Canon R5 Mark II – 1 Year Later: Was It Worth The Upgrade?

James Reader October 10, 2025
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Head to https://squarespace.com/jamesreader to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code JAMESREADER Check out the Canon R5 Mark II: https://geni.us/m5dPJ Original R5: https://geni.us/BoRh My Lightroom Presets: https://www.jamesreader.uk/presets My full gear list: https://www.jamesreader.uk/gear-list My written reviews: https://www.jamesreader.uk/blog My website: https://www.jamesreader.uk 00:00 - Intro 0:47 - Photo Image Quality & Colours 2:00 - Colours VS Original R5 2:36 - Portraits 3:00 - Better than the R6 II? 3:52 - Studio Photography 4:33 - Landscape Photography 5:12 - Bad Photo Dynamic Range? 6:18 - Two New Featured I LOVE! 7:30 - Sponsor 8:30 - Other Improvements 9:27 - Photo AF 10:04 - Photo Cons 11:28 - Video Image Quality 13:24 - Bad Slow Mo? 14:13 - Better than C80? 14:30 - Video Dynamic Range 15:12 - Low Light Video 15:50 - AF & Other Improvements 16:27 - BIG Video Cons? 18:07 - Battery Life 18:29 - Build & Handling 19:15 - Was It Worth The Upgrade?? Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/james.reader All My Gear Camera Setup: Main Camera: https://geni.us/m5dPJ Backup Camera: https://geni.us/BgQI7AL Travel Camera: https://geni.us/ltywwy Favourite Lens: https://geni.us/nl45 Best Portrait Lens: https://geni.us/f3LlvrT Favourite Video Lens: https://geni.us/fGKWOBw Wide Angle Zoom: https://geni.us/AFruyUA Telephoto Zoom: https://geni.us/Zq607DW Best Budget Prime: https://geni.us/wMjtBXg Accessories Best Travel Tripod: https://geni.us/r9WwR4 CF Express Card: https://geni.us/J3aI Best ND Filter: https://geni.us/wbY4W My New Favourite Camera Backpack: https://geni.us/rpXQwz Travel Camera Bag: https://geni.us/2Lzbw Tech Pouch: https://geni.us/SFQ7 My Favourite Camera Strap: https://geni.us/1SqH2M *** Please note, clicking any of these links above and buying from Amazon helps support my channel as I get a little commission from each order at no extra cost to you. Thank you for your support. *** General Enquiries: [email protected] For business enquiries: [email protected]

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