R5- Longer term thoughts

[Busted Knuckles]

AF. Was surprised that I had a far greater hit rate by slowing down the acceleration. Maybe the up/down movement of a bird flapping was giving it a chase that wasn't there.

I do love the twisty flippy and touch screen for when the set up gets clumsy - low/high level flowers/macro/ close ups, haven't used it for portraits as I don't do portraits though it seems that might be a decent application.

I don't use the 'thumb' point selection feature on the screen when looking through the viewfinder as much as I had thought I would, once to my eye the joystick is where my thumb goes.

For BIF i learned the 12 bits is plenty and I love the sound of the fully electronic shutter .

It would take an awful lot for me to move the R1 if/when it comes out.

[Jonathan Huyer]

It would take an awful lot for me to move the R1 if/when it comes out.

I would definitely jump to a mythical R1 for these features:
- Bigger battery (like the R3)
- Track-pad style AF-ON button (ditto)
- Dual CF Express cards
- At least 30 MP. I like the R5 resolution but something in between the R3 and R5 would be perfect.
- Unlimited buffer at about 20 fps uncropped in RAW.
- Better eye detection on animals (It has to keep getting better, doesn't it?)
- Heck, I'll jump to the R1 mainly because I'm sure it's going to be uber-cool and I simply can't resist that