Canon 5D Mark IV Dual Pixel RAW: A Cool Feature You'll Probably Never Use

Canon 5D Mark IV Dual Pixel RAW: A Cool Feature You'll Probably Never Use

I’ll be straight with you: when Canon announced Dual Pixel RAW as the headline feature of the 5D Mark IV, I was genuinely excited. The idea of being able to nudge focus or shift bokeh after the fact in post-processing sounds like the kind of thing that could save a portrait session. Miss focus on a shoot? Fix it later. Wrong eye sharp on a close-up? No problem. As someone who has always believed that smart technique beats expensive gear, a software-level fix like this felt like it was built for photographers who actually work for a living.