The white thermal temperature warning icon (while taking stills)

This isn't an R5 thing specifically, that same warning appears in the manuals for the 5DIV (Page 331) , 5DSR (Page 277), 7DII (Page 310), and probably others I haven't yet checked.

Unless you've managed to trigger it on another camera in the same conditions, I don't think it's worth worrying about with the R5 specifically.

Ditto. After reading what some folks have put this camera through I’m 100% satisfied that my normal usage won’t be a problem.

One guy here (name escapes me) rattled off 1,500 shots in less than 5 minutes after several other similar buffer bottoming ‘torture tests’ in 85 degree weather. No problems.
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Industry News: Sony officially announces the Alpha A7s III


Phillip Bloom is great.

Some notables about the A7SIII if you are considering it.

  • Animal AF does not work in Video, greatly disappointing the Cat Lover
  • It is touted as a being a new low light beast, but according to Phillip, it's the same as the A7SII, which was already great at low light
  • Compared to others, I thought his IBIS tests looked better in his Camera Conspiracies Segment Vlog test.
  • He also is the only one I'm aware of that demo'd the Post Stabilization Software using the Gyroscope data. Looks like it does well, but it means introducing more crop. You can dial in more stabilization but, it means more crop. The more aggressive the stabilization, the more extreme the crop.
  • He explained that in camera, the Noise Reduction actually made a lot of the night shots unusable. The work around is recording to an external recorder which can bypass the NR. So despite calling his video 24 Hours in Brighton, allegedly demo'ing the cameras capabilities in that 24 hour period, he admitted going back at a later date and using an Atomos to get the better night shots.
I'm sure I'm forgetting things, but the video is a movie after all. lol. Still a recommended watch because he makes it all worthwhile. Although it has its limitations, the A7SIII looks like a great camera for video.
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Screenprotector for Eos R5 - does the Eos R fit too?

I ordered an R screen protector from Amazon
Despite claims that it will fit an R5, it's just about a tenth of an inch (around two mm) too wide on the screen. I've returned it. R protectors won't fit IMHO.
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We need a Lens Rentals tear down of the R5

They have been open about developing this camera since early 2019 (They just didn't give a name and show it until early this year)

So it is safe to say that they knew what they were doing, and how it is going to cope with overheating on the hardware side.
They probably had some options to make it better regarding overheating, but I think it is pretty expensive as-is (despite being similar to the EOS R in quite a few aspects), and it does not need to be even bigger and heavier in this form.

The RED Komodo uses the same technology with a different crop factor (and also with a global shutter mode), so they can utilise this new sensor in a more serious video camera if they want to.
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R5 AF speed with 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6l is ii usm & 2x extenter iii

Another question about R5 IBIS behavior. When using mode 3 IS on EF telephoto lenses, is IBIS turned on at the instant of the shot (like IS), or, is it always on?

I am not able to choose the IS option in the menu. The IS On/Off is controlled via the lens IS switch.
I've tried the 100-400L with 1.4x TC with both EOS R and R5 and found the R5 is more stable, at least in the view finder. Not sure if subjective. And I do see the IS icon in the screen. So I don't know if IBIS kicked in.

I shoot with Mode 1 for the BIF. Attached an example with 1.4x TC. I can see the view finder is more vibrate with my handheld with mode 3. Probably can do some try with mode 3 for the BIF later.


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I just wanted to clarify things about the EOS R5 and EOS R6 from yesterday’s report

It's weird... up until a few weeks ago, everybody shot 1080p (at least all the big name Youtubers) because 4K was too big and difficult to edit. People just wanted full frame 4K on the Canon... and now they have it... normal 4K doesn't overheat on the R5 at all, and it's full frame and though not as sharp as HQ mode, it's still better than 4K on the EOS-R.

The new modes, like 4K60/120 and 8K overheat, as does the super HQ oversampled mode... these are things that didn't exist in full frame before for the most part except for the new (and expensive) 20 MP 1DX3. XT4 overheats in 4K 60 after 14 minutes and that's a small sensor. All of Sony's cameras to date overheat in 4K (Daniel Schiffer announced last week his A7III overheats in 4K30 after about 20 mins). Sony A7SIII was just announced and it has heat issues, but much better than anything before... and that wont be out for 2 months, and it's a crippled 12 MP camera.

I think people have been given an inch and are taking a mile here.

But with that said, many are not having heat issues in the real world (ie, not sitting the camera in the sun and letting it run nonstop to test it out, or filiming 8k on movie sets like Armando Ferrera). DSI PICTURES has a great Youtube channel, he filmed "all day long" in 8K raw and had no overheat issues- the overheat icon didn't even pop up once! And he wasn't shooting in the arctic, but rather in Australia, where daily temps are about 15-20c (normal room temps, or a nice day here in Canada).

Anybody who wants to shoot uninterupted 8K for hours, you will have problems. People who need to shoot 4K 120 for more than 30 mins nonstop, I think you may need to rethink how you shoot (that's 2 hours of super slomo).

I think 99% of the issue is the whole "Sony vs Canon" crap. The Sony people were really butthurt this year when the R5 was announced. I know at least a dozen who were ready to sell all their gear and get an R5 because "Sony was stagnant and letting us down".

Then the A7SIII was rumoured, and the Sony hype machine (ie, Youtubers like Gerald Undumb and 10000 Sony Ambassadors who only care about video and vlogging) set into action and the war rages on.

