@neuroanatomist Have you never heard the expression, "Many a true thing is said in jest" ? But of course you take that further by posting untrue things - like that unlabeled comparison photo - and when called on them excuse them as jokes- and blame those who take offense as thin skinned.

That kind of conduct does not belong in a public forum - if indeed it belongs anywhere. The only place I'm aware of it being applauded is when practiced by picadors in a bull-fight. This forum should not tolerate it.

Markov said:

That is indeed one of the things I am looking for. And better pre-capture would also be great, e.g. for insects taking off. I do hope the auto focus will be better because it currently has trouble following flying insects.

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Precapture definitely improved post-R7. Current cameras save individual files that don't require DPP to unpack (unlike the R7, IIRC), and with current firmware you can specify the number of shots in the precapture, up to 20. The stacked sensor would also help with AF, especially with tracking because the faster sensor readout allows more sampling for AF (assuming Canon implements that as they did with the R1, which Canon being Canon is unfortunately not a given).

Philnick said:

So what, pray tell, was the point of neuro's post #38 in this thread, which explicitly mocked a discussion of the advantages of an APS-C camera in getting more reach from a lens by calling those who said that those "who still believe in fairies, wizards and the magic of the crop factor." and then included the following image:

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with no disclosure that it was actually a comparison of an iPhone photo to a picture taken with an R3 with a 70-200mm f/2.8L until 63 posts later in post #101, and then only if you followed the link in post #101 to see it was that image.

I consider it perfectly appropriate to call that intentionally deceptive, which is why, in post #85 I was demanding that neuro tell us what gear was used to take those shots. If neuro had labeled that image as what it was in post #38, it could be claimed as disclosed with full caveats, but the opposite was the case.

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The point was a jab, intended with humor, at those who suggest 'full frame equivalent focal length' is the only thing that changes with a smaller sensor. The post to which I was replying included, "But not for the same effective FL. So a wildlife shooter on APS-C can shoot his 800mm equivalent using a 500mm lens." It was a general comment, honestly somewhat tangential to the post to which I replied. I suggest you not take things personally unless they're clearly intended that way. You'll know when that's the case.

Philnick said:

In this context, don't dump on APS-C because full frame has some advantages over it.

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So in your mind, stating facts such as DoF with APS-C is 1-1/3 stops deeper than with the same focal length on FF and images from an APS-C sensor have 1-1/3 stops more noise at the same ISO compared to a FF sensor is 'dumping on APS-C'.

Then you must also think that stating facts like the higher pixel density of APS-C sensors enables putting more pixels on target and APS-C systems are often smaller, lighter and cheaper than FF systems is 'dumping on FF', right? No, I bet you think those are just pieces of good information because they support your choices.

The bottom line is that cameras are tools, and it's always best to use the right tool for the job. That's why I have and regularly use cameras ranging from an iPhone to full frame, with two sizes in between. It's why I have a large set of lenses to support different types of photography. I shot an outdoor event yesterday, casual and somewhere I could be close to the subjects, and would be taking mainly group shots...I used the PowerShot V1 with its 2x crop sensor and 16-50 equivalent lens. Today, I shot an indoor jazz concert where I would be relatively far from the stage and needed to take ensemble shots and close-ups of soloists...I used the R1 and two lenses covering 24mm to 300mm at f/2.8, and even with that wide aperture I was using ISOs ranging from 3200 to 40000.

scyrene said:

But you have that combination of a superiority complex, a (deliberate?) misconstruing of everything you read, and a brittle defensiveness that makes any discussion pointless.

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I respectfully disagree with your first characteristic. It seems to me that @Philnick has an inferiority complex, at least as far as his camera choices. Basic facts about the smaller APS-C sensor clearly trigger him in some way. Maybe he's just jealous that others have bigger sensors than him.

See, @Philnick ^^that was intended for you to take personally.

PinholeR5 said:

Folks,

I'm very curious to know how you guys make use of the SA Control. A bit of negative to smooth out the background a bit more? Creative effect? I tried it a bit when I first got the lens, but couldn't get much use of the feature and just locked the ring in place and forgot about it.

