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GMCPhotographics · May 30, 2026

Click said:
Very nice series, GMCPhotographics.

Thank you, I’m visiting relatives in Falkirk, Scotland for the week. These were taken at the Scottish Owl Centre on Tuesday. I swapped out my R5 for a new R6iii last week and it’s been a good shake down experience with my new camera. I’m keeping my R6ii for low light & landscape work, my R6iii is for action, birding and wildlife.

ChyckenPotPie · May 30, 2026

Ooo... could you do a review of that Neural Network Image Processing Tool? That would be cool to learn about.

blobmonster · May 30, 2026

esspy2 said:
Would love to see an APS-C zoom like the G1x III. If they had the guts to make a bright prime that would be even cooler. But a zoom isn’t so bad either. Hope the sensor can read out fast enough and that it carries the water resistance and EVF of the G1X III. In fact, if they can update the battery, sensor, and processor, I’m sure it would find an audience. Also I would request the automatic lens cap like the G7X III, a cap for a compact point and shoot feels weird and I don’t use the filter ring except for NDs and a compact should have built-in NDs. If they could stretch the aperture to f/2.5 or f/2.2 on the short end that would be very cool too.

Agreed on the potential for prime with digital crop options. That would potentially fix most of the g1x3's problems imo, and tally with the popular Ricoh, Fuji and Leica compacts arguably leading the market.

blobmonster · May 30, 2026

Looking forward to seeing the next powershots.

I liked the G9- G12 models that were small and came with a little ovf. They are still quite popular used.

Since then, they've either been too big or lacked an always-ready viewfinder imo.

@zajicekpavel · May 30, 2026

The season of blue butterflies has begun. Which in my opinion is the most beautiful butterfly.

AlanF · May 30, 2026

P-visie said:
The ObsIdentify app is your friend: https://observation.org/apps/obsidentify/

A fine Dutch contribution!

AlanF · May 30, 2026

Maximilian said:
Another female broad-bodied chaser
Beautyful BG highlights

Obviously some find the "highlights" attractive, but I find them a distraction and rather overwhelming. But chacun à son goût (as we say here but à chacun son goût for Del Paso?).

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GMCPhotographics · May 30, 2026

I was pondering on what "two never seen lenses before" might mean in the view of the rumours. The RF 24-70/2.8 is rumoured to be expanded to a 20-70/2.8 and the RF 28-70/f2.0 is rumoured to be expanded to a more "regular" 24-70mm f2.0

Del Paso · May 30, 2026

P-visie said:
The ObsIdentify app is your friend: https://observation.org/apps/obsidentify/

Thanks, I used it but was still hesitant....

P-visie · May 30, 2026

Del Paso said:
Thanks, I was absolutely unsure, so I didn't even risk an attempt at identification...

The ObsIdentify app is your friend: https://observation.org/apps/obsidentify/

@zajicekpavel · May 30, 2026

Photographed yesterday (R7), very hot, very thirsty.

Nathalietje86 · May 30, 2026

Still hoping for a good zoom range around 400mm and it needs to have raw and a bigger sensor, or a new G5X with new features...

But come on canon hurry up

make compact camera's for photographers instead of vlogging

AlanF · May 30, 2026

bloblom said:
For FoV but it's not the core of the message here.

Regarding the "2 stops more" I sincerly doubt his numbers are correct.
You let more light with a bigger pupil, true, but you spread it over a greater surface (focal length/magnification), that's the entire point of having f-stop (focal length/entrance pupil) as a universal value for exposure, it's already taken into account.

If we take the total light gathered formula (light intensity * exposure * sensor size), how can reducing light intensity by 2/3rd of a stop increase the dynamic range by another 2/3rd of a stop?

Let's simplify to total light to ignore exposure, assuming it's the same on both systems.

Light intensity at the focal plane is defined by 1/N² where N is the aperture of the lens (this is directly derived from the formula that allows you to calculate the F-number of said lens)

For the R7:
Intensity = 1/7.1² = 1/50.41 = 0.01984
Sensor size = 22.3 * 14.8 mm = 330.04 mm²

0.01984 * 330.04 = 6.547

For the R5:
Intensity = 1/9² = 1/81 = 0.01235
Sensor size = 36 * 24 mm = 864 mm²

0.01235 * 864 mm² = 10.67

10.667 / 6.547 = 1.6298

That's log2(1.6298) = 0.7047 stop more light

You are correct. It’s always the ratio of the front lens areas that gives the relative amounts of light falling on the image, irrespective of focal length. Here, it is equivalent to 0.7 stops.

esspy2 · May 30, 2026

Would love to see an APS-C zoom like the G1x III. If they had the guts to make a bright prime that would be even cooler. But a zoom isn’t so bad either. Hope the sensor can read out fast enough and that it carries the water resistance and EVF of the G1X III. In fact, if they can update the battery, sensor, and processor, I’m sure it would find an audience. Also I would request the automatic lens cap like the G7X III, a cap for a compact point and shoot feels weird and I don’t use the filter ring except for NDs and a compact should have built-in NDs. If they could stretch the aperture to f/2.5 or f/2.2 on the short end that would be very cool too.

