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at over 50 megapixels the canon eos 5d sr is the highest resolution full-frame DSLR to date but while canon earns a first for that it's definitely the last manufacturer to offer a camera without the blurring effect of an anti-aliasing filter the camera's not shipping yet but I got a chance to shoot with a pre-production version for a couple of weeks and here's my take the photos from the pre-release version are certainly sharper than any I've seen from a Canon and they're a whole new level of quality compared to the 5d Mark 3 but the photos from the pre-production version weren't quite as good as those I've seen from the Nikon d810 they've got more noise in the rows starting at mid-range ISO sensitivities and the d810 seems to have a broader tonal range in general the Canon does offer a fine detail picture style that enhances sharpness and helps with photos at about ISO 800 and higher but that mode also increases artifacts the higher resolution does help in cases where the focus is slightly off though making scaled down images look a little sharper than they might have otherwise plus the 5d SR did a little better than the Nikon when it came to moiré in fact it was really hard to find any and the video even though it's only two megapixel HD looks a lot sharper than from canons other models the price you pay for all those pixels is performance once again this is a pre-production model but moving all that data through the image pipeline even with dual processors does take its toll Canon seems to have settled on a body design for its non rebel DSLRs a 5d sr body is almost identical to the 70 mark - and even the three year old 5d Mark 3 there are really only a few menu items that differ from the 70 mark - and those apply to features that exist only in one camera or the other for example five detail has the fine detail picture style a delay option when shooting with the mirror in the locked and upright position and an option to retract an STM lens on power off and it has a really nice crop view in the viewfinder when working in a crop mode these are just my initial impressions though I'll be back with a full review once I've got a final model you