Palm Warbler and red winged balck bird

ISv said:

WOW!!! That's the FISHERMAN! Did it really swallow that fish?!

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Unfortunately no. I was in my kayak and the current pushed me too close so he dropped it and flew off. I really felt bad about it. Did you notice you can see the chain pickerel's eye?

Keithf2.8is said:

Well, if it is true that the R7 MII won't be released until 2027, it follows the slow release and constant release date changes of the 7D MII. This June will be 4 years since the R7 was released and Canon really needs to update their top of the line APS camera, desperately. And why update the R8 when it's only 3 years old and the R6 MII and R5 MII were just released? Whereas the "flagship APS" R7 is 4 years old and lacking many advanced features(can't even put a grip on it!). Many photographers can't wait to purchase the R7 MII.

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In the DSLR days, sometimes lower tier models were updated more frequently than higher ones, this is nothing new.

My first damselfly of the season yesterday, a Large Red (R5ii + RF 100-500mm). I am now forsaking the 200-800mm for the 100-500mm for the time being because its mfd is so much better. I can put the 2xTC for distant birds and bigger close-ups too,.

Del Paso said:

And colors are colours.

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"Colors" are always "colours"! Surprisingly rumors are not always rumors... But if you believe in every rumor you are close to getting PTSD !

RaPhoto said:

I assign it to the preview button on the front of my R5ii and R7.

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Now thus assigned - thanks for the idea! I pretty much never used that button, so I had forgotten it even existed.

What I'd like to see is something innovative based on this concept camera but without the weird mirror system instead have a massive upward facing EVF (or a magnified EVF) instead of just another horrible retro repackaging of a modern camera with crappy ergonomics and nasty sharp edges.
Even better ditch the retro camera entirely and release a high end R7ii this year

Catastrophic day for me: went to a botanical garden because they had their Corpse flower blooming. Huge mistake: the line at the front office was ~100 meters. Fortunately I didn't need to be on the line - membership, no need to pay... On my way back (~1.5 hours later) the line of the people INSIDE and waiting to see the plant was (conservatively!) ~200 meters and more were coming! Only that Blue-billed White tern from there: at all these people who after briefly looking (and taking few shots with cellphones) at the already collapsing Corpse flower and dispersing in the garden one can imagine where are all the birds/or no birds! Adding some older photos of the 2 most interesting birds (for me!) and 2 more of not that interesting from the last ~6 months, de-noised with LP 9 - just to make some sense of the posting.

Noreaster said:

Swamp Sparrow and GBH
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WOW!!! That's the FISHERMAN! Did it really swallow that fish?!

AlanF said:

They are shockingly hand holdable as well, which is also a major part of their attraction.

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Yeah, for me, if it is fairly easy to carry and 1/2 to 1/3rd the cost of a mere 1-2 third stops of speed vs. the "big whites", it's a no-brainer. If Canon put out a 600mm f/6.3, I'd buy it in a heartbeat (a 500mm f/5.6 works fine as well). With these Nikon lenses, the Sigma 300-600, I would hope that Canon is looking to get into this "middle high-end" of the supertelephoto pool.

I was already hoping this with regard to the 300-600 f/5.6 L rumors, though it seems likely that would be well above this price range ($5-7k), and it also seems likely that it will remain a rumor.

AlanF said:

7 posts in 2 years, each one complaining about Canon and your switching to Sony. Why do you bother to read a forum like this?

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As someone who runs a forum and entertain certain controversial subjects on other platforms you'd be surprised just how much astroturfing, shilling and botting is going on these days. Organic discourse is pretty much dead.

Matt metallic and glossy black finish, grip should be flat with an optional accessory for girth, perhaps doubling up as extended battery power. Lenses should have pointers towards FD design with either the FD orange or NFD green indices, some red text at the name plate like the S.S.C variety lenses although this may be conflicting with L series red ring design so that is unlikely.

Three in the tree, two on the fence...



