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Dawn at South Tufa

Dawn at South Tufa, 20 October 2015, 7:29 A.M. Canon 5DS R, Canon 16-35mm L IS at 24mm, f/10 at 1/200 at Auto ISO 100, Perfectly Clear. bigger.

 

Yosemite Falls by Moonlight

Yosemite Falls by Moonlight, October 2015, 8:17 P.M. The moon was a waxing gibbous, 9¼ days old, 69% illuminated; the full moon will be five days later on the 27th. Canon 5DS R, Canon 24~70mm L II at 39mm, four minutes at f/2.8 at ISO 100, Perfectly Clear. bigger or full 50 MP (20MB JPG) file to explore on your computer (mobile devices rarely can display this resolution properly).

 

Red Neon Vacancy Sign, Bridgeport

Red Neon Vacancy Sign, Bridgeport, October 2015, 6:26 P.M. Canon 5DS R, Canon 16-35mm L IS at 35mm, f/4 hand-held at 1/10 at Auto ISO 200, Perfectly Clear. bigger.

 

Inside the Barn, Yosemite

Inside the Barn, October 2015, 9:23 A.M. Canon 5DS R, Canon 16-35mm L IS at 16mm, 68 seconds at f/11 at ISO 100, Perfectly Clear. bigger or full 50 MP (20MB JPG) file to explore on your computer (mobile devices rarely can display this resolution properly).

 

Last Light on Half Dome as Seen from Stoneman Meadow

Last Light on Half Dome as Seen from Stoneman Meadow, October 2015, 6:05 P.M. Canon 5DS R, Canon 100~400mm L IS II at 107mm, f/4.5 at 1/100 at Auto ISO 100, Perfectly Clear. bigger.

 

Grocery & Market

Grocery & Market, October 2015, 12:34 P.M. Canon 5DS R, Canon 16-35mm L IS at 24mm, f/10 at 1/400 at Auto ISO 100, Perfectly Clear. bigger.

 

Valley Floor Fog

Valley Floor Fog, October 2015, 8:18 A.M. Canon 5DS R, Canon 100~400mm L IS II at 400mm, f/5.6 hand-held at 1/80 at Auto ISO 320, Perfectly Clear. bigger or 11 MP (2.4 MB JPG) file to explore on your computer (mobile devices rarely can display this resolution properly).

Man, this is a sharp lens and camera, and the stabilization is so good that I can shoot in dim dawn light at 400mm and not need a tripod!

 

Walker Reservoir Paradise, Bridgeport, California

Walker Reservoir, Sportsmen's Paradise, Bridgeport, California, 5:47 P.M., 20 October 2019. Canon 5DS/R, Canon EF 100-400mm IS L II at 400mm, f/5.6 hand-held at 1/200 at Auto ISO 125 (LV 12.3). bigger or camera-original @ file.

Canon 5DS sample image

Stately Home. Canon 5DS, Canon 24-70mm f/2.8 L II at 25mm at f/8 at 1 second at ISO 100 with Aperlite YH-700C flash at full power, shot as normal JPG and processed in Perfectly Clear. Full 50 MP resolution.

 

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The Canon 5DS and 5DS R are the world's best DSLRs. They are 99% the same thing, and I'll refer to them interchangeably instead of having to write "5DS and 5DS R" a thousand times below.

You can pay more for the Canon 1D-X if you need a camera that shoots at more than 5 frames per second or need to subject it to severe physical abuse, while the 5DS has superior image quality and is much easier to use and carry.

The Canon EOS 5DS is the world's best digital camera for nature, landscape, portrait, forensic, intelligence gathering, crowd documentation and any other application that requires the very highest image quality, like the creation of original photographic fine art and the reproduction of other works of visual art.

New features are the ability to set sharpening radius and sharpening threshold in-camera, the ability to shoot-through flickering artificial light (the world's first full-frame camera that can), as well as easy crop modes which are handy when shooting with fixed lenses — or when you want to get closer but can't. I set my M-Fn button to select the crop, and the finder blurs-out the cropped parts of the image. Perfect!

Technically, the 50MP works great. It's just as sharp pixel-to-pixel as my 5D Mk II, but now has more than twice as many of them.

The Canon EOS 5DS and 5DS R are the world's best digital SLRs, replacing the old 5D Mark III of 2012. The 5D Mk III was the world's best DSLR, and now these new 5DS are the world's best.

The Canon 5DS and 5DS R are also the world's highest-resolution DSLRs.

The 5DS and 5DS R are the same camera, with the slight exception that the "R" version "cancels" the effect of the anti-alias filter used in the normal 5DS and most other DSLRs to get slightly higher sharpness at the risk of moiré on very fine repeating patterns. At this extreme resolution, it is highly unlikely that you'll see any moiré since few lenses can resolve this well, and if the differences between Nikon's D800 and D800e are similar to the difference between the 5DS and 5DS R, there will be almost no difference in the images, but Canon an extra $200 for the R.

I'm referring to both the 5DS and 5DS R throughout this review when I write "5DS;" I'm trying to save ink and your eyeballs by not always having to write "5DS and 5DS R."

As the world's highest-resolution DSLR, the 5DS and 5DS R are also the world's best nature, portrait, casual studio and landscape cameras.

The only way to get higher technical quality is to pay as much as a new Mercedes for a clumsy medium-format camera, and even then it's not clear that it would be any better — while the 5DS and 5DS R are far smaller, lighter, faster and quieter. You can shoot anything, anywhere with the 5DS, while even if I gave you a $50,000 medium format system for free, you still wouldn't want to lug it around or deal with its slow speeds and balky prima-donna handling.

The 5DS takes the same LP-E6 battery and charger as my old 5D Mark II, 5D Mark III and other Canons. That's great; we don't need to go buy all new batteries.

I'd get the 5DS/R new at B&H for $1,499 on blow-out or used for about the same price if you know How to Win at eBay.

You can get the 5DS used at eBay for about $1,200 if you know How to Win at eBay.

 

New

 

As-Shot, In-Finder Cropping

I set my M-Fn button so that each tap gives me a different crop, and my finder grays-out its edges to let me see my exact crop. (You can change the finder to show just a frameline instead of all-gray edges.)

Each tap selects Canon's old-standard 1.3x crop, the APS-C 1.6x crop or a square 24 x 24mm crop.

