Hi, guys, I hope you all had a fantastic week so far and in today's video I'd like to share
with you five things that I really like about the Canon 5d Mark iv as a wildlife photography camera.
I have owned this camera for roughly a year now and I am not sponsored by Canon. I just want to share
with you the experience that I have with this camera in wildlife photography.
I just want to say that I use this body mainly as a second body next to my Canon 1dx mark ii.
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Now let me start by saying that the Canon 5D Mark iv wasn't designed specifically for wildlife
photography but rather as Canon's all-rounder DSLR camera which is suitable for a range of subjects.
All images that you get to see throughout the video are taken with the Canon 5d Mark iv
in RAW format and processed with basic adjustments in Adobe Lightroom.
Now as a wildlife photographer it definitely makes sense to have two different camera bodies
with two different focal lengths attached as things happen quickly in wildlife photography
and you don't always have the chance to change lenses. So the thing that I like most about
having the Canon 5d Mark iv is that it has the almost identical button and menu layout as my
Canon 1dx Mark ii primary body. I cannot stress how important it is to just put down one camera
pick up the other one and seamlessly start shooting with the same buttons, the same menu
and the same shooting mode. My preferred shooting mode is Manual with Auto ISO if you would like
to know why there's a link right on the top.
It is really important for me that both my camera bodies can shoot in the same way
and previously I used to own a Canon 5d Mark ii as my secondary body.
Although i could shoot in manual with AUTO ISO on that camera it did not allow me to use exposure compensation.
That was a big disadvantage since I use exposure compensation all the time which
eventually made me switch to aperture priority and even as a seasoned photographer, I found it
super annoying to have to switch the whole time between manual with auto ISO on my Canon 1dx Mark ii
and aperture priority mode on my Canon 5d Mark ii.
So I'm really happy that my Canon 5d Mark iv
finally is able to do Manual with Auto ISO and exposure compensation as well.
The next thing I really like about the Canon 5d mark iv is its high resolution, 30 million pixels, full-frame
sensor compared to my 1Dx which has only 20 million pixels. Now this comes in really handy
when cropping into images which is something we often have to do as wildlife photographers if we
can't get close enough to our subject. I have now more megapixels at my disposal and therefore more
flexibility on cropping the image the same amount without losing too much of the image quality.
Now this is especially important when printing images as the quality of the printed picture
directly depends on the amount of data or pixels available to create a clean bright and defined print.
As i have mentioned before the Canon 5d Mark iv wasn't specifically designed
for wildlife photography and the 5D series traditionally was always a little bit more
orientated on landscapes and portraiture. However, with 7 frames per second and 21 RAW files before
the buffer hits in continuous shooting I think Canon has made this camera very capable of dealing
with most wildlife situations. Of course, this is only half of the frame rate than my Canon 1Dx Mark ii offers.
But it is also half the price so I can easily live with that especially using this camera as my secondary body.
Photographers will never complain about more dynamic range and color depth
and that is my fourth favourite point of this camera. Both dynamic range and colour depth have
been slightly improved over my Canon 1dx Mark ii which makes the recovery of shadows and highlights
so much easier. There's noticeably less noise while it's doing a better job at preserving
colour and detail. If you would like a little bit more detailed information about
the dynamic range performance of the 5Div head over to www.dxomark.com where you will find numbers and
charts that show the performance of the dynamic range with different ISO values.
Number five and probably the most pleasant feature using the 5d Mark iv
is that it has the same sophisticated autofocus system than my 1Dx Mark ii having an improved
dynamic range and high pixels are nice but only if you can nail the focus. Having 61 autofocus point
coverage of which 41 is of the more accurate cross type is fantastic and makes it super easy for me
to switch between the two cameras and since i often have to use extenders with my telephoto
lenses to get closer to my subjects I appreciate that all 61 autofocus points with 21 being of the
cross type work at f8. That makes it really easy to do precise focusing. Shooting quite a fair amount
when the ambient light is low, I need a solid auto focus performance even in those conditions and the
5d Mark iv delivers with autofocus performing very well with light levels as low as -3 ev.
As a last note on the autofocus, I really do enjoy the autofocus selection button that is unique to
the 5d Mark iv and that lets me very easily switch between the different autofocus points.
That's it! These are my five favourite things about the Canon 5d Mark iv
for wildlife photography. If you have this camera as well and you shoot wildlife please let me know
in the comments down below what you like or maybe don't like about it. If you're interested
to see how I've set up my 5d mark iv for wildlife photography please also leave it
in the comments down below.
Thank you very much for watching and see you next time. Bye