Canon R5 Announced with 8k
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Samuel H
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He had been using the camera for almost a year. Bought a couple of new batteries, first time he popped one in, last time the camera booted up. No idea how, but it was definitely the battery killing the camera.
NorBro
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If it functions well, maybe this would be better if your work allows for breaks to offload.
It's the best value there is right now for money/capacity, especially if 4K will be mostly used.
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/prod...ces_dcfx1_2tb_2tb_cfexpress_power_memory.html
Two reviewers are using it with the 1DX Mark III (for video).
ahalpert
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2j isn't enough if your client needs 4K. Otherwise I'd be out there rigging a speed booster to an Alexa like Hunter
That really is a great deal. But I've always had this debate about whether to use smaller storage to change out rather than having everything on one card in case of failure/corruption. The temptation is always there to use alll the space on a large card as opposed to offloading. I've always opted for smaller card.
NorBro
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I'm buying one 64GB CFexpress.
Because the reality of my situation is I will not be working with this camera any time soon. It's only for my own personal happiness while the world sadly crumbles.
I'll use it to test out the 8K for fun, but the rest would be 4K/24p on a SDXC card with the occasional 4K/60p going back on the CFexpress.
The only people who should be investing in multiple high-capacity CFexpress cards are those who will be using 8K and the highest quality 4K/60p at all times...preferably for paying work!
But if you're not, it is a waste of money, IMO.
Because the reality of my situation is I will not be working with this camera any time soon. It's only for my own personal happiness while the world sadly crumbles.
I'll use it to test out the 8K for fun, but the rest would be 4K/24p on a SDXC card with the occasional 4K/60p going back on the CFexpress.
The only people who should be investing in multiple high-capacity CFexpress cards are those who will be using 8K and the highest quality 4K/60p at all times...preferably for paying work!
But if you're not, it is a waste of money, IMO.
Run&Gun
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You can still have something built-in to cover the "sensor"(which is actually the OLPF and the sensor is behind that), but global shutter would allow full use of the electronic shutter, which allows completely silent shooting and higher frame rates, without the handicap of rolling shutter: skew and flash banding namely. In full electronic shutter mode, the R5 does not allow shooting/syncing with a flash and apparently there have already been samples posted of full electronic shutter shooting with fast moving objects and they are skewed.
Too funny. I bet there's alot of preorder people feeling the same.
Run&Gun
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Canon lenses, Canon adapter, new Canon mirrorless camera with Harry Potter level magic autofocus. I would expect nothing less than adapted Canon EF lenses to work AT LEAST as well on the mirrorless as the native EF bodies, but better is, well... better. I had actually heard reports from users that that they were getting better performance with EF lenses even on the R, as well.
If somethings on the olpf its on the image, but I understand where you coming from and agree.
Run&Gun
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It's automatic. You hit record and it goes to the correct settings. You stop and it switches back. So you would just have to remember that the live image that you're viewing before you start recording may not be what it's actually going to look like.
This is good. Maybe if you're not shooting continuously the overheating thing is a non issue. Haven't used a canon in a long while. Is there a half press to get out out of live view so as not to record.
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Run&Gun
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I was just being pedantic, because everyone(I'm guilty, too) always says something like "the sensor is dirty", etc. when in reality it's something on the OLPF in front of the sensor. Feel free to down-vote me for that one. There was really no reason for me to add that line in the reply.