It was so out of my mind that it bit me in the rear end.

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They should give it a pop-up icon in the EVF when the SAC is active.

The 7D Mark II has another huge advantage over the 5D Mark III: it has DPAF in video. It works incredibly well over the contrast-detect tech found in the more expensive FF model.

neuroanatomist said:

If the R7II has the stacked sensor that is mentioned in this rumor, the ability to use flash with electronic shutter and thus combine flash with focus stacking (as currently possible on the R1 and R5II) might be of significant interest to you. That assumes you use the camera's focus stacking feature, if you use a macro rail as I sometimes do then you won't have that limitation.

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That is indeed one of the things I am looking for. And better pre-capture would also be great, e.g. for insects taking off. I do hope the auto focus will be better because it currently has trouble following flying insects.

AlanF said:

The R7 with the RF 100-400 is also very good for close up/near-macro photographing of insects in the wild. I use it for dragonflies and butterflies where you can't get too close because you scare them away but that kit gets 0.4x magnification from about a metre away.

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I use the RF 100-400 for butterflies and dragonflies and the RF 100 Macro for smaller insects. See my website www.insectenfotograferen.nl for lots of examples.

I see a tribal mask with it's tongue sticking out.
But my new eyeglasses aren't due for a few more days.

scyrene said:

No, it isn't. But you have that combination of a superiority complex, a (deliberate?) misconstruing of everything you read, and a brittle defensiveness that makes any discussion pointless. The horse has been led to water, but it is on a hunger strike. To bring it back to topic, pixel size is essentially irrelevant. Citations above, ad nauseam.

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So what, pray tell, was the point of neuro's post #38 in this thread, which explicitly mocked a discussion of the advantages of an APS-C camera in getting more reach from a lens by calling those who said that those "who still believe in fairies, wizards and the magic of the crop factor." and then included the following image:


with no disclosure that it was actually a comparison of an iPhone photo to a picture taken with an R3 with a 70-200mm f/2.8L until 63 posts later in post #101, and then only if you followed the link in post #101 to see it was that image.

I consider it perfectly appropriate to call that intentionally deceptive, which is why, in post #85 I was demanding that neuro tell us what gear was used to take those shots. If neuro had labeled that image as what it was in post #38, it could be claimed as disclosed with full caveats, but the opposite was the case.

Philnick said:

I don't post intentionally-deceptive comparison shots and lecture the hoi-polloi that their gear is not as good as they think it is, which is what neuro has done.

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No, it isn't. But you have that combination of a superiority complex, a (deliberate?) misconstruing of everything you read, and a brittle defensiveness that makes any discussion pointless. The horse has been led to water, but it is on a hunger strike. To bring it back to topic, pixel size is essentially irrelevant. Citations above, ad nauseam.

Markov said:

Because I use a diffused flash most of the time, low-light behavior is not the most important. So, I look forward to the R7ii if that has a higher resolution. A stacked sensor is less important although an advantage I hardly ever read is that you can then use a flash with the electronic shutter. Also, I look forward to improvements in pre-capture and focus stacking functionality.

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If the R7II has the stacked sensor that is mentioned in this rumor, the ability to use flash with electronic shutter and thus combine flash with focus stacking (as currently possible on the R1 and R5II) might be of significant interest to you. That assumes you use the camera's focus stacking feature, if you use a macro rail as I sometimes do then you won't have that limitation.

Traveler said:

When I check this article quickly, it looks like an anti-Canon website.

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Being fair isn’t being a hater. Canon Rumors actually has decent writers, not merely blind fanboys.
I often find that Canon Rumors (CR) writes better than Sony Alpha Rumors (SAR) even for Sony gear, which is commendable for CR and laughable for SAR. Heck, a friend of mine, who is a Sony user, enjoys more reading this website than theirs, because the writing is clearly more responsible and mature here.

For this article, specifically, I think Sigma deserved a few recognitions, but that’s all I have to say.

Nemorino said:

I love the SAC!!!!

