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What are your plans regarding the R5 MKII?

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p.2 #1 · p.2 #1 · What are your plans regarding the R5 MKII?

jashaw wrote:
I am on a 1dxiii and 7dii. Been waiting for the R5ii to upgrade my 7dii. Once some used specimens pop up on the market. I will be upgrading my 7dii.

Still unsure if i'll upgrade the 1dxiii to R1 yet.

An R5II will happily replace both your 1DXIII and 7DII. I could even say that about the old R5 or R6II

Jul 17, 2024 at 02:18 PM

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p.2 #2 · p.2 #2 · What are your plans regarding the R5 MKII?

I'll probably get a 1st gen R5, to replace my R7 and work alongside my R6.

But I'm out of the bleeding edge these days.

Jul 17, 2024 at 02:23 PM

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p.2 #3 · p.2 #3 · What are your plans regarding the R5 MKII?

mawz wrote:
I'll probably get a 1st gen R5, to replace my R7 and work alongside my R6.

But I'm out of the bleeding edge these days.

A used R5 at $2K is probably the best value out there right now. It's a phenomenal camera, especially for that price. It's amazing one could buy (2) R5's for the price of the new R5II right now.

Jul 17, 2024 at 02:25 PM

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p.2 #4 · p.2 #4 · What are your plans regarding the R5 MKII?

Ordered mine, will be delivered Friday...Oh yea, its the R5 (MK1)..!! 2899.00 on Amazon, plus 10% cash back..(If using a Amazon Visa)...

Jul 17, 2024 at 02:39 PM

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p.2 #5 · p.2 #5 · What are your plans regarding the R5 MKII?

The last time I upgraded from my 5DM4, it was for the silent shutter of the R5 using the ES. However, the banding was so bad for indoor events from LED lighting, it was unusable. Now they tell us with the R5M2 you can do video and stills simultaneously. Another feature I'd love to have, but I'm gonna wait until the beta testers have worked out the kinks.

Jul 17, 2024 at 03:26 PM

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p.2 #6 · p.2 #6 · What are your plans regarding the R5 MKII?

Voted other. The R5II looks really solid for what I like to shoot - events and sports. I'll wait it out a while for bugs to shake out, supply to stabilize and the early adopter price premium to subside. I'm very curious to see what feature upgrades make it into the R6III and might hold out that long. 24MP stacked sensor from the R3 combined with some of the AF refinements in the R1 & R5II would be enough for me, probably.

Jul 17, 2024 at 04:54 PM

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p.2 #7 · p.2 #7 · What are your plans regarding the R5 MKII?

Probably will pick up a medium mileage R5 at some point to replace my 5d4, but having just bought a GFX a couple months ago (and really enjoying it! new lease on life for a few of my Zeiss primes), I'm in no rush.

5d4 for kid sports/swim meet photos, and for wildlife
50S ii for most landscape and abstract stuff
Maybe an EM-1 mark ii or smaller m43 for throw-it-in-the-bag travel to replace my original EM-5

Not exactly an early adopter, or even a fast follower.

Jul 17, 2024 at 05:36 PM

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p.2 #8 · p.2 #8 · What are your plans regarding the R5 MKII?

Great update but I’ll pass. I’m extremely happy with my R6MKII + vertical grip. With my usage and today’s software it could be my last FF camera.

Jul 17, 2024 at 05:44 PM

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p.2 #9 · p.2 #9 · What are your plans regarding the R5 MKII?

I still am on my 5DM3 and will definitely get the R5M2. I always skip the first generation of every camera release :-) (20D, 40D, 5DM3)

Jul 17, 2024 at 05:46 PM

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p.2 #10 · p.2 #10 · What are your plans regarding the R5 MKII?

Sashi wrote:
I still am on my 5DM3 and will definitely get the R5M2. I always skip the first generation of every camera release :-) (20D, 40D, 5DM3)

I went from a 5DM3 to an R6 and I'm glad I did. I've gotten nearly 4 years of improved everything and it's still a great camera. There are definitely shots I wouldn't have gotten with the 5D3.

Jul 17, 2024 at 06:02 PM

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p.2 #11 · p.2 #11 · What are your plans regarding the R5 MKII?

@Mike_5D, most of my photography now-a-days is more landscape oriented (so mostly on a tripod) or family pictures with still-compliant 14/10 yr olds. This enables me to get away with the M3. Yes, there were certain instances, the solar eclipse for one, where I would have appreciated more versatility in terms of ISO-to-noise, FPS and DR. But with MagicLantern and some pre-planning, I could mostly get away from GAS. I believe that 12 years is a long enough time for a body as I got the M3 immediately upon release.

I am also mostly shooting using M42 Pentax lenses and my current combo of the M3+40D is well suited for that. Only have 3 EF lenses, so keeping them/passing one body + lenses to my oldest child is an option.

Will wait for the reviews of the R5M2 to come out and buy it around Thanksgiving (at least that's the plan for now), and then slowly build up on the RF lenses.

