The elephant in the room is the cost and video issues. I don't do video so I don't care about that aspect and Canon has fixed some of the issues with the latest firmware releases. As for the cost, there is no getting around it. For those able/willing to accept it, you will be getting a great camera. I was an old DSLR snob for the longest time but I haven't touched my DSLRs since I got this. I primarily shoot wildlife (birds) and landscape images. The shots I get with the R5 are incredible. I opted for the R5 over the R6 knowing that I would occasionally need to crop in for some bird images. I am able to maintain quality when cropping.

The eye detection is truly amazing. I am continually surprised at how well the camera detects the birds from great distances through brush and busy backgrounds. That being said, there are times where I will revert to spot focusing since the camera will sometimes miss eye focus. The autofocus is also great for locking onto birds in flight. As a long time hobbyist, I could never hope to focus quick enough. The R5 eye detection allows me to capture images I would normally not get.

Was delivered to me in 3 days and the package arrived in great condition. I was worried before purchasing a camera this expensive but luckily It wasn't damaged at all.

I also use the camera to take pictures of my son's soccer games. I can track player movement, focus on specific players in a group, capture fast moving sequences. At 12 fps in mechanical mode, I am able to stop action with ease. I did use electronic shutter and it is smooth like butter. You are essentially taking a very fast stop action video. The problem is that you don't realize how many pictures you are capturing when you hold down the shutter button. You can fill a card pretty quickly in electronic mode. I only shoot to the SD card slot and have never filled the buffer during a game.

Great image quality. Incredible eye detection autofocus. Good image quality at high ISO (not a lot of noise). Ability to use my old EF lenses with an adapter with no loss in image quality or autofocus speeds. I have used the R5 with RF lenses and they do add another level of quality and decrease weight. I am just not ready to sell all my old EF lenses to invest in a pure RF system.

The R5 speaks for itself but this bundle is a bargain. I got the 75-300mm and a mount adapter for a steal !

There is nothing left to be desired with this camera. I use it to shoot both photo and video content for some of the largest corporations in the world as well as very high end weddings. I have used many different cameras over my career from different brands and I always come back to Canon. I had the 5D mk IV before this one, and thought that I didn't need to upgrade because it's such a fantastic camera, and yet, the R5 blows it out of the water.

They say a better camera does not make you a better photographer, and that may be true, but this one sure makes my job a lot easier.

Wow! I had a 5d mark iv, which I loved. During the first day of owning the R5 mirrorless I thought everything was strange. By the end of the week the camera was familiar and I was navigating it easily. It has now been one month and for fun I went back to the 5d mark iv today to see if it was really that different. It was crazy, the 5d mark iv feels like an antique now. Having access to the full sensor for autofocus points and animal af is way better than the old way of focusing. When animal af doesn't work the normal modes outperform too. The screen is brighter, the button layout is very intuitive (except video record on top, but you can always reassign buttons). The articulating screen is a much bigger advantage than I thought it'd be for landscapes, animals, and flowers. Silent electronic shutter is my new favorite mode; no more scaring animals or feeling annoying in quiet places such as arboretums. Self video recording is so much easier with people eye af, r5 stayed locked on eye the whole time.

Coming from the EOS R, this camera is everything I wanted the R to be. Everything I loved about the R is still here - focus accuracy, face / eye detection, bright usable electronic viewfinder. The R5 steps this up and brings a nearly lag-free viewfinder (at a higher resolution!), very high speed autofocus including eye/face detection, IBIS, and many other features. For me, most importantly is the lag free viewfinder and the focusing ability to keep up with my kids and still maintain amazing accuracy. The only downsides I've seen so far is a fairly short battery life.

Esta cámara es la mejor cámara que ha pasado por mis manos, no puedo explicar lo feliz que me hace, mientras más la uso más la amo, la calidad de imagen es Súper top, la nitidez es brutal pero súper orgánica, vengo de Sony donde la nitidez es súper artificial y horrible, los colores son de increíbles, y vengo de Sony con sus colores horribles y pieles naranjas. El video es súper increíble y más ahora con el c-log3, y con sus códecs más ligeros, no puedo ver la diferencia entre all-I e IPB, esta cámara es la más cara del segmento pero siento q es la mejor, no me arrepiento de un solo dólar pagado por esta perfección de cámara tallada por los dioses nórdicos, pagaría incluso más. He probado otras cámaras top de canon, de Sony, de nikon y de Fuji, y ninguna me ha hecho tan feliz como tú está. Bueno de hecho las de Sony me hicieron muy infeliz, solo las recomendaría para video, pero existiendo las nuevas Fuji y estas nuevas canon, no para video las recomendaría. Pensé q canon había perdido el rumbo, pero volvió con mas fuerza que nunca y siento que es la marca q mejor lo está haciendo. En cuanto el recalentamiento: Grabo videoclips musicales, videos corporativos, hago streamings musicales, b-roll, y algunos proyectos de YouTube, y nunca he tenido problemas de recalentamiento, eso si, nunca he grabado en 8K RAW, ya q no tengo una máquina q lo soporte y no me gustan los proxys. Pero el 4K all-I nunca me ha dado problemas de recalentamiento. Y ahora con los nuevos codecs ligeros del firmware 1.3 es difícil ver la diferencia entre ellos, solo q son más ligeros.

This simply the best camera in the market right now. If you're a professional photographer, you have to get this camera.