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I decided to share some of my first photos with the Canon 5D Mark IV and give some of my thoughts about the camera. I also posted a YouTube video going through a bunch of photos in Lightroom and talking about what I liked so far about the camera. If you want to check that out, feel free also.



So my experience with the 5DIV has been good so far, at least from the photography side. I honestly haven't had a chance to check out the video, but hope to soon. I decided to take a quick trip to Disney to test out the photography features of the camera, especially low light capability. Compared to my 5DIII, the focus feel much quicker. High ISO also is pretty amazing. I have usable images at 25,600. The dark rides in particular are insanely difficult to shoot, but I was able to come home with some surprisingly good photos! These were all raw files processed in Lightroom.

I wanted to start off with my favorites...fireworks! Definitely handled long exposure well!

*Edited to add camera settings*

1. http://wesandbrooke.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/3R2A8977.jpg
ISO 100, 26mm, f/16, 12 sec

2. http://wesandbrooke.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/3R2A8981.jpg
ISO 100, 26mm, f/16, 12 sec

3. http://wesandbrooke.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/3R2A8982.jpg
ISO 100, 26mm, f/16, 25 sec

4. http://wesandbrooke.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/3R2A8251.jpg
ISO 100, 16mm, f/5.6, 1/400
Nice detail in the clouds and darker areas on this one.

5. http://wesandbrooke.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/3R2A8458.jpg
ISO 25,600, 16mm, f/4, 1/50

6. http://wesandbrooke.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/3R2A8619.jpg
ISO 6400, 35mm, f/1.4, 1/400

7. http://wesandbrooke.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/3R2A9053.jpg
ISO 6400, 35mm, f/1.4, 1/250

8. http://wesandbrooke.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/3R2A9170.jpg
ISO 100, 35mm, f/1.4, 1/8000

9. http://wesandbrooke.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/3R2A9266.jpg
ISO 100, 35mm, f/1.4, 1/8000

10. http://wesandbrooke.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/3R2A9313.jpg
ISO 12,800, 35mm, f/1.4, 1/100
Really nice low light focus for the dark rides.

11. http://wesandbrooke.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/3R2A9921.jpg
ISO 6400, 35mm, f/1.4, 1/80

12. http://wesandbrooke.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/3R2A0027.jpg
ISO 25,600, 35mm, f/1.4, 1/160

13. http://wesandbrooke.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/3R2A0049.jpg
ISO 25,600, 35mm, f/1.4, 1/60

14. http://wesandbrooke.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/3R2A0129.jpg
ISO 100, 35mm, f/16, 1/20
Working on my panning...

15. http://wesandbrooke.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/3R2A8283.jpg
ISO 200, 32mm, f/4, 1/400

16. http://wesandbrooke.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/3R2A9404.jpg
ISO100, 35mm, f/1.4, 1/2000

That's me in this photo. I was taking pictures of this lady, and she decided she wanted a photo with me. I was using my 35mm at 1.4 to blur the background. Normally I would never hand my camera to a random person with the aperture set to 1.4 and expect any sort of good photo. I turned on the screen and told him to just press on my face and it would focus and take the picture automatically. Really cool use for live view and DPAF imo! I'll definitely be using that feature again!


The last few are before and afters. I was pleasantly surprised at how far I could push the shadows in Lightroom. It definitely felt like a lot more dynamic range than the 5DIII. I shot some of these underexposed (or exposed for the sky) on purpose to test this out.

17. http://wesandbrooke.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/3R2A0188-2.jpg
ISO 100, 35mm, f/5.6, 1/640

18. http://wesandbrooke.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/3R2A0188.jpg

19. http://wesandbrooke.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/3R2A0359-2.jpg
ISO 320, 15mm, f/4, 1/800

20. http://wesandbrooke.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/3R2A0359.jpg

21. http://wesandbrooke.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/3R2A8299-2.jpg
ISO 640, 35mm, f/1.4, 1/1000 (should have shot this at ISO 100)

22. http://wesandbrooke.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/3R2A8299.jpg

Thanks for checking them out! Any comments or questions appreciated!


Edited on Sep 28, 2016 at 10:36 AM · View previous versions



Sep 27, 2016 at 12:55 PM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Canon 5D Mark IV goes to Disney - real world photos/review


Great stuff! I really enjoyed looking through everything.


Sep 27, 2016 at 01:14 PM
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Topnotch set, really showing off the capabilities of the camera! I wonder if it would be too much trouble for you to edit your post to add EXIF details. For example, how long were the long exposure shots, and what were the iso and exposure conditions for the dark ride shots?


Sep 27, 2016 at 03:19 PM
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Excellent post. Great to see some real world images. I tried some dark ride eurodisney pics a couple of years ago and felt quite limited in ISO and AF. Your results look very good. And the DPAF 35/1.4 trick is neat!

One thing about the last section, and seriously not to bash your post at all (!): at web size there isn't much to see, I could have taken those with my 5D Classic and get away with it at this size. Now I'll take your word for it that they're stunning to look at in LR. But could you post some crops and share the shadows or brush values? That would be great.




Sep 27, 2016 at 03:25 PM
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Thank you so much for sharing these. It's amazing how well you were able to bring up the shadows. Your Lightroom skills are on point too. Great conversions.

Makes me want to go to Disney now.



Sep 27, 2016 at 03:41 PM
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Nice!

I skimmed through the video also - you illustrated nicely the ability to recover shadow information in the images.



