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P-visie · Oct 18, 2025

Mikehit said:
Lenses used to be Canon's strong point now, not so much...they seem to be majoring on keeping their pro-base happy more than looking at what the wider customers think.

The price of the EF 300mm f2.8 II was between 6000 and 6500€ (including VAT). IMO that is not a price for ‘the wider customers’.

Canon has a range of affordable primes and zoomlenses (from 16mm to 800mm). If you want a 300mm but cannot, or do not want to, spend 9500$/ 12000€, Canon has the RF 200-800mm (no need for extenders) or the RF 100-500mm, both are excellent lenses. Or wait until the rumored RF300-600mm is released. The rumored price is around 6500-7000$ if the rumors are correct, this zoom is f4 for 300mm and f5.6 for 500mm and 600mm.

Nemorino · Oct 18, 2025

Thank You!

ISv said:
Are you using in camera stacking or some external program:

I use helicon focus to render the images.

Jethro said:
Love the Jelly in the last shot especially!

If You like jelly You might like also those:

Maybe a Tremella globispora

R5m2 + Laowa 25mm macro
stack of 61 frames

Maybe tremella spicata
R5m2 + RF100L
stack of 130 frames

Mikehit · Oct 18, 2025

m4ndr4ke said:
The 300 is the only prime lens that has been replaced with a zoom, so far.
There’s 135, 400, 600, 800 and 1200mm primes.
There’s no 200mm yet, but that wasn’t a 2.8 either, so it just hasn’t been replaced yet.

The 100-300 weights about 300 grams more than the EF 300mm f/2.8 IS II without adapter, and it can take teleconverters as well.

Sure, it costs a big chunk of money, but it delivers. I doubt they’ll make a fixed 300mm f/2.8 anytime soon.

Thank you. When you can't afford two of the classic workhorses (they are also missing an RF version of the 500mm f4) whether it delivers is a moot point. I am moving back from Olympus to FF, and it is these gaps in their lens line-ups that is making me compare adapting EF lenses or stump up the extra and go to Sony. But I really like Canon.
Lenses used to be Canon's strong point now, not so much...they seem to be majoring on keeping their pro-base happy more than looking at what the wider customers think.

P-visie · Oct 18, 2025

LPSDOTCOM said:
Everytime I see these prices I laugh my ass off... How is the Euro worth more than the dollar when the Eurozone lacks Britain, and every country except Germany and France are going broke or are already broke???

Because you do not have a clue about Europe and the state of the economy: France has a debt of 116% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (almost twice the EU norm of 60%), the UK 103% of the GDP. Germany 64% of the GDP. The USA ratio is 125%, forecasted to rise to 143% by 2030.

Source IMF country data mapper: https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/profile

They have tool where you can view the data by clicking on the country on a map: https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/GGXWDG_NGDP@WEO/OEMDC/ADVEC/WEOWORLD

ararezaee · Oct 18, 2025

I cant find how many stops is the mark2' IBIS. All I could find was that its 8 stops in combination with a stabilizing lens. Can anyone help me with this?

AlanF · Oct 18, 2025

josephandrews222 said:
After selecting Wonder, this window (minus the red rectangle) appeared:
View attachment 226520

For this particular fix, the total time (after clicking Process in cloud) was about 90 seconds (including upload, processing and download).

I've had some other decent results with the various Topaz products, but admit that the product is no panacea.

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Were you 'offered' the choices of cloud processing or processing on computer (...in the Wonder BETA window)?

I have not read any of the recent promotional material regarding Topaz Photo and Topaz Photo AI, and admit to a certain confusion about these 'two' products (pricing and subscription terms etc)...but will try to respond in full to the responses in this thread.

I was offered the choice and chose computer. I repeated this morning using the Cloud but gave up after several minutes with RAW, a full-size jpeg then a tiny crop. Each even took a minute or so to upload. Maybe there are problems from over here but it is clearly not practical for me even to test. Topaz has always been amusing with its almost daily updates and have to download 20 gb each time.

m4ndr4ke · Oct 18, 2025

Mikehit said:
is it all high quality zoom now?

The 300 is the only prime lens that has been replaced with a zoom, so far.
There’s 135, 400, 600, 800 and 1200mm primes.
There’s no 200mm yet, but that wasn’t a 2.8 either, so it just hasn’t been replaced yet.

The 100-300 weights about 300 grams more than the EF 300mm f/2.8 IS II without adapter, and it can take teleconverters as well.

Sure, it costs a big chunk of money, but it delivers. I doubt they’ll make a fixed 300mm f/2.8 anytime soon.

Exploreshootshare · Oct 18, 2025

archie said:
I'm new here but Canon's press release said $2,499, 2.499 €. If you bought a particular lens with it, the total WAS $2,799.

In Europe, the RRP for the original R6 was 2.630 € and mkii had a RRP of 2.899 €. You can actually look it up on the web.

m4ndr4ke · Oct 18, 2025

archie said:
I'm new here but Canon's press release said $2,499, 2.499 €. If you bought a particular lens with it, the total WAS $2,799.

Never 2499€. Even the original R6 was released at 2849€, and I know that very well because I waited for months for the first discounts.
I have an invoice of 2649€, early in 2021, for body only, after said discount.

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Here you can see that it cost 2799€ in Spain, where VAT is a little lower than here in Portugal.

The R6 Mark II, if I remember correctly, was released at 3049€ body only.

EOS 4 Life · Oct 18, 2025

Michael Clark said:
But you are comparing it to the possible launch price of another camera.