I crop on the fly without taking my eye from the finder. This is especially useful when shooting with a fixed lens. I LOVE this feature. For instance, with my EF 35mm f/1.4 L, I get my full 35mm f/1.4; the next tap gives me the equivalent of a 45mm f/1.4, then a 55mm f/1.4, and finally a square crop, all as seen through the finder.

EF-s (small format) lenses like the fantastic 10-18mm will not mount; you still need an APS-C 1.6x camera to mount them.

1.3x crops are 30 megapixels (6,768 x 4,512) and 1.6x (APS-C) crops are 19 megapixels (5,424 x 3,616).

The 5DS also can be set to crop to 4:3 and 16:9 ratios in Live View, but when set, you still get the full frame when shooting with the viewfinder.

 

Flicker Synchronization

As expected, the 5DS is a full-frame camera that adds the new features first seen in the 7D Mark II, namely the ability to shoot through flickering light by synchronizing the actual instant of shutter release to the lighting automatically.

 

Magnetic Compass

 

Bulb (Time Exposure) Timer

The 5DS also has the new "Bulb Timer" of the 7D Mk II, which lets us program how long will bulb exposures be, up to 100 hours. This way you can program it to 5 hours, 34 minutes and 43 seconds, press a button and go back to sleep. No longer do you need an external timer that no one can read in the dark while shooting star trails in the dark.

 

Time-Lapse Movies

There's an intervalometer — old news — and new is that it can be programmed to save all the exposures as a time lapse movie. Thank goodness; it's been since the 1990s that we've had to drag all the JPGs into various video editing programs to turn a slew of stills into an .MOV.

These MOVs are MOS (silent).

 

Fine Detail Picture Control

A new Fine Detail Picture Control sets the in-camera sharpening to minimum and lowers contrast.

Doing this lets the finest details show, instead of obscuring them behind the larger details usually emphasized by the other Picture Controls.

In other words, it downplays the moderate spacial frequencies (medium and coarse details) so the higher spatial frequencies (finder details) can show better, without being hidden behind the harshness of an oversharpened image.

 

LCD Overlays in finder

Also from the 7D Mk II is a viewfinder with many more dark LCD graphic overlays to show shooting mode, exposure level, white balance, drive mode, AF, metering mode, format, a level and more.

 

Smoother Mirror

As every new SLR has claimed since about the 1930s, the 5DS has a new, lower vibration mirror control system. The 5DS uses a separate dedicated motor that drives the mirror through cams. Maybe the 5DS Mark II will use direct-drive motors. The 5DS also has selectable mirror delay for mirror pre-release so you can have yet one more adjustment between you and a great shot, but honestly for pixel-counter this will let us fine-tune what works best for various lens and tripod combinations.

 

Stills with Video

The shutter button can be programmed to capture stills while rolling video.

 

Programmable Quick Control Screen

There's the usual Quick Control screen, and new is that we can program what's on it, where, and how big. Bravo!

 

USB 3

The interface is USB 3, meaning that regular USB cables won't work. I only use the USB connection for loading lens profiles.

Canon says you need to use the included cable protector (actually a big strain relief) at all times to protect the camera's circuit board. This means the connector is poorly supported and therefore it's easy to break the internal printed circuit board unless you use this gizmo.

 

Missing

Still not here, in order to give us a reason to buy the 5DS Mark II in 2018, are:

 

No new thumb-nubbin collar

Oddly, the 5DS lacks the new lever-around-the-thumb-nubbin of the 7D Mark II.

No big deal. I don't miss it.

 

No Automatic Distortion Correction

Oddly, the 5DS also lacks the ability to correct lens distortion as you shoot, as some other Canon DSLRs can.

You can shoot raw and then manually create corrected JPG images one-by-one in the camera's playback menu, but the 5DS lacks the processing horsepower to do this on the fly as you shoot. It has more pixels than its processors can process that quickly for these corrections.

 

No Full-Frame AF

No full-frame SLR does this, either.

There are a lot of autofocus sensors, but they still only all sit in a small region in the center.

We need AF sensors throughout the entire frame for subjects on the top, bottom, sides and corners, or at least throughout most of the image, not just the central region.

 

No AF-point linked spot metering

Oddly the spot meter reads only from the center sensor, just like the 1970s.

 

No Mind-Controlled Focus

Canon had this perfected in the Canon EOS 3.

The EOS 3 has an AF system which magically knows where you're thinking, and automatically selects the correct AF sensor based on your thoughts alone.

Subject on the left? Bingo, the EOS 3 already has the AF area selected for you.

How does the EOS 3 do this? Easy: it has what is called eye-controlled focus, which means it actually has sensors that determine where your eye is pointed, and selects the AF sensor accordingly.

You didn't have to move your eye to select focus points; your eye moves by itself as you concentrate on one part of the image or the other, so you don't even have to think with eye-controlled focus.

Canon pulled this feature from its digital cameras, and we all look forward to its return.

Having an EOS 3 which works by magic, it drives me nuts having to move old-fashioned manual controls to select AF points.

No DSLR does this.

 

Needs an LED-based focus screen

Canon downgraded the 5DS's focus screen to one which uses subtractive (black) LCD boxes to show the AF area.

Better cameras like the 1D Mark IV and Nikon D4 use individual additive LEDs to show the AF areas. These LEDs magically light red boxes that dim according to the ambient light, so they never obstruct the view of your subject. These LEDs never cover anything, they simply add light over the subject, not block it out in black as does the 5DS.

 

Only Reasonable ISOs

ISO 6,400 is more than enough for me to shoot under full moonlight handheld without any image stabilization, and the 5DS goes to ISO 12,800.

Other cameras usually go to more foolish ISOs that no one really needs for quality work; if it gets that dim, add more light if you want a good photograph.

 

More power consumption

Someone has to polish all those pixels, so the same battery in the 5DS is rated for only 700 shots, not 950 like the old 5D Mk III.

 

Different Video Rates

It does all the video formats I'd ever need, but won't do anything above 29.97 FPS unless you're at 720p.

It does add 25 and 50 options missing in the 7D Mk II.

 

No Wi-Fi

Still no built-in Wi-Fi file downloading or uploading directly to the internet and email, as my iPod Touch has done for years. Now that would be cool, but no other camera does this, either. All the cameras with WiFi do is talk to an app on a phone.

