It is a fantastic camera in the field. A great upgrade in workflow and image quality from the 5D4. I refuse to see all the negative hype as anything more than the perpetual victim mentality on display, or people who can't sort marketing from specification. The vast majority of criticisms have been presented with sensationalism and whining tones. Most of these people don't even own the camera and they are mortally offended and being exceptionally loud about it- so don't buy it, no one cares.
The only conclusion I reach from the volume and tone of the bashing is, people are just not very rational or bright anymore, or maybe they need something to do or feel power over in our world today. They can't decide what tools to buy without some parasite vlogger telling them what to think and do. The vloggers are just beating a dead horse because they make their living doing nothing but blathering about the achievements or failings of others. Out of all the reviews, I've seen maybe 10% delivered objectively and intelligently where the reviewer is actually respectable and adding any value or interest. The others are stirring up simple minded people who are emotionally manipulated easily.
My real world experience with my R5: Over the last two weeks I've shot astrohphotography, climbed to the top of a challenging 13,200 ft mountain, taken several landscapes outings in between mostly terrible sky and smoke conditions. I've noticed how easy the workflow is: hardly noticed any learning necessary coming from any other Canon body, things are just intuitive and even easier. I took this as my only cam on a backpacking trip and it performed flawlessly with one battery lasting me 2.5 days of regular shooting before I needed to switch. The compactness and weight was welcome. Concerns about missing optical viewfinder diminishing more and more as I enjoy seeing final results in the EVF before I take the shot, and reviewing after. I can shoot so slow handheld. Focus or HDR brackets are so easy to do. Somehow I don't need my GND filters very much and still preserve both shadows and highlights. The detail captured is beautiful and when there is noise it is an ordered quality that cleans up better. Tracking and AF performance is ridiculous on my same old EF lenses. I've even used the "unusable" 4K30 (accordint to loudmouth reviewers and wannabe vloggers). The basic 4K is great by the way. I've done enough to prove to myself how well thought out and good this performs in terms of just letting the user create and it is the ease and enjoyment of shooting with it that makes the price tag worth it more than some spec sheet comparison. The only people who cannot get great stills OR video with this camera are primarily amateurs who suck, complain about gear they don't even own, or professionals trying to push it into use cases it was not designed for to get attention. The HQ video modes are just a bonus for me, and this is the best full frame hybrid anyone has made yet, in an amazing system of lenses. Vloggers can and should look elsewhere and just stop whining. This was built for professional stills and quality full frame 4K30 video with some extreme HQ video tricks for short duty use.
Anyway, here are some rather avarage looking test shots, not that great of examples as far as my work goes since opportunities to get to good light in golden or blue hour are slim right now, but proof that I could go out in the field without my trusty 5D4, and have not had a single issue getting shots with less effort than any previous camera. These are ~20-25% of the original size with mostly light editing for contrast, color, etc. The full size images crop very well and have tons of detail. This is going to serve me well for years.
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