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BlueBomberTurbo · Nov 21, 2025

Looking to swap out my m4/3 cameras for Canons for higher IQ and better AF performance. Are these two cameras reliable enough for paid work? Looking for an R8 for tripod use and R7 for handheld use. I've read they seem to have overheating issues, especially the R8. Has anyone experienced this in longer recordings? And will a clip-on fan solve this? Most of my jobs are indoors, but I do get occasional outdoor press conferences during spring/summer, so upper 80s on asphalt is the worst case scenario.

David the street guy · Nov 21, 2025

I don't recall reading any rumors about an update for the RF 15-35 f/2.8. None, nowhere. Has anybody heard of anything about it?

The reason I ask? There is a 600$ rebate on this lens, and before letting myself be tempted by it, I'd like to know if I risk regretting this substantial purchase in the near future…

I own the old EF version of this lens, and I'm not sure if I'm still happy with it.

homebodyMacro2 · Nov 21, 2025

Pire666 said:
So is there an announcement on the 26.11 ?
Anymore information around this lens ?

Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be any update so far. @Canon Rumors may have something in the works, but I haven't seen anything else on the internet. I bumped this thread to see if we could get that wheel spinning a bit lol. But who knows, maybe this one died down again. I certainly hope not!

In any case I'm at least rather happy with my 70-200Z + 2x for now, though I am hopeful for a 300-600 eventually. Some recent butterflies:

Richard CR · Nov 21, 2025

Photonstophotos dropped a new camera into its analysis, and to be honest, the results surprised me a bit. Now, if you weren't aware, the V1 has a slightly larger than Micro Four Thirds sensor. I expected the PowerShot V1 to fare worse than Canon's own APS-C sensors because of the higher pixel density and the […]

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Del Paso · Nov 21, 2025

P-visie said:
Science is just another opinion. Facts, data and evidence are superfluous. Sigh.

Science has to conform to political opinions, best seen in a former colony...
Isn't it nice? No longer climate warming, co2 issues, or cancer causing windmills, pandemics etc...

P-visie · Nov 21, 2025

AlanF said:
Nowadays, a knowledge of maths and science is attributed to the brainless.

Science is just another opinion. Facts, data and evidence are superfluous. Sigh.

AlanF · Nov 21, 2025

EricN said:
I think the times are just shifting how and which people are treated as brainless, but it'll never truly end.

Nowadays, a knowledge of maths and science is attributed to the brainless.

Pire666 · Nov 21, 2025

So is there an announcement on the 26.11 ?
Anymore information around this lens ?

axtstern · Nov 21, 2025

Difficult beast.

Tried a few test shots around close focus limit wide open.

Center focus only, no eye focus etc… Everything still manageable.

Eye focus enabled, pure chaos.

Once the AF misses it is a long and slow journey back to anything not blurry. Using the old 85mm 1:1.2 Mark1 is much faster and that lens was never a sprinter.

Otherwise, nice lens, feels somehow lighter that the RF 50mm 1:1.8 (which it is not)

Tiny front element compared to the backside.

I include 2 pictures for comparison

EricN · Nov 21, 2025

Del Paso said:
Thanks for sharing!
" Those subjects would damage their delicate brains". Fortunately, those times are (almost!) over.

I think the times are just shifting how and which people are treated as brainless, but it'll never truly end.

Del Paso · Nov 21, 2025

Thanks for sharing!
" Those subjects would damage their delicate brains". Fortunately, those times are (almost!) over.

AlanF · Nov 21, 2025

David_B said:
First on that page is 2008, 27 years after she died.

Established in 2020, 39 years after she died.

In 1972, she was how old?

How long did she have to wait for such recognition?

What can I say? I was lazy and cut-n-pasted from something on facebook.

But what's abundantly clear from the links that you shared is that she wasn't very well recognised during her lifetime.

Not only were you too lazy to check the facts in a Facebook post - that well-known source of misinformation and disinformation, you were too lazy to read @P-visie 's post, immediately before mine, where he gave you a link to the wikipedia article which listed her awards. Here is cut and paste of the wikipedia section that you can't now miss. (She died in 1979).

"Blodgett received numerous awards during her lifetime. She received a star in the seventh edition of American Men of Science (1943), recognizing her as one of the 1,000 most distinguished scientists in the United States."https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Burr_Blodgett#cite_note-siegel-19" In 1945, the American Association of University Women honored her with its Annual Achievement Award. "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Burr_Blodgett#cite_note-siegel-19"

In 1951 she received the prestigious Francis Garvan Medal from the American Chemical Society for her work on thin films. That same year, she was chosen by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce as one of 15 "women of achievement." Also in 1951, she was honored in Boston's First Assembly of American Women in Achievement (the only scientist in the group),"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Burr_Blodgett#cite_note-proffitt-6 and the mayor of Schenectady honored her with Katharine Blodgett Day on June 13, 1951, because of all the honor she had brought to her community.