 

No GPS

Thank goodness.

Use the GPS Receiver GP-E2 ($230) if you want.

 

No Built-in Flash

Boo!

 

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I'd get the 5DS/R new at B&H for $1,499 on blow-out or used for about the same price if you know How to Win at eBay.

You can get the 5DS used at eBay for about $1,200 if you know How to Win at eBay.

 

Sensor

50 megapixels; 8,688 x 5,792 pixels native (50,320,896 pixels).

Ultrasonic cleaner with dust delete data. (No fluorine coating.)

Pixel wells are 4.14µm square.

Crops to 1.3x, 1.6x, and 1:1, 3:4 and 16:9.

 

Full-Frame

Size

24 x 36 mm.

 

Pixels

JPG and/or RAW: LARGE (50 MP) 8,688 x 5,792 pixels native.

JPG MEDIUM 1 (39 MP) 7,680 x 5,120 pixels.

JPG MEDIUM 2 (22 MP) 5,760 x 3840 pixels.

JPG SMALL 1 (12 MP) 4,320 x 2,880 pixels.

JPG SMALL 2 (2.5 MP) 1,920 x 1,280 pixels.

JPG SMALL 3 (0.35 MP) 720 x 480 pixels.

 

M-RAW (28 MP) 6,480 x 4,320 pixels.

S-RAW (12 MP) 4,320 x 2,880 pixels.

 

1.3x Crop

Size

19.1 x 28.7 mm.

30 MP.

 

Pixels

LARGE (30 MP) 6,768 x 4,512 pixels.

JPG MEDIUM 1 (24 MP) 6016 x 4000 pixels.

JPG MEDIUM 2 (13 MP) 4,512 x 3,008 pixels.

JPG SMALL 1 (7 MP) 3,376 x 2,256 pixels.

JPG SMALL 2 (2.5 MP) 1,920 x 1,280 pixels.

JPG SMALL 3 (0.35 MP) 720 x 480 pixels.

 

1.6x (APS-C)

Size

14.8 x 22.2 mm.

19 MP.

 

Pixels

LARGE (19 MP ) 5424 x 3616 pixels.

JPG MEDIUM 1 (15 MP) 4,800 x 3,200 pixels.

JPG MEDIUM 2 (9 MP) 3,616 x 2,408 pixels.

JPG SMALL 1 (5 MP) 2,704 x 1,808 pixels.

JPG SMALL 2 (2.5 MP) 1,920 x 1,280 pixels.

JPG SMALL 3 (0.35 MP) 720 x 480 pixels.

 

ISO

ISO 100 - 6,400.

Special modes for ISO 50 and 12,800.

 

Auto ISO

ISO 100 - 3,200 in most modes.

With flash, Auto ISO is fixed at 400, but will dip to 100 if overexposure would happen. If bouncing the flash, Auto ISO will vary from ISO 400 to 1,600.

In Bulb, Auto ISO is fixed at 400.

 

White Balance

Auto (AWB)
Daylight
Shade
Cloudy (also called Twilight or Sunset).
Tungsten
White Fluorescent
Flash
Custom gray-card
Kelvin color temperature

±9 levels of blue/amber and ±9 levels of magenta/green bias.

 

Color Spaces

sRGB and Adobe RGB.

 

Body

Magnesium alloy.

 

Autofocus

Canon 7D Mk II finder

61 cross points.

AF-Assist light.

 

Lens Compatibility

Canon 5DS

Front, Canon 5DS. bigger.

All Canon EOS EF lenses made since the 1980s work perfectly.

The only Canon lenses that don't work are the old manual focus FD lenses and earlier.

 

Classic Canon lenses on 5DSR: Yes!

Ryan Headshot, on his way to school

Ryan on his way to school, 01 October 2015. Canon 5DSR, Canon EF 300mm f/2.8 L, f/2.8 at 1/160 at Auto ISO 250, Auto White Balance, Standard Picture Style, +1 Saturation, -2 Contrast, Perfectly Clear V2. bigger or full resolution © file.

I had a portrait shoot the next day, snapped the kids on their way to school to check out how well my classic EF 300mm f/2.8 L worked on my 5DSR. Works great!

As I keep saying, when you get a quality lens, it produces for you for decades. My 300/2.8L was introduced almost 30 years ago with the birth of the EOS system 1987.

This is shot wide-open at f/2.8.

Here's a crop from a 100% image:

Ryan Headshot, on his way to school

Ryan's Eye, cropped from above. full resolution © file.

Not bad, especially when you realize that this is with my 5DSR sent to SMALL 1 resolution, or "only" 12 Megapixels. I shoot my portraits between 6 and 12 MP simply because 6 MP is more than enough for anything, and I can make more pictures faster.

 

Light Meter

150,000-pixel RGB+IR meter sensor.

EOS iSA System for 252-zone (18 x 14) Evaluative, as well as 6% central and 1.3% spot metering as read from that 150,000 pixel sensor.

Paradoxically, spot metering is only from the center sensor; AF-point linked spot metering isn't there.

Can read light flicker and the camera can be set to offset its shutter delay to optimize color and exposure under flickering sports arena lighting.

Meter range: LV 0~20.

 

Shutter

Soft-touch electromagnetic release.

Vertical metal focal plane.

1/8,000 ~ 30 seconds and Bulb.

Durability rating: 150,000 shots (same as 5D Mk III).

2s or 10s self timer.

Intervalometer.

Bulb timer: A menu lets you set exactly how long will be your Bulb exposure up 99 hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds.

1/200 flash sync.

 

Frame Rates

5 FPS or 3 FPS.

Regular and silent modes.

 

Shutter Lag

59 ms.

With flash: 86 ms.

Silent mode: 108 ms.

Silent mode with flash: 108 ms.

These are presuming the 5DS is already awake. Camera turn-on time is an additional 127 ms if the camera is asleep.

 

Flash Sync

1/200.

Flash exposure lock (FEL).

 

External Flash

E-TTL II for use with all EX flashes.

Prontor-Compur (PC) terminal for studio and handle-mount flash guns. Works with either polarity.

 

Finder

100% coverage.

71% magnification with 50mm lens.

34.1º apparent angle.

21mm eyepoint.

-3 ~ +1 diopters.

