SwissFrank said:

If you mean dual-gain, I think Sony or some of the other brands have had it for 4-5 years or something.

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You are confusing dual base ISO sensitivity with dual gain output, they are different things.
Similar technology has been used in RED or Arri cameras to increase the dynamic range.

ethermine said:

Show me a drone with these specific capabilities, form factor, and every component designed, sourced and assembled here in the US by US citizens for around $799 and I’ll bite.

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Interesting that USA makes the best military drone, but consumer drone, it fails. Why?

I just got my Mavic 2 Pro two weeks ago. Love the 1" sensor.

I think that most people will agree that the 1DX2 (and now 3) had the best looking 120fps from any of the camera brands.

Is there any reason to think that the R5 wouldn’t look as good, or better, than the 1DX series?

Mark D5 TEAM II said:

If you have to ask , then you're not part of the target market. Ignorance is bliss. Leave the real pros in peace and don't get in their way.

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Scientists are working on creating an enhanced clone called Mark R5 TAEM I, and it's purpose will be to start petitions across photography websites for making Green Lantern firmware to unlock the full potential of the R5 such as unicorn stripes and other useful video functions

Frodo said:

When I removed it from the card reader, I noticed this physical damage. I'm hoping that this is what caused my problem. The card is going in the trash.View attachment 189906

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I had this issue of the ribs breaking when I first used SD cards several years ago. Normally I didn't have an issue as I never removed the SD, only the CF. I looked around and noticed that many, if not most, have abandoned this form for the far more reliable smooth surface as done in the Sony Tough and others.
I cannot imagine what they were thinking. I have never had a CF card bend pins or fail mechanically. But a tiny rib breaking off in the SD slot would enrage me no end; Especially if I was using an R with only one slot.

StoicalEtcher said:

Excellent, as always Sleeplessin - really effective stuff. Inspiring too - I have a Mavic 2 Pro also, and for some reason I've never thought about flying it at night time - going to have to give that a go now! Thanks
Stoical.

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Thank you, the lights are great, so that you can see the Mavic 2 Pro better than daytime. Also I love the landing light which turns on automatic 10 meter over ground before landing.

Picture This said:

Well its the only one I can afford at present but thanks for your comment

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Just use it stopped down at f/8 and it should work well enough.

derpderp said:

IMHO, an APSC R camera is probably a long shot, but not unrealistic if Canon is keen to provide a one-mount solution. People buy into the M system because its compact and fairly affordable, but there's no path for them to upgrade organically since the M mount is incompatible with the RF/EF mount. An APSC R camera fills in the gap just nicely. Again, more users of the RF mount = more RF lenses being purchased = more $$ for Canon.

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Au contraire mon frère.

The EF-M cameras are perfectly compatible with EF and EF-S lenses.

Great shot, Glenn.

pj1974 said:

I think I'd possibly get the RF 24-105mm for the R5 as a 'walk-about' combination, and go with other lenses and some primes for special purposes. The way I take photos, I don't mind adapters for specialty lenses.

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My thinking precisely. Except that Plan B, if the R5 turns out to be over 3.5-4K, is to go with the RP. I'll lose a lot of features doing so but the money saved will make it worth it. (I just can't see myself with the R6 and its mere 20mpx, and I suspect I'd really hate the R's touchbar--the R with no touchbar would be on my list of possibles if such a thing existed; a 30 mpx R6 would be, too, depending on price.)

[edit to add--one thing the RP would save me is the cost of extra batteries, as it takes the same kind of batteries two of my other cameras take, and I already have extra batteries for them.]

Mt Spokane Photography said:

While Mirrors do cause vibration, shutters should not be a issue. A poor tripod will actually amplify the vibration.

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That’s not strictly true from my experience. One extreme example would be my Pentax 67 MF. Here the shutter causes as much if not more vibration than the mirror !! At the other end of the scale the shutter on my M3 definitely caused the body to vibrate. On my 5DS, nine times out of ten I get critically ( or maybe I should say anally ) sharper images from live view than by optical, even if the focus has been set up in live view and camera on a 058. Non of these wimpy 190 and 055s
. Also I believe that early Sony A7 suffered from shutter shock.
So whilst the lightweight tripod used by the OP would have led to the shutter shock being noticed it doesn’t alter the fact that it exists.

What Canon needs is the iPhone SE in full frame mirrorless world... an entry level device with fantastic guts that will buy people into the Canon family and make them Canon loyalists for a lifetime. So Canon if you can do the R6 for $999, you'd toss Sony to the bottom of the sea in a few short years. Lots of people are still on Rebels or old A6000s and need a cheap reason to switch to Canon's superior glass portfolio. Only question is if you're the company to do it.

If Canon upped this further and did a FF $799 model... game over.

ahsanford said:

...or the R6 is some low light monster video specialist (which I think is less likely).

- A

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I think that highly likely, actually.

Extreme low light performance with IBIS just screams surveillance model. Law enforcement is always looking for better tech.

