p.1 #2 · The Canon 5D Mark IV officially discontinued.
End of an era to be sure. I still have my 5d MkIV body, and I will not be selling it. I will probably have to attack the top control dial which is intermittent, then I will likely give the body to my son who is now using a 6D.
p.1 #3 · The Canon 5D Mark IV officially discontinued.
The 5D Mark III was my first Canon camera, and I replaced it with the Mark IV when it was released. I truly loved those cameras. I think I still have a grip for the Mark IV kicking around.
p.1 #4 · The Canon 5D Mark IV officially discontinued.
I wonder if I should buy one from the second hand, the 61pt AF was the only one significant Canon DSLR AF system I haven't tried (the other was the 6D2 AF, but I could care less for that).
Gosh I would love to have a nostalgia simulation of the 45pt AF with the ring of fire on RF.
p.1 #6 · The Canon 5D Mark IV officially discontinued.
The 5D series had a great run.
My first DSLR (I had shot film for decades) was a Canon APS-C model in the early 2000s. Around that time there were some full frame cameras coming out, notably the 1Ds and its higher-MP successors. But these were very big and very expensive — not ideal for most folks who aspired to the higher quality potential of full frame.
The 5D arrived at a much lower price point. (In inflation-adjusted terms it cost more than today’s equivalent camera, but still…) It’s 12 MP full frame sensor seemed revolutionary to those who had been using 6MP and 8MP APS-C cameras. It was not as solidly built as a 1-Series body and in other ways some of its features were behind the high-end professional bodies, but for many purposes it worked great — portrait photography, architecture, landscapes, etc.
The 5D series continued to evolve, with direct descendants improving in useful ways as the 5DII, 5DIII, and 5DIV were introduced. In many ways, the 5DII was as big of an advance as the 5D — it added a dust-control system (if you used the 5D you know how big a deal that was!), live view mode (super useful for landscape photographers), video capability, better AF, and more. It was a big step forward.
The 5Ds/5DsR branch of the 5-series was also a big deal. Using the basic concept of the 5D series’s bodies, it cancelled out AA filtering (in the 5DsR version) and increased resolution to 50MP — exceeding anything that Canon offers more than a decade later. It was a great camera for purposes requiring higher resolution. I’m still using mine after all these years.
I may be a bit nostalgic about the series and its quality, but it is also true that today’s mirrorless designs are more advanced. (Well, except for that lower MP resolution…) But still, the series was useful to a whole lot of photographers.
p.1 #8 · The Canon 5D Mark IV officially discontinued.
For what it's worth, it looks like Canon Rumors jumped the gun here. In an official statement to PetaPixel, Canon USA has denied that the 5D Mark IV is discontinued. It remains for sale in this entire hemisphere in fact:
“The Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, one of the most cherished cameras, remains available for purchase in the United States. While some regions may have unlisted the camera as available, it remains an important product for customers in the United States, Canada and Latin America. Service and support for the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV camera are continuing, and no end-of-service life has been determined.”
p.1 #10 · The Canon 5D Mark IV officially discontinued.
garyvot wrote:
For what it's worth, it looks like Canon Rumors jumped the gun here. In an official statement to PetaPixel, Canon USA has denied that the 5D Mark IV is discontinued. It remains for sale in this entire hemisphere in fact:
“The Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, one of the most cherished cameras, remains available for purchase in the United States. While some regions may have unlisted the camera as available, it remains an important product for customers in the United States, Canada and Latin America. Service and support for the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV camera are continuing, and no end-of-service life has been determined.”
You are just quoting an AI summary, which is merely regurgitating the sources you already cited.
I have explained why these reports may be incorrect and provided a link to an official list of Canon products that have *actually* been discontinued. The 5D Mark IV is not (yet) on this list.
It is obvious that this camera will be discontinued worldwide eventually, and production will officially cease, but it is important to be precise when making these claims.
p.1 #15 · The Canon 5D Mark IV officially discontinued.
I would expect that the camera is no longer in production for a while now. Sometimes assembly can continue if parts are available, but it's not like they are making the sensors and some other parts anymore.
p.1 #16 · The Canon 5D Mark IV officially discontinued.
garyvot wrote:
You are just quoting an AI summary, which is merely regurgitating the sources you already cited.
I have explained why these reports may be incorrect and provided a link to an official list of Canon products that have *actually* been discontinued. The 5D Mark IV is not (yet) on this list.
It is obvious that this camera will be discontinued worldwide eventually, and production will officially cease, but it is important to be precise when making these claims.
They are not incorrect. The 5D4 has been discontinued in Japan, where they made the camera, but not anymore.
p.1 #17 · The Canon 5D Mark IV officially discontinued.
EB-1 wrote:
I would expect that the camera is no longer in production for a while now. Sometimes assembly can continue if parts are available, but it's not like they are making the sensors and some other parts anymore.
EBH
I believe you're right, but it wasn't until recently that Canon made it official.
p.1 #18 · The Canon 5D Mark IV officially discontinued.
jgoetz4 wrote:
They are not incorrect. The 5D4 has been discontinued in Japan, where they made the camera, but not anymore.
They are incorrect. The camera has only been discontinued for sale in Japan.
Japan is just another sales region for Canon, no more or less significant than the United States or Europe. A product being removed from a particular market does not mean it is no longer being manufactured. I have provided direct confirmation from Canon itself that the 5D Mark IV is NOT discontinued.
I do not know how to put this more plainly than that, so if you are still not satisfied, we will just have to agree to disagree, haha.
