Biggest challenges with R5 (to 5D line previous owners)

Tazz93 wrote:

KatManDEW wrote:

Tazz93 wrote:

Other is probably the best answer. I have a few small issues but nothing deal breaking or even significant.

- The EVF is AWESOME! Take this from someone who HATED earlier EVFs. Its not the issue, but the implementation of it is. As a wildlife guy sitting and waiting for something to happen is the norm. But the camera has to be ready at ANY time to start shooting. I find the way Canon set up the EVF wake up is not ideal. A half shutter button press will wake up the camera, which is fine, but you have to activate the EVF sensor for the EVF to wake up. This slight delay is crucial considering you're blind until it wakes. Ways around this require you to do EVERYTHING through the EVF including menus and playback which isn't ideal.

- 12-Bit Electronic Shutter. This is less gripe and more wishlist. This is a problem because the E-Shutter's 12-Bit pipeline robs dynamic range. So you have to be spot on (at least on the highlights), as I find even a 1/3 stop too much starts losing detail. So get it right or shoot in one of the mechanical shutters.

I have a 5R ordered. This is the first I heard about the 12 bit electronic shutter. I could be wrong but I find that disappointing. What are the advantages and disadvantages of electronic versus mechanical shutter with the 5R?

I also didn't know about the EVF going to sleep. I'm very used to being able to take a quick look thru an optical viewfinder on a DSLR, so that will take some getting used to for me.

The electronic shutter's 12 bit mode is the industry standard for that level of speed. Both A9 bodies shoot that way, as well as the R6 and 1DX III, and I believe the A7r IV may push their bit depth down for higher speed modes as well, but don't quote me on that one.

The R5 uses the electric shutter for its uber high speed 20 fps shooting. So if you are shooting at 12 fps with the regular shutter you get 13 bit, if you shooting in one of the under 8 fps modes you get 14 bit. The only exception is the electronic shutter, where all electronic shutter shooting is all 12 bit, whether its single frame or 20 fps.

The EVF can be configured to stay on all the time, but the battery drain is a little more than I'd like. Also it would force you to do everything through EVF, like menus, image review, etc. There are workarounds like creating a button to turn the LCD on/off so you can use the LCD with a single button press, but I find it more problematic than its worth. Would be nice if Canon made a DSLR mode for playback and shooting. The options they give for EVF and LCD implementation are really odd and very specialized for non-still photography use (IMO).

Thank you for that explanation.