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P-visie · May 11, 2026

antonn said:
This name is from a general taxonomic reference (I keep track of my observations on inaturalist.org, for example). I don't know the exact and correct names of birds in other languages (English, German, Japanese, etc.), and I might make a mistake with a translator. But the Latin name is always the same everywhere.

I use wikipedia: The Dutch wikipedia for the Latin name and then use the Latin name to lookup the English name in the English wikipedia. And copy/ paste these names into the CR forum.

Benjamin_L · May 11, 2026

jprusa said:
When Canon releases a firmware update and then pulls it, that's not a good sign. I will wait a while before upgrading.

It was not pulled. It was published due to a person prematurely pressing on publish in their cms. As we'll see lots of firmware updates for other cameras it's save to assume it was just human error.

Girls are Beautiful's blog sure is creepy as hell.

AlanF · May 11, 2026

antonn said:
This name is from a general taxonomic reference (I keep track of my observations on inaturalist.org, for example). I don't know the exact and correct names of birds in other languages (English, German, Japanese, etc.), and I might make a mistake with a translator. But the Latin name is always the same everywhere.

The website https://avionary.info/ translates bird names from Latin to English and between most languages. Not many know or use the Latin name and it might as well be written in Mandarin or Cyrillic for most and so we individually have to look it up. If you translate it then it saves everyone else having to do so.
By the way, I use eBird, the best bird resource on the planet.

antonn · May 11, 2026

AlanF said:
Why do you always use the Latin name? I belong to several serious bird organizations and no one ever uses the Latin even in formal occasions or mostly even knows the Latin name. The beauty of bird names is that they are often descriptive of the bird, and easy to remember and discuss in conversation or writing. This bird is a Bluethroat, and it is obvious to anyone what it is and everyone can remember what name it has. OK, a German speaker, for example, will use the German in Germany but do they know or use the Latin name when speaking to each other?

This name is from a general taxonomic reference (I keep track of my observations on inaturalist.org, for example). I don't know the exact and correct names of birds in other languages (English, German, Japanese, etc.), and I might make a mistake with a translator. But the Latin name is always the same everywhere.

shire_guy · May 10, 2026

Royal Spoonbill

Powerful Owl (in bad backlighting)

May 10, 2026

Why complain about the past when there is this missing update to complain about

tattwah · May 10, 2026

Any information about this shutter type in this camera? are there mechanical shutter or electronic shutter only?

angelisland · May 10, 2026

homebodyMacro2 said:
The contradiction was known and widely reported immediately, by virtue of it being in a few countries and contradicted by everything else. A major blunder by Canon. The person I was responding to said "I bought the camera because I saw a lot of buzz about it, that it can record 4K HQ 60p (oversampling)", which suggests it was rumors as opposed to the strange Canon website blunder. That said, I won't waste my time with further speculative pedantry with someone responding to a comment about someone else.

The buzz came from Canon misleading people.
It's not the fault of the observer who responded to the buzz resulting from inaccurate Canon press releases about 4k HQ 60.

homebodyMacro2 · May 10, 2026

angelisland said:
It was not "kinda wild lol."
Some of Canon's online spec literature stated it would have oversampled 4k60, while other Canon sites did not. It obviously ended up being a false alarm. (and Canon deleted the false specs.)

The contradiction was known and widely reported immediately, by virtue of it being in a few countries and contradicted by everything else. A major blunder by Canon. The person I was responding to said "I bought the camera because I saw a lot of buzz about it, that it can record 4K HQ 60p (oversampling)", which suggests it was rumors as opposed to the strange Canon website blunder. That said, I won't waste my time with further speculative pedantry with someone responding to a comment about someone else.

angelisland · May 10, 2026

homebodyMacro2 said:
Buying a camera on rumors of oversampled 4K seems kinda wild lol. I have an old R8 that can do that. Imo it's overrated, virtually no one will ever notice a difference, if they even happen to watch any video on a 4k monitor.

It was not "kinda wild lol."
Some of Canon's online spec literature stated it would have oversampled 4k60, while other Canon sites did not. It obviously ended up being a false alarm. (and Canon deleted the false specs.)