I would love to see a firmware to maybe double the heat limits (Sony does this in their cameras like the A7SIII, it increases the temp at which the camera shuts down but at risk of lockups or file corruption (Dan Watson had this happen to him on the A7SIII)). But I would more like to see that 30 min record limit removed (I thought after 2019 that wasn't necessary?), and even more than that I hope they follow thru with the promise to add 1080-120 (how did they not include that?!) and Clog3 in the next firmware.
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Do you need to turn off IBIS when on a tripod, like you do with lens stabilization?

Thanks for all the great input here!!

So, the 70-200 f/2.8 II lens, wouldn't need to have stabilization turned off when on a tripod...for still or video?

C
I did a video job last year with the 70-200 f2.8 II where I had to extend my tripod up very high to clear a wall that I had to shoot over. The tripod was also on a platform that flexed somewhat. Without having the IS in the lens on, the video would have been a shaky mess, even though it was on a tripod. I left IS on, and the video turned out very good with no noticeable shake. I normally turn off the IS on all of my lenses when taking long exposure stills on a tripod though. But, it's possible it might be ok if you don't. If in doubt, test it. One time I had the first gen Tamron 24-70 f2.8 most definitely cause tripod long exposures to be blurry with the IS on, so I've just always turned it off on my lenses during long exposures ever since.
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R5 banding (or lack thereof) when using electronic shutter

After some early indications that the banding that plagued the R when using the electronic shutter under artificial lighting was much better with the R5, I decided to try to forego the mechanical shutter entirely and just use the electronic shutter.

Well, it seems that the R5 might have some barely noticeable banding under some artificial light sources with the electronic shutter. The banding I saw was really only noticeable if you took multiple photos of the same thing and then scrolled through them in the playback view. You can see a very slight brightness difference in part of the photos from one photo to the next. The banding seems to be very very wide, like think half the frame wide. So it's not so much banding as much as it is part of the photo is just slightly brighter than the other part. And the actual amount of difference between the light and dark parts of the "banding" is very minor. The reason I'm describing it instead of posting an example is that I can't really point out any area of the photo that actually shows the banding. So, overall this is pretty promising.

I'm interested to hear others' experiences with using the electronic shutter under artificial lights.
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Industry News: Sony Alpha a7s III images leak ahead of tomorrow’s announcement

The point is that you never had to be anxious about not
overheating in the middle of a shoot when using standard
modes with Canon cameras before.

And you certainly never had to wait for so long if indeed
you did run into overheating problems.

I have shot theatre plays of two hours length with multiple
5D class cameras, with only a few frames lost every 29:59min.

Impossible with the R5.

So yes, no matter how much denial amasses on this forum,
the R5/R6 are a big step backwards in regard to their video
usability - in real world environments, in professional use.

They are great stills cameras, nonetheless.

There were many documented cases where productions using 5D Mark II bodies rotated three or more bodies in practice to avoid heating issues. To say that this is the first time anyone had to worry about a Canon camera overheating during video shooting is disingenuous.
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There may be a higher-end APS-C mirrorless announced in late 2020, early 2021 [CR2]

The blue part above is the slippery slope. If R7 is a mirrorless 7D3 and that is all they offer with R mount + APS-C, they can (as others have said here) get away with just 2-3 crop RF lenses -- an ultrawide zoom a la EF-M 11-22, standard zoom a la EF-M 15-45 or 18-55, etc.

But they minute they cross over into the bigger / wider use-case / more varied userbases of general crop shooters (even at the 90D price point), there will be pressure to offer a proper line of crop-only RF glass -- they'll want small telephoto zooms, 60mm 1:1 macro, pancakes, etc. That's tantamount to double/triple dipping on EF-S and EF-M, and I think Canon would only go there if they intended to get rid of EF-S altogether. They will certainly eventually get to that point, but it may not be that soon. Crop SLRs still make Canon a ton of money, don't they?

- A
People buy 7Ds for using with big telephoto lens not wide angle but could use a speed booster adapter to use existing wide angle EF lens
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R5 has very noticeable clunk/rattle when the camera is off

Anybody else gotten an R5 yet and noticed a very noticeable clunk or rattle when the camera is moved or shaken when the camera is off? It's much less noticeable when the camera is on. I assume it's related to the IBIS. But wow, that doesn't inspire a lot of confidence. Sounds like something is just loose inside the camera. Does not seem to be any different if I turn off the IBIS and then turn off the camera.

Otherwise very happy with the camera after just playing around with it for a few minutes. But that rattle will take some getting used to. :oops:

TESTED MINE HERE IN NYC TODAY AND HEARD AND FELT THE SHAKE/RATTLE
yess is kinda freaks me out but i have baby'ed the camera since i got it THURS AM and used an adapted 50mm stm lens and old 24-70 F2.8 EF lens and now today used my new RF 24-70 F2.8 lens with IS on street bball testing the SERVO AF had more keeper then i could remember shooting bball before
but that SHAKE/RATTLE IS IT REALLY NORMAL
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DPR R5 video review summary

I mean, you can’t do an in-depth review in Chris&Jordan’s format, about fifteen minutes worth of video. And that’s not the point either. People who have spent six months absorbing every tidbit about a camera are very unlikely to learn anything particularly new, but those are not the key intended audience either.
You could certainly cover some more details without much extra effort or time. I personally think they could ditch the 'comedy' from their videos.. don't find it funny or entertaining at all.. that would free up some time... but hey, that's just my opinion
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