Hi guys, just to let you know that I managed to grab an open box 1DX III recently so I more than happy to answer a few questions.
Also, got a discount code for CF express cards from pro grade digital. If you want 15% off your next purchase, type in IWANTIT15
With a 1TB card, it gives you roughly 49min in raw 60fps
Cheers

koenkooi said:

Nothing in the documentation mentions that, and Canon calls the sizes differently as well

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ok, not the answer I expected, as the filter looks similar to my drop in polarizer.
Hmmm. Maybe I´ll try get an adapter on amazon and try it. if it does not work, I will send it back

SkynetTX said:

Exactly as you said. And do not forget that on the macula no "image data" is recorded. That's why the eye is unable to capture one single moment: the brain has to stitch the previously recorded images together. Therefore we don't need high megapixel sensors with small pixels. And I think it's better to have a smaller resolution sensor with a higher DLA than a higher resolution sensor with a smaller DLA.

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Actually, no--that's why we need higher resolution over a wide area.

Your eye looks at the real world with a very small, high pixel density area, and stiches it...you're right about that part.

But it cannot do that with a low-res photograph, because the actual detail isn't there to stitch together.

When you're looking at a photograph intended to represent the real world, just like looking at the real world, it's free to travel around, and wherever it lands, it expects to see high res. So it has to be there, edge to edge, or your eye won't see it on whatever part of the picture it is looking at.

R5orR6 said:

Thanks for the feedback! I'm hopefully going on a tropical trip in July and would like a newer Canon camera. Hopefully the airlines will be back up!

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I doubt that either the R5 or R6 will be available in July.

Hi,

Do you think Canon could announce a 500 5.6 like Nikon ?

TAF said:

That is the range I am expecting. Given the current economic conditions, I would hope that it would be at the lower end.

The associated question then will be how much with the RF 24-105L kit lens?

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The RF 24-105L seems to be getting some very good reviews. At $1100 currently it is probably a very good lens to pair with the upcoming R5. Hopefully if they have a kit option with the R5 the price will be less so as to be worth the kit, and probably a very good choice to get.

bhf3737 said:

minus (mirror mechanism and its driving motor)
plus (IBIS and its driving motors, heftier battery, electronic view finder, tilty-flippy screen)
overall: smaller, thinner, almost the same weight as 5D4.
Additional stuff are more on the software side and software does not add to physical weight.

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... Minus a fairly dense and not exactly tiny pentaprism that is heavier than all of the mirror and it's motor...

SteveC said:

That's fair enough, at this point it's largely guesswork. ("Mark my words" comes across as a lot more (over-, in this case) confident than an estimate.)

I bounce around between thinking they're going to smack the competition with a ~3500 price tag...or price it somewhere on the moon. As for the R6, I don't care. Unless it's ridiculously cheap, I'd prefer an RP over that low-res sensor. (But I really want an R5 if it's not ridiculously priced.)

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I base my estimate on many things....mainly the fact that the RF lenses aren't cheaper than their EF equivalents, there are already 3 camera bodies in that price range if not more (Sony A9II $4500, S1H $4,000, and the Panasonic S1 with similar specs to the R6 is $2500), it is a shrinking market so fewer customers mean remaining customers pay more, there will be high demand after customers waited so long (high demand means higher price at least initially), if you look at inflation and exchange rates $4,000 in today's USD is around $3300 in 2015's USD, the list goes on.

Also, Canon during their NAB conference mentioned the 5D debuted below $4,000. $3999 is still below $4000. For the people that say Canon can afford to release these bodies way cheaper just to make a statement....you need to look no farther than their RF glass prices to see Canon needs to get back their R&D; making a statement is for non profits.

schiueva said:

I wonder why do they release the new C300 and it’s only have 4K 120 in super 35 and looks like the R5 has way better spec. It make me wonder how much limitations R5 will have.

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You are getting hung up on specs instead of looking at the big picture. The C300 is a real Cinema camera meaning unlimited recording, ND filters, XLR inputs, amazing new dual gain 16 stop DR sensor, 3 cards slots VFR up to 180fps, Cinema body form factor, DPAF in a cinema body, Cinema RAW light, 4:2:2: 10 bit LongGOP, 4 channel audio recording...need I continue. That camera is far more than the sum of its parts and no production studio making a feature film would consider the R5 as anything more than a crash cam.

Also, lets not forget we still don't know everything about the R5; recording limits, will it record video to both cards at lower resolutions, will Canon release an XLR module for it, will it overheat on hot days at the higher frame rates, what are the compression modes for the resolutions below RAW, etc, etc. If I was shooting a major production the R5 wouldn't even be on my consideration list.

The images look better than what comes out of a phone camera, I don't think folks buying this in a kit with a RP will be disappointed.

I don't think anyone that visits this forum is in the target market for this lens.

Very nice shots, dpc. I especially like the first one.

Peter in Boulder said:

Thanks for that Glen. In a non-Coronavirus world, my wife and I would have been in Costa Rica right now. This will have to do for now

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We should be in Peru right now. But, I have been able to find lots of local birds so the gear is getting good use.

My 5DS/R has served me very well indeed. I like it even more than I did the 5DII. Its also still my goto camera compared to the R.

The R5 will probably be a better camera in many ways - especially because mirrorless excels at advanced and precise AF. But also things such as touch screen, fully articulated screen, more fps if you need it etc. Still, I am going to wait for Canon's high megapix missorless camera, because I doubt that the R5 will bring visually better files to the table. For that we will have to wait a little longer.