It’s all Alan’s fault I took the plunge and bought the R5 about 18 months ago. It’s a super camera. The 1DXIII was the most disappointing camera for me. It should have been at least 30MP. In comparison the R5 has just shone. It’s an excellent image making tool. It really showed me the advantages of mirrorless. Excellent for sports, wildlife, studio and landscape. Fantastic all rounder. Don’t hesitate to pick one up if the price drops. The R5II you’d hope autofocus would improve. Speed of initially locking onto target is all it needs. It holds onto target really well. It’s not great at cluttered backgrounds if the target is small. Mine has a noticeable lag coming to life. I try to push something as I lift the camera to the eye so it’s active by the time I look through the viewfinder. I’m predicting a meh! upgrade. 60 MP, 10,20,30 FPS, heating issue on video solved, maybe a pre-shot mode option.What focus setting are you using? I have one back button set to focus using the centre spot with the small square and that seems to work in most cases for pinpointing a small bird in a tree as well as in DSLR days. From what I gather, Sony and Nikon who use contrast detect as well as phase detect have the same problems for AF when there are background problems as does Canon, even though they use cross points for their phase detection.
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