The R6iii really reminds me of the EOS 30D. The 20D was a revolution in terms of resolution, AF and sheer versatility. It's replacement was the EOS 30D and was utterly forgetable in terms of upgade and new features.
I suspect that the R7iii is a major step forwards for the 7 series....and as such the R6iii's innovation and developement has been pulled back a lot to let the R5ii and R7ii shine.

Does this also mean the rumored G powershot follow up is next year? (V3 was it?)

I'm looking forward to seeing what the R7 II brings compared to the original. I wonder if Canon will also release an R10 II next year?

Walrus said:

The Audi R8 is the f1.2 L
The 1.4 VCM is an A8 with a 3.0 TDI engine
The 45 1.2 STM is a S3 with a 2.0 Turbo
The 1.8 STM is a A1 with 1.4 TDI

If the A1 doesn't cut it, and the R8 is too expensive, I'd rather have a faster and lighter S3, with less bells and whistles, rather then a bigger and nicer but clunkier A8 that is even slightly slower then the S3

Click to expand...

Yeah I think you should really lower your expectations

The new 45mm is a BMW 116 with extras
The 50mm f/1.8 is a Renault Clio, it even has the typical french car build quality

What are cheap chinese lenses then, the bad ones, you’d ask? Well those are just Lada…

Toy lenses like the Oreo lens are two cylinders Aixam

riker said:

Why would you, sell your Audi R8 just because there's a new A3 on the block? The 50/1.4 VCM is superior in IQ, AF, build quality, weather sealing, VCM feautre, etc. Just tell me why!? Is it too heavy for you? Do you need the 1.2 so bad?

Click to expand...

The Audi R8 is the f1.2 L
The 1.4 VCM is an A8 with a 3.0 TDI engine
The 45 1.2 STM is a S3 with a 2.0 Turbo
The 1.8 STM is a A1 with 1.4 TDI

If the A1 doesn't cut it, and the R8 is too expensive, I'd rather have a faster and lighter S3, with less bells and whistles, rather then a bigger and nicer but clunkier A8 that is even slightly slower then the S3

Nemorino said:

Didn't You ask about the Laowa 25mm? I needed some time to search for images I took
and "making-of-images" I took with my smartphone.
It is a smaller lens compaired to the Canon MPE 65 and not as easy to use as"normal" macro lenses due to the high magnification.
A tripod and a macro rail is highly recommended. I bought it for less then 400€, a black friday deal last year. This made the good value for money even better.

R5m2 +Laowa 25mm macro
18 frames
View attachment 226557
and 43frames (42@ f/4 + 1 frames @ f/16)
View attachment 226558
and the "making of"
View attachment 226559View attachment 226560

Click to expand...

Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and set-up! Yes, I tried to edit my old post, and things didn't go as planned ...

I need to invest in a decent rail, as opposed to the crappy one I currently have.

Your set-up in the 2nd last picture looks hair-raising!!

Exploreshootshare said:

I hope Canon doesn't release a 50-150mm F2.8 L while Sony just released a F2 version of it. I believe the next zoom will be the rumored 200-500mm (or was ist 600mm?). After that Canon should imo release:
- 70-180mm F2.8 STM (or similiar)
- 70-150mm F2 which weighs less than Sonys offering. If not, make it 50-150mm
- 24-300mm L superzoom (or similar)

In one thread there was a rumor about a wild UWA zoom. Maybe a 14-28mm F2? I don´t know, I don't believe it is imminent.

After that, we´d need mkii of:
- 28-70mm F2 (give a big fat diet)
- 24-70mm F2.8 (put it on a diet, improve it like Nikon did, fb compensation, make it faster... maybe it the version rumored lately to feature VCM motors)
- maybe 15-35mm F2.8 mkii (see above)

Click to expand...

I'm currently waiting for a holy trinity of f2.0 zooms for buying RF lenses, ideally in this order and internal zoom.

• 50-150 f2.0, starting at 70mm would make it significantly less useful. Ideally I would even prefer if it could start at 35mm like a 35-135mm to skip the 28-70.
• 15-30mm f2.0 or even 16-35mm f2.0 for using as both a Landscape and street photo beast.
• 28-70 f2.0 MK2 or even better 24-70 f2.0

When you see the 50-150 f2.0 from Sony and 35-150 f2.0-2.8 from Tamron Canon has to release something to compete against it. And I can't see them having years and years to do it. Especially as it's a very useful lens for wedding photographers.

scyrene said:

Genuine question, couldn't you just rescale your R5 photos to 30MP and get the same result?

