Re: Official Canon EOS R5 Mark II Images & Specifications
My gut reaction, from owning both an R5 and a Z8 and from reading what you have read about the R5ii is basically that the R5II is clearly overpriced. List on the Z8, its major competitor, is $3500 and you can buy a new one right now on FM for $3000. The new batteries are a big negative imo, assuming you can't use the old batts if you want full function of the camera. Readout speed is another big disappointment. In today's world, like it or not, that is one of the key performance metrics more and more advanced camera users are looking towards. Precapture will be a good plus, but it doesn't sound like this implementation moves the bar a huge amount from what others are doing. Better lcd from R3 another plus, but again it doesn't really move the bar much.
The biggest unanswered question for me then becomes just how much better/faster is the new af system. The R5 was still, amazingly, pretty competitive with the Z8 imo...So if Canon has some big improvements that will be a very big plus if it leapfrogs over the competition in a significant way, but otherwise I'm left with my first impression...that the camera is priced too high and discounts will be coming sooner than you think. I've been shooting both Nikon and Canon, and I was hoping the R5II would get me back to Canon, but it might get me back to Nikon with their more innovative lens lineup in the long end.
But I guess we'll see how it performs in the real world in terms of DR, AF and some of the new features.
Re: Official Canon EOS R5 Mark II Images & Specifications
My gut reaction, from owning both an R5 and a Z8 and from reading what you have read about the R5ii is basically that the R5II is clearly overpriced. List on the Z8, its major competitor, is $3500 and you can buy a new one right now on FM for $3000. The new batteries are a big negative imo, assuming you can't use the old batts if you want full function of the camera. Readout speed is another big disappointment. In today's world, like it or not, that is one of the key performance metrics more and more advanced camera users are looking towards. Precapture will be a good plus, but it doesn't sound like this implementation moves the bar a huge amount from what others are doing. Better lcd from R3 another plus, but again it doesn't really move the bar much.
The biggest unanswered question for me then becomes just how much better/faster is the new af system. The R5 was still, amazingly, pretty competitive with the Z8 imo...So if Canon has some big improvements that will be a very big plus if it leapfrogs over the competition in a significant way, but otherwise I'm left with my first impression...that the camera is priced too high and discounts will be coming sooner than you think. I've been shooting both Nikon and Canon, and I was hoping the R5II would get me back to Canon, but it might get me back to Nikon with their more innovative lens lineup in the long end.
Re: Official Canon EOS R5 Mark II Images & Specifications
My gut reaction, from owning both an R5 and a Z8 and from reading what you have read about the R5ii is basically that the R5II is clearly overpriced. List on the Z8, its major competitor, is $3500 and you can buy a new one right now on FM for $3000. The new batteries are a big negative imo, assuming you can't use the old batts if you want full function of the camera. Readout speed is another big disappointment. In today's world, like it or not, that is one of the key performance metrics more and more advanced camera users are looking towards. Precapture will be a good plus, but it doesn't sound like this implementation moves the bar a huge amount from what others are doing. Better lcd from R3 another plus, but again it doesn't really move the bar much.
The biggest unanswered question for me then becomes just how much better/faster is the new af system. The R5 was still, amazingly, pretty competitive with the Z8 imo...So if Canon has some big improvements that will be a very big plus if it leapfrogs over the competition in a significant way, but otherwise I'm left with my first impression...that the camera is priced too high and discounts will be coming sooner than you think. I've been shooting both Nikon and Canon, and I was hoping the R5II would get me back to Canon, but it might get me back to Nikon with there more innovative lens lineup in the long end.
Jul 17, 2024 at 09:44 AM
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