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...and four on the edge of the bath



Click on the images to get exact data; tools: R5MkII and RF 200-800

JKT said:

I could and it would be a better place for it. Unfortunately, I need the M.Fn as it is.

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I assign it to the preview button on the front of my R5ii and R7.

neuroanatomist said:

You may be able to assign Magnify/Reduce to the M.Fn button. It’s possible on my R1.

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I could and it would be a better place for it. Unfortunately, I need the M.Fn as it is.

JKT said:

What I'd like to see is a dedicated button in the grip for getting magnified view at the focus point. It would have to be straight under a finger in normal hand position and have enough resistance it doesn't get pushed by accident. Just release it and you are back in normal view. The current is a bit difficult to find with thumb and having it in different location in different bodies doesn't help.

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You may be able to assign Magnify/Reduce to the M.Fn button. It’s possible on my R1.

Pretty cool shots, Noreaster.

Retro R8 II would be a nice street photography camera.

But they need to level up the RF 50mm 1.8. It's not good enough for any camera body that costs over 1k. The 35mm 1.8 is great if you don't count the crude focus motor.

AlanF said:

There was still a cult of the EF 400 f/5.6 L when the EF 100-400 II came out. I suppose the built-in lens hood and kudos of owning a prime. made up for the 3.5m close focus, lack of IS and being less sharp even on Canon's own MTF charts.

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This built-in lens shade is something I miss in Canon lenses.
Canon used it extremely sparingly. I never understood why.
Instead of unlocking, turning around the hood before putting a longer lens back into the bag, you just pushed it back. Faster and much more practical.
But the EF 400 f/5,6 never tempted me, I far preferred the excellent EF 100-400 L II.

homebodyMacro2 said:

I will say, I'm a bit envious of Nikon's "slightly slower" supertelephoto lineup
400 f/4.5
600 f/6.3
800 f/6.3

The latter is shockingly affordable. I feel like Canon is really missing out on this part of the supertelephoto market - Canon's RF 800 f/5.6 L is listed for 18k right now vs. $6k for Nikon's f/6.3.

I hope Canon will release some primes like this in the near future.

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They are shockingly hand holdable as well, which is also a major part of their attraction.

AlanF said:

There was still a cult of the EF 400 f/5.6 L when the EF 100-400 II came out. I suppose the built-in lens hood and kudos of owning a prime. made up for the 3.5m close focus, lack of IS and being less sharp even on Canon's own MTF charts.

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The EF 400 f/5.6 is one lens that fell short of my hopes, mainly because of its lack of IS (and as someone above reminded me, the long MFD). That's what pushed me to get the 500 f/4 and aside from the cost, I never regretted it.

OT: For whatever it's worth, Canon released their quarterly financial results on April 23.

Well, if it is true that the R7 MII won't be released until 2027, it follows the slow release and constant release date changes of the 7D MII. This June will be 4 years since the R7 was released and Canon really needs to update their top of the line APS camera, desperately. And why update the R8 when it's only 3 years old and the R6 MII and R5 MII were just released? Whereas the "flagship APS" R7 is 4 years old and lacking many advanced features(can't even put a grip on it!). Many photographers can't wait to purchase the R7 MII.

P-visie said:

“On that topic, make focus peaking easier to see in all situations. There are still situations that I have hard time with it. That could be a me problem.”

You are not the only one having this problem. I have the same issue with the R5 Mk II and the R5.

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What I'd like to see is a dedicated button in the grip for getting magnified view at the focus point. It would have to be straight under a finger in normal hand position and have enough resistance it doesn't get pushed by accident. Just release it and you are back in normal view. The current is a bit difficult to find with thumb and having it in different location in different bodies doesn't help.

neuroanatomist said:

To each their own. To me, It’s not very helpful if I have to take my eye away from the viewfinder and look over the top of the camera to see that information. I’d much rather have it right in front of my eye when I want it.

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Exactly and that is just software. To each their own setting ;-)