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Del Paso · Oct 18, 2025

P-visie said:
I use PhotoAI sporadically, usually for photo’s where the sharpness is a little off. At the time Topaz Denoise was good, the results from PhotoAI are usually over-sharpened. Animals and birds look like someone has combed their hair or feathers.
The improvements in LR for noise reduction, DxO Pure Raw for ‘problem’ photo’s and the introduction of a subscription model will be the end of Topaz for me.

But you can easily reduce the amount of sharpening when using Topaz AI.
Their "auto mode" tends to oversharpen and to produce strange artefacts.

ISv · Oct 18, 2025

Nemorino said:
Thank You!

I use helicon focus to render the images.

If You like jelly You might like also those:
Maybe a Tremella globispora

R5m2 + Laowa 25mm macro
stack of 61 frames
View attachment 226523

Maybe tremella spicata
R5m2 + RF100L
stack of 130 frames
View attachment 226524

I can't tell what species of Tremella they are but I like the photos (but not jelly...)

P-visie · Oct 18, 2025

AlanF said:
I never used Topaz on RAW. If I needed it, I would just apply it to an exported jpeg from DxO.

I use PhotoAI sporadically, usually for photo’s where the sharpness is a little off. At the time Topaz Denoise was good, the results from PhotoAI are usually over-sharpened. Animals and birds look like someone has combed their hair or feathers.
The improvements in LR for noise reduction, DxO Pure Raw for ‘problem’ photo’s and the introduction of a subscription model will be the end of Topaz for me.

AlanF · Oct 18, 2025

P-visie said:
At the time Topaz told me that they had to wait for Libraw library for R5 Mk II. After Libraw support for the R5 Mk II became available, it took Topaz almost 2 months to release PhotoAI. They went from a Pay once, to pay every 12-18 months, to pay every month. The quality of their products declined with every step.

I never used Topaz on RAW. If I needed it, I would just apply it to an exported jpeg from DxO.

m4ndr4ke · Oct 18, 2025

Cariboucoach said:
Wikipedia confirms the $2,499.00 price for the R6 mark I and mark II.

But not €2499, never.

candyman said:
I like to add that it's important to be specific when mentioning prices. In Europe, different prices apply for different countries. This also applies to the launch of these products. For example, the launch price for the R6 Mark II in the Netherlands was €2929. This includes 21% VAT. Other countries have a different VAT rate. And even without the VAT prices were/are different. Therefore, it's a mistake to use or quote a single RRP price for European countries. Because there isn't one.

Absolutely, but not differences like €2499. I wish it were...

P-visie · Oct 18, 2025

Canon Rumors said:
I don't think Topaz Labs likes me anymore, I laid into them about this among other things. Their dumba** CEO actually sent a mass mail saying AI would replace most photography.

Not a big loss, their software is terrible.

At the time Topaz told me that they had to wait for Libraw library for R5 Mk II. After Libraw support for the R5 Mk II became available, it took Topaz almost 2 months to release PhotoAI. They went from a Pay once, to pay every 12-18 months, to pay every month. The quality of their products declined with every step.

candyman · Oct 18, 2025

m4ndr4ke said:
The R6 Mark II, if I remember correctly, was released at 3049€ body only.

I like to add that it's important to be specific when mentioning prices. In Europe, different prices apply for different countries. This also applies to the launch of these products. For example, the launch price for the R6 Mark II in the Netherlands was €2929. This includes 21% VAT. Other countries have a different VAT rate. And even without the VAT prices were/are different. Therefore, it's a mistake to use or quote a single RRP price for European countries. Because there isn't one.

P-visie · Oct 18, 2025

Mikehit said:
I have the 100-500 and the option of f2.8 is what makes the 300mm so attractive. I wonder what the weight of the 300-600 would be....I look with envy at the Sony 300mm f2.8 coming in at under 1.5kg.

I guess the RF 300-600mm will weigh 10-15% more than the RF 100-300mm.

Mikehit · Oct 18, 2025

P-visie said:
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.

I have the 100-500 and the option of f2.8 is what makes the 300mm so attractive. I wonder what the weight of the 300-600 would be....I look with envy at the Sony 300mm f2.8 coming in at under 1.5kg.

Cariboucoach · 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.

Wikipedia confirms the $2,499.00 price for the R6 mark I and mark II.

BFG9000 · Oct 18, 2025

Canon EOS R6 Mark III Specifications (Confirmed)

34.2mp/32mp (Same as the Cinema EOS C50)
Dual Pixel CMOS AF II with multiple subject detections
IBIS: 6.5 Stops
Pre-capture
Max Framerate: 40fps E-Shutter
Max ISO: 64000
Open Gate
Price €2899
Price: $2899
Shipping late November (Tentative)

Canon EOS R6 Mark III Specifications (Unonfirmed)

Dual UHS-II SD Card Slots
Full-Size HDMI Port
LP-E6P Battery & Partially compatible with other LP-E6 series batteries
CLog-3
Dynamic Range won't match the claimed 16-stops of the Cinema EOS C50
3″ Articulating LCD (Sadly, not a new mechanism)
5.76m-Dot EVF (0.76x)
DIGIC Accelerator
Passive Venting

BTW, open gate + dual UHS-II SD Card Slots? I don't think so.

P-visie · Oct 18, 2025

AlanF said:
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.

I was not amused that I had to wait 3 months for PhotoAI to support the R5 Mk II raw files.

Their new subscription model charges 17$ a month ($199 annual billing) for their Photo app. That is more expensive than Adobe’s Photography Plan for Lightroom and Photoshop. I wonder how many of their customers are going to transition to their subscription model.

This is what you get when you take a Topaz Studio subcription:

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.