I'm still thinking of buying the R5 mark II. Should I or should I wait? I BOUGHT IT!!!

[Levina de Ruijter]

Shutter count is stored in a chip in the battery, I think. So the chip in this battery doesn't keep the score well. Try another battery, see how that goes. If it behaves normally, then you'll know for sure.

Right. Since the battery-with-a-possibly-faulty-chip needs recharging I put in the new one. Fingers crossed.

 

[Jan1977]

OMG

How do you deal with 7000 shots?!

Sacrifice some spare time I download to my computer and then try to do a rapid cull using "FastRawViewer", marking the files to keep. The rest goes straight to the bin. Then I put them through DXO and import in Lightroom. In Lightroom I make some basic adjustments (depending on consistency of light conditions) and copy that to all photos. I usually spread the photos over collections, per camera per half and per match.
I then tweak some sliders depending on the photo and crop the photo. I give it a 2-start rating if the photo might be used for instagram or fora. I do not do local adjustments, just global adjustments. Furthermore I use a loupdeck Live console, with the buttons and dials for things I use most, so I can go through the photos efficiently.

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Sacrifice some spare time I download to my computer and then try to do a rapid cull using "FastRawViewer", marking the files to keep. The rest goes straight to the bin. Then I put them through DXO and import in Lightroom. In Lightroom I make some basic adjustments (depending on consistency of light conditions) and copy that to all photos. I usually spread the photos over collections, per camera per half and per match.
I then tweak some sliders depending on the photo and crop the photo. I give it a 2-start rating if the photo might be used for instagram or fora. I do not do local adjustments, just global adjustments. Furthermore I use a loupdeck Live console, with the buttons and dials for things I use most, so I can go through the photos efficiently.

Whoa, you got that down to a science. Tells me just how inefficient I am!

I find it interesting that you first put the files through DXO and after that import them in Lightroom. I do the reverse: import into Lightroom, then select the shots I want to process and those go through DXO. Of course I only need to select a handful of shots from a shoot, if that. Even with my almost 900 shots of today, a lot are duplicates or near duplicates. Which is not the case with your rugby or cycling shots.

I have now lowered the fps to 15. I don't want to make a habit of coming home with 900 shots.

 

[Jan1977]

Whoa, you got that down to a science. Tells me just how inefficient I am!

I find it interesting that you first put the files through DXO and after that import them in Lightroom. I do the reverse: import into Lightroom, then select the shots I want to process and those go through DXO. Of course I only need to select a handful of shots from a shoot, if that. Even with my almost 900 shots of today, a lot are duplicates or near duplicates. Which is not the case with your rugby or cycling shots.

I have now lowered the fps to 15. I don't want to make a habit of coming home with 900 shots.

I used to import in Lightroom first and then run through DXO, but I now prefer to go through DXO separately (I start the batch and let the computer run while I go do something else). Same with Lightroom, I start my import and then while Lightroom is building previews, I go do something else. After keywording all photos, I filter in DNG-files and then divide over the collections.
I have a 'dummy' collection set which I copy which holds the collection structure I use most and then just drag the photos to the collection.

With respect to duplicates, I do not have real duplicates, but I do have sequences and sometimes I decide to keep most of the sequence and post them all to my smugmug page. With my Loupedeck I push 3 buttons in a row and I'm in crop mode on the next photo. Move my hands to my dials and adjust the crop. (1 dial for crop size, one to move vertical, one to move horizontal, one for fine rotation). With my left and right hand moving slightly up and down, I switch between the dials quickly. Each of the dials is configured to apply the crop on a push.
I also use the dials for the main exposure setting (exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, whites and blacks), moving my hands/ fingers within 5 cm I can switch between the sliders quickly.

A short while back I had a driver problem and my Loupedeck was not working, then I really noticed how much more efficient the device makes me when editing my sports photos.

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

I used to import in Lightroom first and then run through DXO, but I now prefer to go through DXO separately (I start the batch and let the computer run while I go do something else). Same with Lightroom, I start my import and then while Lightroom is building previews, I go do something else. After keywording all photos, I filter in DNG-files and then divide over the collections.
I have a 'dummy' collection set which I copy which holds the collection structure I use most and then just drag the photos to the collection.

With respect to duplicates, I do not have real duplicates, but I do have sequences and sometimes I decide to keep most of the sequence and post them all to my smugmug page. With my Loupedeck I push 3 buttons in a row and I'm in crop mode on the next photo. Move my hands to my dials and adjust the crop. (1 dial for crop size, one to move vertical, one to move horizontal, one for fine rotation). With my left and right hand moving slightly up and down, I switch between the dials quickly. Each of the dials is configured to apply the crop on a push.
I also use the dials for the main exposure setting (exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, whites and blacks), moving my hands/ fingers within 5 cm I can switch between the sliders quickly.

