81 Responses to “The great next HDSLR features poll… what do you want in your next pro DSLR?”

1. 

   leo
   

   14. Apr, 2012

   GET RID OF THE AA FILTER!!…enough already with the soft files that we have to sharpen. If anyone has experience with non AA cameras, we know how moire is hardly ever an issue!!! At least make it removable!

   focus speed accuracy can surely improve on the 5Dmk2

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2. 

   Pete
   

   14. Apr, 2012

   I do appreciate the engineering and marketing decisions and compromises that companies must make in our imperfect world as well as practical and technological limitations. With that being said, here’s my personal wish list for camera manufacturers.

   1) I apologize if this one sounds snotty, but we need shorter X-Sync duration (1/500sec?) for using Speedlite flashes outdoors in daylight. High speed sync with multiple flashes simply looks awful! I simply can’t carry studio flashes up a mountain. Is this really such a hard thing to do?
   2) Please pay as much attention to the needs of outdoor/nature shooters as you have to video shooters
   3) sharpen raw images: For example, please do anti-aliasing in software only for the jpeg-ers. Raw images should be RAW.
   4) API for download-able photo apps like iPhone has
   5) Suggestion: don’t make people who don’t need video/audio subsidize the cost for those who do. At the same time, give videographers the tools they need instead of forcing them to adapt DSLR’s

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     planetMitch
     

     14. Apr, 2012

     Pete, I appreciate your inputs… but I’ll comment on #5… guess what… suppose you don’t ever use the high fps for sports, if that were true, you could complain that those who need that are costing you more. There’s always some feature put into a camera that you’re not going to use that someone else does… so does that mean that feature shouldn’t be put in so you’d have a lower cost? The video functions came after live view was put on DSLRs – and people complained then that they didn’t need live view so why pay extra for it? It just goes on and on…

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       Bengt Nyman
       

       15. Apr, 2012

       The Hot Debate
       Combo products are almost invariably a sign of an immature product. As digital cameras became fast enough and memory small and inexpensive enough to record video, manufacturers started including rudimentary video even in the top level DSLRs.
       Canon today offers 561 different camera products.
       Nikon offers 278. Though those figures include bodies with and without kit lenses, the numbers indicate that the manufacturers are willing to offer us what we seek.
       For example; Nikon today offers a D800(E) with and without an AA filter.
       Please give us DSLRs with and without video so that the evolution of top quality DSLR Still Photography can go on without being hijacked by the compromises necessitated by the inclusion of video !

       For those of you who think there is no compromise necessary, look at the new $15,000 to $30,000 video HDSLRs coming out as we speak.

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3. 

   L CATHCART
   

   14. Apr, 2012

   5D THREE BODY, 7D BODY. SAME SENSOR. DIGIC 5. NO VIDEO, NO LIVEVIEW. LESS MENU. SINGLE USE BUTTONS/DIALS. EASIER OPERATION.

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4. 

   randy
   

   15. Apr, 2012

   Out of all honesty i just want a entry level full frame DSLR

   secondary wishes are just low noise on high iso, fast multpoint AF (more than the standard 9point preferred).

   And most of all price. I know the secondary is what makes a lot of cameras really expensive but as a “sorta” amateurish hobbiest, I would love to shoot with full frame but the are just wayyy too expensive at the moment

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5. 

   Matthew Woodget
   

   15. Apr, 2012

   On top of fast autofocus, low light and IQ I must say GPS for me is a must have before upgrading. No reason my cell phone can have this and my DSLR can’t. Was surprised 5D MKIII didn’t have it built in. Chunky attachment seems silly to me.

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6. 

   Leo
   

   15. Apr, 2012

   I do most studio work with a studio digital back, and my outdoor/street/nature/people work with a DSLR, and I also use this same DSLR to keep on hand anyplace I go for family pix and so on…, and LOVE that I can switch to video.
   I have taken a number of poster worthy images by being someplace with family when I had no assignment, but had a Pro quality DSLR to capture a moment…….Then took more fam pix and video. I would never got the poster worthy image if I had compromised my tools. But a Film worthy video?
   This way pro quality imaging isn’t compromised while not working.

   Canon cameras should take a shift in direction like an uneven fork… The PRO DSLR should still have video ability, but not needed to have all the PRO video ability. While the PRO video DSLR tool, like the 300C should have PRO video ability, but not the best or maximum of DSLR ability for stills.

   This is a shift that we should see…But to drop a function just because you’re a purist or something makes no sense. When on a project it doesn’t matter regardless as you will use the top gear to get the job done right. Today, I think we have close to the ultimate….

   I can see the 5D being closer to 28MP, I can also see the mirror disappear. Do we really need a SLR mirror? It’s 2012! Isn’t there a better alt without compromise? As I don’t necessarily mean to use the LCD like screens as a viewfinder, as they can be improved from the ones I have seen a few years back. How about a focus system that uses heat as a sensor….that might be a nice option to switch to for wild or sports. There is so much possible……
   Better & faster focus, optional AA a must (so sad Canon will be the last at doing this) (Fuji, Nikon, Sigma, Oly, all have this in some form/fashion removed or optional),…. sw enhancements for bracket / stack focus, and more fps perhaps, and LOVE the quiet shutter, and many other things added to the 5Dmk3, but I hardly use 10% of the video ability, YET I would be a lost customer if they got rid of it. (gotta love Nikon for making the AA optional. Wish the D800 files looked better though. I think they plugged in too many pixels, based on some images I saw online. Will need to look at some more 100% crop images to make final conclusions).