Sep 27, 2016 at 03:45 PM
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Scrumhalf wrote:
Topnotch set, really showing off the capabilities of the camera! I wonder if it would be too much trouble for you to edit your post to add EXIF details. For example, how long were the long exposure shots, and what were the iso and exposure conditions for the dark ride shots?


Thanks for the comment! I'll see what I can do about posting the exposure setting when I get home from work this evening. Several of those dark ride photos were ISO 25,600.




Sep 27, 2016 at 04:57 PM
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rabbitmountain wrote:
Excellent post. Great to see some real world images. I tried some dark ride eurodisney pics a couple of years ago and felt quite limited in ISO and AF. Your results look very good. And the DPAF 35/1.4 trick is neat!

One thing about the last section, and seriously not to bash your post at all (!): at web size there isn't much to see, I could have taken those with my 5D Classic and get away with it at this size. Now I'll take your word for it that they're stunning to look at in LR. But could you post
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Sure, I'll see if I can post some crops later this evening. I know its hard to really get a good idea from small compressed jpgs on the internet.



Sep 27, 2016 at 04:59 PM
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Tom_W wrote:
Nice!

I skimmed through the video also - you illustrated nicely the ability to recover shadow information in the images.


Awesome! Thanks! Sorry the video was a bit long. I didn't realize how long it was until after I had finished it.




Sep 27, 2016 at 05:00 PM
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Nice post, images, and explanation/s...enjoyed the YouTube video as well.

Thanks for taking the time to post.



Sep 27, 2016 at 07:37 PM
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Nice, informative post. Great work as you look very comfortable doing the video. Top notch work too!

I am doing a lot of research on the 5D Mk IV as I will purchase one around Halloween as a belated BDay present to myself. That's just an excuse to hold off for a while and hopefully jump on one of those Canon specials where you buy two lenses, or one camera body and one lens and get a discount on the "bundle" as I am looking at the new 24-105mmL II to accompany it.

Thanks again.



Sep 27, 2016 at 09:06 PM
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Your video is nicely done, Wesley. I enjoyed it -- lots of good info. Appreciate all your thoughts and comparisons. Super photos as well. Thanks!


Sep 28, 2016 at 06:05 AM
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Nice shots WesleyStewart! And as Scrumhalf said, it would be awesome to see some EXIF details.
The trick using the touchscreen to shoot is a great idea! Thanks for sharing!

I'm pretty happy with it as well. I can't really make a comparison in terms of image quality since before I had a 7d2. The DR and ISO noise are just incomparable.

I tend to avoid focus and recompose and the only thing I'm missing from my previous camera is the way the AF points are spread across the screen, I feel like they are not reaching out enough towards the edges of the frame.



Sep 28, 2016 at 10:37 AM
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bootster wrote:
Nice, informative post. Great work as you look very comfortable doing the video. Top notch work too!

I am doing a lot of research on the 5D Mk IV as I will purchase one around Halloween as a belated BDay present to myself. That's just an excuse to hold off for a while and hopefully jump on one of those Canon specials where you buy two lenses, or one camera body and one lens and get a discount on the "bundle" as I am looking at the new 24-105mmL II to accompany it.

Thanks again.


Thanks very much! Glad I looked comfortable. I still don't feel very comfortable in front of the camera..hah. Hopefully it helped your camera research though! Really enjoying mine so far!



Sep 28, 2016 at 10:51 AM
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photoin.nyc wrote:
Nice shots WesleyStewart! And as Scrumhalf said, it would be awesome to see some EXIF details.
The trick using the touchscreen to shoot is a great idea! Thanks for sharing!

I'm pretty happy with it as well. I can't really make a comparison in terms of image quality since before I had a 7d2. The DR and ISO noise are just incomparable.

I tend to avoid focus and recompose and the only thing I'm missing from my previous camera is the way the AF points are spread across the screen, I feel like they are not reaching out enough towards the edges of
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Thanks for the comments! I just edited the original post to add on the camera settings. Hope that helps!



Sep 28, 2016 at 10:53 AM
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These look great Wesley. Thanks for posting, they are very helpful.
The ISO 25000 shots are amazing.
The shadow recovery looks real nice. Even with jpegs, I can tell it's better than my 5D2 could do.
What did you put the camera on to get 12 and 25 second exposures? I know they don't allow tripods at Disneyland
Once I put $3500 together, I'm getting one!

Kelly



Sep 28, 2016 at 01:53 PM
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kellyakinsart wrote:
These look great Wesley. Thanks for posting, they are very helpful.
The ISO 25000 shots are amazing.
The shadow recovery looks real nice. Even with jpegs, I can tell it's better than my 5D2 could do.
What did you put the camera on to get 12 and 25 second exposures? I know they don't allow tripods at Disneyland
Once I put $3500 together, I'm getting one!

Kelly



Thanks very much! Glad they were helpful! I was very impressed with ISO 25,600 as well. Extremely usable, especially for posting on instagram, Facebook, etc.

Disney actually does allow tripods. This was Walt Disney World in Orlando. They don't allow selfie sticks though. I went right through security and had it checked with no problems. I have a Manfrotto carbon fiber tripod.



Sep 28, 2016 at 05:13 PM
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Thank for this real world test, which is highly informative as it shows great high-ISO capabilities as well as the large dynamic range. Very promising results. Looking forward to buying a mark IV myself.


Sep 29, 2016 at 06:34 AM
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Great post and photos. Your video was very informative. The shadow recovery from your real world tests is great. Thanks for taking the time to share!

Margaret



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