Exploring The History of Innovation: The Canon EOS 5 Series

[Hector1970]

Lovely article. It brought back memories. Nice to see the Canon 5 film camera mentioned. It was quite good. I’ve had fun with the 5 series. I still have a 5DSR, 5DIV and R5 on the go. I’m tempted by the R5 II. The R5 has been so good I haven’t a compelling desire to change. After photographing puffins last week I could do with better autofocus tracking. My 5DIII is a paperweight at home. A reminder of the dangers of seascape photography. I was completely knocked over by a rogue wave. The 70-200mm that was on it is still perfect but the 5DIII didn’t survive. It has a nice bit of corrosion from the seawater. I use it to show people the inside of a mirrored camera for a beginners class.

 

[briangus]

In 2018, I bought an early EOS R model, hoping for a very new camera to be quite reliable, after an EOS 5D III and and EOS 5D IV. My expectations in terms of an identical reliability were not one single time exaggerated.
In 7 years, not one single freezing or mechanical failure.

I got the R on release day and shortly afterwards it crashed.
Presumed it might have been an issue the battery grip, but started to crash without it.
Maybe I was tempting fate using a combo of my initials and RF
BA + RF, because it barfed quite frequently
After 9 months and 200k clicks on the R, I sold the MKIV and bought a 2nd R
My second R has never had an issue

 

[bf]

It inspired me to remember memories of the digital vs negative era! I agree with the key statement: Canon was the 1st to offer a full-frame prosumer DSLR in the $3K range. All other competitors entered that domain a few years later. The pricing remained consistent for the life of 5D.

 

[vladk]

5 series made me Canon fan forever. I owned 5DII, 5DIV, R5, and own R5II. All cameras delivered pretty much everything I could dream of at that time. As a result, I never seriously considered switching to Nikon (D8xx were amazing, but not amazing enough to switch), and to SONY (I tried it before R5 was released, but SONY ergonomics put me away).
As I am 60+, R5II might be my last camera to own unless something truly extraordinary comes to light.