Canon Interviews 5D Developers on the DSLR Model�s 10th Birthday

We recently reported on the 10th anniversary of Canon�s EOS 5D DSLR lineup at the end of May, but Canon isn�t done celebrating. The Japanese camera manufacturer has released a new video in which the development team behind the 5D talk about the thought process behind the 5D�s design and construction.

Makoto Hiramatsu, a General Manager at Canon�s ICP Development Center 2, says that the greatest mission of offering the EOS 5D �is to serve the needs of the advanced amateur user with value-added features such as a full frame sensor and full frame imaging.� Hiramatsu also points out how each �new version of the EOS 5D series incorporated the top class technology available delivering superb resolution, speed, functionality, and performance.�

Another General Manage from ICP Development Center 2, Masami Sugimori, makes sure to remind users that the EOS 5D �superheated the introduction of video in DSLRs.� Canon made sure to take complete advantage of their full-frame technology, with which they �stunned the world with movies that crushed anything camcorders could offer in terms of the high image quality and shallow depth of field.�

Haruki Ota, Staff Manager at Canon�s Design Center, states that while designing the 5D series, the company wanted to focus design on �[assuring] dominance at the top of the mid-range class while staying faithful to the ideals of photography. Ota added that the �EOS 5D Series strives for beauty that fuses daring innovation with universal aesthetics that never fade.�

Sugimori believes that �DSLR users have demanding expectations� and that �the history of the EOS 5D Series is the history of rising to that challenge. Toshio Matsumoto, Senior General Manger, concludes by saying that the �ultimate goal is to approximate the human eye� and that Canon believes �that passion shines through in the history of the EOS 5D Series and will keep shining in the future.