I felt this way going from a 5D4 -> R5 but after a month I never looked back. If I pick up a DSLR—especially a 5 series—it feels enormous.
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Canon EOS R5 Mark II user feedback and discussion
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I felt this way going from a 5D4 -> R5 but after a month I never looked back. If I pick up a DSLR—especially a 5 series—it feels enormous.
Let's hope soon enough. ;-)
Both my current Body 5Dm4 and my future one R5m2 do posses in fact built-in ***. If you go to Interfaces right after the lovely WiFi 6E is stated:
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Unfortunately that spec sheet is misleading; there's no built-in *** in the R5II. You can check the user manual. You can only use an external *** device, same as with the original R5.
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The specs at announcement were a mess. Many ‘features’ were copied from the R1 spec list and pasted into the R5II spec list by regional Canon offices. Just the spec list text was copied and pasted, not the actual features. Built-in *** was one such.
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It's already there. See https://helpx.adobe.com/camera-raw/kb/camera-raw-plug-supported-cameras.html
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Does anyone know if the R5-II body is identical to the R5? I want to get an L-bracket arca mount but I
can't find -any- that list the R5-II (several that list the R5). Have you tried to move your L-bracket from
your R5 to the R5-II?
can't find -any- that list the R5-II (several that list the R5). Have you tried to move your L-bracket from
your R5 to the R5-II?
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There is a thread for this topic: https://www.canonrumors.com/forum/threads/canon-r5-mark-ii-l-bracket.43842/
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I've had most of the 5D Series, excluding only the Mark II and they were really great handling wise. Once I had a battery grip on them with my large hands. Not having used a R5 M1 at all, I hope the ergonomics of the R5 M2 will be equally as good or better. We'll see, the R5.2 will arrive tomorrow I guess but my dealer here in Germany has no idea when he'll get them or the extra batteries. Could be days, more likely weeks.
Agreed 100%!
There are many advantages of using *** to me and it's not just the location tagging but for timekeeping as well. Having the cameras clock be accurate all the time is one of the advantages and that's not limited to travel photography. Having more than one camera in use (by yourself or multiple photographers) and not having different cameras with inaccurate clocks (due to drift, manually setting them etc) causing problems with images on a timeline makes things less confusing.
However, to me the most important aspect *** is not location or time but both combined, in particular when traveling b/c of timezones and daylight savings time changes. Setting the cameras to local time every time that changes due to TZ or DST doesn't work for me, I always forget to do it until I'm half way through leading.
As I love traveling through the western US, when YouTuber CGP Grey covered DST in a video many many years ago and included the fun one can have with local time between Arizona and Utah one part had me smile b/c I've had experienced it a few years before he made that video: https://youtu.be/84aWtseb2-4?t=304
I wish canon would include *** in all cameras of their single digit lineup. At least they should update the GP-E2 with a new chipset that can use dual-frequency GNSS b/c of how much it improves accuracy in difficult situations like in big cities with sky scrapers, natural canyons or near larger bodies of water.
Anyways, sorry for rambling.
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How do people carry a R3 with the neck strap? I tried a small walk yesterday with the R5m2 and the new viewfinder was constantly pressing into my side. It's kinda annoying tbh
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The eye control is pretty impressive, when it works. Going to experiment with that some more.
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I find this a very weird thing… why would they make such a major function that also is «visible» with super large VF-cup, snd then have it soooo hit and miss? Any incredible function that is not functioning half the time will not get used and will be a constant annoyance.
Like an automatic windshield-wiper you constantly have to adjust or activate/deactivate. What if my Pixel-lights didn’t dim down the oncoming cars 50% of the time? It would just be tried and then turned off permanently. I don’t get it…
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But when it works, it’s like magic! Jeff Cable talks about it in his olympic retrospective: http://blog.jeffcable.com/2024/08/how-did-canon-r1-canon-r5-mkii-and-new.html
I hope I can get some time today to test it outside the house today, moving the point to the clock, plant, books and finally the TV is feeling like a video game at this point
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Is there a battery in the standard delivery package of the Eor R5 II? At each other camera I bought from Canon in the last decades it was. Did Canon remove it? Or did the seller remove it?
