I wasn’t aiming at you, and I certainly didn’t think you were targeting me (for no other reason than that’s possibly the first time I’ve ever mentioned Panasonic cameras).
And I absolutely agree that a newbie should examine all the options. It’s a great time to be starting in photography, if I was starting now as a noob, I’d almost certainly go Fuji, if I was starting out as a wedding photographer, I’d be buying a couple of D750’s. But I have 6 canon bodies (7 if you count the EOS5) and 10 lenses, I can’t afford a couple of grand hit to change systems, but that in no way means others shouldn’t choose whatever they feel fits them better.
I don’t see the Canon M5 as particularly limited, there may be some headline grabbing things others do better, but the dual pixel af is better than many other csc’s, and whilst the native lenses aren’t aimed at ‘photographers’ the adaptor is a great workaround until we get more sorted (and it finally looks promising) I’ll have a serious think about what I sell to buy the 32mm.
The 6dR looks like a great camera, though not as good as the Sony, if I was in the market (I’m not) I’d seriously check out the Sony a7III+ adaptor against the Canon, and for a non Canon shooter, it’s almost a no-brainer.