A short while back I had a driver problem and my Loupedeck was not working, then I really noticed how much more efficient the device makes me when editing my sports photos.

I had no idea what Loupedeck was so I looked it up. Interesting device. I can imagine it's faster than having to move a mouse to a slider and then moving it in Lightroom. And as it's very tactile no doubt muscle memory does it's thing so that after a while you don't need to look at your hands much. Pretty cool.

I start by opening the files in DPP. It's a great app, just unusable. Exporting a tiff takes forever, even on my super fast system. But the Quick Check mode is great. I can go through files quick, zoom in and out with one click. Reject files and then in one swoop delete them.

The remaining files I import into Lightroom where I do a second round of culling. I choose the files I like best. The others get binned. From the files I like best I choose a few to process. I run these through DXO but other than that I don't do much in Lightroom. Just basic tweaks like cropping, exposure correction, WB correction maybe, if needed. But that's pretty much it. I do most all my editing in Photoshop and when finished I export the file back into Lightroom as a jpeg.

I just wish I could get away from Adobe. But other applications I tried just didn't do it for me.

 

[Jeff WX1USN]

Just imagine the inventor of these plastic air cussions that are used to fill the empty spaces...

He or she must have told someone: I'm gonna make money selling bags of air...

30 years ago who would have thought you could sell bottled water!

 

[Jeff WX1USN]

Right. Since the battery-with-a-possibly-faulty-chip needs recharging I put in the new one. Fingers crossed.

Did the 2nd battery help? I use the number of frames to keep track of the total shots taken with a camera, I put the 0001 picture in a folder and then at a glance I can tell for example my R6ii is over 50k shots.
If the R5ii rolls over every time you change batteries or clean the card that is not good unless I really stop worrying about how many images I have taken.

I just sold 3 more of my gun collection so now have just under 10k in my hobby bank account AND I heard the R6iii won't be out until LATE this year at the earliest. Now I would hate to be waiting for it and die of old age.
As I mentioned before I will rent a R5ii, if the shutter count resets with battery change or card cleaning, I wonder how Hunts Photo that lets you return a camera as long as it has less than 500 shots on it will tell..

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

30 years ago who would have thought you could sell bottled water!

The things we invent!

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Did the 2nd battery help? I use the number of frames to keep track of the total shots taken with a camera, I put the 0001 picture in a folder and then at a glance I can tell for example my R6ii is over 50k shots.
If the R5ii rolls over every time you change batteries or clean the card that is not good unless I really stop worrying about how many images I have taken.

I just put in the new battery. We'll see how that goes in the coming days.

I don't keep track of the number of shots I take but I do like to see the shutter count of the battery in the camera.

I just sold 3 more of my gun collection so now have just under 10k in my hobby bank account AND I heard the R6iii won't be out until LATE this year at the earliest. Now I would hate to be waiting for it and die of old age.
As I mentioned before I will rent a R5ii,

So you have money to spend! That's good. I'm guessing that still doesn't make choosing easier. Renting is expensive too though.

if the shutter count resets with battery change or card cleaning, I wonder how Hunts Photo that lets you return a camera as long as it has less than 500 shots on it will tell..

I think no one else reported this? At least I haven't read anything about it. I googled it and found nothing. So it must be just me.

 

[Jeff WX1USN]

I just put in the new battery. We'll see how that goes in the coming days.

I don't keep track of the number of shots I take but I do like to see the shutter count of the battery in the camera.


So you have money to spend! That's good. I'm guessing that still doesn't make choosing easier. Renting is expensive too though.

I never watch the shutter count on the battery I watch the battery indicator and when it gets down to 2 bars I get ready to change it but often wait for it to flash red.

Renting is about $250 for the week, unlimited shots, would rent with the CF card. going to wait until it is a bit warmer, going to be -15C this weekend.

What size are the Craw files on the R5ii? Where I rarely shot video and the R6iii might not come out until much later this year I AM tempted to get the R5ii, people are "supposing" so much for the R6iii but not official specs yet. I tend to think that while it will be close to the R5ii the R6iii will still be a step down, it certainly isn't going to better or even even with it. If I were to buy the R6iii it is going to cost about $3,000 while the R5ii would be about $5,500 so 2,500 more
I may drive down to the camera store in Providence RI next week to check it out and see how it feels in my hand.\

How is the low light performance in the R5ii vs the R6ii ?