I received an update on delivery (Eos r5 II plus two extra batteries), where it says, the body will be sent in the first September days, but the two batteris will be postponed. But I can use older Canon batteries from the R5 with restrictions until they arrive. No battery will de included with the delivery of the body.
I received an update on delivery (Eos r5 II plus two extra batteries), where it says, the body will be sent in the first September days, but the two batteris will be postponed. But I can use older Canon batteries from the R5 with restrictions until they arrive. No battery will de included with the delivery of the body.
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Got mine yesterday as a somewhat belated birthday present (yay, happy me!).
The battery situation is a clusterfuck like nothing else. All my local dealers in Germany have received zero (!) additional batteries, no online retailer has them, too; with it being a necessity for pre-shooting and the likes, and at a €119 retail price, a costly mistake for canon to make so early.
I only had the chance to play around with mine in the evening, was at a local zoo - a good and somewhat controlled environment where you can test the new features. Eye Control I couldn't get to work properly so far, pre-shooting works a blast, though. The EVF is somewhat sharper and actually a lot brighter, as is the rear LCD. Nice! What I thought was really hit-and-miss was exposure, no matter what setting I used (evaluative, centered ...). I might need to get to gripes with that.
Also of note: you can't exposure-compensate when pre-shooting - you might think "d'oh!" about that, but I am actually constantly riding the dial in weird lighting conditions. Oh well, I need to adapt a different approach then.
The battery situation is a clusterfuck like nothing else. All my local dealers in Germany have received zero (!) additional batteries, no online retailer has them, too; with it being a necessity for pre-shooting and the likes, and at a €119 retail price, a costly mistake for canon to make so early.
I only had the chance to play around with mine in the evening, was at a local zoo - a good and somewhat controlled environment where you can test the new features. Eye Control I couldn't get to work properly so far, pre-shooting works a blast, though. The EVF is somewhat sharper and actually a lot brighter, as is the rear LCD. Nice! What I thought was really hit-and-miss was exposure, no matter what setting I used (evaluative, centered ...). I might need to get to gripes with that.
Also of note: you can't exposure-compensate when pre-shooting - you might think "d'oh!" about that, but I am actually constantly riding the dial in weird lighting conditions. Oh well, I need to adapt a different approach then.
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Happy luck to you, Mr. Moritz!
Interesting. I just had a call with the dealer and they said: No battery included!!! I´ll phone Canon support, maybe they can tell me, if there a battery normally included of if they ship versions without it. If there is a battery normally included, the dealer get´s another call from me to include it.
How cheeky is that?
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I am very interested in the expansion of exposure metering. For years, EOS cameras had the 384 zone (24x16) metering. Now: evaluate 6144 zones from a 96x64 grid.
What does this mean in real practical situations? Are you able (or anyone else) to test this (i.e. R5 II next to an older camera)? Are there benefits, what do you see?
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I still have my "old" R5 - but I don't think that I can conclusively test this for you. My initial reaction, though, was that the new metering is off by my (!) eye - but that's coming from a two-hour test drive of mine and scenes with a setting sun. Don't sweat it, we'll be fine ;-)
Here's a shot I noise-reduced and brightened up in LR Classic I took with the R5ii and the RF100-500 @500 mm. Electronic shutter and pre-capture - without it I would've missed... ;-) ISO 8.000, 1/2000th, f8, AF-C and AF set to look for birds.
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I just hang on the phone, after an one hour phone call with Canon. After a lot of persons, I spoke to, they confirmed, that there is an battery attached. Thank you for the information. The dealer was informed, that the Product is delivered with a battery. If they deliver it without and remove it to earn extra money, I´ll have to inform Canon. Let´s see, if it will be missing.
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