On October 20 2009 Canon announced the long-awaited successor to the EOS-1D Mark III The EOS 1D Mark IV. It is a fast and powerful high resolution camera with the professional in mind.
New to the Canon's ESO 1D Mark IV is that it will shoot video in full 1080p HD video
Specification for Canon's EOS-1D Mark IV:
Body material Magnesium alloy (exterior, chassis and mirror box)
Sensor *
• 27.9 x 18.6 mm CMOS sensor
• 1.3x crop factor
• RGB Color Filter Array
• Built-in fixed low-pass filter (with self-cleaning unit)
• 17 million total pixels
• 16.1 million effective pixels
• 3:2 aspect ratio
Image processor * Dual DIGIC 4
A/D conversion 14 bit
Image sizes (JPEG) *
• 4896x3264 (L)
• 4320x2880 (M1)
• 3552x2368 (M2)
• 2448x1632 (S)
Image sizes (RAW) * • 4896x3264 (RAW)
• 3672x2448 (M-RAW)
• 2448x1632 (S-RAW)
File formats
• RAW (.CR2; 14-bit)
• JPEG (EXIF 2.21) - Fine / Normal
• RAW + JPEG (separate files)
JPEG quality options Each JPEG size (L, M1, M2, S) can be set to a quality level of 1 to 10 (1 high compression, low quality - 10 low compression, high quality)
Movie Mode • MOV (Video: H.264, Sound: Linear PCM)
• 1920 x 1080 (29.97, 25, 23.976 fps)
• 1280 x 720 (59.94, 50 fps)
• 640 x 480 (59.94, 50 fps)
• Max duration: 29min 59sec
• Max file size: 4GB
Lenses • Canon EF lens mount (does not support EF-S lenses)
• 1.3x field of view crop
Dust reduction • "EOS Integrated Cleaning System" with fluorine coating
• Self-cleaning sensor unit (filter in front of sensor vibrates at high frequency at start-up and shutdown - can be disabled)
• Dust Delete Data - Data from a test shot is used to 'map' dust spots and can be later removed using Canon DPP Software
Auto focus * • 45-point TTL
• 39 cross-type points, require F2.8 or faster lens *
• TTL-AREA-SIR with a CMOS sensor
• AF working range: -1.0 to 18 EV (at 23°C, ISO 100)
Focus modes • One shot AF
• AI Servo AF
• Manual focus
AF point selection * • Auto
• Manual: Single point AF (45, 19, 11 or 9 points selectable)
• Manual: Spot AF (with compatible lens)
• Manual: AF point Expansion (Left right,surround, all 45)
• AF points can be selected separately for vertical and horizontal shooting
AF assist External Speedlite only
Exposure modes • Program
• Aperture-priority
• Shutter-priority
• Manual
• Bulb
Metering
• 63 zone metering linked to all AF points *
• Metering range: 0 - 20 EV
• Modes: Center, Linked to AF point, Multi-spot (up to 8 readings)
Metering modes
• Evaluative (63 zone linked to active AF point)
• Partial (13.5% of viewfinder) *
• Spot metering (3.8% of viewfinder)
AE lock • Auto: One Shot AF with evaluative metering
• Manual: AE lock button
Exposure compensation • +/- 3.0 EV
• 0.3 or 0.5 EV increments
Sensitivity
• ISO 100 - 12800
• 0.3 or 1.0 EV increments
• ISO 50 (Enhanced L)
• ISO 25600 (Enhanced H1)
• ISO 51200 (Enhanced H2)
• ISO 102400 (Enhanced H3)
Shutter • Focal-plane shutter
• 30 - 1/8000 sec
• 0.3, 0.5 or 1.0 EV increments
• Flash X-Sync: 1/300 sec (EX series Speedlites only)
• Bulb
Noise reduction • Long exposure (1 sec or longer)
• Optional for High ISO (4 settings)
White balance • Auto (using the imaging sensor)
• Daylight
• Shade
• Cloudy
• Tungsten
• Fluorescent
• Flash
• Custom (up to 5 can be stored)
• Kelvin (2500 - 10000 K in 100 K steps)
WB bracketing • +/-3 levels
• 3 images
• Blue / Amber or Magenta / Green bias
WB shift • Blue (-9) To Amber (+9)
• Magenta (-9) to Green (+9)
Picture style • Standard
• Portrait
• Landscape
• Neutral
• Faithful
• Monochrome
• User def. 1
• User def. 2
• User def. 3
Color space • sRGB
• Adobe RGB
Viewfinder • Eye-level pentaprism
• 100% frame coverage
• Magnification: 0.76x (-1 diopter with 50 mm lens at infinity)
• Eyepoint: 20 mm
• Dioptric adjustment: -3 to +1 diopter
• Precision matte screen Ee-C IV (interchangeable)
• Eye-piece shutter available via lever
Mirror • Quick-return half mirror (transmission:reflection ratio 37:63)
• Mirror lock-up (once or multiple exposures)
Viewfinder info
• AF points
• Focus confirmation light
• Metering mode
• Spot metering area
• Shutter speed
• Aperture
• Mmanual exposure
• AE lock
• ISO speed
• Exposure level
• Exposure warning
• Fash ready
• FP flash
• FE lock
• Flash exposure level
• JPEG recording
• RAW recording
• Number of remaining shots
• Maximum burst (2 digit display)
• Highlight tone priority(D+)
• White balance correction
• Memory card information
• Battery check icon
LCD monitor * • 3.0" TFT LCD
• 920,000 pixels
• 160° angle of view
• 7 brightness levels
• Anti-reflection
LCD Live view * • Live TTL display of scene from CMOS image sensor
• 100% frame coverage
• 30 frames per second
• Real-time evaluative metering using CMOS image sensor
• Best view or exposure simulation
• Grid optional
• Histogram
• Magnify optional (5x or 10x at AF point)
• Quick- or Live mode AF
Flash • No built-in flash unit
• E-TTL II auto flash / metered manual
• Flash compensation +/-3.0 EV in 0.3 or 0.5 EV increments
• X-Sync: 1/300 sec (EX series Speedlites only)
• Hot-shoe & PC Terminal
Drive modes • Single
• Silent (single frame)
• High-speed continuous: 10 fps
• Low-speed continuous: 3 fps
• Self-timer: 2 or 10 sec (3 sec with mirror lock-up)
Burst buffer * • Large/Fine JPEG: 121 frames
• RAW: 28 frames
Orientation sensor Yes
Custom functions * 62 custom functions
Wireless Via WFT-E2/E2 II(optional)
Connectivity
• USB 2.0 Hi-Speed
• Video out
• HDMI mini output *
• External microphone *
• N3 type wired remote control
• PC Sync flash terminal
Storage • Compact Flash Type I or II (supports UDMA)
• SD card slot (supports SD/SDHC)
• External USB hard drives (requires WFT-E2/E2A)
Power • Lithium-Ion LP-E4 rechargeable battery (supplied & charger)
• AC adapter
Dimensions * 156 x 156.6 x 80 mm (6.2 x 6.2 x 3.1 in)
Weight (no batt) * 1180 g (2.6 lb)
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