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neuroanatomist said:

I use it, as well. Those who don’t want to can lock it in the zero position. Others can choose to whine about it on the internet, even if they don’t own the lens.

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Del Paso said:

After having compared the EF and the RF 100 macros, I didn't hesitate one single second and put the EF on sale. This was already my 3rd. EF version, the first ones were even inferior , and it was still far inferior to the RF for landscapes. Don't you please tell me macros aren't for landscapes too, many use them in a more universal way, unless you want to always carry 2 100mm lenses.
The RF is just a full class above the EF. You don't want SA control? Don't use it, I do.
My 2 centimes of an Euro.

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Folks,

I'm very curious to know how you guys make use of the SA Control. A bit of negative to smooth out the background a bit more? Creative effect? I tried it a bit when I first got the lens, but couldn't get much use of the feature and just locked the ring in place and forgot about it.

It was so out of my mind that it bit me in the rear end. I was shooting a work event (informally, I am an engineer and photography is a hobby) and had two cameras, R3 + 28-70 F2 and R5 + RF 135mm. Put the RF 100 on the R5 to take some closeup shots, but the images were coming off completly weird. I had bumped the lock and turned the ring all the way +, but didn't noticed and on the spot it didn't even cross my mind that the lens had an SAC ring. So I just went back to the 135mm for the shots and changed what I had in mind. Oops! . Now this was an issue of me forgetting about the features of my lens, more than anything (it would have taken me less than 10 seconds to fix the issue if I had remembered).

BTW, I love the RF 100! Though, I should say that I like the EF 180mm F3.5 even better! I'm looking forward to an RF version with IS, better AF and sharpness at the level of the RF 100.

At any rate, I made a mental note to come back and learn to use the SA and this thread remined me of it. I am really curious to see how others have put that feature to good use.

Markov said:

Can we please go back to the topic.

When discussing the R7 people often refer to bird and wildlife photographers. I am a macro and close-up photographer, and the camera is also very suited for that. To get enough magnification I almost always crop the image in post-processing. Because I use a diffused flash most of the time, low-light behavior is not the most important. So, I look forward to the R7ii if that has a higher resolution. A stacked sensor is less important although an advantage I hardly ever read is that you can then use a flash with the electronic shutter. Also, I look forward to improvements in pre-capture and focus stacking functionality.

When the new APS-C camera becomes considerably better in all aspects (including form factor), wouldn't it make sense to call it the R4 or R2? In that way there would be a flagship APS-C camera and Canon could raise the price. The R7 mark ii could then be a more modest upgrade for a lower price.

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The R7 with the RF 100-400 is also very good for close up/near-macro photographing of insects in the wild. I use it for dragonflies and butterflies where you can't get too close because you scare them away but that kit gets 0.4x magnification from about a metre away.

Can we please go back to the topic.

When discussing the R7 people often refer to bird and wildlife photographers. I am a macro and close-up photographer, and the camera is also very suited for that. To get enough magnification I almost always crop the image in post-processing. Because I use a diffused flash most of the time, low-light behavior is not the most important. So, I look forward to the R7ii if that has a higher resolution. A stacked sensor is less important although an advantage I hardly ever read is that you can then use a flash with the electronic shutter. Also, I look forward to improvements in pre-capture and focus stacking functionality.

When the new APS-C camera becomes considerably better in all aspects (including form factor), wouldn't it make sense to call it the R4 or R2? In that way there would be a flagship APS-C camera and Canon could raise the price. The R7 mark ii could then be a more modest upgrade for a lower price.

Philnick said:

Don't tell me you've never heard that expression. It means don't reject the good because it's not perfect.

In this context, don't dump on APS-C because Full Frame has some advantages over it.

We are, after all, in a discussion thread about an anticipated APS-C body - and many of us -perhaps most - see the R7 as their main camera, not merely a universal telextender for their full-frame setup.

There's a related, if not exactly the same aphorism, "Don't yuck my yum."

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You're taking offense where there is none.

