Re: Official Canon EOS R5 Mark II Images & Specifications
rscheffler wrote: numbertwo wrote:
About the R5 Ii my concerns are:
Electronic shutter 14 bits confirmed?
Electronic shutter for longer exposure than 0.5s?
Based on the TDP R5II review, he states ES is 14 bits and that ES is available up to 30 seconds exposure time.
This does bring up a point that just makes me scratch my head a bit. I'm not trying to do brand war crap, because well, frankly that's dumb. I currently shoot Nikon because it works best for what I shoot and I like the lenses for what I shoot, but I shot Canon RF and Sony E for many years, and all of these cameras are great. (I actually still own my R8, an RF 50/1.8, EF 28-105 3.5-4.5 and control ring adapter, and the Samyang RF 85/1.4).
However: why is it that of all the camera manufacturers, only Nikon allows shutter speeds longer than 30 seconds without bulb? There are some others (Panasonic, maybe Olympus) that will go to 60 seconds...but Nikon can go to 900 seconds (15 minutes) in manual mode without using bulb.
This seems like a simple firmware setting, as with modern technology, all of these cameras are easily capable of high quality long exposures, but most hide them in bulb settings or timer settings, and that's a pain. Canon has the bulb timer feature which I also find very helpful since I don't need to watch a bulb countup or set a stopwatch...but why not just move that functionality into the shutter speed dial? I find it very confusing that this 30 second limit is still a thing on so many current cameras.
Anyway, not trying to steer things too off topic, but it just struck me as odd. Of course, it's a super tiny thing for a camera like this. The R5 II looks to be a pretty awesome body.
Jul 18, 2024 at 08:52 AM
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