THIS! Absolutely THIS.
I still personally think a bump to 30-36mp would have been a welcome addition, but it likely would have impacted resolution scaling performance for video as well as others areas of data throughput. That said, I would rather have a camera with its only practical limitation being image resolution because I prefer 24-26mp (sweet spot) and only
need resolution higher resolution for the commercial and magazine work I do. The R5 comes in and handles that job very nicely and then goes back into the bag.
I make the majority of my income covering motorsports, events and shooting video - currently, the R3 is arguable the best camera in the world at this job with all things considered. The R1 will no doubt best the R3 in all of these categories and offer up a new, modern battery that I’ve been yearning for. It’s currently one of the few weaknesses I deal with on my R3 (I currently use up the health of 2 LP-E19 batteries a year, something I simply didn’t experience with my 1DXII.) So the R3 is my personal “flagship” camera and comes with me to every single job - photo and video.
I completely understand that my needs aren’t the needs of other photographers. Resolution may take priority for more photographers out there…but I also think that many people have set unrealistic standards for how much resolution they think they need. Just like 8 years ago a 40+mp camera may have been considered Sci-Fi space technology and now it’s considered “not enough” for a YouTuber that has never made a print or been hired for a commercial job in their life. Haha But progress is progress. I agree that it’s frustrating to see no increase in resolution from Canon while other manufacturers appear to be moving ahead. I’m just not sure there is that much importance on pushing those boundaries from a practical application, and I’m sure Canon agrees with that…
I still want a 100mp camera!!