Fellow landscape photographers, how to you see R5MKII and what are your reasons to upgrade? Anything on R5 MKII that will be a significant step forward when it comes to photographing landscapes?
I've already commented on that in a couple of other threads, but here's my thoughts again: from the known specifications, there's literally zero improvements for landscape photography.
The resolution is the same; AF features sound fantastic but they're useless for landscapes. Still no GPS.
I'm yet to see the full user manual, maybe there are some interesting features implemented, but I doubt it. Canon never cared for landscape photographers since the 5Ds.
Also I'll wait for the dynamic range measurements. I think we can expect up to 0.5 stops of DR improvement (best case), but there may also be zero improvement.
Also I'd like to see how the new sensor copes with the hot pixel problem.
We may expect (hopefully) the reduced amount of hot pixels, that'll probably be the best thing.
But from the currently known specs and features - the R5II brings zero benefits for landscape photography, compared to the R5. Canon ignores this market segment.
Given that all current Canon cameras can be use to produce excellent landscapes,
... not equally excellent...
this is a very strange statement. A lot of people on these forums are in the grip of the delusion that you somehow need a gazillion pixels to produce a good landscape.
Please don't turn it into "you don't need an expensive camera to shoot landscapes" argument.
My previous comment was all in the context of upgrading an R5 to an R5II.
In the advertised by Canon new features and highlights of the R5II, there's literally zero bullet points targeted at landscape photographers.
As to the previous cameras in the 5-series line, Canon hasn't produced a single camera dedicated to landscapes since the 5Ds. Of course you can shoot landscapes with Canon cameras, but most, if not all, effort is spent on AF and other features relevant to action photography genres.
The set of landscape-specific features is basically the same in the 5-series cameras for many years. There's still no blinkies in stills live view in the R5. Pixel-shift mode in the R5 is a jpeg-only joke. etc.
Not only is the R5 an excellent landscape camera, so is the R6II, the R8, the R7, the R10, the R, the RP (yes, I know this is shocking, but you don't actually need enormous DR to produce a great landscape image),
The more DR you have, the more creative freedom you get when shooting landscapes.
and so on. I'm interested in the R5II for the amazing AF and performance it offers.
The camera looks amazing in its own. As a landscape camera upgrade from an R5 specifically - not so much.
If such things don't interest you, you can count yourself lucky that you have no reason to spend a bunch of cash on a new camera. If you're dissatisfied with the landscapes you're producing with your current camera, you need to work on your skills.
Thank you for a free lesson, but you didn't have to educate me on this area; also you totally missed the point that was discussed above. It was about upgrading an R5 to an R5II specifically. I wasn't taking about my skills, the OP's skills or your skills.
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