I think that's Peter's point...the key word here is "on a tripod", a tripod is the last thing I'm lugging around when I'm doing a sunset swimsuit shoot half way down the beach; let alone for a model that will probably never do more than upload them to her Instagram feed at a 960x1200 resolution.61mp against 30mp on say 5DIV gives only 41% more resolution, I don't think it takes incredible effort to get sharp images from Sony on a tripod.
I think they are going to go for volume rather than high margin on each unit.
Any thoughts on the quickest way to get an R5 once they become available? Do I pre-order through a big national site like Adorama or a local camera store chain where I've been buying cameras and lenses for the past 7 or 8 years? My preference is generally to support local camera stores, but I would really like to get my hands on an R5 by early Fall, if possible.
No such logicNever ever get a first batch product. Wait for the kinks to be worked out in the second batch.
if the price really is $6700 USD, that will be a no for me, regrettably!
At $6700 USD it goes head to head with the 1DX III. That doesn't seem smart at all to me.
I'm truly curious here...why would you switch to Sony? Based on your signature you have the exact same Canon body and glass that I do and I'm still getting paid every day for photography jobs using my setup; what exactly do you think you are missing that Sony will provide? No matter what the price of the R5 I have no real interest in getting it; my current setup can still handle every job I throw at it.Exactly. A7RIV is the competitor here. Also Z7 is around $3500. So it's highly unlikely the R5 will be priced significantly higher than Sony or Nikon.
In case they decide to still charge money for 8K and set it around $4500, I think I'll be switching to Sony. I don't care much about the video specs. I'm loyal to Canon but not that loyal.
I think there are two sides to that discussion. When the 5D IV launched video was not as important, and there were more potential buyers of the 5DIV than there are now. Really the only ones who suddenly started hyping video were YouTubers which then spread to regular camera buyers; who were 'influenced' by all of the YouTubers. Sony saw their window of opportunity and filled the video gap for years while Canon did nothing; but this all happened after the 5DIV launch.
Ironically Panasonic has been there all along with amazing video features in their MFT format but because it was MFT pixel peepers dismissed them and bought into the FF Sony marketing hype. The S1H and S1 was their response to that but they doomed themselves by going with a proprietary L mount and expensive new lenses.
Thought that just crossed my mind: maybe if we spread 10,000 dollar price tag rumors enough Canon will *have* to announce the price, just like they did with the 8K spec clarification
61mp against 30mp on say 5DIV gives only 41% more resolution, I don't think it takes incredible effort to get sharp images from Sony on a tripod.
I think there are two sides to that discussion. When the 5D IV launched video was not as important, and there were more potential buyers of the 5DIV than there are now. Really the only ones who suddenly started hyping video were YouTubers which then spread to regular camera buyers; who were 'influenced' by all of the YouTubers. Sony saw their window of opportunity and filled the video gap for years while Canon did nothing; but this all happened after the 5DIV launch.
Ironically Panasonic has been there all along with amazing video features in their MFT format but because it was MFT pixel peepers dismissed them and bought into the FF Sony marketing hype. The S1H and S1 was their response to that but they doomed themselves by going with a proprietary L mount and expensive new lenses.
In case they decide to still charge money for 8K and set it around $4500, I think I'll be switching to Sony. I don't care much about the video specs. I'm loyal to Canon but not that loyal.
I'm truly curious here...why would you switch to Sony? [...]
Out of nowhere? Check my profile, the number of messages and threads I've participated.As I had suspected all along. The people coming in from out of nowhere complaining the camera does too much...are "getting a Sony" trolls.
++++ But $4500 USD for the R5 would be too muchOut of nowhere? Check my profile, the number of messages and threads I've participated.
I'm all after Canon. But $4500 USD for the R5 would be too much, and currently it's the only camera from Canon I'm interested in. There's also the prospective high-mp R5s, but it'll be of the same price as R5 or higher.