As well as giving more tonal range the higher dynamic range also allows for more malleability of the files during post processing. The human eye has a range of about 20 to 24 stops, the latest full frame Nikon / Sony cameras about 14 stops and the Canon 5D mk iii 11.7 stops. The higher the dynamic range the more information can be captured between the brightest whites and the darkest blacks. Why does this matter? The dynamic range gives an indication of the amount of tonal data that the camera can capture. Depending on what data you look at the 5D mk iii is about 3 stops behind its competitors from Nikon and Sony. However the elephant in the Canon room for the last couple of years has been the limited dynamic range when compared to the competition. They are solid, well built, high performing full frame cameras. I first used the 5Dmkii back in 2012 when I started shooting weddings commercially and then moved onto the 5D mk iii a year later. The 5D series is the main workhorse camera for the majority of wedding photographers that use Canon gear. However, I’ve still used the camera fairly extensively over that time so I feel I have a fairly good understanding of its capabilities. Although I’ve had two weddings since the camera was delivered I decided not to shoot either of them with it as Adobe Lightroom didn’t support the files until the latest 2015.7 update was released yesterday. I’m fortunate enough to have received a launch day release 5D mk iv camera body a week and a half ago so I’m posting my initial thoughts on it from a wedding photographers point of view. being as Lightroom was only updated yesterday there’s not a whole host of sample images included at the moment. The non-photographers amongst you might want to skip this blog posting as this is a fairly nerdy / geeky in depth look / review of Canon’s new 5D mk iv camera.
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