Canon R5 Mark II | Should You Upgrade? 

I’m most likely gonna upgrade next year. The R5 is still a VERY capable camera. It doesn’t stop being good as soon as the new model comes out.

I belong amongst those who will upgrade from my current R5. The new more capable AF, the eye control, pre registered person priority, fully usable e-shutter... From these I will benefit in my everyday use.

Finally. I don’t feel the need to upgrade my R5.

Great video! R5ii is an excellent upgrade for video shooters and stills shooters who shoot round ball sports. But the stacked sensor is perhaps the slowest on the market -- much slower than the R3. And I still get some rolling shutter distortion with the R3. That means I would feel constrained to stick with mechanical shutter most of the time. And if you use mechanical shutter, almost none of the AF, pre-shoot, blackout-free, improvements apply. I love the eye-control AF from the R3. But is that enough to justify a US$2,300 upgrade from the R5? No. Not at all. I love having the latest and greatest, but the R5 is still an outstanding camera. Buying an R5ii would be wasteful for me. There's just not that much new that would be useful for me. Your mileage may vary.

I will upgrade in Winter Cashback 2025/26 until this, i still happy with my R6MKII. Thanks for the Video, greetings from Germany.

Not upgrading yet for reasons similar to yours. I am primarily a stills photographer (R5) and I have found it quite interesting that most (not all) reviewers enthusing about it are video shooters. I understand that as many of the benefits affect video rather than stills although there are improvements for stills such as improved AF, stacked sensor and reshooting capture etc but not yet convinced they are worth the cost of upgrade. That said I may upgrade at sometime in the future (assuming there is a supply!)

I do primarily stills shooting; landscape and wildlife. I'd love the new sensor and autofocus, especially for birds in flight, but just can't quite justify spending the big dollars to upgrade my R5 that I love. I think it's a serious camera upgrade, but a lot of the features I just wouldn't use. Like you, maybe down the road, after the backlog disappears and all the bugs are worked out there just might be a good deal to be had. I'm happy with the R5 for now.

My current R5 is good enough for me. No need for the mark II.

I'll stick to my original R5. I'll wait and see if canon brings out any more firmware upgrades for the R5. I will probably upgrade when the R5 mk3 comes out.

Would love it alongside my r6ii

I will buy it once the camera will be 500 euros cheaper.

03:06 Even using cooling battrey grip it overheats! Canon officially announced it in the manual.

The Real Question is even though the R5 Mark II you can set the temp control to HIgh, How long can you record in those modes?

A perfect illustration of money management: if the original version is as good as the reviews claim, then it should be good enough now at a significantly lower price. You can go broke chasing technology. It would be great if Canon offered an R5vf version: video free, at a much lower price. Some of us don’t need/want video. Now that, would be innovation.

Don’t upgrade… just wait two more years and ensure canon understand what photographers want then the crap over priced r1

I did pre-order, but I am thinking about canceling and just getting an R5c instead.

I’m an R6 Mark II owner and been waiting for this for a while. Would you upgrade? 🙌🏽

Whats the current R5 price, I think they still have alot of life left in them. The new R5 looks great but overpriced for now as you say

I own a EOS R, so I'm grading and have pre-ordered. (Waited around 3 years for this, rather than upgrading to the R5)

I would love to see more planned updates for AF technology.

Metering and WB is supposed to be better on the Mark II - these are two areas in particular that I think Nikon has bested Canon in the past. I expect superior low noise - not just necessarily from the physical sensor itself but through the processing pipeline. Similarly DR may be improved. None of these reviews have really dived into those details, so I'm just going to rely on my own try out. The R5/5D line is arguably Canon's most important product segment and every generation is generally better than the last, so I doubt I'll be disappointed. The AF features alone will be nice to have and, frankly, I'd pay good money just to have the power switch on the R hand side like on the Mark II, which I think is much more ergonomic. I'm not a big video shooter, but I really like the idea of simultaneous video/stills functionality - that could make shooting video much more accessible than having to pick and choose.

I am selling my 5D Mark IV and using that towards this. I have preordered this camera and will debate whether to keep my R6 Mark II or sell it

I will upgrade but next year as I’m still doing great with my Mk1

not upgrading, the R5 is an excellent camera and I haven’t hit the wall yet.

My dream camera canon r5 mark ii 📸

Better buy r3 which is now below 4000

The R5 30 minute limit is absurd and can be fixed by a firmware upgrade. But it will never happen.

CLOG 3 is 14+ stops but the original R5 only had a claimed 12. The R5 C has a claimed 13. The R5 II has a claimed 16+ but only in 4K fine with CLOG 2. I have not seen the dynamic range in 8K mentioned.

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Nah. Won't upgrade at this stage

Upgrade? LOL, nah.

specs reading youtubers trying to tell you whether you should switch or not... 🤣🤣🤣

I switched to Nikon Z8 from the R5 lol. Nikon has much better telephoto lens for wildlife photography. Canon has been declining for a long time. They do not make lenses and cameras for anyone but top tier photography companies and sports shooters lol

NOPE NOPE i am mostly a photographer so its not worth me spending good money on nothing new . Canon has dropped the ball on its so called flagship also. are RU-vid going to shadow ban this also

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