In 1972, the Photographic Society of America presented her with its Annual Achievement Award<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Burr_Blodgett#cite_note-ogilvie-7"and in 2007 she was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame."https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Burr_Blodgett#cite_note-20" In 2008, an elementary school in Schenectady bearing her name was opened.

She received honorary doctorates from Elmira College (1939), Western College (1942), Brown University (1942), and Russell Sage College (1944)."https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Burr_Blodgett#cite_note-ogilvie-7"

Katharine Burr Blodgett - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

That is one helluva lot of recognition within her lifetime. My links were, as I specifically wrote, to follow on from @P-visie 's for subsequent recognition.

Jon741 · Nov 21, 2025

(For some reason it says I'm not logged on to post a comment under the Article but I did the requested Forum password reset and can post here...)

One thing to note about the Dock is it can be useful if you get a Sigma EF Lens to adapt to RF.

This can be a good idea as some are very reasonably priced, for example I see the EF 50mm f/1.4 Art can be had for £409 used in excellent condition (which is a larger but interesting alternative to the slightly more expensive 45/1.2 and its "classic" rendering):

https://www.mpb.com/en-uk/product/sigma-50mm-f-1-4-dg-hsm-art-canon-ef-fit

However I have found (with my bought-new back-in-the-day) 50 Art that the RF IBIS doesn't work (at least on my R5ii) if the lens is set to Full Time Manual Focusing in its options, which you need a Dock to change. I should point out that when I found IBIS wasn't working I asked Sigma, and a little later they told me the answer, any connection between the two was not even vaguely obvious.

I bought my EF Dock used as it's a simple does-it-work question rather than a lens where you might want to check it a bit more... Though I notice MPB say it's out of Stock so used availability might be an issue, as people buy them if they have a suitable lens and presumably would either keep them or sell them with their last Sigma EF lens...

David_B · Nov 21, 2025

AlanF said:
Following on Pieter's post, she is honoured also by awards in her name: Institute of Physics https://www.iop.org/about/awards/gold-medals/katharine-burr-blodgett-medal-and-prize-recipients

First on that page is 2008, 27 years after she died.

AlanF said:
the Society for Chemistry and Industry https://www.soci.org/awards/honours/katharine-burr-blodgett-award

Established in 2020, 39 years after she died.

AlanF said:
and I learned about the Langmuir-Blodgett trough as a student 60 years ago. And she hasn't been ignored in photography, being awarded the 1972 achievement prize from the Photographic Society of America.

In 1972, she was how old?

How long did she have to wait for such recognition?

AlanF said:
We are all sitting in front of the most comprehensive search engines and it takes just seconds to check facts.

What can I say? I was lazy and cut-n-pasted from something on facebook.

But what's abundantly clear from the links that you shared is that she wasn't very well recognised during her lifetime.

P-visie · Nov 21, 2025

Firmware version 1.2.0 was released on November 20, it has support for the EOS Multi remote and bugfixes.

See: https://www.usa.canon.com/support/c...-Notice-EOS-R5-Mark-II-Firmware-Version-1-2-0

scottburgess · Nov 20, 2025

Richard CR said:
We've long believed Canon has been holding back the RF mount for profit, but what if that isn't the only reason? Did Canon look at the trends out of China's optical companies and realize that their greatest threat wasn't Sony, Nikon, or Panasonic, but the likes of Laowa, Sirui, and other Chinese manufacturers that were […]

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Well, Richard, to repeat the point: it's a business.

Chinese manufacturing is known for brazen intellectual property theft, so it's expected they will steal elements of lens design and camera design, manufacturing processes, and other patents. Remember that Chinese companies do not have to be profitable in the standard sense: unlike in the West, the CCP views full employment and complete control over business activity as political tools to remain in power. Chinese industries are heavily subsidized and gifted ridiculous advantages (like permission for extreme environmental degradation or violating international law) over their counterparts. Most Americans don't realize that Chinese labor is generally more expensive than comparable countries, not less. Higher-skilled Mexican labor, for example, is far less expensive. So is labor in most of SE Asia, Central and South America, and Africa. The Chinese make this work by edging their way into countries' individual business sectors, stealing their technologies, taking over their markets with lower prices, and finally jacking prices up when they have a monopoly. Just look at the buyer's regret that Brazil has: huge chunks of Brazilian manufacturing lie dead and Brazil may take decades to recover if it ever does. Countries in Africa and South America are slapping tariffs on Chinese goods because they don't want the Brazilian experience and China openly set its sights on gutting numerous markets there when Trump hit them with high tariffs.

If Canon is trying to protect their business from this, good for them. I wish them luck, support them by buying their products, and hope hope hope they win out. Heck, I might even buy a Sony compact camera for overseas travel (oh, the horror!). I'm not going to help kill the goose that laid the golden egg. I'd rather have Canon, Nikon and Sony gear as the majority market than Laowa or Siriu cameras and lenses that eventually put photography under a Chinese yoke.

