E said:
The specs are out, now hope is dead, and all these years I waited for nothing.
[...]
Why not 120fps 1080p? Canon left this out on purpose.
Well, everything they left out they probably left out on purpose. It's not like some engineer sitting at Canon is reading the release right now and thinking "sh!t, we forgot to add 120fps, hold the presses!".
It's about market segmentation. Canon decided "pro video" is more valuable than stills photography and decided to milk it by pushing people to the 1DX2 oder whatever 1DC there might be. You can hate the desicion, but you can't demand Canon put in all kinds of video features that would cannibalize their own proper video line. Budget for Professional Videographers is different than for stills, I also doubt many people using these cams professionally would fret much over 1K here or there, keeping in mind how much revenue you can genereate from these cameras.
After the DSLR Video revolution people expect that they get everything that makes up a "pro capable" camera in those very affordable models. I would love that, but it's not how the world works.
I also don't mind the 1.64 Crop in 4K, it should even be possible to throw on an Sigma 18-35/1.8 for APS-C since it doesnt protrude into the body. Image circle should be fine and it's wide-angle enough. Would I love for it to have a mode available without crop? Sure. But that would eat battery like crazy and require more heat dissipation.
Canon took the very easy way out by just using native pixels and using a low compression codec. I bet otherwise we wouldn't have seen 4K in the current generation at all.
Yes, Focus peaking and Zebras would be nice, but I'm counting on the Magic Lantern guys to have their way into this cam after about a year from now. There's going to be lots of interest and demand fpr this cam.
Would I prefer more features and even better hardware at a lower price? you bet. But this camera will be bought in droves by people depending on their camera daily or at least multiple times a week. Maybe some videographers have to look elsewhere or wait a year for Magic Lantern, as you had to do on the 5D3 anyways.
:'(
My thoughts as well. Thought about buying the Mark IV on release but now I wait. Price is way to high and my Mark III does a good job. I hoped for more resolution (that the new body delivers), und big jump in video (videospecs on the Mark iV is a big let down so far, other camp offers more in that area).
