To left of the LCD are Delete, Playback, Enlarge/Reduce, Rate, and Creative Photo/Two-Image Display (the latter functions are geared toward pros). The LCD, on the other hand, is adequate but not world class studio photographers would attach laptops or monitors as their view screens anyway. The viewfinder offers 100-percent coverage with.
The two dominant features on the back are the large optical viewfinder with diopter control and 3.2-inch fixed-position LCD display (rated 1.04 million dots). Like other high-end Canon DSLRs, you won’t find a built-in flash. Toward the top of the grip are a jog wheel, an AF-area selection/Multi-function key, and an angled shutter button. You’ll find the hot shoe on the top deck, with a locking mode dial and on/off switch on one side, and on the other side, buttons for White Balance/Metering, Drive/AF type, Exposure Compensation/ISO, and lamp (for illuminating the mono LCD that shows shooting parameters). (For our review we used an f/1.8 50mm prime and an f/4 24-105mm IS USM standard zoom.) Also on the front are a remote sensor, self-timer lamp, lens release, and depth-of-field preview buttons, as well as a tiny mono microphone (optional stereo mic can be plugged into the mic jack on the side). This isn’t an issue as the company offers a large selecton of glass, as well as third-party options too.
On the front is the Canon EF mount, and only EF-series lenses are recommended (versus the EF-S cropped lenses, which aren’t compatible). So, you could apply this review to the 5DS (and save $200 if you don’t need the feature), a camera that delivered quality photos we expected the same performance, if not better, from the 5DS R ( click here to read our hands-on review of the 5DS). Frankly, most people would need to look really hard to see the difference in the images they produce. The only technical difference between the $3,699 5DS and 5DS R is there’s no optical low-pass (a.k.a., anti-aliasing) filter in the R model, which helps increase sharpness. The EOS 5DS R is the highest-megapixel camera you can buy without going to medium-format.