First Song Sparrow this year

Nemorino said:

I took those pictures Wednesday in western Germany. Yes very early!

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They can overwinter in Germany. Time ago it has been rare case but now it's increasing trend. The exemplar on the photos is not freshly hatched moth.

neuroanatomist said:

I would say none and all – AI slop, don't take it literally. Say you put a lens onto the pictured camera...you've just made it into a point-and-shoot because there's no lens release.

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The 'choose-your-lens-and-never-look-back-camera".

I agree with P-visie on the choice and the reasoning behind it. Well done, AlanF!

I really like your series, Alan. Nicely done.

Zigot said:

Looking good so far but let's see if Canon improve the pre-capture to catch up with Sony.

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Haha! Good one! Always good to see a good joke on the forum!

Pied Wagtail (US White Wagtail) and Grey Wagtail; Longtailed Tit and female Reed Bunting.

neuroanatomist said:

How is Sony’s precapture superior?

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I wondered what he meant. If it's relative to the newer generation of Canons like the R5ii etc, then it can hardly be superior as they are excellent. Maybe he was referring to the current R7, which is well behind. But, that's hardly relevant as Canon is now at the leading edge.

neuroanatomist said:

How is Sony’s precapture superior?

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How dare you doubt it !

Zigot said:

Looking good so far but let's see if Canon improve the pre-capture to catch up with Sony.

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How is Sony’s precapture superior?

Zigot said:

Looking good so far but let's see if Canon improve the pre-capture to catch up with Sony.

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I was out shooting yesterday with someone using the Sony A1ii + 300mm f/2.8 + 2xTC. He was complaining he couldn't get his gear to focus in time when I was having no problems with the R5ii + RF 200-800mm.

Looking good so far but let's see if Canon improve the pre-capture to catch up with Sony.

john1970 said:

I have not made any purchases of SSD or memory cards since 2024. Wow have prices increased. In Sept. 2024 I purchased several Sandisk 4TB SSD storage for $329.00 /ea. from Amazon. Today the same product sells for $726.00/ea. Luckily I purchased six of them and should be set for the foreseeable future. Same goes for memory cards I purchased several CFE type B v4 cards at 1TB or greater storage and am set for the foreseeable future as well.

Never thought I would see SSDs more than double in price.

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Take a look at RAM prices... probably 4-5x depending on what you have.

I have not made any purchases of SSD or memory cards since 2024. Wow have prices increased. In Sept. 2024 I purchased several Sandisk 4TB SSD storage for $329.00 /ea. from Amazon. Today the same product sells for $726.00/ea. Luckily I purchased six of them and should be set for the foreseeable future. Same goes for memory cards I purchased several CFE type B v4 cards at 1TB or greater storage and am set for the foreseeable future as well.

Never thought I would see SSDs more than double in price.

neuroanatomist said:

I would say none and all – AI slop, don't take it literally. Say you put a lens onto the pictured camera...you've just made it into a point-and-shoot because there's no lens release.

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Yeah I thought something was missing.

Daniel Lindblom said:

Which body is the picture of the camera based on? I don't know any R camera with that symbol on the port in the down right corner. The symbol almost looks like a SIM card needle.

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I would say none and all – AI slop, don't take it literally. Say you put a lens onto the pictured camera...you've just made it into a point-and-shoot because there's no lens release.

dwkdnvr said:

I think that if you try to look 'as objectively as possible' at the competition, the 2 benchmark stacked-sensor crop cameras in the market are the OM-1 MkII and the Fuji X-H2S. The OM-1 has a post-tariff list price of $2399US (although is usually discounted now) and the X-H2S has a list price of $2899US. Given that, *if* the R7II is truly a fully stacked sensor, I don't see how it isn't going to be in that range - call it $2500 for convenience.

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Sound reasoning. I've said that if it has the best of all the features it has been rumored to over these months, I'd be willing to pay ~$3000, and given the MSRP of the stacked 26mp X-HS2 and the 40mp X-H2 it honestly wouldn't surprise me if it cost that much. I also kinda hope it does cost that much, not because I want to pay that much, but that'd mean they're not nerfing it and we're getting all the premium goodness like a fully stacked sensor, good viewfinder, CFe slot, and beefy buffer. A proper high performance camera with a crop sensor, not a budget model that costs less by limiting features and giving it a crop sensor.

Which body is the picture of the camera based on? I don't know any R camera with that symbol on the port in the down right corner. The symbol almost looks like a SIM card needle.

rip this never happened I need it so bad.

danfaz said:

By extra reach, do you mean ability to crop more?

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Yeah, exactly

Skyfall said:

This is interesting, i have considered upgrading my r6 mki to the r5 ii to get some extra reach but these specs looks amazing indeed, it would be glued to my 100-500mm and i would keep the r6 for landscapes

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By extra reach, do you mean ability to crop more?

This is interesting, i have considered upgrading my r6 mki to the r5 ii to get some extra reach but these specs looks amazing indeed, it would be glued to my 100-500mm and i would keep the r6 for landscapes

DhlcadR6 said:

Hoping for DIGIC XI as Sony's new BIONZ on a7v shows newer architecture greatly improves battery life. And I think 2000USD is a good position, sits between R6ii and R6iii. [...]

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The Digic X variant introduced in the R6II and R8 made a massive leap in effiency, video recording suddenly used half the power as before. That meant the R8 could record the same quality as my R5, for the same amount of time. But using the puny LP-E17!

I get the impression than instead of doing the same thing, but at less power, Canon cranks up the AF speed. So you end up with pretty much the same CIPA rating, even if the chip is vastly more efficient.

I would hope that Canon will choose to extend battery life with newer models, but I fear they want bigger numbers in other areas.