Some initial thoughts on the Canon 5DSR

Wade Hughes · Issue 87, Nov/Dec 2015 · pp. 34–35

Products mentioned: Canon 5DS, Canon 5DSR, Canon 5D Mk III, Nauticam Mk III housing, SMC wet diopter, Inon Z240 strobes

Canon’s release of the 50 megapixel twins, the 5DS and the 5DSR has made high resolution digital photography far more accessible, although at $3500, still not cheap. For underwater photographers, there is an added bonus in the fact that Canon installed this added grunt into camera bodies identical to the current 5D Mk 111 and so, the new camera slipped right in to my Nauticam Mk 111 housing. After so many upgrades requiring the additional expense of a new housing this was good news indeed! Auto focus in the water appears at least as good, if not a little better, than the Mk111 but, as always, is assisted significantly by the addition of a focusing light. Using the super macro SMC wet diopter, I lock the focus at the closest focusing distance and rock the camera back and forth to achieve something resembling focus. The 5DSR is unforgiving when it comes to sharpness. Images that are sharpl…