The point of my comparison was to contemplate how cheap Canon could make another camera sharing some of the same parts.
There is a precedent with the 1DX III and R6.

josephandrews222 · Oct 18, 2025

AlanF said:
Just downloaded the new Topaz Photo to try out the Wonder mode. But, it was going to take 107 minutes to process the first image from RAW and the same for a jpeg on my MacBook Air, which is the latest model. How long did it take on your computer?

(I also own a perpetual licence for Photo AI, and have got a complimentary to the new Topaz Photo, but in future it will be on subscription).

After selecting Wonder, this window (minus the red rectangle) appeared:

For this particular fix, the total time (after clicking Process in cloud) was about 90 seconds (including upload, processing and download).

I've had some other decent results with the various Topaz products, but admit that the product is no panacea.

=====

Were you 'offered' the choices of cloud processing or processing on computer (...in the Wonder BETA window)?

I have not read any of the recent promotional material regarding Topaz Photo and Topaz Photo AI, and admit to a certain confusion about these 'two' products (pricing and subscription terms etc)...but will try to respond in full to the responses in this thread.

Bob Howland · Oct 17, 2025

David - Sydney said:
The physical RF mount hasn't been an impediment for new lenses for either manual or EF auto focus protocols. 3rd party EF lenses still had some issues with compatibility over time.

The RF protocols are a different issue. They may be under patent but the implementation won't be disclosed.
It is simple to encrypt the protocols so reverse engineering can't be done. Combining lens IS and IBIS is not a simple implementation.
Sigma and Tamron are playing a long game and will license with Canon's permission. There is no indication that this strategy will change.
The Chinese lens manufacturers are a different story.

Wouldn't Canon have to disclose the RF implementation to Sigma for Sigma to make fully compatible APS-C lenses?

Mikehit · Oct 17, 2025

The EF 300mm f2.8 was a superb option for wildlife - relatively compact with the chance of using teleconverters to give up to 600mm f5.6.
The only RF option is the 100-300 f2.8 which is heavy and damned expensive. Are there any murmurs of Canon making more RF tele-primes or is it all high quality zoom now?

archie · Oct 17, 2025

Exploreshootshare said:
Nope, not more money. If 2.899 € (or 2900 €) is true the RRP is identical with the RRP of the mkii. How do people not get that? It has been pointed out several times now.

I'm new here but Canon's press release said $2,499, 2.499 €. If you bought a particular lens with it, the total WAS $2,799.

Walrus · Oct 17, 2025

Chig said:
CF Express cards are so cheap now you can easily keep a few spare ones in your bag though, also if it had a CF Express slot it would also have an SD card slot as Canon aren't going to give it dual CF slots so no downsides

I'm not having ANY camera with dual slots with different card shape, either is double SD or is double CFE; there's no way I'm buying and bringing around different cards.

Click · Oct 17, 2025

Lovely shots, Alan.

AlanF · Oct 17, 2025

A newly arrived Stonechat and a much closer Pied (white) Wagtail today. I really do like the 200-800 for shooting small birds. The Stonechat was 25m away. It's been a terrible few months for birds here and hopefully we will get some immigrants now.

nwardrip · Oct 17, 2025

Spacey69 said:
I’m very curious to know what the fix is so Canon can acknowledge the problem that plagued all of us Canon flash users these many years.

Poorly written firmware (error handling)

rombe3jr · Oct 17, 2025

R6 III specs that I want:

Passive venting
C-Log 2
Improved IBIS
Tally light
Shutter angle setting
Full size HDMI port
Pricing at or under $2,700 USD

Things I don't care about as much (but they would be nice):

Higher pixel count
Higher dynamic range (certainly not a decrease though)
False color
Brighter LCD
Improved sensor speed
CF Express B
Open gate

I understand we probably will get less than what I want at a price higher than I am comfortable paying. Expectation readjustment likely to commence on November 6th.

m4ndr4ke · Oct 17, 2025

Michael Clark said:
And by the way, Canon's FF sensors are an honest 36mm x 24mm while most of Sony's & Nikon's are actually 35.9mm x 23.9mm. That's a 7% difference in area! Where's your crying over that?

Maybe we should check Sony alpha rumors and Nikon rumors

Michael Clark said:
In terms of image quality, my EF 50mm f/1.4 is no better than the EF 50mm f/1.8 II that preceded it at f/2 and beyond. At f/1.8 the 1.4 is *slightly* sharper.

I briefly had the EF 50mm f/1.8 II, then the STM version, and later the 1.4. The reason I got the 1.4 was because the 1.8 had such low resistance to specular highlights in the background it annoyed me.

A few years later I finally upgraded to the Sigma 50mm f/1.4 Art and never looked back.

Currently, I no longer own any EF lens. Truth is, after I got the 28-70mm f/2, I can barely find the need for a prime lens in that range, at least for work. I "want" a good 50, and now there's the VCM, but I'm yet to really feel the need.

Spacey69 · Oct 17, 2025

Klendothir said:
I did some tests with an ST-E10 + EL-5. It seems to work flawlessly. Both even reconnect automatically after waking up from sleep mode. It looks like Canon finally solved the issue...

I’m very curious to know what the fix is so Canon can acknowledge the problem that plagued all of us Canon flash users these many years.

roby17269 · Oct 17, 2025

Michael Clark said:
You're blaming ISO for poor performance when the real issue is lack of light, and what little light there is being of very poor quality.

I am blaming ISO?!? what are you talking about?
I just said that for my taste I use AI NR over ISO 800 especially if the light is not ideal.
If you like noise grain that's your preference. I don't unless there's a specific reason to have it.

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