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AlanF · May 14, 2026

ISv said:
Well, you are right!

You are a member of a small esteemed group who will cheerfully admit not to being right. The other practice is to double down by either moving the goal posts like "the branch it is perched on is not..." or just deny "it's actually an Inner Mongolian Little Brown Job as you should know from the part of the claw that is hidden round the back which ChatGPT can't see".

Mirnavi · May 14, 2026

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ISv · May 14, 2026

Today was my regular check if the nest of the Japanese (Warbling) White eye is OK. So far it looks kind of successful: there are two hatchling (I saw 3 eggs when I discovered the nest!) looking good! The problem is that they mostly used a cotton from the Red Cotton tree (Bombax ceiba) for attaching the nest to the branches and it doesn't look good after the birds hatched: it tilted from the weight, the branches are very thin and the last days are very windy! On the third photo one of the parents looks warring too (well, who knows what actually they see...)!
After that just opportunistic photos...
BTW: I'm resizing the photos because with PL 9 they are getting too big (despite the cropping! With PL 8 I didn't have that problem). Resizing in Windows Photos. The color is ~there, de-noising is as it should be BUT: I'm out of sharpness (I'm sharpening by the default of PL 9, noting added! Every thing RAW files!). Concerning the sharpness photos are looking as the RAW (NEF) files sometimes worst!

ISv · May 14, 2026

AlanF said:
Here are a couple of mature Dunnocks I've taken, which show the tighter, more grey feathering and sharper eye. The juvenile Dunnock puzzled me when I was taking it was browner and fluffier than I am used to seeing.

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Well, you are right!

josephandrews222 · May 14, 2026

Bluebird (rare in my primary shooting area); I love the contrast that bluebirds provide to our usual and more plentiful species.

R5II and 200-800 @ 800.

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josephandrews222 · May 14, 2026

illadvisedhammer said:
“ Remember when people went nuts with intervalometer (timelapse) use, and blew out their shutters?”

Yes! I was stunned to see I had 180k shutter count when my 80D was in for repair (not for the shutter), had it replaced, and learned to use silent shutter for time lapse. Personally I’m hoping for a bare bones finderless, happy to be shutterless, no active cooling R8.5 or R7.5 (APSC) to replace the old M6ii. I’m fine with waiting a few more years. The M62 is still going great, gives me photos I like better than the ones I take with the larger but lighter R8/50_1.8 combo, though the R8/28-70_2.8 is great for walking around as well. So good I’m not sure if the m62 replacement should be full frame or crop. Writing is on the wall though, the EF-M 11-22 lens just died. Sorry for sharing, carry on, I hope the video is great for people

...years ago I purchased a second M62...and a year or so ago I purchased a spare EF-M 11-22.

I use them all the time.

I still don't understand why Canon...oh never mind.

May I ask...how did your 11-22 fail?

AlanF · May 14, 2026

neuroanatomist said:
Indeed, only two tabs. But I have no desire to cut down the number of lens caps I have to save $8 each.

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You could cut down the number of lenses.

Frodo · May 13, 2026

Easer said:
Also, the image in the viewfinder is very hard and over satuated in color, it is a bit odd, because it is an OLED screen we have in there, on the back of the camera it is a TFT screen, which really ought to be of a lesser quality, but the image on the rear screen is A LOT CLOSER to the image that one actually get, than the OLED screen viewfinder....

Set the picture style to something with less saturation, contrast, etc. This change the appearance of the viewfinder without altering raw files.

John Wilde · May 13, 2026

Uneternal said:
Okay, so we went from "it has a full mechanical shutter" to EFCS, and now "no physical shutter at all".
Typical Canon cripple hammer to upsell photographers to the R6III.

Also known as product differentiation, which every company does. That's why there is a V in the model name.

illadvisedhammer · May 13, 2026

“ Remember when people went nuts with intervalometer (timelapse) use, and blew out their shutters?”

Yes! I was stunned to see I had 180k shutter count when my 80D was in for repair (not for the shutter), had it replaced, and learned to use silent shutter for time lapse. Personally I’m hoping for a bare bones finderless, happy to be shutterless, no active cooling R8.5 or R7.5 (APSC) to replace the old M6ii. I’m fine with waiting a few more years. The M62 is still going great, gives me photos I like better than the ones I take with the larger but lighter R8/50_1.8 combo, though the R8/28-70_2.8 is great for walking around as well. So good I’m not sure if the m62 replacement should be full frame or crop. Writing is on the wall though, the EF-M 11-22 lens just died. Sorry for sharing, carry on, I hope the video is great for people

scyrene · May 13, 2026

f2_productions said:
Yes, I know it's just a small issue, but imagine you are getting into photography in a few years, have no clue about cameras whatsoever and see constantly two different products with the same name (except the MARK, but not everyone uses it) made the same company. I guess thy will solve this in a certain way, but I for my part already hate it. It will be confusing as hell for some at least.

Judging by the sorts of questions I used to see on every Amazon listing, a lot of people don't even understand the concept of lens mounts. So I don't think naming conventions really matter, and however clear and rational they are, there will always be a cohort that is confused. Too bad.

scyrene · May 13, 2026

neuroanatomist said:
Indeed, only two tabs. But I have no desire to cut down the number of lens caps I have to save $8 each.