Depth-of-field preview.

Canon 7D Mk II finder

Canon 5DS Finder.


Can superimpose a your choice of camera settings data like a dual-mode electronic level display, grid, exposure mode, white balance mode and AF mode.

Finder shows:

AF Point Information
Spot Metering Circle
Electronic Level
Grid
Shooting Mode
White Balance
Drive Mode
Focusing Modes
Metering Modes
JPEG/RAW
Flicker Detection
AF Status Indicator
Warning Symbol

 

Level

Two-axis.

1º increments.

On rear LCD: 360º roll and ±10º pitch.

In viewfinder: ±7.5º roll and ±4º pitch.

 

Live View

Still and video.

AF during Live View.

Grid.

Meter range: LV 0 ~ 20.

 

Video

.MOV files

MPEG-4 AVC / H.264 video with linear PCM stereo audio.

1,920 x 1,080 at 29.97p, 25p and 23.976p.

1,280 x 720 at 59.94i and 50i.

640 x 480 at 29.976p and 25p.

(I see no mention of recording .MP4 files)

 

LCD Monitor

3.2"

1,040,000 dots.

Auto brightness control.

Clear View LCD II, coated glass.

 

Storage

One CF type 1 and one SD card slot.

Works with up to UDMA CF cards.

Not thick enough for microdrives, which went out of style 10 years ago.

SD slot for SD, SDHC, SDXC, and UHS-1 cards.

Can be set to record to both at the same time.

 

Connectors

Connectors Canon 5DS

Connectors Canon 5DS.

Mic.

Prontor-Compur (PC) flash sync.

Remote cord connection.

USB 3.0.

Mini-HDMI.

NTSC or PAL analog video.

 

Power

Either of the LP-E6N (new, included) or the old LP-E6 batteries work. The new one has more capacity than the older LP-E6 battery, and they are interchangeable and both charge in the usual Canon LC-E6 charger.

The LP-E6N is rated for 700 shots. (660 at 0ºC/32ºF; 220 with live view or 210 with live view at 0ºC/32ºF.)

When used with the second battery in the grip, the rated number of shots doubles.

 

LP-E6N Battery

LP-E6N Battery (looks the same as the older LP-E6).

 

LC-E6 Charger

Battery Charger LC-E6.

LC-E6 folding plug 100-240V 50-60 cps charger.

Optional AC Adapter Kit ACK-E6.

CR1616 for clock.

 

Size

5.89 x 4.58 x 3.01 inches WHD.

152.0 x 116.4 x 76.4 millimeters WHD.

 

Weight

Rated

32.8 oz. (930 g) with battery and card.

29.8 oz. (845 g) stripped naked.

 

Quality

Bottom, Canon 5DS

Bottom, Canon 5DS. bigger.

Made in Japan.

 

Environment, operating

32º ~ 104º F.

0º ~ 40ºC.

Not more than 85% RH.

 

Announced

Thursday, 05 February 2015, 11 PM NYC time.

 

Promised for

June 2015.

 

Shipping since

First shipped from approved dealers on 15 June 2015.

 

Included

Bottom, Canon 5DS

Bottom, Canon 5DS. bigger.

EOS 5DS or 5DS R Body.

LP-E6N Battery.

Battery Charger LC-E6.

Eyecup Eg.

Wide Strap EW-EOS5DS or EW-EOS5DSR.

"Cable Protector," actually a strain relief for the camera's sake.

Interface Cable IFC-150U II.

EOS Digital Solution Disc (not shown).

 

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November 2022

5DS/R (the better of the two cameras)

$1,499 new at B&H, BLOW-OUT BARGAIN!!!

About $1,645 new at Amazon.

Gray-market: $1,869 (don't buy this; it's less for the USA version!

About $1,200 used if you know How to Win at eBay.

 

5DS

About $1,000 used if you know How to Win at eBay.

About $1,168 used at Amazon.

 

August 2021

5DS/R (the better of the two cameras)

$1,499 new at B&H, BLOW-OUT BARGAIN!!!

About $2,449 new at Amazon.

Gray-market: $2,099.

About $1,500 used if you know How to Win at eBay.

 

5DS

Gray-market: $2,130.

About $1,800 new at Amazon.

About $1,200 used if you know How to Win at eBay.

 

October 2020

5DS: $1,299; 5DS R: $1,499. (gray-market: 5DS $1,205 or 5DS/R $2,180), or about $1,000 used at eBay if you know How to Win at eBay.

I got my 5DS at at Adorama. I'd just as well have gotten it at Amazon, at B&H, at Crutchfield or used at eBay if you know How to Win at eBay.

I also got my 5DSR at Adorama. I'd just as well have gotten it at Amazon, at B&H or at Crutchfield or used at eBay if you know How to Win at eBay.

If you're comfortable buying gray-market, you can get your 5DS brand-new for $1,120 or your 5DS/R brand-new for $1,467!!! You also can get them for about $1,000 used at eBay if you know How to Win at eBay.

 

November-December 2019

5DS: $3,499; 5DS R: $3,699. (gray-market: 5DS $1,800 or 5DS/R $1,622!!!)

 

August 2019

5DS: $3,499; 5DS R: $3,699. (gray-market: 5DS $1,230 or 5DS/R $1,660!!!)

 

February 2018

5DS: $3,499; 5DS R: $3,699.

 

October 2016

5DS: $3,499; 5DS R: $3,699.

 

July 2015 ~ February 2016

5DS: $3,699; 5DS R: $3,899.

 

Also available gray-market brand-new for $1,000 off.

Canon 5DS Box

Canon 5DS box. Note gold color.

 

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I'd get the 5DS/R new at B&H for $1,499 on blow-out or used for about the same price if you know How to Win at eBay.

You can get the 5DS used at eBay for about $1,200 if you know How to Win at eBay.

 

Grip

Canon BG-E11 Battery Grip ($260).

 

Remote Control

Wireless Remote Control RC-6 ($20).

Remote Cable RS-80N3 ($42).

Timer & Remote Controller Cable TC-80N3 ($130).

 

Flash

Flash

All the usual Canon flash old and new, especially today's 320EX (my favorite), 430EX II (best for heavy all-day shooting, and 600EX-RT (for multi-flash field setups).

 

Flash Remotes & Cords

Speedlite Transmitter ST-E3-RT ($265).

