Canon’s big announcements coming the third week of July
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I have used the A7RV along side the Canon R5 with pretty comparable results from both. I do the like extra pixels to crop and how reliable the camera is (and I just got the new Sigma 500mm to go with it for a relatively light telephoto setup). I have sold off the R5 with hope that the R5 II will be more stable than the R5 as that was really my only complaint. If it is then I will keep both systems for a few more years since I still have many EF lenses that I love to use.
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I would have thought a brand new body will be less stable for a while, before bugs are ironed out.
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Agreed, especially if it will have a new sensor, AF and chipset.
To be fair, my R5 has been plagued by random freezes for the longest time (fixed now with the latest firmware, fingers crossed), but never to a point of being unusable.
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To also be fair, the R5 was never "unusable" just not quite reliable enough as it would freeze often enough when I needed to capture a moment that I didn't use it when I really couldn't miss the shot. I have been using Canon gear for nearly 25 years and this is the only camera from them that would freeze often enough that it affected my work, and I have a feeling it will not happen again with the next R5 as I haven't heard of any issues with any mirrorless cameras from Canon since the R5. Even with a new sensor I'm hoping it will be stable and fun to use.
As a side note I went back to the 5DS just for fun on a shoot and even though it is still a good tool and the image quality is still ok up to 1600 ISO, the capabilities of the latest mirrorless cameras from all the big three really do make that camera feel ancient when it comes to focus tracking. I really do hope the R5 has a stacked sensor as fast silent shooting is one of that last things I would like to have (at a price point I can afford). R5 and A7RV are really not usable in fully electronic shutter for any moving subjects.
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I definitely do get freezes on my R5 as well, though relatively rarely. I'd say once about every five batteries worth of usage. It'll freeze up, lose whatever's in the cache, and reboot about 15 seconds later.
Once, it corrupted the memory card and I had to use disk recovery tools to get the images off of it. I'd have been using the "write to both cards" setup, but I needed CF speed and the R5 only has one CF slot :-(
Once, it corrupted the memory card and I had to use disk recovery tools to get the images off of it. I'd have been using the "write to both cards" setup, but I needed CF speed and the R5 only has one CF slot :-(
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Oh yes, these were golden years for me too. When it comes to meal and wine quality, Citroen was ahead of everybody. I remember a wonderful tournedos and a Bordeaux...Yes it is, been wined and dined in Berlin, Antwerpen, Cambridge - Oh good old days and it had nothing to do with cameras
And the dessert!
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Broadcast video has been dominated by Sony for many years, in terms of cameras. Those cameras are most frequently used with Canon box lenses.
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I’ve never had any issues with my R5 but perhaps my use case scenarios are different. I primarily shoot portrait and product photos
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I thought the R1 is rumored to have a flash sync speed of 1/1250. I’m not in the market for an R1 but I’m looking to possibly upgrade to the R52 and if it also has a flash sync of 1/1250 then it’s a no brainer. Otherwise I could hold off and keep using my R5 as it still is fine for portraiture and product photography which is my main work.
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That was debunked (it was in a rumored spec list that was posted on by Adorama on their R1 page then pulled down). Current rumor is 24 MP, 2 ms readout = 1/500 s max sync. But that's still just a rumor.
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