Canon Announces The World’s Highest Resolution Full Frame DSLR Cameras. Priced Competitively

http://youtu.be/1gzrnneiHM4

As expected, the official announcement of the EOS 5Ds and the EOS 5Ds R confirmed the leaked specifications.

Among the few newly revealed details are the shutter’s durability, intervalometer limitations and video recording specifications.

The cameras will be available a bit later than expected, but the pricing is a pleasant surprise.

Starting on the business end, the 5Ds and 5Ds R will cost $3,699.00 and $3,899.00, respectively.

This is compared to the 5D Mark III selling for $3,100 and the D810 selling for $3,000, so I definitely think the pricing is reasonable.

Both models are expected to be available as of June.

As for the new feature details:

• Shutter durability rated at 150,000 (same as the 5D MKIII)
• Video features: 1080/30p, 720/60p
• Built-in intervalometer allows adjustments from 1 second to 99:59:59 hours
• Time lapse movies can be created from 2 – 3,600 photos, with a max playback time of 2:30 minutes
• Image dimensions are 8712 x 5813 pixels
• Mirror vibration control system
• Arbitrary Release Time Lag Setting in Mirror Lock mode – 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, one and two seconds

http://youtu.be/UOQ9cIp9RqY

Below are the previously published specs:

• 50.6mp full frame CMOS
• 53mp total resolution
• 5DS R has no low pass filter
• AF 61 points (41 points cross type)
• ISO 100-6400 (extended with ISO50 and 12800)
• Dual DIGIC 6
• 3.2 inch LCD 1.04 million pixels
• RAW (50MP), M-RAW (28MP), S-RAW (12.4MP)
• CF (UDMA7), SD / SDHC / SDXC (UHS-I)
• Crop modes 1.3x and 1.6x
• 100% field of view
• Magnification 0.71 times, the eye point 21 mm
• Electronic Level
• Grid display
• EV-2 support.
• Itr AF
• Anti-flicker
• Time-lapse movie
• Bulb timer
• Face recognition during live view
• 150,000 pixel RGB-TR metering sensor
• 252 zone TTL metering
• EOS iSA system
• Shutter speed is 30 seconds -1/8000 seconds
• Synchro is 1/200 sec
• Continuous shooting 5 frames / sec
• Video 1920×1080 30fps (ALL-I or IPB)
• Mini HDMI output terminal
• External microphone terminal
• Battery LP-E6N / LP-E6
• Dimensions 152 x 116.4 x 76.4mm
• Weight 930g (CIPA guidelines). 845g (body only)

Sample images and movies are available for the 5Ds and the sample images for the 5Ds R.

So now that the tech specs and pricing have been officially announced, are you going to order one of these behemoths?