arbitrage wrote: Bob_S wrote:
Got to use the R5 today for a little bit, no 8K video, only 4K, some stills.
I'm getting one because it's a great camera. Yes the 8K video has issues, but not for me as I'll be using it only for it's 4K slow motion as Sony still don't offer even 4K60p, even on the A92 or 7R4 (which is bonkers) and as a stills camera for Canon glass.
I'm a Sony shooter as you know and I've been absolutely laying into canon shooters since I left canon in the mid noughties for Nikon, then Sony, but credit where it's due, the R5 is a camera Sony (and Nikon) have no answer for.
If you don't like shooting two systems and video isn't your thing, don't bother looking at the Canon as the 7R4 is close enough, not equal, but close enough.
If you're a hybrid shooter and want something better than the 7R4, A9, A92, 7R3, 73, A7S2, the R5 should be trialled.
The R6 doesn't appeal to me at all.
Both 4K120 and 4K60(HQ) have as much issue with overheating and short record times as does 8K RAW. So are you planning to use the relatively poor IQ 4K60 line skipped mode for your 4K slow motion? I'd spend your money on a A7SIII if that is what you are after as you will get 4K120 with overheating only much longer into shooting (over an hour).
For a stills camera the R5 may be one of the best out there. But as a video camera it is getting very bad reviews. I'm not a video guy so I don't know all the ins and outs of this stuff. But recent reviews from DPR and Gerald Undone are basically writing it off as a video camera and only recommending it for stills. Therefore for me it may be unmatched for what it can do vs Sony but for you I'd really watch/read a bit more on it.
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The owner of the camera said he's had it recording 8K for about 2 hours of footage split into 20min segments as an interview.
The 4K240 won't be used for long either, imagine 240p slowed to 24p, a few seconds is all it takes.
The A7S3 isn't out yet and doesn't do 8K or 4K240p.
Aug 01, 2020 at 06:38 AM
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