Been a member on this site for about ten years. That's long enough to see the same patterns of prediction and response play out dozens of times. It cracks me up how some things don't change, even if many of the usernames do.
What I do know is that over that time, and despite howling and foaming at the mouth from some, Canon still rolls on, producing incredible products -- despite competition, pandemic, recessions, inflation, etc.
Brand new, higher-resolution sensor, new processor, improved Autofocus, double the max burst rate, no record limit in video, oversampled 4K, and more -- and Canon keeps the launch price the same as the camera's predecessor two years ago -- in a world of ridiculous inflation.
And people still winge and say silly things, like that it's just a firmware update. Newsflash: Frame rate is driven by speed of the sensor readout, processing power, buffer depth, and write speed. Not just firmware.
Can you imagine if three years ago, I said Canon's
6-Series body could shoot 40 FPS silently with mild rolling shutter? That it used deep learning AF to accurately track a variety of subjects with incredible accuracy? And it would only be USD $2,500 (only $500 more than the 6DII at the time)? People would have thought I was HarryFilm (no offense, Harry
)!
How quickly people forget that the 6 Series was once Canon's full frame entry tier. It just shows how incredible the R6 was to be so well equipped when it launched alongside the R5.
I love my R5, but I'm
really excited to tell my brother about the R6II as he's been on the fence about whether to get the R6 or the R5, price being a significant factor.
What an amazing time we live in to be so spoiled for choice with a veritable smorgasbord of incredibly capable offerings from a variety of companies.
Stepping off the soapbox now...
Fun Thought: In the spring of 2020, a 5DIV was $3,500. And you got a whopping 7 FPS.