EOS: R5mk2 - any thoughts

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morgan_moore

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So Im feeling that I dont trust the R6iii for overheats, I dont fancy the R50 with no screen and a poor location of the XLR box (its right where one would put a monitor) - that leads me to the R5mk2 and fan bottom.

but.. R5mk2 is 'soft' in regular not 'fine' mode, what about the performance at 50p in crop mode?
 
We used to talk about stuff like this all the time, but it's been years.

Your best bet is YouTube for random 4K/60p videos or specifically for a few modes tests (if available).

If the camera doesn't have a full-frame less compressed and higher-bitrate option for 4K/60p like with 4K/24p (fine mode or whatever else they may call it these days) then I'd expect less IQ.

Maybe see what it says for the S35 mode? (Usually the S35 mode had better 4K/60p if they wanted to limit the system, but the models have also been improving every generation.)

It looks like a fantastic camera and it's one I would own in the good ole days for sure.
 
morgan_moore said:
So Im feeling that I dont trust the R6iii for overheats, I dont fancy the R50 with no screen and a poor location of the XLR box (its right where one would put a monitor) - that leads me to the R5mk2 and fan bottom.

but.. R5mk2 is 'soft' in regular not 'fine' mode, what about the performance at 50p in crop mode?
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From what I've read the camera doesn't oversample in the 50p mode so it will appear softer...sorry if I'm not understanding your question correctly.
 
Appear softer? BE softer.

Yes I am asking if that downgrade is still apparent when in S35/crop mode which would surely be generated in a different manner.

Attached is a pic I nicked from Gerry of the Undone. This is for full frame recording (I think) to me the left hand side looks like craapr52_fine_vs_regular.JPG
 
You can drive yourself crazy with these type of questions. Some cameras shoot full quality but overheat, others have slow readout, crop, line skip, pixel bin or impose some sort of limitation in exchange for not over heating, or you have to pay thousands more and those cameras can have their own drawbacks.

The most pragmatic view I've come to for paid work over heating is more problematic than a lower quality image. How much quality loss you're willing to live with is subjective. While I'm an Undone fan will you be able to notice quality loss where neither you nor your client be able to see a side by side comparison of zoomed in still. Gerald has to setup these controlled tests to detect differences but can make small issues bigger than they really are in real scenarios.

There has been advancement in this area recently but might require you to change brands...
 
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Peter C. said:
You can drive yourself crazy with these type of questions. Some cameras shoot full quality but overheat, others have slow readout, crop, line skip, pixel bin or impose some sort of limitation in exchange for not over heating, or you have to pay thousands more and those cameras can have their own drawbacks.

The most pragmatic view I've come to for paid work over heating is more problematic than a lower quality image. How much quality loss you're willing to live with is subjective. While I'm an Undone fan will you be able to notice quality loss where neither you nor your client be able to see a side by side comparison of zoomed in still. Gerald has to setup these controlled tests to detect differences but can make small issues bigger than they really are in real scenarios.

There has been advancement in this area recently but might require you to change brands...
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Valid points,

I really have to frocus on what I do/want it seems to be three things..

1) personaly doco.. ideally r63+xlr box

2) client 'long roll' probablyt C80 and $1500 evf (shooting some adult codec)

3) cinematography/adverts, probably C80 (shooting raw)

Im too poor for C80and decent EVF

So skating around the options?

The R52 might do 1) 2) if I can personally accept soft 50.. I shoot all mt personal work at 50.
 
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