Jul 17, 2024 at 06:12 PM

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p.2 #12 · p.2 #12 · What are your plans regarding the R5 MKII?

I'll beg and try to borrow one then make up my mind. But 4300 ain't going to happen. So, I have been wanting to go to the Philippines so may do a side trip to Japan..

Jul 17, 2024 at 06:24 PM

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p.2 #13 · p.2 #13 · What are your plans regarding the R5 MKII?

Preordered. Will sell R5 & R3 as R5 II is the almost best of both worlds. Will miss the R3’s smart controller and built-in GPS but otherwise R5 II is equal or better where it counts.

Jul 17, 2024 at 06:39 PM

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p.2 #14 · p.2 #14 · What are your plans regarding the R5 MKII?

I'm going to wait until the refurbs get close to 3kUSD. R5 is plenty for me at the moment. I am, however, going to look at the used and refurb market on the R3 and see what happens there. I feel like 24mp with basically zero rolling shutter is about perfect for me right now.

Both things fit my general practice of waiting for the early adopter price to drop, or buying a generation behind. High performance to cost ratio doing that. I only violated it with the R6 to get in on the new AF abilities, and IMO it was worth it in that instance.

Its a great camera, no doubt. Just not an instant upgrade for me.

Brian

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Jul 17, 2024 at 07:06 PM

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p.2 #15 · p.2 #15 · What are your plans regarding the R5 MKII?

gdanmitchell wrote:
That’s where I am, too, for now.

My 5DsR will works great for the great majority of what I do with it. I’m more and more likely to consider non-Canon alternatives at this point, but I’m in no great hurry.

Ditto, but life is too short, literally, to wait for Canon to do this. They just aren't interested.

Jul 17, 2024 at 10:02 PM

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p.2 #16 · p.2 #16 · What are your plans regarding the R5 MKII?

scottsoutter wrote:
Probably will pick up a medium mileage R5 at some point to replace my 5d4, but having just bought a GFX a couple months ago (and really enjoying it! new lease on life for a few of my Zeiss primes), I'm in no rush.

If those are ZE primes, you'll also gain some benefit adapting them to the R system, such as Canon's excellent manual focus assist feature that is so much better than focus peaking or image magnification. It really makes manual focusing almost effortless.

Jul 18, 2024 at 02:00 AM

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p.2 #17 · p.2 #17 · What are your plans regarding the R5 MKII?

This is the first time I actually pre-ordered a camera

Jul 18, 2024 at 03:18 AM

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p.2 #18 · p.2 #18 · What are your plans regarding the R5 MKII?

artsupreme wrote:
An R5II will happily replace both your 1DXIII and 7DII. I could even say that about the old R5 or R6II

I completely agree with you. I normally like to keep a 70-200 on one body, and a 400, or 600 on the other body for events.

Time will tell what I truly need

Jul 18, 2024 at 07:16 AM

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p.2 #19 · p.2 #19 · What are your plans regarding the R5 MKII?

Since I left the sports photography world a year ago after 15 years and now doing mostly landscapes, I finally don't need cutting edge AF/rolling shutter performance, but I preordered anyway and the next iteration in a few years just won't interest me. I suppose if you have need for the few significant upgrades in the R5II it might be justifiable, mostly rolling shutter and maybe AF enhancements. Dynamic range, low light, feel in the hand, customization it seems are incremental. The R5 could go down as one of the best Canon cameras in a while, sort of like the D850 was in the Nikon world. Makes it hard to justify an upgrade. It feels good not to get anxious every time a new version comes out and being satisfied with what I have. Like the old days when it was a very long-time b/t upgrades.

Jul 18, 2024 at 07:54 AM

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p.2 #20 · p.2 #20 · What are your plans regarding the R5 MKII?

dugaut wrote:
Dynamic range, low light, feel in the hand, customization it seems are incremental.

I'm not so sure about that. I watched Vanessa Joy's video last night and she showed off a shot taken at 32000 ISO (not a typo) that was remarkably clean for that extreme level and super clean and sharp after denoise was applied.

Also disagree about the customization being incremental, but I suppose that depends on one's needs but for me here's just a couple huge new adds that I've been pining for for awhile:

- ability to change the max FPS in each continuous drive mode. (Obviously unimportant for landscape shooter, but nice to have if you shoot action/wildlife).

- Pre-shooting (apparently w/o the need of special software to extract).

- Dual shooting (record video and take photos simultaneously)

I've only started to attentively watch reviewer videos or go over the spec sheet, but I'm discovering a lot of nuggets that differentiate it from the R5.

Finally, I'm very much hoping the ergonomics have not changes. The R5 is one of the most comfortable, natural in-hand bodies I've ever owned. Apparently the R5 II is a tad thicker to accommodate the new vents, so we'll see how that affects ergonomics, but I suspect it will be so slight it won't matter to me, but might make it a better fit for those with larger hands.

Jul 18, 2024 at 08:58 AM

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