Last October, Canon publicly announced that the project was in the works 5D Mark V. There was also talk of dates for the arrival on the market (end of 2020), but in recent months things have changed. And they have changed for more than one reason: in particular for the company's commitment to the full frame mirrorless segment, but also for the great complications caused by the pandemic that has afflicted us.
As PetaPixel reports, the consequence of these situations was the cancellation of the new EOS 5D from Canon's roadmap. There is even talk of confirmations on the stop to the development of this model, despite the requests in the reflex field are still many. There are those who claim that we will see an EOS R, therefore full-frame mirrorless, as similar as possible to the traditional 5D line to meet these demands.
What is there for all to see is that Canon in the last two years has focused more attention on the development of the EOS R series. Having arrived late on the market, it has had to fight to try to bridge the gap with Sony as quickly as possible. , which until recently dominated the full frame mirrorless segment. It is no coincidence that the line-up now understands already 5 cameras and a range of objectives that will soon reach 20.
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At Canon, therefore, all efforts at the moment are directed towards mirrorless cameras, also given the excellent response received up to now. But one of the reasons that could have led the company to make this decision is also the fact that, if a 5D Mark V were released today, we would have at least another 5 years of coexistence between the two systems. It would be tricky to manage and Canon probably has no plans to wait that long to bring pro photographers to mirrorless.
The future without the EOS 5D
It is likely that a slice of these photographers will remain linked to the SLR world, but with a different system, that of the EOS-1 D, which has features that are still difficult to match for a mirrorless camera today. But as far as the 5D user range is concerned, at Canon they do not see how it cannot remain equally satisfied by the new mirrorless cameras and therefore, even forcing a little hand, they are trying to anticipate the times of this migration.
We'll see if these rumors are confirmed, but anyway, if so, the 4 generations of Canon EOS 5D have rightfully earned a place in the history of photography. In particular the first and second versions. EOS 5D, born in 2005, was the first full-frame digital SLR without a double handle (so not like the 1D series). In 2008 the 5D Mark II arrived, another model that marked an era with the introduction of full hd video. The rest is more recent history.
Canon EOS R - Compact Camera 30.3 MP (Wi-Fi, ...
- 35mm full-frame (full frame) CMOS sensor with approximately 30,3 million effective pixels
- Most advanced image processor, the DIGIC 8
- Autofocus with lighting as low as -6 EV