Speedlite Release Cable SR-N3 ($50) for the 600EX-RT.

 

Power

Battery

LP-E6N Battery (included, $62 as replacement or spare).

LC-E6 Battery Charger (included, $53 replacement).

 

AC Adapters

ACK-E6 Complete AC Adapter Kit ($120). Includes everything from wall plug to dummy battery insert.

It includes the DC Coupler DR-E6 ($50), one end of which plugs into the included AC-DC converter and the other end pops in the battery compartment.

Once you have the complete ACK-E6 kit, you can get different cords ("DC couplers") to plug it in camera that take different batteries.

 

Car Chargers

Car Battery Charger CBC-E6 ($150).

You're better off getting any simple 120V AC car adapter, and using it with your standard LC-E6 charger. Even if you have to buy a second normal charger and a DC->AC inverter, it's still half the price of Canon's dedicated CBC-E6. Hint: the battery charger draws less than 10 watts, so any small 12V inverter will work great.

The CB-570 Car Battery Cable ($40) or CA-570 AC Adapter ($80) plugged into the discontinued CG-570 dual battery charger. They don't do anything by themselves; you use them to power the discontinued dual chargers.

 

Viewfinder Fun

Canon MG-EB Eyepiece Magnifier $45

Angle Finder C ($190). It includes Ec-C and Ed-C adapters to work with all Canon DSLRs and has a diopter adjustment.

Dioptric Adjustment Lenses Eg ($30).

Anti-fog Eyepiece Eg ($50).



GPS

GPS Receiver GP-E2 ($230).

 

Wireless File Transmitters

Wireless File Transmitter WFT-E7A ($770). You will need either the USB Cable IFC-40AB II or USB Cable IFC-150AB II to connect the WFT to your camera. The difference between the cables is the length.

Wireless File Transmitter WFT-E7 (Version 2) ($770).

 

A/V Cables

AV Cable AVC-DC400ST ($12). Provides analog left, right and NTSC/PAL analog video outputs.

Male HDMI to Mini HDMI Cable HTC-100 ($50). Lets you plug your camera into a digital TV. I'm sure you can find these for less money elsewhere.

 

Performance         top

Sample Images   Intro   Specs   Accessories

Performance   Compared   User's Guide

Recommendations   More

 

Overall   Autofocus   High ISOs   ISO 50

Sharpness   Flash Exposure   Crop Modes

Sports   Playback   Battery & Power   Data

 

I'd get the 5DS/R new at B&H for $1,499 on blow-out or used for about the same price if you know How to Win at eBay.

You can get the 5DS used at eBay for about $1,200 if you know How to Win at eBay.

 

Overall      Performance          top

The 5DS is the world's state-of-the-art and best DSLR. It has the world's highest resolution, as well as the best ergonomics.

As expected, the 5DS is everything the 5D Mk III has been, adding a few new features and over twice the resolution.

 

Autofocus      Performance          top

Autofocus now has facial recognition that actually works. When set to Auto AF-Area Select mode, it will find the face and focus on it ad ignore closer distractions. It takes a moment to work, but it's still faster than I can wiggle the AF area around on my own:

Ryan helping Katie with the menu

Ryan helping Katie with the menu, 27 June 2015. Canon 5DS, Canon EF 35mm f/1.4 L., f/2 at 1/125 at Auto ISO 200, Perfectly Clear V2.

Note how the AF system ignored the menu and focussed on Katie on the left. bigger.

 

Ryan sipping apple juice

Ryan sipping apple juice, 27 June 2015. Canon 5DS, Canon EF 35mm f/1.4 L., f/1.8 at 1/125 at Auto ISO 200, Perfectly Clear V2.

The AF system correctly focussed on the nearest eye, ignoring what was in the center of the frame. bigger or full-resolution image from 1.3x crop Small-resolution Normal-quality JPG.

 

Ryan

Ryan, 27 June 2015. Canon 5DS, Canon EF 35mm f/1.4 L., f/2.2 at 1/125 at Auto ISO 200, Perfectly Clear V2.

 

High ISOs      Performance          top of 5DS review

Standardised sample images

High ISO performance is spectacular. No, it can't be set as high as the 5D Mk III, but that's because Canon won't let you set the 5DS so high that the image looks bad, as you can do with the 5D Mk III and 1D X. This is mostly for market segmentation (sales) reasons to get you to buy two cameras instead of just the 5DS; the 5DS's high ISO performance is the same as the 5D Mk III.

At its top ISO of 12,800, the 5DS looks much better than other cameras at their highest ISO settings. Canon doesn't let you set the 5DS so high that it starts looking awful as you can with the 5D Mk III at ISO 104,800. If you have to, you can push the 5DS to higher ISOs with Photoshop for similarly crazy ISOs.

In other words, Canon simply doesn't let you set the 5DS to stupid-high ISOs that look bad. The 5DS looks pretty good at ISO 12,800. Other DSLRs look pretty bad at their highest settings, while the 5DS simply can't be set up there.

Click any for the camera-original JPG file:

Canon 5DS/R High ISO Sample Image

Canon 5DS/R High ISO Sample Image

Canon 5DS/R High ISO Sample Image

Canon 5DS/R High ISO Sample Image

Canon 5DS/R High ISO Sample Image

Canon 5DS/R High ISO Sample Image

Canon 5DS/R High ISO Sample Image

Canon 5DS/R High ISO Sample Image

Canon 5DS/R High ISO Sample Image

600 × 450 Pixel Crops from above

These 600 × 450 pixel crops will vary in size to fit your browser window.

If these crops are about 3" (7.5cm) wide on your screen, then the complete image printed at this same high magnification would be about 29 × 43" (2.4 × 3.6 feet or 0.75 × 1.1 meters).

If these crops are about 6" (15cm) wide on your screen, then the complete image printed at this same extreme magnification would be about 58 × 87" (4.8 × 7.2 feet or 1.5 × 2.2 meters).

If these crops are about 12" (30cm) wide on your screen, then the complete image printed at this same insane level of magnification would be about 116  × 174" (9.7 × 14.5 feet or 2.2 × 4.4 meters).

