Don't get me wrong; I'm bummed out. But I'm also a nerd about interfaces (like, have a masters in it) so I'm trying to not let this one thing overshadow what is, by all accounts, a tremendous improvement from any existing canon.
Alternately: ZOMG NERF GUN STRIKES AGAIN THEYRE DOOMED THE 8K IS PROBABLY 4 BIT 2:0:0 MJPEG
I am hard to please, irrational, and would be willing to pay 500 more, even if I never experienced AF-ON myself.
An analogy - nowadays, I am similarly upset with the strobes. Wanted some TTL one, so was looking at new Elinchrom ELB500 (as we've got ELB400, which recently broke). They have innovated by removing strap holders and hardwiring cables to the flash head, to make "life easier". I am refusing to buy it for jus this stupidity. Thought Profoto B10 might save my day - so much money they ask for, to just find out, that their air remote can't display the strobe power, nor does it offer focusing beam light.
I simply always find some parameter, which ruins it for me, while not necessarily important to others. As for the R5, I don't care about the video upon basic 4K to crop down to FHD, FHD 120 would be nice for slow-mo, but I definitely care about the advancements in focusing for stills and would hate, if it comes later with some cheapo model, while living for another 4-5 years without it on the R5 ...