Supposedly if you shoot the R5 in crop mode the scan speed is faster than 1/60. But the thread measuring the speeds is still a bit of an amateur hour on DPR so I'm waiting for someone that knows what they are doing (calling Jim Kasson) to give us the real answer.
If I get an R5, I think my A7RIV will be sold. But I don't really do anything other than birds and wildlife so it doesn't matter if the A7RIV is slightly better for low ISO DR or landscapes etc.
As I continue to gather data from reviews, I'm getting the picture that the R5 AF is going to be right up there with the A9/A9II and it is sure looking like the head/eye bird AF is the real deal. That said, do we really doubt that Sony will release an Animal Eye-AF update sometime this year? They invented this stuff and the original promo video for Animal Eye AF showed off some limited birds (it already works on some birds) so I'd be disappointed if they don't update it with full on bird support. But I do agree with the guy in the video above that Sony's Animal Eye-AF is too likely to give a false positive on some other cross pattern and you are SOL when it does as it won't change it's mind. Like him, I've turned mine off unless actually shooting deer or another animal where it seems reliable.
The video posted above is the only one I've seen a true discussion between the two from a user of the A9/A9II (who like myself and many others switched from Canon DSLRs). But even that review is still early days with a limited subject selection so far. I don't think when he goes to try his winter KFs with ES that he is going to find no distortion. Of note, in that video linked above you can link to his LR CC gallery of kite and duck shots from the R5. They look pretty good to me although only available at limited size to view. I've never photographed kites so not sure what kinds of speeds they are doing and how fast the wing beats are but I think he implied in the review that he shot ES all the time which is promising for that smaller bird. Ironically the guy mentions in the video that he tends not to have to crop often...then you look at all the gallery images and half of them are cropped down to 6-10MPs from 45....okay then
Aug 05, 2020 at 07:07 AM
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