Canon EOS R5

I'm principaly a bird photographer, and the eye focusing system is such a novelty, even if sometimes it takes time to focus if there's an uneven background.
The battery life is shorter, but adding a grip sort of balances the combination with the 500 usm is II and adds some battery time.
I find the tripod is not useful anymore, as the ISIS does the job.
Great piece of machinery, the price is the limiting factor!

Let me start by saying I'm an amateur hobbiest but have performed some paid work including shooting bicycle races, running races, soccer games, as well as a small amount of portraiture work and selling of landscape images. As such, I'm a generalist, but tend to focus on landscapes, travel, and adventure mostly. I also love to make my own prints with the Epson P800.

I just sold all my Nkon gear (d810 and various glass) to get the R5. I was not shooting the Nikon, having picked up an Olympus body and lenses a couple years ago for travel and backpacking. I was waiting for the right full frame mirrorless. The Canon R5 was a partial impulse after many months considering it.

I have only owned it two weeks now, and I had to buy the 24-105 f4-7.1 because the f4 version and a couple other lenses I want are out of stock. I'm waiting, patiently.

I have grown to love this body. I was torn between the Z7-II and R5. The Nikon would have avoided a complete system change. I liked the smaller form factor of the Z7, but I really wanted the articulating screen too. It's a feature I love about the Olympus. Mostly to protect it during times of carry and banging around. And I was also considering all the lens options available for Canon compared to Nikon. And I was not going to go the Sony path.

I found the resolution of the LCD and viewfinder amazing. I have also found the menu system easy to adapt to. I do miss having the on/off switch able to be controlled with my right hand. Something the Nikon has, and I was able to swap controls on the Olympus.

I'm most impressed with the layout of the external buttons and dials. There is so much I can do without going into the menu. While, I've yet to put to some of the bigger tests with great glass Iwhen I get some), I'm extremely pleased with the images it produces. And the little that I've tested focus tracking, love it.

I've already had to buy a couple extra batteries. And the CF Express. Ouch! That was a bit spendy. And I still need a card reader, but the ability to transfer raw files wirelessly to my computer with the Canon Utility, is a breeze. Not for transferring a few hundred or a couple thousand, but I can go out, shoot 100 frames and chose my imports. Bam! Done!

Loving this tool. Can't wait to get a couple high end Canon RF lenses.

I am an advanced amateur photographer upgrading from the 5D Mark IV. I like wildlife, astro photography, and flowers as subjects. That translates into telephoto, wide-angle, and macro work. This camera works great on all facets of the photography spectrum. I have included three hand held macro photos as examples of the quality of photos from this camera. All are cropped.

I use a Rokinon manual lens for Milky Way photography. The menu system and instruction manual does not cover which settings are used with a manual lens is in use. I downloaded the Advanced User Manual and could not find any reference to using manual lenses. I did find reference online to the Release shutter w/o Lens. This function is in the fourth tab of the Customization section of menus. If this is on you can use a manual lens. However, you must turn this off if you want to use any AF lens.

In my view, the camera is great while the manual needs work.