Click to expand...

I honestly don't know the answer to that. I thought if the lenses, e.g. the 35mm F1.8 does look noticeably softer on the R5, resolve softer in the original image, than it would also show if I just rescale it. I could try it, but rescaling all images sounds like a lot of work. Atm, I saving up/ looking for a good deal on a R8. It would be my light travel/ back up/ second camera body whenever needed.

riker said:

Why would you, sell your Audi R8 just because there's a new A3 on the block? The 50/1.4 VCM is superior in IQ, AF, build quality, weather sealing, VCM feautre, etc. Just tell me why!? Is it too heavy for you? Do you need the 1.2 so bad?

Click to expand...

Staying with your metaphor: I was looking for a A4, but it is not available. I gave the A1 a try, I disliked it. If the A3 works, I'd gladly save the money, sell the A8 and get a ton of accessories along with the car.

I wanted a decent/ good 50mm for family shots. The 1.8 doesn't cut it and the F1.2 L is too big (and maybe too costly). So, I opted for the vcm lens although it was a lot of money. I like this lens very much, but if the new lens performs - even with some caveats - I consider switching simply from a financial POV. I can make do with STM motors, I use the 35mm and 85mm STMs as well. That said, I´d give it careful consideration. If the VCM has major upsides, I'll stick with it.

Uneternal said:

Not at all, the colors of the R have a Sony-style green hue. Great for nature, but as a portrait photographer, I hated it. It was a pain in the A to get decent skin tones out of this camera, even with fiddling in Lightroom. I loved everything else about the EOS R but that's the main reason I switched to the R5. Which is much closer to the absolutely perfect tones of a Hassy X1D / GFX 50S (notice how with these cameras the skintones look warm, but the hair/beard does not). With the R5 Canon went back to the same recipe that already worked for the older 5D series DSLRs - slightly warm Kodak colors. And I hope the R6 Mark III will also keep these colors.

View attachment 226576

Click to expand...

Interesting, I never got a result that would resemble the difference you just posted with your comparison. I only had trouble with tones in artificial light, but I also have that with the R5. As for landscapes, I still prefer the Rs color. It´s a personal choice.

Click said:

I really like your second shot. Beautiful picture. Well done, ISv.

Click to expand...

Unfortunately it's the only second lygnicolous Boletus that I have seen growing on the top of a trunk (crevices full with soil) and I think the first one was the Pulveroboletus xylophylus, not this one. They by default grow on the base of the trunk. I mean you usually are getting photos like the firs one. Anyway, I'm always happy to see something like these around - they are by far not common...

Etnaphele said:

Curious if equipment without MFS can be updated as well: the ST-E3-RT Ver.3 was released not long ago and suffered the same problems if I'm not mistaken.

Click to expand...

I have a ST-E3-RT Ver.2 and it had the same problems with staying connected to the EL-1 that was reported for the ST-E3-RT Ver.3. This seems to be resolved with the new EL-1 firmware finally. I haven't tested exhaustively yet, but at least over 1 hour with multiple times turning it off / back on it stayed connected / reconnected immediately. I might actually be able to use them now.

These are from today: another try for The Sparrow. And I was not alone photog there (by the same reason - The Sparrow )!
Took plenty of photos, most of them need DxO PL: very unfortunate time of the day resulting in very contrast light. The last one is mainly to illustrate the relative symmetry of the black feathers - good to separate from some other cases (that are not true leucism).

dcm said:

Learned something new today. Dropped the image in the Cornell Merlin app with my location and got Great Blue Heron, changed the location to Cambridge, England (just a guess) and got Grey Heron. The regions don't overlap, but the birds are similar. GBH is a larger bird, has a longer, S shaped neck when not extended, and rufous thigh/wrist colors versus whiter on the GH. That can be hard to tell from an image.

Click to expand...

It's why I refuse to use the apps for birds (insects and plants are different case but I still cant find anything for my place...)

Exploreshootshare said:

to me personally, the sensor of the R was absolutely brilliant. I prefer its colors and they seem a bit warmer than R5/ R6.

Click to expand...

Not at all, the colors of the R have a Sony-style green hue. Great for nature, but as a portrait photographer, I hated it. It was a pain in the A to get decent skin tones out of this camera, even with fiddling in Lightroom. I loved everything else about the EOS R but that's the main reason I switched to the R5. Which is much closer to the absolutely perfect tones of a Hassy X1D / GFX 50S (notice how with these cameras the skintones look warm, but the hair/beard does not). With the R5 Canon went back to the same recipe that already worked for the older 5D series DSLRs - slightly warm Kodak colors. And I hope the R6 Mark III will also keep these colors.