Click any for the camera-original © files:

Canon 5DS/R High ISO Sample Image

Canon 5DS/R High ISO Sample Image

Canon 5DS/R High ISO Sample Image

Canon 5DS/R High ISO Sample Image

Canon 5DS/R High ISO Sample Image

Canon 5DS/R High ISO Sample Image

Canon 5DS/R High ISO Sample Image

Canon 5DS/R High ISO Sample Image

Canon 5DS/R High ISO Sample Image

Click any for the camera-original © files.

 

Here are frames shot with a Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L II at 50mm at f/8 from ISO 100 through ISO 12,800. Shutter speeds varied from 2 seconds to 1/80. These were shot as NORMAL LARGE JPGs with +4 Saturation and 7/5/5 Sharpening.

Moon and Clouds and Sky at Night

Moon and Clouds and Sky at Night, Friday, 26 June 2015. (Canon 5DS, Canon EF 50mm f/1.2 L, f/1.2 at 1/25 at Auto ISO 3,200, Perfectly Clear V2.) bigger or camera-original © Large-size, Normal-quality JPG file.

I have no problem shooting hand-held under a partially-illuminated moon, even at only ISO 3,200. The white dots above are stars and planets!

 

Moonrise Over the Gas & Go, Bridgeport

Moonrise Over the Gas & Go, Bridgeport, October 2015, 8:05 P.M. Canon 5DS R, Canon 16-35mm L IS at 33mm, f/4 hand-held at 1/5 at Auto ISO 12,800, Perfectly Clear. bigger.

Shoot by moonlight handheld? No problem with the Canon 5DS R and Canon 16-35mm L IS!

 

Here are more complete images, and then crops at 100% from the center for all of them. The crops have my usual sharpening added for web content as does everything else you see on-page.

Click any image for the © camera-original files for your own perusal.

Canon 5DS high ISO sample image file

Canon 5DS high ISO sample image file

Canon 5DS high ISO sample image file

Canon 5DS high ISO sample image file

Canon 5DS high ISO sample image file

Canon 5DS high ISO sample image file

Canon 5DS high ISO sample image file

Canon 5DS high ISO sample image file

Yes! What I see is that even ISO 12,800 looks the same as ISO 100; you can use ISO 12,800 no problem. Highlights, shadows, tone and color are unchanged.

 

Crops at 100%

If these are 6" (15cm) on your screen, then printing complete images at this same high magnification as shown below will result in mammoth 90" x 60" (7 x 5 feet or 2.2 x 1.5 meter) prints!

Click any for the © camera-original files for your own perusal.

Noise is no longer a problem. The 5DS' in-camera noise reduction does a great job of smearing-over the noise while keeping edges sharp — but it also smears-over the subtler textures and detail at the same time. What you'll see is that most of the finer parts of the image are simply erased as the ISOs climb higher! All modern digital cameras do this same thing.

Look at the grain in the wood; it simply goes away as ISOs increase. Camera noise reduction does a great job of keeping the noise from rising and saving sharp edges; what you lose is the subtler textures.

As ISOs climb, the image gets softer but not much noisier. This is the case with almost all digital cameras today.

Canon 5DS high ISO sample image file

Canon 5DS high ISO sample image file

Canon 5DS high ISO sample image file

Canon 5DS high ISO sample image file

Canon 5DS high ISO sample image file

Canon 5DS high ISO sample image file

Canon 5DS high ISO sample image file

Canon 5DS high ISO sample image file

 

ISO 50      Performance          top of 5DS review

The difference between ISO 100 and ISO 50 is extremely subtle.

The highlights have slightly more contrast at ISO 50, and clip a little sooner. This is easy to see in histograms.

Very, very subtle detail is sometimes slightly less at ISO 100 due to the noise reduction. The best way to see this is photograph some fine wood furniture and look for the very subtlest differences in wood grain. These differences are so subtle that I'm not going to try to show it here since I doubt it would be visible online, and the results are quite variable and come out differently in each shot when you start trying to see it. It's best you try it with your own 5DS in your own system and judge for yourself. Honestly, I'm seeing differences so subtle in the camera-created JPGs that the camera's algorithms create each image slightly differently. I've seen this in my other Canons, it's just the way they do things.

I'd use ISO 50 when I needed to record the finest and subtlest details for museum curation, and ISO 100 when I needed a little more highlight range.

 

Sharpness      Performance          top of 5DS review

This is the world's sharpest DSLR short of any medium-format foolishness, and still has more resolution than most medium-format cameras. Ha!

In case the samples at the top aren't enough, here are some more snaps — made with Canon's cheapest lens!

Jewelry Store, Orange County

Jewelry, 20 June 2015. Just look at the full-resolution image to see every textured nipple in the stucco and every perforation in the speaker grill. Canon 5DS, Canon 50mm f/1.8 STM, f/7.1 at 1/320 at Auto ISO 100, Perfectly Clear V2. Full 50MP resolution.

 

Three Jensen Precast Interceptors

Three Planets, 20 June 2015. Only the center is in focus, and boy is it sharp. Canon 5DS, Canon 50mm f/1.8 STM, f/9 at 1/250 at Auto ISO 100, Perfectly Clear V2. Full 50MP resolution.

 

Flash Exposure      Performance          top of 5DS review

I'm impressed: fill-flash exposure is superb, even with a $90 off-brand Aperlite YH-700C flash.

Ryan and Katie at the park with dad.

Ryan and Katie at the park with dad, 18 June 2015. Canon 5DS, Aperlite YH-700C flash, Canon 50mm f/1.8 STM, f/20 at 1/200 at Auto ISO 400, Perfectly Clear V2. Perfect fill-flash in broad daylight from 20 feet away! bigger.

 

Ryan and Katie talking into the air conditoner fan

Ryan and Katie talking into the air conditioner fan, 18 June 2015. Canon 5DS, Aperlite YH-700C flash, Canon 50mm f/1.8 STM, f/14 at 1/200 at ISO 400, Perfectly Clear V2. bigger.

Perfect fill-flash in mixed daylight and shadow.

 

Ryan contemplates his egg

Ryan contemplates his egg, 18 June 2015. Canon 5DS, Aperlite YH-700C flash, Canon 50mm f/1.8 STM, f/20 at 1/200 at ISO 400, Perfectly Clear V2. bigger.

Perfect fill-flash to light Ryan's face that was in almost total shadow.

