Canon generally announce before an expo and puts what they announced on displayI am not a “Canon is doomed” guy, but if they don’t announce something at NAB, they will have made a serious strategic mistake.
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Canon generally announce before an expo and puts what they announced on displayI am not a “Canon is doomed” guy, but if they don’t announce something at NAB, they will have made a serious strategic mistake.
Canon would not have made them if no one requested them.Because EF lens can mount to other cinema camera. RF lens may have not have chance.
Most people do not upgrade every model anyway.What might the R5II offer to tempt a very, very happy R5 owner?
I am not concerned with lenses.A mid-may or late may announcement for the R5ii makes sense if they don’t have all things sorted out yet or were afraid of having production issues (we all know what statement will be released hours after the R5mkii announcement…). But why didn‘t Canon announce at least a couple of lenses within the last six months? There are still holes (or in some cases huge gaps) in the current RF lineup and it would have been very well received to fill in at least a couple of them…
Thank you, Sanj!It will be ok! Happy recovery!
Most people do not upgrade every model anyway.
Agree strongly.Some things that would make R5II a killer camera:
Pre shooting/recording in both still and video with a good size 3sec+ buffer
Eye control AF
Stacked BSI sensor 55mpx so it will do 9k oversampling footage
Handheld high resolution mode with RAW capability
Star tracker mode using IBIS
On sensor 4k and 2k video panning or animal tracking (let's see those AI features at work!)
1/1000+ flash sync
Where did you find that the R5 is capped to 400MB/s?I hope that the CFe write speed won’t be capped to 400MByte/s like the R5 does.
It is my understanding that the fastest shooting speeds on the Z9 are not raw images like the R5 can record.The Nikon Z9 shows how beneficial a fast CFe card is when the buffer runs out.
Current faster CFe cards claim burst write speeds are >1500MB/s.And I hope for CFe 4.0 support, the sustained write speeds of the cards on the market is already above 2000MByte/s!
Do you mean a 55mp sensor with a 3+second buffer would be 60 images (3x20fps) x 55mp*14bit = 46GB buffer storage?Some things that would make R5II a killer camera:
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Pre shooting/recording in both still and video with a good size 3sec+ buffer
Stacked BSI sensor 55mpx so it will do 9k oversampling footage
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I'm in the same situation. I was expecting an update to my C200 years ago and I've given up hope that will happen. I got a Komodo-X while waiting and I offset that with a C70 and R5. I also recently parted ways with my C200 (probably have to change my username at some point) and all my EF glass while I could still get a decent price for it. For me, I just need something more cinematic than the C70 right now. The Red Raptor would be a dream camera, but it's too far out of my budget. With Red's recent acquisition by Nikon, the future of the RF mount is also in question...and also all rumors at this point. The C300S would be ideal but I can't wait much longer without a bone of some sort - give me a leaked image or something. Hell, I'd be happy with an image of an early proof of concept or even patent request. The Fx9/Fx6 are expecting an update later this year so it is tempting to jump ship if Canon remains quiet. Especially with the higher-end Burano that just came out. Do I want to move to Sony? Honestly, no, but at this point, everything with Canon is just rumors (for the entire division!!!) and I'm tired of waiting for something that may never come when Sony is actually delivering. Fingers and toes crossed for some good news this weekend.Love Canon and have invested heavily in RF glass getting ready to offload our C300mk3s for a new FF RF Cinema cam. If it is not announced or coming soon, we have to jump to Sony.
Earlier tests and what I observed myself pointed to 400-ish Mbyte/s, it’s nice that it’s slightly more, 520Mbyte/s, but that’s still way below what the cards can do.Where did you find that the R5 is capped to 400MB/s?
Sustained 8K30 raw write speed is 2600Mb/s (~325MB/s) but in theory, burst write speed is faster. Originally, Canon released a table approving a few CFe cards for 8K30 recording but that table was never updated.
RFshooters tested 10 CFe cards where the R5 write speed is >500MB/s
https://rfshooters.com/blog/cameras/canon-r5/memory-cards/
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Same here. It just taking wayyyyyy to long and canon us now falling behind. They need to tease something incredible. Or release more often with smaller updates.Love Canon and have invested heavily in RF glass getting ready to offload our C300mk3s for a new FF RF Cinema cam. If it is not announced or coming soon, we have to jump to Sony.
Have you heard ANYTHING on the rumored RF 24mm f/1.4 and the RF 14mm f/1.2 or f/1.4 (competitor to Sonys 14mm f1.8 GM). Sonys 14mm GM is awesome (great IQ, very compact and light) for astro BUT Canon has nothing to compete with this 14mm lens! So when can we realistically expect the Canon RF 14mm f1.2 or f/1.4?
Or else, what? You’ll switch to Sony, too? I’m sure Canon will respond to that dire threat.Same here. It just taking wayyyyyy to long and canon us now falling behind. They need to tease something incredible. Or release more often with smaller updates.
Releasing a €4500 camera each year that is only slightly different from its predecessor sounds very much like the Sony way of doing things: firmware updates are done by purchasing the newer model, not through free-as-in-beer downloads.Same here. It just taking wayyyyyy to long and canon us now falling behind. They need to tease something incredible. Or release more often with smaller updates.
Are you using the most basic of lenses?I'm in the same situation. I was expecting an update to my C200 years ago and I've given up hope that will happen. I got a Komodo-X while waiting and I offset that with a C70 and R5. I also recently parted ways with my C200 (probably have to change my username at some point) and all my EF glass while I could still get a decent price for it. For me, I just need something more cinematic than the C70 right now. The Red Raptor would be a dream camera, but it's too far out of my budget. With Red's recent acquisition by Nikon, the future of the RF mount is also in question...and also all rumors at this point. The C300S would be ideal but I can't wait much longer without a bone of some sort - give me a leaked image or something. Hell, I'd be happy with an image of an early proof of concept or even patent request. The Fx9/Fx6 are expecting an update later this year so it is tempting to jump ship if Canon remains quiet. Especially with the higher-end Burano that just came out. Do I want to move to Sony? Honestly, no, but at this point, everything with Canon is just rumors (for the entire division!!!) and I'm tired of waiting for something that may never come when Sony is actually delivering. Fingers and toes crossed for some good news this weekend.
Releasing a €4500 camera each year that is only slightly different from its predecessor sounds very much like the Sony way of doing things: firmware updates are done by purchasing the newer model, not through free-as-in-beer downloads.
That sort of consumerism and e-waste generating nonsense rubs me the wrong way, like Shein does.
Do they? I suppose, if you cherry pick the less popular lines. There have been 15 a7-series models in the past 10 years. 5 of them have been a7R models, averaging a 2-year cycle. The others generally average a ~3 year cycle. The a7S II came out 18 months after the original.Come on, let's not get into hyberbole here. Sony uses the same 4 or 5 year release cycle as Canon and Nikon do. A1 was released in 2021 and is likely to be replaced in 2025. A9ii was released in 2019 and the A9iii was released in 2023.