Traveler said:

it is funny to compare CanonRumors and SonyAlphaRumors. When I check this article quickly, it looks like an anti-Canon website. Best camera is Nikon, best lens is Sony, worst camera and lens is Canon
And then I check SonyAlphaRumors and they brag that Sony leads with the largest booth at CP+

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They need the help.

Zadak said:

I would think so, Canon screwed up the 100mm by giving it that useless SA control. Who approved that feature...

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Maybe they wanted to take the upward market pressure off of the 135mm SoftFocus,

scyrene said:

I salute your continued technical replies, which will hopefully help bystanders, but I am put in mind of that analogy of playing chess with a pigeon.

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Thank you. I was, in fact, a strong chess player in my youth, which was useful training for playing with pigeons. Though I now prefer to photo them. Here is one looking out of a clock taken on my R7 in a beautiful town in Tuscany this summer.

AlanF said:

Are you the perfect or the good? Or both?

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Don't tell me you've never heard that expression. It means don't reject the good because it's not perfect.

In this context, don't dump on APS-C because full frame has some advantages over it.

We are, after all, in a discussion thread about an anticipated APS-C body - and many of us -perhaps most - see the R7 as their main camera, not merely a telextender for their full-frame setup.

There's a related aphorism, "Don't yuck my yum."

David the street guy said:

I know about Prograde cards, but the link you offered is for the United States, and I won't buy from Amazon, having experienced being sent fake Prograde cards twice (and 1 used and broken reader).

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The link that I provided was to B&H Photo, not Amazon. The former is a reputable camera dealer who will ship you the bona fide item you order, the latter is a convenient clearing house for counterfeit goods that facilitates the process by commingling their stock such that 'sold by and ships from Amazon' is meaningless, despite their claims that they are ending the practice (and those claims seem to perpetually be 'we're stopping soon).

David the street guy said:

That said, the writing speed of the Prograde is 850 MB/s, while the Lexar is 3300 MB/s, a huge difference.

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There is a difference between max write speed and sustained write speed. The Lexar is 3300 MB/s max write, 3000 MB/s sustained write. You're correct that is faster than the Prograde card, which for the 1 TB version I linked is 3000 MB/s max write and 1500 MB/s sustained write (the smaller cards are slower, my 256 GB card is the 850 MB/s sustained write).

What is your application that you need the highest possible sustained write speed? Canon cameras that use CFe are on the 2.0 standard, compatible with CFe 4.0 cards but unable to write at those speeds. Certainly the higher read speeds make transfers to a computer faster (using an appropriate card reader). I'm puzzled why you need the 3000 MB/s write speed. My understanding is that 8k/60p RAW video needs about 700 MB/s sustained write speed, and that's faster than anything needed for writing still images to a card.

Philnick said:

It fits even more nicely with "Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good."

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Are you the perfect or the good? Or both?

AlanF said:

I am happy for you that you are now liberated and can ignore the whole discussion as it fits nicely with "Ignorance is bliss".

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It fits even more nicely with "Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good."

Philnick said:

... but that doesn't mean that an f/2.8 lens is magically transformed into an f/4 lens by being mounted on an APS-C body, which is what the prophets of "equivalence" insist.

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If that's what you believe has been stated by several people clearly possessing more knowledge on the subject than you, then my recent denigration of your reading ability was not inaccurate. Equivalence has been explained, and links provided that offer more detail. For someone who dismisses the concept as irrelevant, you seem to be arguing very hard against it.

Philnick said:

And since PhotonsToPhotos also says that an APS-C R5 shot has shot noise comparable to an R7 and is far worse than a full-frame R5 shot, I now understand that I can ignore this entire discussion - and PhotonsToPhotos - on this issue, since you and they are talking about noise produced by appyling a larger degree of enlargement, starting from a smaller image, to get to the same size. That is totally academic and not relevant to my real-world use of my camera.

I care whether the photosites on my sensor are collecting enough light to create a clean image, I don't care about whether my camera's sensor is collecting as much light in total as a larger sensor might collect.

Congratulations! You folks have liberated me.

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I am happy for you that you are now liberated and can ignore the whole discussion as it fits nicely with "Ignorance is bliss".