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@erickmoreno: Wedding/theater/concerts? You have given reasons why IS isn't very useful (For photography). People aren't going to sit perfectly still for 1/2 second shots just for you.

Umm... I have a 21 Mpix 5D2, and 24Mpix crop body. I notice the difference, easily. What difference it makes is arguable, but as an example;

I find 18Mpix about my limit for getting the print...

Here in New Zealand the R6 will be $5000.
The Z6 can be had for $4100. With adaptor. And 24-70/4. It's a crazy good deal at the moment if you're in the market for something like it.

So it (may) overheat after extended video shooting. Get a Cinema camera.
This has more than enough for most folks, and if not... see above.

Edit: I'm thanking Sony for pushing Canon to produce something like the R5. But I'm certainly not knocking Canon for actually doing it!

"Can someone help me understand" ... Probably not.

@Happy Dad.
Just FYI, Canon require USB-C PD (Power Delivery). Many 'normal' chargers / power banks won't work.
You got an RP? I'm possibly looking at getting one and battery life is a sticking...

Well done Canon. I was a doubter, but this looks to (finally) be a camera befitting your capabilities. [And at a reasonable price considering the specs].

As @TheOwl360 says below - Thankyou Sony....

Makes sense, thanks.

"DPAF figures out the distance". Do phase detect pixels only need to know how out-of-focus a subject is? [Then know where to drive the lens to get the subject in focus without actually confirming ...

It took me a while to find it: Maarten Heilbron - 'Expose to the wrong'. I don't want to dis the guy, he seems like an affable fella just giving a different POV. What concerned me were the amount ...

Yep. I guess I meant for those that have to pay for these things out of their own pockets. Unless the R5 falls well short of its on paper specs, I expect even a lot of sports pros will be happy ...

Well then, I'm first to admit that I was wrong about the R5 and its price, by about $600, at the very least. I'm a little confused: The 1DMk3 costs $2600 more, for what? Maybe video quality on the ...

I've been thinking! (I've been warned about that, but I still do it...) My (recent) understanding was that the sensor acquires focus and drives the lens to the required position. This may allow for ...

Sure, but I was being lectured by @Lawny13 about how people overestimate the importance of DR. He's right of course, people do worry about it too much. You're correct too. There is more DR ...

Here is an example of the sort of problem I can run into, shot just a couple of weeks back. [I've altered the middle section as a 'watermark'] Handheld, from a kayak. It's tricky because you have ...

Thanks for some of your insights, though I think you might be misunderstanding this discussion. I agree, shadow detail isn't that important. This is my reply to @gimp_dad j ust a few posts back : ...

You're overthinking it. I agree with your arguments, I just don't find them directly relevant. You know (as does any 'accomplished landscape photographer' that the best image quality - off the ...

It's probable that you are being 'realistic', rather than lazy. It can be fine line between the 'ideal' image, and too much shadow detail. I don't like to 'overestimate' the importance of shadow ...

You shouldn't find it "puzzling". 'Accomplished landscape photographers' can use whatever technique they want, but I'm sure they also know (as I suspect you do) that base iso will ultimately give ...