   This would be my approach to solve this….

   Perhaps they can fork off the 5D line….

   5D Mark4v
   5D Mark4p

   they can even build kits for V and P specific lines.

   Have all the strong points of video on the V line, and the still strength like mpixel, frame, and all the other still strengths on the P (photo) line.

   This way the intent is clear, and no hijacking of anything.
   What reason would there be to drop one?

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7. 

   Rein
   

   10. May, 2012

   I own a Canon 7D – a camera capable of focussing properly and not produce majority soft shots would be a GREAT feature. Also a company that will respond to such a major problem would be fantastic.

   For those naysayers out there…. if you don’t have the problem you don’t know.

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8. 

   Michael H
   

   30. May, 2012

   I would love to see a proper ND filter wheel built into a DSLR. This probably will never happen, but it is so handy in my SONY XD cam. I know that a DSLR is not a video camera, but built in ND would not be a big deal to do…

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9. 

   Bruce Photography
   

   10. Jun, 2012

   Thank you for being so complete. I have both the 5D3 and the D800. I’m still waiting for the D800E. My major complaint with both cameras was how long I had to wait for not only the cameras but with the important accessories like the vertical grip. I also use L brackets and the people that make the L brackets need to get the vertical grips first so they can design and make the brackets. In all I waited for over three months the D800 to be complete and I’m still waiting on the Canon L bracket to be complete. The grip will be here on Tuesday. All aspects of a product need to be delivered at the same time would be a major improvment.
   As far as the D800 is concerned, the lousy looking LCD when doing focus magnification really needs some work. Compare it to a 5D3 side by side doing manual focus usine a tilt shift lens – WOW Canon is so much better I can’t believe it. Did Nikon even look at the competition?

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10. 

    stephen spikerman
    

    10. Jun, 2012

    Would like to see a full frame (Canon) in the 24 MP range at a price point of $2000 or less (body) only.
    Would also like a full frame as above without the video option at a price point of $1500 or less for those of us that do not take video (prefer a dedicated video CAMERA)

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11. 

    MIr Lada
    

    11. Jun, 2012

    I appreciate the poll, but by design, I am not surprised that touch-screen got 1% of the vote. Maybe try a version 3 of the poll, where instead of picking top 3 or 5, you design it differently.

    Sure, considering all the choices, I doubt that many people will put touch screen as 3 or 5 most wished-for items, but it may come in 7th or 10th, which doesn’t make it irrelevant.

    It is important to realize that adding features will drive up the development, design, build, marketing, and support costs, so if the poll-taker imagines a realistic price increase for every feature added that is not just firmware-oriented, you start getting different, more relevant results. If the poll could rate the priority order, by moving up/down the features, and noting which ones will add to the cost , then you get better insight. For example, in terms of XLR input, it is an adapter that uses a common interface, that is specifically tuned to that model, and works with the menu options, that creates an easy way for manufactures to integrate features, without making them significantly add to the cost of the core product.

    You can also do an edit, like “camcorder body shape”…If one wants better video features, and camcorder body shape…then just buy a camcorder…right?

    HDSLR’s are for still shooting first, with ability to do some video. Canon C300 addresses many of these issues, so why try to push all these video features into every DSLR? Segmenting into specialty products that create the big sensor look and quality is the way to go, rather than jerry-rigging all these items, and coming out with a frankenstein.

    Companies like Canon should reach out to ask the top pros / influencers of DSLR film-making what are the top accessory models, and then just add their branding to create a partnered product that is then sold through the DSLR retail chains, so that buyers can just choose that one “recommended / integrated” items and add it their camera purchase, rather than researching / testing items to find out what is recommended. Think of how car companies teamed up with car audio system manufactures to create systems that are fully integrated, turnkey, optimized, and covered under the same warranty, yet using expertise, brand awareness, and manufacturing volume to create an easy solution for higher-end vehicles.

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12. 

    amband
    

    03. Jul, 2012

    hard to believe some of these choices. Better audio is more important than increased censor and pixels. Plenty of that already for vid

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13. 

    Z
    

    07. Sep, 2012

    I think as a photographer rather than a videographer I would like to see a reasonably priced DSLR. I ended up buying the 5D mkII as my first full frame camera rather than the mkIII because it was half the price, and really? what alternative is there in the budget full frame range? (Canon wise)

    I say strip the 5D mkIII down to bare bones stills only, add features like increased X-sync speed (1/500??), twin CF cards with simultaneous back up, low noise all round and more flexibility for RAW shooters (someone already mentioned AA filter before). Also more user custom settings and pic style user def settings. Get rid of creative auto, who the hell uses that on a 5D mkIII anyway?? Built in time lapse ability would be cool too. Basically a camera for photographers!

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      amband
      

      08. Sep, 2012

      Z You made a good choice

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