Del Paso · May 10, 2026

roby17269 said:
It isn't strange at all because it isn't true.
There's plenty of stupidity and incivility on forums of all brands. Canon included

How many Nikon, Panasonic, Fujifilm, Leica users having repeatedly posted crappy comments on CanonRumors can you quote?
Sony users lead by a huge margin. No idea why.
And I do not mean justified and deserved criticism, but invented statistics, technical untruths etc...

roby17269 · May 10, 2026

Del Paso said:
Isn't it strange that, apart from Sony lovers, all other brand users behave in a civil and intelligent manner?
Nikon, Panasonic, Fuji etc... owners never seem to post unqualified or dishonest comments about competition.

It isn't strange at all because it isn't true.
There's plenty of stupidity and incivility on forums of all brands. Canon included

Click · May 10, 2026

P-visie said:
Common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) having a small snack.

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R5 Mk II with EF 600mm f4 II + 1.4 extender, cropped in post production.

That's a really nice shot, Pieter.

jprusa · May 10, 2026

When Canon releases a firmware update and then pulls it, that's not a good sign. I will wait a while before upgrading.

neuroanatomist · May 10, 2026

robotfist said:
I am so confused by this naming convention. Does that mean there will be no R6 IV? It went from R6 III to R6 V? Or is the V just supposed to mean "Video" and not a roman number?

V = video. Like the R50 V. As pointed about above, the Roman numeral succession is formally Mark II, Mark III, etc. So R6 V is video, the R6 Mark V will come after the R6 Mark IV. There could be an R6 V Mark II, as well.

robotfist · May 10, 2026

I am so confused by this naming convention. Does that mean there will be no R6 IV? It went from R6 III to R6 V? Or is the V just supposed to mean "Video" and not a roman number?

King Eyre · May 10, 2026

danfaz said:
What was the upgrade supposed to be? I wasn't paying attention.

Just general improvements, some were saying previous firmware upgrades hadn't been any better and, let's face it, we all want the best in autofocus!!!

john1970 · May 10, 2026

According to the update the lens weighs in at 425 grams which is 15 oz or just shy of a pound. I am definitely buying this lens and taking it with me to AK instead of the 24-70 mm f2.8. I gain quite a bit on the wide end and save a pound of weight that I don't need to carry. The other two lenses will be a 70-200 mm f2.8 and 100-300 mm f2.8 with TCs.

P-visie · May 10, 2026

rombe3jr said:
I was wondering the same thing. But for $1,500 - $2,000 USD less +/- than the C50 it seems they will have to withhold some other features.

RTFM: This post has a list of differences with the C50:
https://www.canonrumors.com/forum/t...s-active-cooling-and-more….45117/post-1044672

Dragon · May 10, 2026

AlanF said:
De Bello Gallico was written by Caesar in 51-52 BC. The Normans invaded Britain in 1066. I can still translate De Bello and also Virgil's Aeneid, but I would find having learned German or Spanish far more useful. My Latin teacher would answer when asked why we should learn Latin that it was to give him a job. My daughter's teacher made the same reply.

My experience was that Latin made learning other (particularly Indo-Germanic) languages much easier. BTW, that Obelix looks pretty tough

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ScreensMatter · May 10, 2026

This 20-50 mm is shaping up to become a good replacement for my adapted EF 24-70mm f/4. If Canon gave us a screen mechanism like the S1 II I would never have to wonder if the grass is greener in FE or L-mount.

AlanF · May 10, 2026

Dragon said:
Ah, but William the Conqueror sailed in from Gaul, and even though the Normans were arguably more Viking than French, I suspect a "few" Celtic (in Caesar's term) descendants came along for the ride to help populate England. To the original point, in spite of the fact that it is hard to find any schools that teach it anymore, Latin is still useful for so many disciplines.

De Bello Gallico was written by Caesar in 51-52 BC. The Normans invaded Britain in 1066. I can still translate De Bello and also Virgil's Aeneid, but I would find having learned German or Spanish far more useful. My Latin teacher would answer when asked why we should learn Latin that it was to give him a job. My daughter's teacher made the same reply.