Share R5 delivery experience

[richperson]

Mine was order July 9 at 10:33, so I will go on faith that I'm in the Sept 16 batch. I didn't receive a notice, but that email account can tend to hide what it thinks is spam.

 

[Jack Douglas]

Fortunately I have no order so I'm able to work away at other things without being driven to distraction. It's been a productive summer but I'm not faring well raising the $$$. So, having checked this thread I now feel much better.

Jack

 

[TominNJ]

Where do you see the actual time? I can confirm the date (July 9th as well).

the time stamp on the order confirmation email from B&H

 

[Emelero19]

The email I got has no date other than possibly late September I’ll see my camera. I’ll be canceling my order now.

 

[sal7777]

ok, so I did get the update as well.. except mine says September 21st :-(

I ordered my camera July 10 @10am (PST). Apparently B&H is gonna be getting a few shipments— I’m in the “Last week of September” spot. I just got an email from B&H today and says the following.
“
In our email last week, we shared that Canon R5 preorders were very strong and Canon’s deliveries to US retailers have been extremely limited. We also promised to send regular updates.

Since that note, we have not received any R5 deliveries from Canon, but we have received an updated shipment schedule from Canon. Based on this new information, we now expect to ship your order during the last week of September.

We apologize that we previously said the camera would ship on or about September 10th. Canon’s shipping schedule changed, and this is out of our hands. Your place in queue for the camera has not changed.

If we receive any additional information between now and your shipment, we will send an update. If you have any questions, please email us at [email protected].

The launch of the new R5 has been incredibly well received and we know how excited people are to receive this new camera. We apologize for the continuing delay and schedule change. Please accept our sincere commitment that we are working hard to get you your camera to you as quickly as possible.

Thank you,
The B&H Team

 

[sal7777]

So hopefully they got a whole lot more cameras on the ship lol

They’re probably using kayaks and not ships they are only delivering a handful at a time.

 

[Emelero19]

They’re probably using kayaks and not ships they are only delivering a handful at a time.

Order has been cancelled. I very disappointed, I wish I would have just gone through canon direct and not B&H. Never again

 

[Jack Douglas]

"The launch of the new R5 has been incredibly well received and we know how excited people are to receive this new camera." Sure, sure tell me more - it's a dog, it overheats, it over heats and did I say it overheats, I'm placing my order for Sony's amazing 12 MP camera, who needs 40 MP.

Jack

 

[Nelu]

Order has been cancelled. I very disappointed, I wish I would have just gone through canon direct and not B&H. Never again

If you are not a US resident I suggest you check your credit card balance. I bet you’re going to get less money back to your card.
In my case, as a Canadian citizen I got $359CAD less. I posted a thread here about that, here on CR.

 

[BeenThere]

"The launch of the new R5 has been incredibly well received and we know how excited people are to receive this new camera." Sure, sure tell me more - it's a dog, it overheats, it over heats and did I say it overheats, I'm placing my order for Sony's amazing 12 MP camera, who needs 40 MP.

Jack

Hopefully the trolls are giving up and crawling back under their bridge.

 

[Mo Steve]

I received the B&H email as well. In my email they indicated mine should be shipping during the last week of September. I ordered on July 15th.

Hopefully some more impatient people cancel and I get moved up to the September 16th slot .

If this new batch is shipped with firmware version 1.1, we'll know that the delays were firmware related.

 

[Emelero19]

cancelled my preorders from B&H and Amazon. Looked online and called most camera stores within a 200 mile radius. One had it and they held it for me while I drove 1.5 hours for it. Didn’t want the kit but beggars can’t be choosers

 

[sal7777]

Order has been cancelled. I very disappointed, I wish I would have just gone through canon direct and not B&H. Never again

I hear ya on the disappointment, luckily for me, I have no photo shoots anytime soon so I can wait another month. I already have everything else (85mm f/1.2, adapter, battery, but no R body ‍).

Hope you can get your R5 sooner. Cheers!

 

[Quirkz]

Where do you see the actual time? I can confirm the date (July 9th as well).

I checked the time of the order confirmation email

 

[monkeywizard]

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cancelled my preorders from B&H and Amazon. Looked online and called most camera stores within a 200 mile radius. One had it and they held it for me while I drove 1.5 hours for it. Didn’t want the kit but beggars can’t be choosers

I've been tempted to do that, but no real photography places in my city, just gotta call the big-box electronics stores.. :-/

 

[CajunSeo]

Well I did receive an email from Canon saying that my adapter was shipping. It is due to be delivered tomorrow. Now for the rest. I'm really hoping that this means the rest is soon to follow. Positive thinking.

 

[Emelero19]

I've been tempted to do that, but no real photography places in my city, just gotta call the big-box electronics stores.. :-/

funny thing about was that the store I ended up buying it was out if state. But worth it. Heres a photoshoot using it with a RF 70-200mm

 

[tpatana]

Well received my CFExpress reader. Also I got couple cfx cards earlier.

Not sure if they support 8k speeds, so I tried CrystalDiskMark on those. I wonder if the reader, Usb or the card is limiting factor? Can one of you try on your cards to compare?

My results:

SEQ1M Q8T1: 450 / 450
SEQ1M Q1T1: 360 / 390
RND4K Q32T16: 160 / 160
RND4k Q1T1: 26 / 40

Those are magnitude slower than my nvme drive on the pc, but wondering that's the bottleneck on the test.

 

[SteveC]

Well, it's NOT my R5, which I managed to nab on the first day (and the end of the serial number is three digits, not four...barely). But this is something I wanted WITH the R5, and that's a refurb RF 24-105 F/4 L. (Canon, if you're going to make the kit one cent more expensive than the two pieces separately, I'll go find that lens a cheaper way--and this way I get an RP for another three hundred bucks.) I placed the order mid-July when there was a screaming deal on this kit. And now it FINALLY shows as processed.

So I'll finally have a good "everyday" lens for my R5.

 

[Emelero19]

Well, it's NOT my R5, which I managed to nab on the first day (and the end of the serial number is three digits, not four...barely). But this is something I wanted WITH the R5, and that's a refurb RF 24-105 F/4 L. (Canon, if you're going to make the kit one cent more expensive than the two pieces separately, I'll go find that lens a cheaper way--and this way I get an RP for another three hundred bucks.) I placed the order mid-July when there was a screaming deal on this kit. And now it FINALLY shows as processed.

So I'll finally have a good "everyday" lens for my R5.

Dang I actually have the RF24-105 f4L lens for sale brand new. It came as a kit with the R5 and don’t need it. Woulda sold it for a reasonable price