• mimbu
    That's the SLR era lens. It was excellent but is huge, heavy, and the AF is very slow by today's standards. But yes, that lens is one...
  • mimbu
    Oh look, it's the #1 member of the Cult of Canon! He's continuing to drink the Flavor Aid, I'm so surprised. /s
  • neuroanatomist
    To reiterate: If you want less noise at high ISO (i.e., better actual image quality), you need a bigger sensor to collect more light...
  • neuroanatomist
    I don't have a camera that hasn't been launched yet. R1 with the RF 85/1.2L DS. (The greenish cast is from a green/shamrock runner...
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  • M
    I understand the point about shot noise dominating at higher ISOs and that total light collection is a primary driver of overall...
  • Michael Clark
    This thread began discussing the R7 Mark II. The conversation lately seems to be more theoretical and more general in nature. Was your...
  • Michael Clark
    For quite some time, base ISO in the vast majority of digital ILCs has been whatever analog amplification is needed to simulate the...
  • neuroanatomist
    Note that we are discussing the R7II, not cameras from well over a decade ago. Having said that, even with current sensors (not just...
  • dolina
    https://phillipreeve.net/blog/review-sigma-28mm-1-4-art/
  • Michael Clark
    That depends on how the camera handles ISO 1000. If it's like most Canon DSLRs handled ISO 1000, it's actually using ISO 800 analog...
  • neuroanatomist
    Lots of misunderstandings and irrelevancies there...and I won't address most of them. If crop your images to a few hundred pixels, then...
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  • R
    Finally found someone willing to pay the 30% fee?
  • neuroanatomist
    Technically correct, practically irrelevant. Even at base ISO...what is base ISO? Setting a camera to ISO 100 (or whatever its lowest...
  • Michael Clark
    You're assuming wildlife photographers prioritize S/N performance over "reach". With advent of modern AI noise reduction, it's now all...
  • M
    I understand the point about total light collection and how, when images are normalized to the same output size, noise performance can...
  • Michael Clark
    That's only the case for what we call "read" noise, or noise produced by the camera's own circuitry. The other component of noise...
  • Michael Clark
    It does affect full well capacity, though. This means a change in analog amplification levels to avoid blowing out highlights, which...
  • D
    Brand identification/ marketing would be hard if phoenix legal structures were used. It is possible that these lens would only be...
  • josephandrews222
    The reminder for the MFDs for various zoom lenses is appropriate. The reality of the butterfly shot in question here (via the 200-800)...
  • AlanF
    AlanF replied to the thread Show your Bird Portraits.
    I do a lot of butterfly and dragonfly photography and much prefer the RF 100-500mm for that, or even the RF 100-400mm (or adapted EF...
  • Click
    Click replied to the thread Show your Bird Portraits.
    Beautiful shot, foda.
  • F
    foda replied to the thread Show your Bird Portraits.
    @ISv No luck yet on the Orange-cheeked Waxbill. But here's a White-rumped Shama I photographed last month on a trip to Vietnam. R5MkII...
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  • Click
    Click replied to the thread Show your Bird Portraits.
    Lovely shots, josephandrews222.
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