRICE cUBE]
[quote=DRR]
And I'm surprised it's only $3600.... I was expecting it to be a fair amount more. Canon's MO for higher end cameras is to intro them at a high price and then drop the price to a more reasonable level after 6-9 months. This dare I say is a reasonable price for a number of shooters.

Canon had to price this at 3699 because Nikon has has sold a bunch of D800 and D810 to people seeking higher pixel full frame cameras. They are 2 years late to this party.
2 years late and 2 stops of dynamic range short. It'll be interesting to see how it does for the landscape photographers. I shoot with my 5D III next to my friend with his D800 and it's just amazing how much more he can cleanly pull out of the shadows. For portrait work though, I'd give the nod to the 5Ds simply b/c Canon has had better skin tones right out of the camera.


The chip that is in the 5D is supposed to be the same one as in the 1DX. The 1DX has far superior image quality in terms of DR and noise. I speculate that Canon intentionally crippled the 5D capabilities.

This 5DS chip has been rumored to be in partnership with Sony. If this is true, I believe dynamic range will be similar or better to the D800.

[Racer X]

So, if the 5Ds is going to be $3700, what will the 5D III drop to?