EOS R5 Mark II upgrade or not?

[shawnphoto]

I have the original R5, and have had it for 4 years next month. It's a fine camera that does the work. It seems to be very accurate for photography. Colors are fantastic, but not 100% accurate. The new one is supposed to be lower quality for photography, but is it more accurate with what it does have? Because I would personally take the slightly improved colors over a small increase in dynamic range. I haven't found anyone who has actually A-B tested the R5 and R5 mk II with a detailed color analysis. Honestly, if we exclude video from the equation, should I upgrade to the R5 mk II?

[shawnphoto]

You don't feel constrained, that's great for you. Guess what, my R5 is showing tons of hot pixels, even at .5 second exposure at only 200 ISO. I feel constrained by having to manually delete like 50-60 hot pixels from every long exposure. There is no automatic way to remove these blemishes without ruining the rest of the image. 

I've been thinking for a while that it seems to me that the Japanese don't want to make cameras anymore. And I am perfectly fine with that because there are better options. [Removed comments that go against Canon Community Guidelines]

[Tronhard]

Rather than venting about the state of the whole Japanese camera industry, you could have spent just about 30 seconds researching how to remove hot pixels from your images.
So, I recommend you watch this and try it out.  It might reduce some of your stress and obvious frustration.
How to Fix Hot or Stuck Pixels in Canon Cameras (youtube.com)

[SamanthaW]

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[FloridaDrafter]

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@ctitanic wrote:

If you upgrade now you will be part of the early adopters group. You will suffering of all the minors issues that other users are reporting in this forum and other forums such as the R5 freezing, settings being lost after configuring them, disconnections from Camera Connect, and other issues. 

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Hello, Frank!

I jumped on the R5 bus early, also. I've lost count of the firmware updates for that camera, but I never had problems with it, even in the early days. I kept waiting for it to mess up, like a lot of people were complaining about, but it never did... Go figure 🤔

I've had the R5 II for a little over a week and shot 2,000 or so test shots with no problems. I updated to fw v 1.0.1 when it was available but saw no changes in my experience. I've done some remote shooting with it and had no problems with dropped connections. I shoot stills, so I haven't used the movie feature and probably never will, but reportedly, the vintage lens thing has been taken care of.

To repeat my main reasons for buying the mark II:

>The stacked sensor which, in general, allows 30% more light to hit the sensor. When comparing similar shots from the R5, I noticed lower ISO was needed and better DR.

>Pre-shot in burst mode. My wife's R6 II has this feature, and I've come to really like it.

>The DIGIC accelerator chip.

I will continue to use my R5, as it is a fantastic camera, but so was my 5D IV, 7D II, and on down the line. I've probably sold more prints taken with the 5D IV, but I've shot with it longer. I still use it as well.

Newton

[ctitanic]

FloridaDrafter, I have not said it’s a bad camera and I didn’t say don’t buy it. I said to hold until everything is figured. No everybody is an early adopter.

[FloridaDrafter]

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@ctitanic wrote:

FloridaDrafter, I have not said it’s a bad camera and I didn’t say don’t buy it. I said to hold until everything is figured. No everybody is an early adopter.

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Frank, I totally understood your comment and agree 100% my friend. I started to hold off myself, but it was hard to resist when B&H sent me a stock alert.

Newton

[ctitanic]

I understand the urge 🙂 

I have been many times an early adopter!