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by Karl Egressy on Thu Oct 20, 2016 9:07 am

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I just bought the camera a few days ago at a really good price.
I also bought a set up guide from Glenn Bartley.
It is only $ 5 US and is very useful.
I did the same when I bought the 7D Mark II, used Glenn's setup guide initially.
You can use his setup and then do your personalized tweaks after testing it on the field.
Highly recommended.
http://www.glennbartley.com/Canon5Dmark ... Guide.html

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by Glenn Bartley on Thu Oct 20, 2016 10:51 am

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Thanks so much Karl!

Glad you found it helpful

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by WDCarrier on Fri Oct 21, 2016 10:47 am

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Very anxious to hear how you like the new equipment.

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by Karl Egressy on Sat Oct 22, 2016 3:36 pm

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Unfortunately the weather and lack of birds are not conducive to doing any shooting right now, so testing is held up.
I bought the 5D Mark IV to replace the Mark III that I used for two years.
I bought the 5D Mark III back then as I was not willing to pay the extra to get the 1DX.
I bought the 5D Mark IV now, as I wasn't willing to pay the extra for the 1DX Mark II.
I'll try to give you some impression on ISO performance, focusing speed and accuracy as soon as I have a chance to test it.
Meantime you can check out as to what experience Glenn Bartley and Doug Brown got with the camera.

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by Karl Egressy on Thu Oct 27, 2016 6:29 am

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I did some testing of the 5D Mark IV with birds available around here.
It works well with 500 +1.4x and 2.0x extenders, focusing is fast and accurate.
BIF shooting with 500 +1.4x feels somewhat better than with 7D Mark II or 1D Mark IV that I still use.
ISO performance is better than 5D Mark III but I won't go over ISO 2500.
I also tried it with 100-400 L IS Mark II with and without 1.4x III.
It works with the extender, focuses fast but there is a noticeable IQ loss, so I won't use the extender with the 100-400 II lens.
Here are some images if you are interested:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/127685854@N07/

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