Canon EOS R5 Mark II sensor resolution likely to stick at 45mp but with new AI features [CR2]

[LDS]

Yes, please, make AI features subscription-only. So I can ignore them utterly.

 

[John Wilde]

So why built a good quality lenses but stick with low resolution ?

Because 45MP isn't low resolution.

 

[AlanF]

All im saying is that we might not get the full benefit from 60mp that many people are hoping for, because the lenses also need to be sharp enough for the task.

Again, you never get the "full benefit" - it's an impossibility, the resolution of a lens-sensor pair is the product of the MTFs of each, each one lowers the overall resolution. The question is whether you get a noticeable increase in resolution on improving the lens or sensor. And, it's clear that the R7 does that in reasonable light relative to the R5 for many common lenses.

 

[riker]

I'm absolutely devastated.
- No higher resolution
- AI bullshitting
- Subscription rip-off

I made the EF -> RF switch last summer temporarily using an R7 and a serious value of RF lenses and planning to buy the R5m2 latest Q1 2024 as was hoped...even now I might need to reconsider switching brands. I'm furious.

 

[Cryve]

An AI feature id love to see (if its possible) is that the camera automatically detects the best shutterspeed for a sharp image with a moving subject.

Imagine you are photographing a flying bird and the camera automatically selects the slowest possible shutter speed that still gives you a tack sharp image.

This could revolutionize action photography by giving us potentially lower iso numbers and more sharp shots, because it would also correct too slow shutterspeeds.

 

[Del Paso]

I'm absolutely devastated.
- No higher resolution
- AI bullshitting
- Subscription rip-off

I made the EF -> RF switch last summer temporarily using an R7 and a serious value of RF lenses and planning to buy the R5m2 latest Q1 2024 as was hoped...even now I might need to reconsider switching brands. I'm furious.

"Absolutely devastated" by a camera not meeting your wishes?

 

[AlanF]

Personally, I'd like to see an AI feature that works with eye auto-focus for small groups. I'd love to see a feature that gets every single eye of the people in a portrait tack sharp at the lowest possible aperture. That would help when I give my camera to somebody else to take a group portrait that I'm in ;-)

You just need it to recognise your face. That's easy as my software remembers faces now.

 

[Cryve]

I'm absolutely devastated.
- No higher resolution
- AI bullshitting
- Subscription rip-off

I made the EF -> RF switch last summer temporarily using an R7 and a serious value of RF lenses and planning to buy the R5m2 latest Q1 2024 as was hoped...even now I might need to reconsider switching brands. I'm furious.

Its just a rumor. Lets grab a cup of tea. wait and see. Its just fun to speculate. Its rated CR2, you can get furious when its CR5 ;D

 

[John Wilde]

I feel the same way but Adobe is proof that not everyone feels that way.
I would prefer the Microsoft Office approach where there is a choice between a subscription and a lifetime license.

Microsoft Personal 365 for $70/year strikes me as being a fair deal, particularly when you compare it to what wireless carriers charge for using a smartphone.

 

[John Wilde]

I'm absolutely devastated.

Almost like living in Gaza.

 

[neuroanatomist]

I'm absolutely devastated.
I'm furious.

CR2: This is a rumour that comes from a known source with a track record of giving correct information most of the time, but not always. The information in these rumours do not have a broad consensus from known sources.

If that's all it takes to make you furious and absolutely devastated, how do you function in day-to-day life?

 

[ata bora]

It is really difficult to discuss irrelevant ideas and come to a conclusion. There are 2-3 months until the camera is introduced, so it would be best to see what is going on and evaluate it then.

 

[navastronia]

I will never subscribe to a camera.

Capitalism, in its demand for ever increasing profits, squeezes consumers when production can't get any cheaper. Shrinkflation, collecting and selling user data, and subscription models for goods are all symptoms of the hell we've created and are living in.

 

[navastronia]

Microsoft Personal 365 for $70/year strikes me as being a fair deal, particularly when you compare it to what wireless carriers charge for using a smartphone.

Subscribing to software at a low price must seem like a fair deal when you've already given up on the idea of ownership, which was the norm less than 10 years ago.

 

[Chig]

If the R5 ii has very fast readout stacked sensor and improved AF tracking I'd be content and frankly 45 MP is plenty. Better connectivity to smartphones, etc. would be a huge improvement, Canon's Connect App is laughable and so unreliable it's unusable.

 

[TwoWheeler]

If their new AI is smart enough to reset the card slot back to where I had the damned thing set in the first place when I put the card back in, I’m all for it.

 

[AlanF]

It is really difficult to discuss irrelevant ideas and come to a conclusion. There are 2-3 months until the camera is introduced, so it would be best to see what is going on and evaluate it then.

I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.—Einstein.

 

[AlanF]

An AI feature id love to see (if its possible) is that the camera automatically detects the best shutterspeed for a sharp image with a moving subject.

Imagine you are photographing a flying bird and the camera automatically selects the slowest possible shutter speed that still gives you a tack sharp image.

This could revolutionize action photography by giving us potentially lower iso numbers and more sharp shots, because it would also correct too slow shutterspeeds.

It will happen, sooner or later.

 

[P-visie]

Subscribing to software at a low price must seem like a fair deal when you've already given up on the idea of ownership, which was the norm less than 10 years ago.

You are wrong: When you buy a perpetual software license, you do not get ownership of the software. You buy the right to use the software for as long as you wish (i.e. until the software is no longer supported, or the software does not support your new camera, or the software no longer works because the operating system of your computer becomes obsolete, etc.).

 

[schmidtfilme]

I avoid subscriptions. If Canon would move in this direction I might move to another manufacturer, Sony or Nikon...