illadvisedhammer said:

Speaking of the topic of this thread, the 28-70 2.8 was on Canon refurb sale for $750, so I’m excited that I’ll see how at least one of these ‘amateur’ trilogy lenses perform.

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Enjoy! And please let me know how you like the lens. I am still thinking about swapping my RF 24-105mm F4 for it.

neuroanatomist said:

There have been a bunch of lenses and bodies. They usually sell out within minutes (or faster). Best thing if you’re interested in something is to set an alert on CPW, and if you get a ping act immediately.

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Thx for the reply. I wasn't really looking to buy anything from the refurbished sale, but usually I do see the offers and I didn't this time. Next year, I'll probably spend thx in the states, so I might be chasing a deal in 2026. This year, I finally purchased the R8 as a small and handy second body. Since it was 999 € on Black Friday in Germany, I had to pull the trigge. It arrived yesterday

The long time rumored high-res camera comes to mind. Faster speeds for extreme files would sure be helpful. If it is based on the R5ii as a sibling camera, it could fit the picture. I don´t believe Canon will name a line (R2? R4?) for a high res cam. A successor for the R3 is plausible since the Winter Olympics are coming up. The R3 was announced a couple months before the winter olympics 2022 (Sept 2021 with deliveries starting in November). So, that'd make sense concerning the time line, but as CR guy mentioned: what should one expect from the R3ii?

The retro camera which was rumored probably won't have top tier tech inside the camera.

snapshot said:

looks like R63. same stuff, same price. a new comer will likely decide based on lenses.

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Cheaper 3rd parties with 15fps handicap. I rather adapt EF or native RF with R6iii 40fps.

R3ii?

Canon Rumors said:

My hands are cramping just looking it at it.

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looks like R63. same stuff, same price. a new comer will likely decide based on lenses.

I would welcome a "real" R5 C replacement. The C50 was not it (as nice at it might be).

Beautiful shots, Alan. I love the perfectly sharp bird in this bokeh on the first one, and the one-legged heron with the feathers raised on its head in the second one.

Stonechat (R5ii 800mm) and Grey Heron (1120mm) this morning.

David_B said:

except for the r1 at ISO 400-1600, what happened there?

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Bill Claff relies on user-submitted RAW files to generate his data. I strongly suspect that whoever sent him the R1 files used electronic shutter instead of manual shutter for the captures. Notice how with the other recent(ish) R bodies (R3, R5, R5II, R6, R6II) there are plots for both mechanical (unlabeled) and electronic (ES) shutter, but for the R1 there is only one entry and the PDR is lower than expected. But it's pretty much spot-on with the R5II in ES.



When his R1 data came out lacking the mechanical vs ES comparison, I offered to send him file sets but didn't hear back. I'll contact him again, (by email though we are practically neighbors...he lives in the next town over from me). Or maybe I'll just shoot the files per his specs and send them.

Very nice composition. You managed to focus on the insects. Well done.

Is the OM1 a "real professional camera"? It only costs $2000-2400 and is about the same size as the R7, with a slightly smaller sensor.

Museum hallway...

And read noise...

Canon EOS R# FF DR... not the R6M3... there's not much between them, a bee's dick if you would... except for the r1 at ISO 400-1600, what happened there?

Is it this?

Or an newer/different product such as a rangefinder style camera?

EricN said:

It's a video about a dwarf telescope hosted on a dwarf website..

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Careful there, there are real people that fit into the "dwarf" category, not just those that live in Moria, just ask the actors who played Ewoks - some of whom got told they were too tall! But when compared to even a 300mm lens + full frame camera, it does look a bit challenged for size.

P-visie said:

It has a Sony IMX678 Starvis 2 sensor with a diagonal 8.86 mm (type 1/1.8), i.e. smaller than the main sensor of a recent iPhone. So I would not expect a high image quality.

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You don't need many MP to post on social media.... and social media doesn't need high quality, only high "wow".

AlanF said:

It's really a digital telescope, not a camera. It has only an 8.4 mpx sensor

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2MP is enough, the only difference between 8MP and 32MP is how much downsamling is done before posting to IG or TT.

AlanF said:

with a 4.9 crop factor. In terms of reach, with its 150mm lens it is equivalent to a 300mm on an R5 or 430mm on an R3 or R6, not the 735mm stated, which is a field of view factor. The f-number is 4.3, which has the depth of field equivalent of f/21 of FF. So, you can take its claim of "enchanting bokeh" with the large pinch of salt.

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Bokeh is now something that can be done in software. Just like we don't need lenses producing pictures that fill the entire frame, we don't need lenses that create bokeh. Software correction to the rescue!

Canon Rumors said:

Canon has likely finished their announcement cycle for 2025, which is a bit of a bummer as we were hoping that some exciting new lenses would make an appearance before we flip over to 2026. It's still possible, but the usual suspects haven't heard anything about announcements dates. I think Canon will be announcing new […]

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I too miss the "exciting new lenses", though 2025 has been quite an expensive year for me (2X R5 II, 4 lenses). But I know my 14 TSE and 24(20)-70 f/2 will come in spring or some other season or year...

Perhaps the R7 II could be stepping up to be a real professional body like the 7D II was at the time.

ISv said:

Do you mean wunderbar ?

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Ja? Yes.

The moment always comes when pro‑level features trickle into consumer gear. Is dual‑band Wi‑Fi 6 about to make that leap, or is it still too early?

ritaC said:

wonderful!

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Do you mean wunderbar ?

These two preferred intimacy instead of being stars on this forum... The foreground is not human made: just Papyrus stems.

GMCPhotographics said:

I suspect that is Canon’s intention. Why sell one lens when you can sell three that make a complete system?
35/85/135 or 16-35/24-70/70-200 or the new 24-105 2.8/100-300 2.8 and the next 300-600.

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Oof, I certainly hope it won't be a counterpart to the 100-300L in terms of price.

For me, if I really wanted to have the range covered, I'd just put a 1.4x on my 70-200Z: a 98-280mm f/4.0 is close enough, and it would match the rumored/alleged 300-600 f/4.0-5.6 at 300mm. A stop slower than the 100-300L f/2.8 of course, but saves you about $8k by comparison.

The 70-200Z with a 1.4x loses a bit of sharpness and contrast vs. the 100-300L (also wide open), but honestly not that much (comparing 280mm and 300mm): https://www.the-digital-picture.com...eraComp=1508&SampleComp=0&FLIComp=3&APIComp=0.