I'd say Canon did great considering inflation and adding a stacked sensor with all the AF goodies.
Well we don't actually know how inflation impacted Canon here. But the R5 has a a couple of worthy competitors and they are both about $1K less. I'm locked into Canon at this point and have a R5II on order, but whether it's $1K better than it's competition, we'll see. (Not being negative -- excited to get my hands on the R5 II, just being honest -- it's no bargain).
How is this not competitive?
A1 $6500
Z9 $5500
R5II $4300
The R5II is not competing with the Z9. It's competing with the Z8 (which also just happens to be 99% of a Z9 in a smaller body). And the Z8 retails for $3,500 right now (though may go back up to $3,999 eventually, though Nikon's 'sales' tend to be for most of the year.)
The R5 II does have some advantages over the Z8 (the AF is probably a little better, but the Z8's is outstanding), 30fps RAW vs 20fps RAW, for those who need that extra burst rate. Z8, however, has a much faster reading sensor, so at those fast burst rates, the Z8 will have a rolling shutter advantage that may be minimal (birds in flight) or fairly significant (fast ball sports).
How much faster is the Z8's sensor? Isn't the R5 II superior for video, at least on paper?
Superior in which way? Both shoot 8K/60 RAW, oversampled 4K, etc but the Z8 has ProRES which may appeal to some. I do like Canon's LOG better. Nikon needs an NLOG 2.
It looks like both raw and ProRes are 12bit on the Z8/9. The original R5 was also 12 bit I believe. 14 bit is basically a normal raw photo. If that's true - we're getting to the point when still grabs have the same quality as regular raw photos.
Not exactly true. Your shutter speed/angle in video will likely be quite different than what it would be for a still photo in the same conditions, meaning that if there's any panning or subject movement a grab wouldn't do the same trick as a dedicated still.
Not to mention that if you want a good still from video you need to set your SS to a fast setting you'd normally use for a stills action shot. This is not what you do for normal video shooting. Grabbing stills from video can be good in a crutch but is not a good replacement for good stills shooting.
Jul 17, 2024 at 04:19 PM
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