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R5 - OMG, what have I done! (and a question)

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Basil Fawlty
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R5 - OMG, what have I done! (and a question)
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Well, as I was agonizing over the dilemma of getting either the R6 or R5 over the past several months, Canon came out with the R6 Mark II. Having seen a lot of reviews of this new R6II, I sort of gravitated to that as my next Camera and I had saved enough pennies over the past few months to get an R6 Mark II with the 24-105 lens.

So, I was recently on B&H about to add the R6 II (with lens) to the cart, when something told me to take a look at the R5 one more time. It was then that I noticed they had one used R5 with a 24-105 L RF lens in stock and it was just a little over $400 more than what I would have paid for the R6 II/w Lens. Oh my, now what!?

This camera is rated to be 9+ condition with moderately low shutter count (under 25k) - and I just needed to pop for an additional $400 over the price of the R Mark II.

I figured that with the number of people all over the world looking at that web site at any given moment, this deal wasn't going to last long, so if I was going to make that leap I'd better do it now.

I did. With Free Expedited Shipping, I should be the proud owner of an R5 w/ 24-105 RF lens in just a few days.

I also still have the 5D IV, which is still a fantastic camera that I will likely keep, at least for now, but just doesn't have the phenomenal AF and shutter speed of the R5.

Knowing I was eventually going to get some type of R series camera, I had already bought an RF-EF adaptor for $50 from a friend (he sold all his EF lenses and went totally RF). I have a pretty good stable of EF lenses that I hope will work just fine with this R5.

QUESTION FOR R5 (or R6) USERS:

If you have any of the following EF lenses, I'd love to hear how they work for you under various shooting situations using the adaptor:

Primes:

Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 manual

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4

Canon EF 135 f/2

Canon EF 300 f/4 L

Zooms:

Canon EF 24-105 f/4 (I'm getting the RF version but still curious how this works)

Canon EF 70-200 f/4 (non IS)

Sigma 150-600 (Contemporary)

 Basil Fawlty's gear list:Basil Fawlty's gear list
Panasonic LX100 Canon EOS 5D Mark IV Canon EOS R5 Canon EF 50mm F1.4 USM Canon EF 135mm F2L USM +8 more
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV Canon EOS R5 Canon EOS R6
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