Canon R5
 

Looks like I just ordered one.
Updates to follow.

I just googled it and almost spilt my coffee when I saw the price :eek:

So it's pretty darn good is it?

Hold On... Give me a day or two....:)

What I am looking for is mirrorless smart cam focus. 45 megapixel bliss, and adjustable screen to let me enjoy over/under shot setupness bliss.
I blame TABS. We can always print more $$$

I really need to raise my standards.

And Don't tell my wife.

I feel dropping it in a YETI cooler will alleviate overheating issues!!!:D

I've always loved Canon cameras & lenses. Much better than Nikon IMO. :cool:

Exciting stuff. now the mounting anticipation for delivery day. Congrats.
I retire in 3 days and bought myself a retirement gift last month, a Leica Q2. Can't have too many Megapixels!

Wow. Those Leica's are beautiful. So compact. You will need to do a thread on that one too!


I'm stuck between excited and nauseous since pulling the trigger last night thinking "what the hell did I just do?" :D

Yeah, I've got so many now I'm pretty much enslaved to the canons. ;)

Remind yourself of how practical you are because you didn't get the R3.

We have a Canon 5DS R and it is just amazing. We shoot our oblique angle aerial photos from our Cessna 182T. With a full frame sensor and 8688x5792 pixels. We shoot everything in RAW mode, and use Photoshop to open them and save them as a TIF file. Right from the camera it is a 28.96" x 19.307" image at 300 PPI. The file size of a tif file right from the camera is 147,454 KB

We just delivered one print of a customer's business campus as a 40x60 print and it is just stunning in clarity.

Back in the olden days (10 years ago) we flew the same area and used a Mamaya 6x7 film camera, with a 300MM lens, which is about the equivalent of a 200 MM lens on a 35mm camera. For the non photographers that is a piece of film with a 6x7 CM or 2.25" x 2.75" so a lot of area for the image. We would scan that on our $90,000 photogrammetric scanner at 14 microns resolution and produce a 250 MB file or so as I remember. Anyway that huge piece of film scanned with the top level professional scanner was not as good at the 35mm size from of pixel in the Canon.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1640700748.jpg

This is a low res version of a photo we shot of the OU-TX game. In the full res image you can zoom in enough to see some of the OU players with hands in the air signaling a touchdown. It is very obvious from the color difference of the two ends of the stadium where the fans are seated for each side.

^That's wild. I came VERY close to pulling the trigger on a used 5Dsr. In reality, I probably should have just gotten it, but I felt like I'd be kicking myself for missing out on some of the mirrorless features. Some of the focus tracking and mirrorless capabilities see to be a huge jump forward over conventional mirrored cameras (which are already good). In many respects, the 5dsr would have been a better fit for what I'm currently doing. With both cameras, I'm going to be the weakest link.

Oh well- no turning back now!

I'm watching videos right now. This newfangled (to me) focusing stuff almost seems to take the sport out of it (compared to my 5dIII) :)
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You guys are lightweights. Come on.
https://fujifilm-x.com/en-us/products/cameras/gfx100/

Which lens are you getting it with Leaky?

For now I'm getting the ef-r converter ring to use all my present L glass.
I'll need some time to refill the wallet before considering the r glass- but- I do like the 100-500 r lens.

I might sell some of my lesser used lenses just to clean house and get some $$$ back.

Damn Eric. Just damn! :)

LOL, I don't have one, just dreaming a bit.

Who wants to lug a big ol' thing like that around though?

Who'd you order your R5 from Leaky?

They are large and bulky to tote around. They are not really designed as "happy snap" camera. I have my cell phone for that.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1640709326.jpg

This was me in high school. That is a Hasslebald and a Singer strobe with powerpack that was several pounds. That strobe, or flash was a monster powerful flash that could light up a room. I shot a lot of weddings, press photos and commercial jobs with that Hassleblad. The two backs, and all the other gear I carried was way to big to fit in my locker, so I had to keep it in the principal's office. I had a 35 mm setup I had with me as well.

That's cool, Glen. I was always envious of the guys that got to use cameras like that or any camera actually. All I had was a Kodac Retina folder to play with. Never really had time to take that photography class I always wanted to take either. Too busy taking auto shop classes along with the university prep classes I was expected to take too.
Now I'm using Sony mirrorless cameras for the most part. I still have film cameras but my go-to when I'm in a hurry to get a quick shot is one of my Canon SD1000's. Love those little cameras to death. Got 5 of 'em sitting on my desk now and another on the way in the mail soon too.
It's a sickness I have.