A Canon DSLR First Coming to EOS 5D Mark IV [CR2]

[mikekx102]

A round image sensor would work. The RAWs could be circular and you would just choose what you want. Square? Done. Any aspect ratio with the largest possible sensor size for full frame lenses and no part of the sensor outside the image circle.

I probably sound like I'm trolling

No, its not something on my wish list at all, but it could be an option (instead of a square sensor). I'm not sure what implifications it would have on the manufacturing processes.

 

[neuroanatomist]

A round image sensor would work...
I'm not sure what implifications it would have on the manufacturing processes.

Great implications. Terrible, yes...but great.

Post-lithography silicon isn't like a batch of cookie dough where you can cut out rounds then gather the scraps and roll it out again.

 

[AvTvM]

A round image sensor would work. The RAWs could be circular and you would just choose what you want. Square? Done. Any aspect ratio with the largest possible sensor size for full frame lenses and no part of the sensor outside the image circle.
No, its not something on my wish list at all, but it could be an option (instead of a square sensor). I'm not sure what implifications it would have on the manufacturing processes.

forget (d)slrs. mirrorless cameras do offer all these sensor format opportunities without major problems ... square sensor, round sensor ... not a big deal once slapping mirrors, chunky glass prisms and separate phase-AF arrays are finally eliminated.

there would only be an issue with some existing Canon EF lenses that have an internal 3:2 baffle in the lightpath (eg 24-105 L, 17-40 L and some others).

 

[Mikehit]

forget (d)slrs. mirrorless cameras do offer all these sensor format opportunities without major problems ... ... square sensor, round sensor ...

Do they? Which ones? All mirrorless I can think of have 4:3 or 3:2 sensors.

 

[neuroanatomist]

forget (d)slrs. mirrorless cameras do offer all these sensor format opportunities without major problems ... ... square sensor, round sensor ...

Do they? Which ones? All mirrorless I can think of have 4:3 or 3:2 sensors.

He said 'opportunities', as in the opportunity for any or all camera makers to make the perfect camera for him, to his exact specifications. I'm sure they're all chomping at the bit for that, after all he thinks millions of buyers share his desires. :

 

[Mikehit]

forget (d)slrs. mirrorless cameras do offer all these sensor format opportunities without major problems ... ... square sensor, round sensor ...

Do they? Which ones? All mirrorless I can think of have 4:3 or 3:2 sensors.

He said 'opportunities', as in the opportunity for any or all camera makers to make the perfect camera for him, to his exact specifications. I'm sure they're all chomping at the bit for that, after all he thinks millions of buyers share his desires. :

It was the implication that DSLRs could not offer that opportunity as in "...mirrorless cameras do offer all these sensor format opportunities...once slapping mirrors, chunky glass prisms and separate phase-AF arrays are finally eliminated".

Actually the bigger improvement would be curved sensors to reduce/avoid the need for the full panoply of corrective elements needed for a rectilinear lens.

 

[kaihp]

A round image sensor would work...
I'm not sure what implifications it would have on the manufacturing processes.

Great implications. Terrible, yes...but great.

Post-lithography silicon isn't like a batch of cookie dough where you can cut out rounds then gather the scraps and roll it out again.

If I was Canon and got this request, I'd make the dies square and SW myself out of the rest. Doing anything else would just be a waste for zero (or even negative) gain.

Wafers are cut up using diamond saws, so when they saw, they saw all the way through. Like Neuro says, not exactly like cookie dough.

 

[neuroanatomist]

Actually the bigger improvement would be curved sensors to reduce/avoid the need for the full panoply of corrective elements needed for a rectilinear lens.

IIRC, Sony patented something like that a while back, though I believe the intent was for a fixed-lens camera rather than an ILC.

 

[Ozarker]

Backlit keys like latest Nikon camera world be nice.. Also auto AF calibration at different distances and apertures to prevent focus shift.. But backlit keys are really nice..

Just say no to lit keys. I don't get you guys....

We don't get you either.

 

[AlanF]

Actually the bigger improvement would be curved sensors to reduce/avoid the need for the full panoply of corrective elements needed for a rectilinear lens.

IIRC, Sony patented something like that a while back, though I believe the intent was for a fixed-lens camera rather than an ILC.

And it would be incompatible with all of our current lenses.

 

[Ozarker]

forget (d)slrs. mirrorless cameras do offer all these sensor format opportunities without major problems ... square sensor, round sensor ... not a big deal once slapping mirrors, chunky glass prisms and separate phase-AF arrays are finally eliminated.

there would only be an issue with some existing Canon EF lenses that have an internal 3:2 baffle in the lightpath (eg 24-105 L, 17-40 L and some others).

Excuse me miss, your fetish is showing.

 

[mnclayshooter]

We’re told that the new camera will have a[size=24pt] DSLR [/size]first from Canon, but the source was unsure if any other manufacturer has or will have the same feature in one of their cameras. While we’re told that the feature “isn’t major”, it is something “a lot of shooters will be happy to have”.


Back to the topic at hand... the DSLR features... that most would be happy to have.

 

[Mikehit]

and so we re-start the 16 pages....

 

[mnclayshooter]

and so we re-start the 16 pages....

;D

 

[SchnauzerFace]

I imagine most 5D users would find this useless, but perhaps some sort of in-camera color correction tool. It's already something that people are used to because of Instagram (or snapchat, or whatever the hell). A lot of people want fast, easy filters for their pictures that will look "cool" right out of the camera.

Sorry if this has been brought up already. I'm not reading 17 pages of this thread to see.

 

[axtstern]

Also do not want to read 17 pages but my bet would be fine resolution (color) display on the top deck instead of the aged mono fixed shaped lcd

 

[Ryananthony]

Also do not want to read 17 pages but my bet would be fine resolution (color) display on the top deck instead of the aged mono fixed shaped lcd

Just curious what your hoping will be displayed on the top that you need fine resolution and color? That just sounds like a waste of money to me.

 

[midluk]

Just curious what your hoping will be displayed on the top that you need fine resolution and color? That just sounds like a waste of money to me.

Not only that. What's more important is that it is a waste of power, which means shorter battery life.

 

[markshelby]

An Android OS module (some P&Ss are Android; you can install whatever editing or social media apps you want and use them in-camera).

 

[mnclayshooter]

An Android OS module (some P&Ss are Android; you can install whatever editing or social media apps you want and use them in-camera).

Related but not exactly along those lines... near field communication could be a nice feature to pair your phone/tablet etc with the body more easily/quickly seamlessly for remote shooting. That would be handy, not very major and would make at least some of us happy.

Justification: The Wifi implementation on the 6D isn't terrible, but I find that it disconnects frequently, and my phone (and assume most other peoples') are pre-configured to disconnect Wi-Fi if it can't find a gateway to the internet. Connecting direct to the camera doesn't provide the internet gateway, so the wifi module in the phone defaults back to the cellular data connection after a few seconds. There's a workaround in the settings, and once you get it set up right, it is a fairly good remote shooting app, but I'd guess most don't know about the Wi-Fi workaround.