Canon R5 Anticipation for R5 Mark II?

[jcass]

Having been on an upgrade cycle of 7 to 8 years, I confess that I am likely to purchase an R5 Mark II on introduction after having my R5 for a year and half. That'll be two firsts for me: upgrading after only 1 1/2 years, and buying a camera at intro. Of course, this is depending on an actual release and the final specifications of the camera.

I love my R5 and plan to keep it as a second body. There are a couple of features though that just keep tugging me down the road to upgrade:

1. Pre-buffer shooting. I always miss birds launching by a hair and would like to take photos of lightning. In sports, I have a good sense for the moment of the action, this can only help.
2. Auto-focus improvements, especially QPAF and low light AF. The R5 is fantastic, but it does hunt in low light and improvements in the R6 II and R8 AF have been lauded. I admit, this is a weakness of mine and I can use all the help that I can get.
3. Increased resolution/size of viewfinder and display. My eyes just ain't what they used to be. My unicorn is the articulating viewfinder.
4. Multi-function hot shoe. My old flashes suffice, but the incompatibility moving forward is frustrating.
5. Stacked sensor... dynamic range... improved low light image quality. No complaints in my R5, but can you imagine it being better!

I'd like to know what other folks think about the Mark II... should the February announcement actually occur. I think it will. What features do or don't matter to you?

 

[RedCobra]

I see your point on the first crop, looks OK, not so the second imo. A smaller crop might look better with but this one is way too soft. Nothing wrong with the original shot though!

Soft? Are you looking on your phone? LOL

 

[Dave Williams]

No, on my Mac. Looks OK on a small screen like a phone.

 

[Dave Williams]

Soft? Are you looking on your phone? LOL

Ah just realised your shots were probably taken with your OM-1 , not a Canon camera. Criticism of the OM system that I have heard is that when you have that sensor in the body it doesn't leave a lot of room for more cropping. Viewed on a desktop computer the lack of any fine detail is very apparent.

 

[Archibald]

To me Vulture Tree 3 looks oversharpened or has JPG artifacts or both.

 

[RedCobra]

Ah just realised your shots were probably taken with your OM-1 , not a Canon camera. Criticism of the OM system that I have heard is that when you have that sensor in the body it doesn't leave a lot of room for more cropping. Viewed on a desktop computer the lack of any fine detail is very apparent.

Yeah, and a couple of people here aren't happy that it's as sharp as their Canon stuff. LOL Shot with the MZ 150-400 f/4.5 at 800mm (FFE)

 

[Dave Williams]

Yeah, and a couple of people here aren't happy that it's as sharp as their Canon stuff. LOL Shot with the MZ 150-400 f/4.5 at 800mm (FFE)

Well I'm certainly not one of them.
I have heard that because it's a 4/3rds sensor it doesn't allow for much cropping though, and that's coming from owners of the said camera. Cropping exaggerates noise and attempts to reduce it with programmes like Topaz paints out detail .
Anyway, no more comments from me on this , I don't want to upset our friendly forum!

 

[jcass]

I don't have time over the next week to look at the R5 User's Manual, but I am interested in reading a couple of sections when I get a chance: prebuffer settings, focus bracketing settings, the new AF settings, etc.

My initial reaction at launch was hopeful, but reserved. My excitement is growing the more I read/view from sources that I somewhat trust. I don't expect this to be a night vs day experience. But it is lining up that, in a series of upgrades that I was hoping for, this will be an impactful upgrade for me. Don't get me wrong... if it was down to a strict cost-benefit analysis, I would question the need to upgrade from an R5 to R5ii. But it ain't. I'm getting more and more excited to get the R5ii in my hands the more read and see from the few lucky folks that have used it.