Hi. I’m Adam and welcome to First Man Photography the channel that will help you take your photography
to the next level.
I just wanted to make a quick video today.
It’s extra this week so it’s not replacing anything else.
Just to let you know, a quick update about this new Canon 5D Mark IV.
I promised that I was going to do an unboxing but it came very late in the day last Wednesday
so I didn't get a chance to unbox it and get the video out that evening but I couldn't
wait until Sunday so I’ve gone ahead and unboxed it.
I didn’t think it was worth filming at that point as you guys know a lot about this camera,
probably, already.
I’m doing this video because I just wanted to let you know what I'm thinking so far.
I’ve got a full review coming up as I managed to get out and about in the coming weeks,
take some time to get to know the camera, use it a bit in different situations and then
I’ll put that review out in the next few weeks.
Hopefully, you'll get some value out of that.
There have been a couple of teething problems with the camera.
Firstly, is when you're using third-party lenses, like this Sigma 1.4 35mm, it comes
up with these crazy circles on the screen.
As you can see here, in live view there, when you take the shot, you can't see through the
viewfinder, but these lines are there and they end up in your actual images as well.
Very easy to solve though.
Make sure you’re in stills mode, hit the menu button and go to the red number one and
then Lens aberration correction.
Just turn peripheral illumination off and disable that and then your problem will be
solved.
in that sense.
I’ve also not been able to record 4K to the CompactFlash card, for some reason.
In the manual it does mention you need a top-quality CompactFlash card.
But that’s what I’ve got in there and it’s still not working, although, it does
record to the SD card.
So not a massive issue but I'm not quite sure why that's happening.
Further down the line, I may want that in camera backups so I want to get that solved
as well.
If you’re solely shooting video, this is probably not the camera for you.
There are cheaper alternatives and better alternatives when you’re shooting 4K.
So, if video is your thing, probably this isn't your camera.
That’s been well covered.
I’s got a crop on there as well which isn't too much of a problem for me but, on the whole,I
wouldn't use it solely for video.
As a stills camera though, so far, I’ve absolutely loved it.
I’ve been out and about a few times with it.
It handles well.
It’s obviously well made.
It feels very similar to the 5D Mark III but the focusing system is spot on in every situation.It
has got the live view, auto focus as well.
The dual pixel focus which, again, is really accurate, really nice.
With that touchscreen, which the 5D has not had before, it makes getting down into different
angles a little easier, even though it doesn’t have a flip screen.
We don't really want that in a professional camera where it needs to be rugged and, potentially,
broken.
So far, in terms of image quality, again, it looks really, really good.
The sensor is excellent as far as I can tell so far.
I am a little bit limited still because Adobe haven't yet updated camera raw.
So I’m not be able to fully process the raw files because I only use Lightroom really
and the Canon software that comes with the camera is really clunky.
So I’ve just been exporting them as tifs into the Lightroom using it in that way.
So I’m excited for when Adobe release the new camera raw so I can really get into editing
those files.
Like I said, the full review will be going up in the next few weeks and next week I’m
going to the Lake District again.
I’m going to take this with me and really see what it's capable of in terms of landscape
photography.
I’m going to be vlogging that trip so, hopefully, you will enjoy that.
I’ve also got a couple of other good tutorials coming up this week so make sure you are subscribed
and you’re watching.
Please like the videos because that really helps me out.
I hope you enjoyed this video as a little extra.
I’ll see you on another one very soon.
I’m Adam.
This is First Man Photography…
Out!!!!