Believe it or not, it has been three and a half years since the Canon EOS R5 was first announced, and as such, many photographers are starting to look for its successor, the Mark II. And as luck would have it, we might see it announced fairly soon.
Digicame is reporting that the Canon EOS R5 Mark II, the successor to the wildly popular EOS R5, is slated to be announced in February 2024, with production preparations currently ramping up. The EOS R5 has been quite successful for Canon, as it is widely considered to be the camera that signaled the company's serious entry into the professional mirrorless space. It also marked a revision of philosophy in design, departing from Canon's traditional more conservative design choices and including some extreme capabilities, such as 8K raw video.
When you consider that each model in the workhorse 5D DSLR series was announced about three and a half years apart, this timeline certainly makes sense, and given the advancements Nikon and Sony have made in the meantime, along with newer cameras like Canon's own EOS R3 and EOS R6 Mark II, I'm sure the company would like to update the EOS R5 to keep pace, especially considering that like the 5D series, it remains the bread and butter camera of choice for countless professionals. Hopefully, we'll hear more soon!
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What upgrades do y'all think the proposed R5 Mark 2 will have to differentiate it from the Mark 1?
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Word is it will be around 60mp and will have the old three-RAW-sizes options (60, 30, and 15mp) and should have the quad-pixel autofocus, which is supposed to be incredible.
What about overheating?
Do you think it will be "crippled" to any extent at all, to keep it from competing against Canon's cinema cameras? Or will Canon just give people everything they want and need, inasmuch as long-running video capability is concerned?
The r6ii seems to have dodge the cripple bat. Maybe the r5ii will be able to as well
Canon should copy Sony's thinking to be ahead of others.
That would certainly be great for us, as customers. But it might not be the best for Canon maximizing profits. I trust Canon to make the best decisions for their bottom line, even if these decisions come at the detriment of those of us who buy and use their products.
That is why Canon made the R5C to fix the overheathing problem.
QPAF is not ready for production. Neither the R1 nor the R5 Mark II will have it. Maybe the R3 Mark II if there is one in another year or two?
Make a camera that I can count on when needed, after 2 years of use
I will call this "reliability"
Only two years?
I demand that my cameras perform reliably for far longer than that. Still using my 7 year old Canon 5D Mark 4 and my 13 year old Canon 1D Mark 4. If one of my cameras started having issues after 5 or 6 years of heavy use, I would feel like I had been ripped off.
That is my point.
My 5Dmark3 is still up and running when the R5 is already defectiv
Okay ..... but that is just your one case, which is an exception. I know many friends who have had the R5 ever since it was first released 4 years ago, and only one of them has had any problems at all. It is not good to think that whatever happens to you is normal and that everyone else is having similar experiences.
Actually, no,
I advise you to read this article on this
https://fstoppers.com/reviews/hey-canon-why-are-your-cameras-falling-apa...
There is clearly a reliability issue with the 5R, I'm far for being the only one with freezing issue.
Every camera can fail, but the percentage for this model is way too high.
Glad you did not have any issue (yet)
Of course I have already read that article when Michelle first posted it, and I made several comments there, so you can see for yourself that I have indeed read it quite some time ago. Still does not change the fact that of my dozens of friends who have the R5, only one has had a failure.
If a "known problem" is only 2 or 3 percent of all units sold, that doesn't seem like a very big deal to me. Yes, that means several thousand people with faulty R5 cameras ...... but still not a big deal if it's only low single digit percentages. Canon's profits will still be quite high, when the total sales are viewed, even accounting for the money Canon has had to spend on warranty repairs.
Mirrorless cameras are not up to par in reliability compared to DSLRs.