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Whereas I absolutely would, although I change lenses fairly infrequently so maybe laziness will win out.

neuroanatomist · May 13, 2026

m4ndr4ke said:
Judging by the photograph on dpreview, it looks like the new cap just lacks the protrusions we can cut on the original, to make it fit in more positions.

Indeed, only two tabs. But I have no desire to cut down the number of lens caps I have to save $8 each.

m4ndr4ke · May 13, 2026

Judging by the photograph on dpreview, it looks like the new cap just lacks the protrusions we can cut on the original, to make it fit in more positions.

neuroanatomist · May 13, 2026

john1970 said:
I ordered the lens from B&H at 9:02 a.m EDT and also separately ordered 10 of the new RF rear caps. I will likely also need to order additional rear caps, but B&H set the maximum at 10.

I was ahead of you by one whole minute.

I ordered the rear caps from Adorama, their site allowed me to type in the quantity I needed (22).

m4ndr4ke · May 13, 2026

ChyckenPotPie said:
The new rear lens cap is the real story today!

I didn’t realise there’s a new rear cap, perhaps I’ve handled it today and didn’t notice.

I considered, in the past, modifying my caps so they fit in more positions, you just have to cut a little the existing protrusions.
I did it once, to one cap, but never went on to do the same with the others, and ended up sending the modified cap with a lens I sold.

Currently I’m already used to them, I know how much I rotate my lenses when I remove them from the cameras, so I always know where to aim the notch at, so I just feel it with my thumb and align properly.

I wouldn’t buy new caps on purpose though, only if I lost some.

AlanF · May 13, 2026

neuroanatomist said:
You shortened all the readout times by three orders of magnitude. Kudos for use of the Greek letter mu, though. (You’re on a Mac? Correcting Windows-using scientists who type um and uM because there’s no simple Option-m shortcut is a never ending task.)

Oops sorry! I actually have a Greek keyboard as well for when I am heavily into equations and thermodynamics. Corrected.

neuroanatomist · May 13, 2026

AlanF said:
More info. Rolling shutter, readout time appears to be about 20 µs, more than 3x slower than the 6.3 µs of the R5ii and slower than the good old R5's 16..3 µs.

You shortened all the readout times by three orders of magnitude. Kudos for use of the Greek letter mu, though. (You’re on a Mac? Correcting Windows-using scientists who type um and uM because there’s no simple Option-m shortcut is a never ending task.)

john1970 · May 13, 2026

I ordered the lens from B&H at 9:02 a.m EDT and also separately ordered 10 of the new RF rear caps. I will likely also need to order additional rear caps, but B&H set the maximum at 10.

AlanF · May 13, 2026

More info. Rolling shutter, readout time appears to be about 20 µs, more than 3x slower than the 6.3 µs of the R5ii and slower than the good old R5's 16..3 µs. Oops ms. What’s a factor of a 1000 between friends.

fox40phil · May 13, 2026

Neat Camera!
But Sony won the simultaneous release date today! Will there be also news too!?

Imagine a small one like this with the sensor of the R3!!

…

neuroanatomist · May 13, 2026

EOS 4 Life said:
stephen2026 said:

let's see if this will sell well. I will predict that it would not be a good coopetitor of sony and canon will finally realize this

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The ZV-E1 does not have a mechanical shutter either.
Neither does the Nikon ZR.

Yes, but for some reason certain people seem to think that Canon is clueless about the ILC market. I mean, it's not like Canon has led that market for 23 years or anything, right?

EOS 4 Life · May 13, 2026

stephen2026 said:
let's see if this will sell well. I will predict that it would not be a good coopetitor of sony and canon will finally realize this

The ZV-E1 does not have a mechanical shutter either.
Neither does the Nikon ZR.

Steve_FR · May 13, 2026

f2_productions said:
I'm gonna call it now: In a few years, when the R6 MARK V is released, Canon might be having troubles with the naming of their video-centric cameras.

Canon has already had trouble with confusing names, if anybody remembers the Canon Powershot D10 released in 2009. (and subsequence D20 & D30). Good ol’ 10D and D10.

Nikon contributes to the confusion pond with the D1 alongside Canon’s 1D. Although, to be fair, Nikon released the D1 before the Canon 1D.

Steve_FR · May 13, 2026

Uneternal said:
Okay, so we went from "it has a full mechanical shutter" to EFCS, and now "no physical shutter at all".
Typical Canon cripple hammer to upsell photographers to the R6III.

Absolutely disagree. This is a video-centric camera aimed at videographer/cinematographer/ type people.

Not having a mechanical shutter (a moving part to which can fail eventually) far extends the life of this camera for video work. Remember when people went nuts with intervalometer (timelapse) use, and blew out their shutters?

It’s a video tool for video people. Sucks for people wanting a photo camera - but there are plenty of other options. I do wish Canon would make a dual line with this compact body (replacement for M6II) one aimed at photographers - and one aimed at videographers which they just did perfectly.

For a videographer, having a mechanical shutter is a negative failure point. Don’t get me started on shutter-strike-damage with deep rear manual focus adapted lens protrusions.

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