 

Ryan and Katie picnic at the park

Ryan and Katie picnic at the park, 18 June 2015. Canon 5DS, Aperlite YH-700C flash, Canon 50mm f/1.8 STM, Canon 50mm f/1.8 STM, f/22 at 1/200 at ISO 400, Perfectly Clear V2. bigger.

Perfect fill-flash in broad daylight; without the shadows on their faces would be completely black.

 

Rockwell in the Mirrror with flash

Rockwell in the Mirror with flash. Canon 5DS, Aperlite YH-700C flash, Canon 24-70mm f/2.8 L II at 42mm, f/4 at 1/60 at Auto ISO 400, Perfectly Clear V2. bigger.

The system works great, even shot into itself in a mirror with an off-brand $90 flash.

 

As-Shot Crop Modes      Performance          top of 5DS review

It's easy to program the M-Fn button by the shutter to swap among the full, 1.3x, 1.6x and Square crops. I tap my M-Fn button, and my finder dims the edges so it's clear what I'm shooting, and the camera saves the cropped image.

The Square crop is handy, and now very easy to get. I tap M-Fn until I set the crop I want, and I'm good.

Harpoon Henry's, Dana Point, Fathers Day, 21 June 2015

Harpoon Henry's, Dana Point, Fathers Day, 21 June 2015. bigger. (Canon 5DS, 50mm/1.8 STM, f/3.5 at 1/60 at ISO 100.)

 

La Paz Village

La Paz Village, 11 November 2015. Canon 5DSR, square crop, Canon 35mm f/1.4 L, f/9 at 1/320 at Auto ISO 100, Perfectly Clear V2. bigger, or full-resolution or camera-original files to explore on your computer (mobile devices rarely can display the full resolution files at full resolution.)

 

Sports      Performance          top of 5DS review

For less than half the price, the Canon 7D Mk II is much better for sports because it runs twice as fast, but I have no problem using my 5DS here, either.

I shoot in the 5DS' S1 (12 MP) JPG file size for sanity's sake, and then these are cropped from larger horizontal images — and there is still far more resolution than needed for print or web:

Katie learning backhand for the first time

Katie learning backhand for the first time. (Canon 5DS, Canon EF 100-400mm IS L II at 200mm, f/10 at 1/640 at Auto ISO 400, Perfectly Clear V2.) bigger.

 

Katie practices her backhand

Katie practices her backhand. (Canon 5DS, Canon EF 100-400mm IS L II at 188mm, f/10 at 1/640 at Auto ISO 400, Perfectly Clear V2.) bigger.

 

Playback      Performance          top of 5DS review

Just like Canon's first DSLRs of 15 years ago, scrolling around the image will be soft for a moment, and then become sharp a moment later after the camera reads all the data for that section of the picture. This effect is most obvious with large images, and less with small images because there is less data to read.

 

Battery and Power      Performance          top of 5DS review

My battery arrived with 15% charge.

It charges quickly in the same excellent charger my 5D Mk III and other Canon cameras use.

 

Data      Performance          top of 5DS review

No news here.

Cards are titled EOS_DIGITAL.

Vertical images are flagged for rotation so they look appropriate in most software, but the actual image data itself is not rotated.

EXIF is smart enough to record if the flash actually fired or not. If the flash was turned on but misfired, it won't flag it as fired.

 

Compared         top of 5DS review

Sample Images   Intro   Specs   Accessories

Performance   Compared   User's Guide

Recommendations   More

I'd get the 5DS/R new at B&H for $1,499 on blow-out or used for about the same price if you know How to Win at eBay.

You can get the 5DS used at eBay for about $1,200 if you know How to Win at eBay.

NEW: Medium-Format vs. Full-Frame Image-Quality Comparison!!!

Now under $4,000 with the Spring Sales, the Fujifilm GFX 50R is awesome. It handles just like Fujifilm's APS-C cameras and outperforms full-frame at the same time. (I'm still working on its detailed review.)

03 May 2019

Canon 5DSR vs. Sony A7 II 17 October 2015

Sony A7R II vs A6000 vs Canon 5DS R Comparison 18 September 2015

 

Versus 5D Mk III: Resolution and at ISO 12,800

5DS versus 5DS R

Versus 7D Mk II

Versus 1D X

Versus Medium Format

 

Versus 5D Mk III

Versus 5D Mk III resolution

The old 5D Mk III of 2012 is almost the same camera, just with less resolution and slightly faster handing and longer battery life due to the fewer pixels that need processing. Also lacking in the 5D Mk III are the new options for cropped images along with a cropped finder, and the ability to shoot-through flickering light.

Both have more than enough pixels for any reasonable use and can make files and prints that will look stunning even 8 feet across.

The 5DS has even more pixels, but few people need them unless they are professional photographers, in which case even a slight quality advantage over the next guy can mean making the sale and eating that week.

Here's a resolution comparison at very high magnification. These are crops from inside much larger prints. If these are 6" (15 cm) wide on your screen, then the complete prints would be 90" x 60" (7 x 5 feet or 2.2 x 1.5 meters)!

Canon 5DS vs. 5D Mk III. Roll mouse over to compare, or look below.

Canin 5D Mk III comparison

Canon 5D Mk III image for our mobile readers without mice.

Obviously these are at the same magnification. The 5DS pixels are displayed here at 1:1. Since the 5D Mk III has fewer pixels, its pixels have are shown somewhat larger to give the same magnification or print size as from the 5DS.

 

Versus 5D Mk III at ISO 12,800

Which is better at ISO 12,800, the new 5DS at its maximum of ISO 12,800 ("H"), or old 5D Mk III that can be set all the way to ISO 102,800?

These are full-frame images. Each was shot with a Canon EF 35mm f/1.4 L on a tripod with a manual exposure of 1/30 at f/8 at ISO 12,800.

Click any image for its original file. I'll show on-screen crops after these full-frame images.

Canon 5D Mk III at ISO 12,800

Canon 5DS at ISO 12,800

Canon 5DS at ISO 12,800

Canon 5DS at ISO 12,800

 

Crops at 100%

If these are 6" (15cm) on your screen, then printing complete images at this same high magnification as shown below will result in 40 x 60" (3 x 5 feet or 1 x 1.5 meter) prints! Click any image for its original file.

