The "announcement of development" of the Canon EOS R5 is interesting.
But based on the specs I'm pretty sure it's going to be well outside of my budget. The R lenses certainly have been thus far.
I just have to ruminate on how absurd photography has gotten. I can't even begin to wrap my mind around the concept of a 50mm lens, any 50mm lens, that costs $2,100. The obsession with shallow depth of field is destroying creativity in photography.
Which brings up another thing, and the final nail in a casket of my trying to help people. A guy was complaining that his Nikkor 105mm f/1.4 needed focus calibration. He posted a bunch of example photos, all of which appeared to have no focus problems. The problem was he was shooting tight faces at f/1.4, so he only had about 1/8" of depth. I commented that his focus appeared to be fine and what he needed to do was stop down a bit to get more depth of field. The guy kind of lost his mind, telling me that he didn't buy that lens to stop it down and he knew he could get the result he wanted wide open because he'd seen other examples with the same lens shot wide open with the results he wanted. Of course, those examples weren't such tight shots, so they had more depth due to the greater camera to subject distance. But, just try explaining that to someone with a lot of dollars and no sense, and zero desire to understand anything. The guy ended up trolling me so much, warning everyone I responded to that I didn't know what I was talking about, I eventually just left.
Group photos shot wide open. Freaking brilliant.
This reminds me of when I was looking at a family friend's wedding photos from the hired (notice I didn't say "professional") photographer. Broad daylight (granted, some were in the shade) and she was shooting at f/1.8 for everything, including the group photos. Metadata can be a dangerous thing.
Yeah, some people insist on shooting wide open all the time with a fast lens. I never understood that mentality. I do not think I ever have shot my 50mm f/1.2 wide open -- other than just to test it out. The only reason I ended up with that lens is because Canon's f/1.8 and f/1.4 50mm lenses had major auto focus issues, and I really like that focal length for family events on a full frame body.
I ran into the same problem trying to help people with their sports photography. Again, I suggested not shooting everything wide open, in order to gain some wiggle room with focus. And again, I got trolled with comments like "So, you're saying Sports Illustrated photographers are doing it wrong?" When I tried to explain that Sports Illustrated photographers have the skill needed to do it that way, it was like opening a flood gate of hatred and trolling. Anyway, the result is the same. It's disheartening.
