R5- Longer term thoughts

[HDNitehawk]

Good to know, seems like the R3 performed like it what I and many expected. I am curious to try it myself the R3, is it good enough were I can use fast primes wide open and have great consistency? Seems like it might.

I still find the 3-series market placement a bit curious. Not so much that it exists. That's fine. But at 6k. I'm a little scared to know what a R1 will cost!

I think the longer it takes to get an R1, the more likely it isn't several thousand more than the R3. If we see one soon it may have significant separation.
I had the 35mm II shooting at near wide open on the R5 and had really good results. I haven't put the prime on the R3 but did have the RF 24x70 F2.8 wide open and it did great, with face and eye detect it did great. I also played with eye focus and while it wasn't accurate enough for spot or point focus if you were in any kind of expanded focus it would lock on to the face and eye you were looking at. It may be a bit gimmicky but it might have its uses.

[Fast Glass]

I was actually pondering that, but I know the 1Ds III also came with an 8k price tag. So I was debating whether it will cost 8K and the R3 will keep it's price or will the 1Dx III and R3 drop in price and the R1 be lower in price.

This could go both ways and both being possible. I sure hope it is the latter.