Dragon · Nov 20, 2025

Craig D said:
Hi - I am new to canonrumors and curious if there is any recent update on an SX70 HS replacement? I am not a professional, or frankly, not even a camera enthusiast. I have an older EOS Rebel XS (circa 2006ish) with a 70-300mm lens that I took on my last African safari (and an iPhone - lol), but it's dated and I'm seriously thinking about a superzoom bridge camera for my next safari in Feb '26. The Nikon P1100 looks sweet, but big. Hoping Canon is still planning an SX70 replacement that will be similar to the P1100, but smaller/lighter and with a bigger sensor. And come out before Feb! Open to comments...Thanks

Somehow, I doubt you will see anything like the P1000/1100 from Canon. It is a very niche product. I have a P1000 (same as P1100 except for USB connector type) and it is an interesting beast. The lens is actually quite good, considering the enormous zoom range, but the camera, itself, is a bit quirky IMO. It has a very short burst buffer (7 raw as I recall) and the lens stabilizer is dodgy past about 1000mm equivalent (not surprising). I have found if I set it to burst mode and take a handheld burst of 3 to 5 images at 3000mm, one or two will be OK. That makes the long end usable, but the catch is that the buffer takes several seconds to recover, so you basically only get one try at the shot. And, yes, it is a big camera (huge for a P&S), but not all that heavy. Here are a few samples of what it can do. The first two are at full reach (3000mm equiv.) and third is at about 1000 mm equiv. These were all shot raw (I don't shoot JPEG) and processed through Lightroom. It is only a 16 MP sensor, so you do need to frame carefully, but it can make some very nice images.

AlanF · Nov 20, 2025

The R5ii has a BSI sensor and has essentially the same DR as the FSI sensor of the R5.

Craig D · Nov 20, 2025

Canon Rumors said:
We have been told that there will be another PowerShot camera in the second half of 2025 and it will be some kind of replacement for the PowerShot SX70 HS.

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Hi - I am new to canonrumors and curious if there is any recent update on an SX70 HS replacement? I am not a professional, or frankly, not even a camera enthusiast. I have an older EOS Rebel XS (circa 2006ish) with a 70-300mm lens that I took on my last African safari (and an iPhone - lol), but it's dated and I'm seriously thinking about a superzoom bridge camera for my next safari in Feb '26. The Nikon P1100 looks sweet, but big. Hoping Canon is still planning an SX70 replacement that will be similar to the P1100, but smaller/lighter and with a bigger sensor. And come out before Feb! Open to comments...Thanks

scyrene · Nov 20, 2025

mb66energy said:
Canon sadly offers no audio recording in camera during time lapse/slomo.

Can time lapse have original sound even in principle? It's just a series of still images stitched together as a video. (High fps/slo mo is another matter).

Craig D · Nov 20, 2025

Canon Rumors said:
We have been told that there will be another PowerShot camera in the second half of 2025 and it will be some kind of replacement for the PowerShot SX70 HS.

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P-visie · Nov 20, 2025

Del Paso said:
"soccer" or did you mean football?

Silly question, of course I meant soccer.

AlanF · Nov 20, 2025

Del Paso said:
And I thought it was an invention by your former rebellious colony...
Thanks for the very interesting explanation!

HSBC (Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation) is known as Honkers and Shankers in some quarters for the same reasons.

Del Paso · Nov 20, 2025

AlanF said:
Football is called soccer because the name originated in England as a shortening of "Association Football," which was created to distinguish it from other forms of football, like rugby. At Oxford and Cambridge Universities in the 1800s, students created slang names like "rugger" for rugby football and "soc" for association football, eventually adding an "-er" to make "soccer".

And I thought it was an invention by your former rebellious colony...

Thanks for the very interesting explanation!

mb66energy · Nov 20, 2025

I strongly agree as someone who is just doing photo and video for delight with some bigger plans behind ;-)
→ Streamlined ergonomics is very important to be ready instantly and avoid errors.
Mixing R50V with R7 is ... challenging.
→ I missed the viewfinder in the R50V so often e.g. in the bright sun or complicated light and the third stabilisation point with telephoto lenses.
→ The boxy form factor is great on a gimbal
In the end I am happy with my tiny R50V because it produces great image quality and has the S&F mode but I would pay 150 € for an S&F capable firmware update for my R7 and R6 ii .
And I like the remark about the R50C handle: If you need perfect audio with HQ mics XLR with phantom power is mandatory and this handle - well mounted - is so much cleaner than audio devices with antlers for the mics. I settled with lower audio quality with the Zoom M3 M/S mic as a compromise - which also sports an internal recorder: Canon sadly offers no audio recording in camera during time lapse/slomo.

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