Canon EOS R5 Unite and Discuss!

goalerjones wrote in post #19158192
Still no EF-R adapters...

Looks like you just missed the boat. There were more than 20 in stock at Canon direct store just a day or two ago.

My dead R5 is back from CPS. The repair ticket says it had the main circuit board replaced. Same thing happened to my new 7dII a few years back!!

I have to test it and reprogram it now........

edmidlifecrisis wrote in post #19158344
My dead R5 is back from CPS. The repair ticket says it had the main circuit board replaced. Same thing happened to my new 7dII a few years back!!

I have to test it and reprogram it now........

My R5 froze for the first time the other day (I've taken about 10-15 thousand shots) but a quick removal and replacement of the battery did the trick. Your experience had me worried for a second or two though.

Good luck with the repaired camera. Better for it to give up the ghost now rather than a couple of years time I suppose.

mccamli wrote in post #19158517
My R5 froze for the first time the other day (I've taken about 10-15 thousand shots) but a quick removal and replacement of the battery did the trick. Your experience had me worried for a second or two though.

Good luck with the repaired camera. Better for it to give up the ghost now rather than a couple of years time I suppose.

Agreed. Most failures happen in the short term after purchase. My 7DII had the same issue about 5 years ago. After the board was replace it has gone many tens of thousands of clicks without any issues.

Looks like Kenmore is sold out already. Showed stock this afternoon, but now on backorder. Probably a good thing, if I get a 2nd R5 I would have to start making decisions about all my other gear.

Would V60 rated SD cards suffice for R5 use? I don’t need to do 8k video. 4K video (mostly 1080p) and BIF photography are the primary uses.

i got an r 5 from Kenmore this afternoon. should be here next week. i have an r now. which in all honesty is my least favorite body that i have owned

goalerjones wrote in post #19158192
Still no EF-R adapters...

Several aftermarket ones avail on Amazon

AcademicNomad wrote in post #19158593
Would V60 rated SD cards suffice for R5 use? I don’t need to do 8k video. 4K video (mostly 1080p) and BIF photography are the primary uses.

The V60 will suffice. All are not created equal, so do some research on the unit you are considering.

https://shop.prograded​igital.com …s-ii-v60-250r-memory-card

Methodical wrote in post #19158651
The V60 will suffice, but if you can stretch it go for a V90 (not necessary though). All are not created equal, so do some research on the unit you are considering.

https://shop.prograded​igital.com …s-ii-v60-250r-memory-card

Thanks

AcademicNomad wrote in post #19158593
Would V60 rated SD cards suffice for R5 use? I don’t need to do 8k video. 4K video (mostly 1080p) and BIF photography are the primary uses.

Exactly what I wanted to know as well. I won't even do any video (at least for now). It's just BIF.
I was considering V90 to be on safer side. V60 is 130 MB/s vs V90 250 MB/s. Almost double the speed.
I don't know if buffer will runout for V60 when you are doing a burst.

rndman wrote in post #19158744
Exactly what I wanted to know as well. I won't even do any video (at least for now). It's just BIF.
I was considering V90 to be on safer side. V60 is 130 MB/s vs V90 250 MB/s. Almost double the speed.
I don't know if buffer will runout for V60 when you are doing a burst.

I’d go V90 to be on the safe side and to have just in case you decide to flip that video button.

rndman wrote in post #19158744
Exactly what I wanted to know as well. I won't even do any video (at least for now). It's just BIF.
I was considering V90 to be on safer side. V60 is 130 MB/s vs V90 250 MB/s. Almost double the speed.
I don't know if buffer will runout for V60 when you are doing a burst.

I use ProGrade V60 SD cards almost exclusively on my R5 right now. If you shoot CRAW and mechanical shutter, you'll have a challenge to outrun the buffer, but it can be done. If you shoot RAW, it's a bit easier to fill the buffer as expected.

I get between 80-90 shots on average when using CRAW and a V60 card, and around 50 shots on average when using RAW. I rarely hold the shutter down that long, and normally use the mechanical shutter, so I rarely run into the buffer.

JayLT wrote in post #19158977
I use ProGrade V60 SD cards almost exclusively on my R5 right now. If you shoot CRAW and mechanical shutter, you'll have a challenge to outrun the buffer, but it can be done. If you shoot RAW, it's a bit easier to fill the buffer as expected.

I get between 80-90 shots on average when using CRAW and a V60 card, and around 50 shots on average when using RAW. I rarely hold the shutter down that long, and normally use the mechanical shutter, so I rarely run into the buffer.

Thanks. Good to know.
I too don't spray that much. But sometimes when action is happening in front of you, the experience (with 7D2) has been that the buffer strikes at the key moment.
With R5's 12 fps and 20fps speeds that may happen is my guess and hence was wondering if it would be wise to get V90.
But of course this is all theory in my mind as I don't have R5 yet.

rndman wrote in post #19159002
Thanks. Good to know.
I too don't spray that much. But sometimes when action is happening in front of you, the experience (with 7D2) has been that the buffer strikes at the key moment.
With R5's 12 fps and 20fps speeds that may happen is my guess and hence was wondering if it would be wise to get V90.
But of course this is all theory in my mind as I don't have R5 yet.

That's one area where crop mode can be useful. Crop mode loses pixel and lens resolution, and gets more image-level noise unless you use a 1.6x lower f-number (or were going to crop in software, anyway), but it prevents or greatly slows buffer filling. Using a smaller vertical area of the sensor for your final image also has another benefit: less rolling shutter time down the final image. For example, if you were shooting the front of three planes that all had the same propellers turning at the same RPM, but were at three very different distances from you, and you cropped out each plane for the same composition, the closer plane would have the absolute worst propeller distortion, and the farthest one the least. It is the diameter of the outside edges of the propeller that determine how distorted the outer parts become. You can see that suggested in a single propeller; the center area may not be distorted much at all, but only the outer edges are.