Not a derail. Thanks for the additional info.
-
Welcome to the new forums! Please read this first. For known issues we are working to resolve, click here.
R5 - Your Top Three dislikes? (Serious question)
- Thread starter adew1
- Start date
No apologies necessary. It's really interesting to read people's gripes.
The frustrating part is that, besides the hot shoe, Canon can fix all of the issues I listed. Instead, they give us an effectively unusable 400 megapixel mode.
I love the camera but I dislike Canon as a company. They seem very uncaring about their customers. I’ve called their customer support line to report these issues and you can tell the guy on the phone is writing down stuff which he knows will be ignored by Management. I’m just the dumb sob who’s given them thousands and thousands of dollars; why should they care what I think?
Last edited:
Based on the responses so far (thanks, everyone), common gripes seem to be:
1. lack of zebras in stills mode
2. limitations re FPS when using ES
3. rolling shutter, sometimes, under certain conditions, plus a couple of mentions of banding under certain conditions.
Great to see such a short list. None of them are deal breakers for me, which is great.
1. lack of zebras in stills mode
2. limitations re FPS when using ES
3. rolling shutter, sometimes, under certain conditions, plus a couple of mentions of banding under certain conditions.
Great to see such a short list. None of them are deal breakers for me, which is great.
Rudy Pohl
Veteran Member
I know this isn't what the OP asked for, but I couldn't help throwing this into the mix.
The fact that this camera is now over 3 years old and has been used in many shooting circumstances and weather-lighting conditions by so many people, pros and amateurs alike, and yet has such a short list of deficiencies is a testimony to how good it actually is.
Even now, while it's "long in the tooth" as they say, it's still being compared to two new top cameras in its class - the Nikon Z8 and Sony A7RV - and it's coming out with very high marks, not to mention having the best most user-friendly AF system of the three according to some reviewers.
Being a life-long Nikon guy till last Fall I don't know much about the Canon world, however, I know a great camera when I see one and use one and the R5 certainly qualifies.
Disclosure: this is not a paid commercial. ;-)
Rudy
--
Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rudypohl/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Rudy.Pohl.Ottawa
Astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/users/Rudy_Pohl/
The fact that this camera is now over 3 years old and has been used in many shooting circumstances and weather-lighting conditions by so many people, pros and amateurs alike, and yet has such a short list of deficiencies is a testimony to how good it actually is.
Even now, while it's "long in the tooth" as they say, it's still being compared to two new top cameras in its class - the Nikon Z8 and Sony A7RV - and it's coming out with very high marks, not to mention having the best most user-friendly AF system of the three according to some reviewers.
Being a life-long Nikon guy till last Fall I don't know much about the Canon world, however, I know a great camera when I see one and use one and the R5 certainly qualifies.
Disclosure: this is not a paid commercial. ;-)
Rudy
--
Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rudypohl/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Rudy.Pohl.Ottawa
Astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/users/Rudy_Pohl/
Last edited:
Quarkcharmed
Senior Member
That's my setup for landscape photography, continuous AF is off, touch shutter release is off. Focus on half-press is off.
I wonder what else do you have in the settings that makes the difference?
Of course it does. It improves rolling shutter performance.
Ephemeris
Veteran Member
Ephemeris
Veteran Member
Oh no.
Would be great to get a description.
Would be great to get a description.
JayLT4
Forum Enthusiast
1. The Focus Bracketing feature has a time-out to it and turns itself off (the R7 does not) and the focus bracketing cannot be used with a flash
2. Cannot control the FPS for the electronic shutter
3. No available sound for the electronic shutter
2. Cannot control the FPS for the electronic shutter
3. No available sound for the electronic shutter
David Franklin
Senior Member
1) The camera is still not free, so I can't easily have many of them.
2) The camera does not shoot 200MP images at 40 fps with 15 stops of DR or 16K 4/4/4 video without overheating.
3) The camera stubbornly refuses to compose and light the picture, and neither will it press its own shutter at the best and most decisive moment.
Canon is obviously withholding the firmware upgrades which could easily support these obvious improvements!
2) The camera does not shoot 200MP images at 40 fps with 15 stops of DR or 16K 4/4/4 video without overheating.
3) The camera stubbornly refuses to compose and light the picture, and neither will it press its own shutter at the best and most decisive moment.
Canon is obviously withholding the firmware upgrades which could easily support these obvious improvements!
raymondp1138
Forum Enthusiast
My top three dislikes:
- The flip out LCD screen. I rather have a tilting one. I have a seriously difficult time composing with off-axis screens. And the screen doesn't even flip out a full 180 degrees. Plus, with an L-bracket attached, the screen's articulation is limited.
- No zebras in stills.
- Can't select Auto when manually selecting ISO until the metering timer expires.
I prefer to use EFCS which I do with my R6II. Unfortunately my R7 came with a jack hammer shutter so I use ES.
R2D2
Forum Pro
Hmmm. Turtle Sundaes: Top 3 dislikes.
No problem.
This is my impression too, given the short list.
Very interesting feedback. Thanks
I think I have an idea, and if I'm right, then I agree this is sloppy SW dev on Canon side.
Try setting [AF menu 1] - [AF method] to [smiley face + tracking], then [AF menu 5] - [Initial Servo AF pt for
] to option 2 [AF pt set for ...]. Now you should be able to move around a single point AF box with touch screen without refocussing (double check continuous AF is off), and then start AF with your BBAF method.More generally, it seems that if the main AF method menu is set to face tracking, then touch focus is disabled, but in all other modes it is enabled. This is inconsistent with the behavior of the joystick, which will move the AF box in all modes without refocussing. Get it together, Canon.
Similar threads
Keyboard shortcuts
- f
- Forum