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The EOS R has one feature that can only be topped by a D850 with a Zeiss Otus 55mm F1.4 @ almost double the price. And that is the RF 50mm F1.2. And this lens has auto focus! It is optically equal...

All that being true, where is the stabilization coming from? Not my 73 year old hands, no matter the good technique. Tripod is a non starter for low light venues other than star gazing.

@ SMI: Sony “Lenses are very expensive compared to Nikon and Canon.”

Are they? 50mm F1.2 $2300, 28-70 F2 $3,000.

Canon gets the gold for price-gauging, $490 for battery grip.
Canon’s motto is SOAK-IT-TO-EM!!!

And really bad for the touch bar is that it doesn’t have a lock. It is just begging for accidental touching. What a feature!

STOP STOP STOP STOP STOPSTOPSTOPSTOPSTOP!! !!!!!!!!

FIX THE ARTICLE,FIX THE ARTICLE! !!!!!!!!

I would characterize it as total BS best!

@Dan: The new and improved—in a marketing way—models will have more features and cost more.

Will they?

If you’re going to use your old lenses anyway you could save even more money by using your old camera. There is little point to the new camera if you are not going to use the new lenses.

Yes!

@ Zdman: watch T&Cs a7iii & R comparison video and you will see banding in the R’s images. Sorry

Panasonic, Leica, Sigma, please please hit the ball out of the park with all the L-lenses you have in the stores on launch day! STORM the market!!!

@Hdawg: As an old photog of the past, yet still not dead, I’ll spend my old money on whatever camera suits me! And that won’t be a DSLR.

@74: And the killer feature here is if that lens isn’t good enough for you you can get the Leica. Lenses for every budget. Wooho!

It appears Panasonic is entering this race in front of the pack!!!

And: When is Tamron going to release ER and Z versions with better balancing, less awkward looks, and superior performance. They will go there sooner or later, sooner is better for business and...

Well, at least the Canon 50mm F 1.2 ER is outrageously expensive.

I second that, it doesn’t appear to be a native L-mount lens.

I believe the GH5 & S and their predecessors have paved the way for Panasonic’s easy acceptance into the FF market with little to no resistance. Everybody loves the GH5s!