This is the best price we've seen on the Canon 5D Mark IV yet, and it likely won't last long. If you're in the market for Canon's latest full-frame body, now is a really good time to pick it up.
I just completed two shoots with my 5D Mark IV today, and it continues to be my favorite Canon body to date. It's a very capable and versatile camera that spits out gorgeous files. I recommend it very highly to anyone in the Canon system.
Electronics Valley (99.7 percent positive feedback) is currently selling the 5D Mark IV for $2,749, an over 20 percent discount from the standard price of $3,499. Remember that these are likely gray market items, meaning that Canon is not obligated to honor their warranty, though I've heard of many people having no such issues. Nonetheless, caveat emptor. If you'd prefer to purchase from an authorized retailer, you can always buy the 5D Mark IV here.
Thank to Fstoppers reader Brian Pernicone for bringing this to my attention!
Got it at your recommendation two weeks ago, extremely happy with it, i shoot with it every day. Sold my 5ds, although i absolutely loved it, couldn't afford to keep the two of them
my 5d3 still takes great pics, i will wait for 5d5 to upgrade.
Yeah, same here. Plus there's a really good chance a lot will change in the DSLR/MFT/Mirrorless world in the next 2 or 3 years. Although I will say that I'm beginning to become doubtful that Canon can keep up with the others.
Get that 5d4 and move on with photography...You may earn tons of money if you are good, and those photos will likely outlast your 5d3 files. ; )
I spent weeks trying to justify moving from 5D3s to 5d4....can't justify it. Bought a fuji xpro2 and was blown away! Possibly selling a 5d3 body now.
Ok then make sure you don't try the 5d4...haha...lol
I literally did the same thing. The x100 was my intro to Fuji as I bought it for traveling and based on that experience, I tried the XPro2. The XPro2 is the best camera I've ever owned. My 5D3 is going on Ebay as well as a lot of heavy Canon glass. I love it all, I just don't use it anymore. I'm not loyal to any brand, Canon served me well for many years but my interests have shifted and the XPro2 and X100 serve all my current needs for every day and travel photography.
The price is certainly heading into the right direction, I'd say a couple of hundred dollars lower and its worth it.
Good luck in showing yourself at weddings and paid events with an XPro 2. If you are a professional you should be able to justify 1200 dollars of investment ( Canon 5iii sells now used for 1500, 5div is 2700), just to have the latest and best from a company. If you wanna switch company, that's a different story, but i don't think Fuji is now an ecosystem as mature and complete as Canon for the professional shooter
As a Canon shooter I have to disagree.
The Fuji system has all that a wedding or event photographer could want. Even the 16MP bodies were perfectly credible tools.
The wedding and event market is the most popular space for pros and wannabes and the manufacturers have all served up decent systems. Even Sony.
Arguably the criticisms of Fuji, Sony, Pentax etc are the lack of specialty lenses such as TS and ultra telephoto or ultra wides. These are niche tools for very special applications and hardly necessary for the bulk of pro photography.
The other criticism are the TTL flash options. And then the question is; If you are a pro, how do you justify not knowing how to use manual flash?
But my question is, again, why switch in the first place? Because you are bored? As amazing and good for the competition they are, those systems are not significantly better than Canon in pretty much anything, and Canon, in my view , is significantly better than, let's say, Sony, in usability, menus, service, solidity. And let's not forget an essential thing :THE USED MARKET, which is absolutely huge for Canon. You can get crazy deals for L glass nowadays, older versions, or very good third party makers. Bottom line is, for what the exigence of the market is right now and the level of techonology, for where most most professionals are coming from, that means Canon, 5div is a perfect tool for the years to come. Any switching involves a lot of loss of money and venture into unknow and uncertain territory
You've obviously never shot 60 weddings in a year with a full DSLR system.
Switched to Fuji 2 years ago (I was a little ahead of the trend) and it has made the physical process of shooting weddings so much better.
Plus the images are exceptional. No one has ever looked at my Fuji system and judged me based on that. Plus, if a wedding guest things I don't look like a pro, what do I care? They aren't the ones writing me the check.
No, i haven't. 60 never. Because if i would had been that booked and important, i would afford a Phase one for fun, a whatever system for weddings, and a Canon C300ii for video. And i guess i would had the money to make a short film once in a while
My Fuji x100T has the lens built in, the only thing i can "switch" is the camera strap. I shoot along side my Canon gear and the Fuji looks better, and processes better to my taste.
I never use TTL, i seriously do not understand why you would ever want to rely on automatic flash.
because wedding is a fast paced event ?
What does that have to do with it? If you know how to use a flash manually and are competent enough to predict a scene then you can dial in your flash manually and compensate by adjusting your aperture on the fly and balancing ambient with your SS. TTL is a gimmick aimed at newbies that needed to be sold on the latest trick they don't need.
TTL is huge for wedding photogapher, but if you prefer manual, it's ok too.
Yes I see your point on noobs using TTL. For weddings, I use on camera flash TTL and off camera manual flash for dance floors. I just don't have time to constantly adjust my on-camera flash in manual mode. I'll miss action shots.
During other photo sessions, I use the Profoto B1 which has TTL. TTL is used to get an accurate output, and then once I'm happy, I switch to manual for the rest of the shots. The TTL flash output setting carries over into manual with the B1s. I've never heard of this feature for any other flash system.
The very fact that weddings are populated by people all in black or all in white is precisely why not to use TTL.
I use manual exclusively and have nearly 100% keepers on exposure counts.
Where TTL works well is in flash fill with average brightness ranges in the scene. Otherwise I find it similar to regular auto settings for flash and often worse.
Clients don't care what medium is used as long as the images and the experience blow them away.