Michael Clark said:

. . .

By your definition, the 7D Mark II was a "unicorn", seeing as how it was almost identical in layout, size, and shape to the concurrent 5D Mark III and then 5D Mark IV.

Click to expand...

My definition of a unicorn is a creature or camera that exists only in someone's imagination. As it did really exist, the 7D Mark II was not a unicorn. Your hoped for "mirrorless 7D Mark II" or "APS-C R5" will be unicorns unless and until they're actually put on the market.

dpc said:

Foxtail vortex...

View attachment 226573

Click to expand...

Very neat! It would be a nice addition to the abstract forum, and someone's wall.

Tom R5R7 said:

. . .
I have a friend who's been shooting Nikon crop bodies for quite some time. Her D7200 just gave up the ghost, and she got hold of an R7 to replace it. The level of disappointment for her is pretty large. Going from a solid 7D-level body to something closer to a Rebel isn't a step forward. Her other camera is a D500 and she is considering selling the R7 and getting a used D500 instead. Granted, the D500 only has that 20.9 mpx sensor, but it's a rock of a body.

edited - her other body is a D500, not a D850. She has no full frame bodies.

Click to expand...

I prefer carrying a camera to carrying a rock. I've used my R7 for the whole three years it's been on the market with no complaints about sturdiness. Perhaps your friend is of the old school of thought that considered the swiveling screen to be a childish weak point and the mark of a toy. Sorry, Canon disagrees - even the flagship R1 model has it.

If I'm going to drive nails, I'll use a hammer. To take pictures, I prefer my R7.

Michael Clark said:

Nonsense. Who holds their camera with the base of their right thumb all the way at the top right corner of the rear of the camera?

View attachment 226561View attachment 226562

Click to expand...

I notice from the gear list in your signature that you don't actually have any mirrorless camera at all, just DSLRs.

I suggest that you get some actual experience with a Canon mirrorless camera before you start telling those of us using them that it would be great for Canon to change the next model of the camera we're used to to make it more like some old DSLR you're used to.

If you look at the back panel of the R5 and R6 series cameras, you'll see their joysticks are in essentially the same position as the nested dial and joystick of the R7. Only on your 5D and 7D series DSLRs is the joystick lower down on the back. (And on the oversized R1 and R3 models that have permanent battery grips - so it can be reached when the camera is held in portrait orientation.)

So if you intend to use the joystick on any of the Canon mirrorless bodies that don't have a permanent battery grip you'll be reaching your thumb to the same place as the R7 combo.

I have no objection to Canon putting a third control dial in the traditional location onto an R7/II - just leave the one by the viewfinder alone. You do know that you can set any of the controls on an EOS camera to do whatever you want (or nothing) - right?

riker said:

Why would you, sell your Audi R8 just because there's a new A3 on the block? The 50/1.4 VCM is superior in IQ, AF, build quality, weather sealing, VCM feautre, etc. Just tell me why!? Is it too heavy for you? Do you need the 1.2 so bad?

Click to expand...

We don't actually know if the VCM is better in IQ or if there's a big difference between the AF. This might end up being weather sealed too if the recent mid-range lenses are anything to go by.

It's more like comparing a 911 to a Cayman. While I prefer the former, I can't fault the people who prefer the latter.

ashmadux said:

This, this, this. That's why I love sigma and L mount...the original reason I went with cannon in the first place was because stories of Nikon's customer service. If I'm spending over $1,000 on your product especially, they are better be an extensive support network there.

I understand the hype for cheap Chinese lenses, but once you start going past 600 bucks or so, no support no buy.

And there's definitely not enough stories of how these lenses hold up over time... It just hasn't been that long enough.

Click to expand...

I don't see this as much of an issue for the younger crowd and highlights where they are going. Take the Viltrox highlighted in the article as I know someone whose purchased this lens. The new Sony is $2k, the older Sony is $1,500 and the Sigma is $1,200. Once they saw the review of the image quality of the Viltrox it was a no brainer at $600. They are moving pricing into a territory where additional lenses are esentially impulse buys.

If the lens just complete broke in 2 -3 years and they could buy by then a newer version for roughly the same money then worst case scenario they would be out $1,200 which is the minimum they would pay for the alternative.

Look at what they did for TV's. If my 4 year old $600 55" Chinese tv craps out I'd just go buy a brand new 65" for less money and much better picture quality.