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gdanmitchell wrote:
I think the answer is a bit more complicated than just "yes" or "no."
My take is that the 5Ds is the next logical development in the 5D series for many photographers who acquire these cameras primarily for their high (at the time of introduction) photo site count full frame sensors, and for doing photography that may benefit from higher sensor resolution. Among the things that are important in a camera for this group, sensor resolution is higher on the list perhaps than a fast AF system, extremely high ISO capability, high speed burst mode shooting, and so forth. (These things may not be completely unimportant, but for these photographers the sensor is the thing.)
The rumored 5DIV, presuming that such a beast ends up with higher ISO capability, an optimized AF system, faster burst mode, etc. may cater more to those who bought into the 5D system for reasons that were weighted in a different direction and for whom even more sensor resolution isn't quite so important as those other things.
So, in a sense, both are successors to the original 5D/5DII/5DIII series, though the series might be seen as being split into two branches in order of focus a bit more on particular users.
For individual photographers, their needs will determine whether one or the other of these might be the best "successor" to a 5D-series body for them. In other words, they might have to answer the question of "which 5D-series camera is the ideal successor for me?" — and there are now possibly going to be at least two answers.
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For once I agree with Dan here. He finally expressed what I said so often before. IMO the 5D MkIII was an outlier in the 5D/5D MkII series since the MkIII did not focus on FF sensor advancement as the earlier camera models of this series did. I also agree with the statement above that the 5D line is now split in two branches - high resolution sensor based 5Ds series and likely the 5D MkIV which is more a pure 5D MkIII successor focusing on higher ISO performance, faster frame rate, and AF capability.
If Canon would have announced in 2012 a camera similar to the 5DsR (even at 36 MP) as oposed to the 5D MkIII, I likely would have never considered looking elsewhere for a camera update. Now the FF sensor market is a very different one compared to three years ago with more options to choose from.
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