Dragon · May 30, 2026

The mob is getting bigger. My little birds are lapping down almost 3 lbs. of sugar a day. The Anna's are back and also some Rufous. All R7 +200-800.

Very colorful Allen's female

Anna's Male

Rufous Male (won't pose anywhere there isn't food)

Typical crowding at the chow hall.

wsmith96 · May 29, 2026

I’ve been holding out. I still have my 5D4 and 7Dii. Not sure why I have this hang up about upgrading, but it just hasn’t felt like the right time. I’m a hobbiest and now that my kids are out of 4H, I don’t shoot as much. The kit works for me, but compared to today’s choices, there is no comparison against today’s camera options.

wsmith96 · May 29, 2026

Mekos said:
After having changed to mirrorless (owning now the Canon R6 Mark II and Canon R7), last week I decided and bought the fullframe Canon 5D Mark IV (I own the APS-C Canon 7D). Out of the box, battery and memory card ready, I turned upset/nervous with something: Only in Av (or also in Tv mode), choosing an aperture (i.e. f/8), no matter the different brightness I pointed the camera to, the shutter speed (or the aperture in Tv) remained always the same, turning the file underexposed or overexposed! never that had happened before with any Canon camera I had owned. So, or there's a real problem with the upper left dial only in Av or Tv modes (not in P or M), or... for the first time I feel dumb with the menu of a Canon camera! (No, no exposure limits reached, nor ISO problem: tried setting to 100 and also in auto). Something else to try? Please help! Thanks, guys!

check the shutter speed settings in custom functions 2 to see if it is set to a particular speed.

David - Sydney · May 29, 2026

Chig said:
Be nice to see Astro versions of cameras again like the eos Ra or no AA filter versions like the 5Dsr maybe an R5a or R5sr based on the R5ii ?

Given the "reasonable" pricing to mod your camera sensor using companies like Spencers (https://www.spencerscamera.com)
provides many options (IR, full spectrum, visible+Ha, etc) then it might not be profitable for Canon. Spencers also offer new or even used bodies from their site.

Clip in filters from Astronomik means that the camera remains "normal" and yet narrow band when you want it - albeit fiddly to install at night with gloves.
You can even add back a "clear" clip in filter to restore the camera to normal after removal of the AA/IR filter

Front filters like https://capturetheatlas.com/capture-the-night-filter/ can also provide some more subtle Ha which I prefer but have a slight transmission loss.

I can't see Canon releasing another one. I think that they had an option with the R5 but decided against it.

David - Sydney · May 29, 2026

MikeGalos said:
Diffraction is based on the size of the photo site. For the same resolution sensor the site on an APS-C is always going to be the same proportion smaller and give one stop worse diffraction issues. That's physics. As resolution increases the size of those sites is smaller. If the sensor is smaller the size of the sites is smaller. The size of the Airy disc is tied to the aperture. When the photo sites are smaller than the Airy disc you are losing resolution. When they're less than half the size of the Airy disc you start getting noticeable resolution loss. The only ways to fix that are to go with bigger sensors or lower resolution sensors.

I do wonder how diffraction in practice seems to be less of an issue for higher mp sensors than the maths would indicate.

I like f16 for having deliberate diffraction spikes for light point sources at night for instance... especially with odd numbered aperture blades.
For underwater macro work with powerful strobes, f16-f18 is common for a single shot as nailing DoF focus when moving around is really hard.
For macro on land whether on a rail or stepped in-camera then f11 seems to be a common option which should still show diffraction theoretically but in practice is more than acceptable once stacked.

exkeks · May 29, 2026

Canon Rumors said:
Unrelated, but I've been slacking with the site a bit. I'm in the process of moving countries again at the end of June. The moving process is still awful, even with experience.

In case you didn’t notice: The Twitter postings have stopped in mid May.

Click · May 29, 2026

It’s a very nice photo. I particularly like how sharp it is.

Click · May 29, 2026

I really like this shot. Well done, 7DmkI!

MikeGalos · May 29, 2026

bloblom said:
With higher resolution sensors, this difference between FF and APS-C is getting slimer with each new generation of camera and in a few years we probably won't compare FF and APS-C on diffraction.

Diffraction is based on the size of the photo site. For the same resolution sensor the site on an APS-C is always going to be the same proportion smaller and give one stop worse diffraction issues. That's physics. As resolution increases the size of those sites is smaller. If the sensor is smaller the size of the sites is smaller. The size of the Airy disc is tied to the aperture. When the photo sites are smaller than the Airy disc you are losing resolution. When they're less than half the size of the Airy disc you start getting noticeable resolution loss. The only ways to fix that are to go with bigger sensors or lower resolution sensors.