Canon 5D Mk III at ISO 12,800

Canon 5DS at ISO 12,800

Canon 5DS at ISO 12,800

 

Analysis

I shot with the same manual exposure to catch if either camera was cheating. No, both have the same actual speed when set to ISO 12,800.

It turns out that they perform the same at ISO 12,800, exactly as I expected. While different cameras will have different trade-offs between noise and texture (some cameras use more noise reduction to show less noise but also show less detail), most cameras of similar brand and vintage show the same high ISO performance at the same optical magnification.

I expected that both would be the same, and that Canon simply locked-out higher ISOs in the 5DS to encourage people to buy the other Canon cameras as well for low-light work. I was right: they look the same at ISO 12,800; you can't set the 5DS above 12,800, but you can set the 5D Mk III above 12,800, at which point it looks worse and worse and worse.

If you look for subtleties, the 5DS shot set down to 22MP isn't quite as sharp as the 5D Mark III when shot at ISO 12,800.

Curious, I shot the 5DS at its maximum resolution and downconverted the 50MP images back to the same 22MP size in Photoshop CS6's Image Resize command.

Lo and behold, shooting the 5DS at 50MP and converting later to the same resolution as the 5D Mk III gives a slightly sharper and better image. The 5DS image has a bit more noise, and a lot more subtle texture than the 5D Mk III image.

Don't fret these minor differences; what I've shown is that the 5DS has the same low-light ability as other Canon full-frame cameras — and that you don't need to buy another camera for use at high ISO. If you want to see how bad the 5D Mk III looks at higher ISOs, look at its review for samples (obviously shot at a different time).

You can push the 5DS to above ISO 12,800 using Photoshop. I haven't tried it; ISO 6,400 is good enough for me to shoot hand-held in moonlight.

 

5DS versus 5DS R

The 5DS and 5DS R are the same, with a slight difference in anti-alias filtering.

The difference between them is as slight as it was between Nikon's D800 and D800e: nearly invisible.

The 5DS R is for those who demand the very best regardless of price, and the 5DS is for those for whom $200 actually means something, since the visible differences are nearly invisible.

 

Versus 7D Mk II

The 5DS and 5DS R are ultra-high-pixel cameras for people exhibiting large-format prints in galleries, museums and very large spaces.

The price we pay for all these pixels is slightly lower frame rates; for sports you want the 7D Mk II or 1D X.

 

Versus 1D X

The 1D X is a professional camera designed to shoot at well over 10 frames per second and withstand constant physical and environmental abuse.

My professional journalist friends shoot only the 1D X because they can shoot all day and all night even if it's pouring rain, and never have to worry about their camera. Pros worry about their subjects and pictures, never about their cameras.

The 5DS will withstand drizzle, dust and rain at least as well as your or I do. I'm not going to stand in the rain all day, I'm going to use an umbrella or go back inside.

On the other hand, if you're a pro who shoots sports or news all day standing out in the rain or blowing sand, you are both crazy and need a 1D X. Pros are crazy; they have to be out in awful weather and never worry about babying their camera.

The 1D X has nothing on the 5DS at high ISOs; see my 1D X high ISO and resolution comparison vs. the 5D Mk III. By association I've shown the 5DS to have the same high ISO performance, and thus the same as the 1D X. The 1D X simply lies more about its high ISO settings, and allows you to set it stupid-high that looks much crummier than the 5DS can be set. This might matter if you're shooting in total darkness and have no computer to push the 5DS' ISO in Photoshop, but for making high-quality images, there is no better DSLR.

 

Versus Medium Format

Medium format cameras are bought by pros who charge over $10,000 for a day's work and need to have something tangible to show the art directors who hire them that they're worth $10,000 a day.

Medium format cameras are huge, heavy, slow and klunky. I wouldn't shoot one if you gave it to me.

If I worked in a studio all day and never left I might use one, but for use in the field, you don't want a medium format camera.

 

User's Guide       top

Sample Images   Intro   Specs   Accessories

Performance   Compared   User's Guide

Recommendations   More

 

Canon's 5DS and 5DS R user's manuals.

 

Mirror Lockup

MENU > CAMERA 4 > Mirror lockup > ON.

I set it to 2 seconds, and forget abotu the self timer. Done.

You have to have "Anti-flicker shoot." (the menu option immediately above it) set to DISABLE, otherwise you can't set this to ON.

 

Load Lens Profiles

Many lenses already have profiles loaded, while others (especially older models) may need profiles loaded manually into your 5DS or 5DS/R.

To see if you already have a profile for your mounted lens:

MENU > CAMERA 1 > Lens aberration correction > and see if it says "Correction Data Available."

If not, download Canon's latest version of EOS Lens Registration Tool or EOS Utility.

Connect your camera to your computer via USB, turn on your camera, start the software, and hopefully you'll see a list of lenses with check boxes. You only get to pick 40.

Select the ones you want, click OK, and EOS Lens Utility quits and you're done.

See also Canon's page on this and my older section about doing this on the 5D Mk III.

 

Recommendations      top

Sample Images   Intro   Specs   Accessories

Performance   Compared   User's Guide

Recommendations   More

Lenses   Where to get yours

The 5DS and 5DS R are the new high-resolution kings for nature and landscape photography. You need the best to stay competitive, or you may as well go home.

The 5DS has no built-in flash. I use the 320EX.

As always, only you can answer Is It Worth It — to you. If you earn your living with it, it is. If not, it's a toy, so it's a question of how much your pictures are worth to you.

I'd get the 5DS/R new at B&H for $1,499 on blow-out or used for about the same price if you know How to Win at eBay.

You can get the 5DS used at eBay for about $1,200 if you know How to Win at eBay.

 

Lens Suggestions    recommendations     top of 5DS review

If you really want to take advantage of all 50 megapixels, you need great lenses as well as great technique. See Canon's Best Lenses.

 

Where to get yours     top of 5DS review

I'd get the 5DS/R new at B&H for $1,499 on blow-out or used for about the same price if you know How to Win at eBay.

You can get the 5DS used at eBay for about $1,200 if you know How to Win at eBay.

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I'd get the 5DS/R new at B&H for $1,499 on blow-out or used for about the same price if you know How to Win at eBay.

You can get the 5DS used at eBay for about $1,200 if you know How to Win at eBay.

 

Canon's 5DS and 5DS R user's manuals.

Canon USA's 5DS page.

 

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