Red Bellied Woodpecker, taken with my Canon R8 and RF 600mm f11

I went to Fuji after shooting Canon full frame EF & RF+ EOS 35mm for over 20 years. I had an X-T5 and I do have a great many fantastic shots created with it (see attached) but it was never easy. It could have used a lock switch feature like my R6ii. I dialed in the custom dials and buttons yet I would still bump, hit and spin settings without knowing until too late, time and time again. I increasingly missed Canon's menu system let alone it's AF. My experience was rarely smooth and when I came back to Canon, it was a gigantic sigh of relief. Two very different cameras the R7ii and the X-T6. Apples and oranges iyam. Plus, not many Canon owners are walking around hoping their camera strikes up conversations, the R7 shooter is too busy shooting. Fuji is great for a coveted, imaging fetish item but the Canon will be the tool.

AlanF said:

A Reed Bunting in the reeds (R5ii + RF 200-800mm).

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Very good composition with the bird between the cattails.

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R5m2 + RF 200-800
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A Reed Bunting in the reeds (R5ii + RF 200-800mm).

The poor, lowly junco is almost never the star here...

"Junco"

EOS R1, RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L IS USM + RF 1.4x Extender @ 700mm, 1/2000 s, f/10, ISO 2000

Canon Rumors said:

I wanted to mention that no animals in this film were baited. The first comments on Facebook were ridiculous. I know, it's Facebook.

Yes, there are hides around the Boreal Forest for photography that do bait the animals. It is more than possible to head out and shoot without doing so. It just takes extra work, being up crazy early and spending all day outside. Some days it won't work out, other days it will.

Note: No debating the topic of baiting, it's a fool's errand. I avoid it at all costs.

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Debaiting?

Maximilian said:

Seems that competition is... DOOMED!

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Nikon is doomed to be a distant #3 in market share, but their Imaging division is profitable so they will continue to carry on.

Maximilian said:

Seems that competition is... DOOMED!

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Put differently: Canon are DOOMED to be number 1 !

justaCanonuser said:

As I have written, swivel displays are often a bit dark in really bright environments, at least that's my experience. A real classic waist-level viewfinder also doesn't suffer from disturbing reflections. So I am sure that there are photographers out there who would appreciate such a camera design.

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Perhaps I can improvise and add some ‘side panels’ to the LCD display to improve outdoor visibility.

Etnaphele said:

I don't know if this word is still even used, but that's just not hipster enough! Too much digital garbage, don't you long for the Canon-flavoured ANALOGUE XPERIENCE? Don't mind the tiny sensor put in there just to call that a camera

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There was an optional waist-level finder for the Canon F-1.

Someone should make a better pocket size camera - bring the OM Tough concept to the next level. Why not Canon? On backpacking trips, caoeing, skiing and more I always have my OM tg-7 handy, even if I most of the time also bring a system camera (R5ii). A large portion of my best pictures is taken with the compact - just because its always ready, independent of the weather and the situation. It`s a long time since I had a small Canon in my pockets. Olympus/OM has done a great job, but I miss a camera with higher image quality. Why not Canon, there must be a marked out here.

Beautiful, Norman.

Male Purple-throated Woodstar seen while birding at La Florida, Bosque de Las Aves, at km 18, Colombia, November, 2025.

R5MkII RF200-800mm

neuroanatomist said:

Totally. Canon has done that before, like when they touted the “Front part of the zoom ring sports a silver ring for a luxury touch,” in reference to that amazing lens the EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III. But stingy Canon hit that awesome lens with the cripple hammer and removed that luxury touch when they re-released the lens with an RF mount.

Personally, I prefer the lighter weight of the ‘engineering plastic’ used in many current L-series lenses, and the lenses feel good in the hand and don’t end up with paint chip ‘decorations’ all over.

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I’m not a mechanical type person, so I don’t know for sure if some parts of my G7X III are either metal or engineered plastic. Specifically, the control ring, on/off button, shutter release button, EV exposure offset dial and mode dial. On a coin toss bet, I would say metal.

There are some very fine details in either knurls, crosshatch knurls or ‘concentric rings’ in the mentioned parts.

To put things into perspective, on my attachment, the white silkscreened index mark is ~0.03 inch (~0.76 mm) wide on the short dimension. (I have a steel ruler with 1, 0.1 and 0.01 inch (25.4, 2.54 and 0.254 mm) tick marks. I’m nearsighted with a -7 diopter prescription and can clearly see the 1/100 inch tick marks with my eyeglasses off.)

I am probably an outlier, but I wish for a Spatial Video compact camera. I think Canon had a VR180 prototype in the past, but I wish for something along the lines of an all-in-one RF-S 7.8mm f/4 STM Dual Lens—with a body situation. Not long ago, Canon partnered with Apple to support the Apple Projected Media Profile (APMP) within Canon’s VR ecosystem. I’m in this space myself, so here’s to wishing…

brent1395 said:

Or, hear me out, Canon could revive what was one of the best compact systems of all time--the M series. Of course that ship has sailed, but the way that company handled that system was such a lost opportunity.

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They could have used the M100/M200 body as the basis of a new compact fixed lens camera.

"new technologies or a new use case"

I hope it's nothing weird like the PowerShot PICK or PowerShot ZOOM Telescope.

AlanF said:

The US Buzzards I've seen have ugly red faces;

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Juveniles have a blackish head and a black bill.

mangobutter said:

one thing i hope canon recognizes that it needs to look good. lots of steel. lots of metal. lots of metallic. stop with the black plastic blobs.

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I thought they did a bang up job with the M5, G5X & G1Xiii. The mini tank/dslr style worked pretty well for those of us with larger mitts. I'd like to see a return to that form factor. Engineering plastic is fine just give me a viewfinder please! 1 inch stacked sensor, the V1 lens but just 2.8, a tilty flippy...hmm, this thing is getting chubbier by the moment.

mangobutter said:

one thing i hope canon recognizes that it needs to look good. lots of steel. lots of metal. lots of metallic. stop with the black plastic blobs.

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Totally. Canon has done that before, like when they touted the “Front part of the zoom ring sports a silver ring for a luxury touch,” in reference to that amazing lens the EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III. But stingy Canon hit that awesome lens with the cripple hammer and removed that luxury touch when they re-released the lens with an RF mount.

Personally, I prefer the lighter weight of the ‘engineering plastic’ used in many current L-series lenses, and the lenses feel good in the hand and don’t end up with paint chip ‘decorations’ all over.

one thing i hope canon recognizes that it needs to look good. lots of steel. lots of metal. lots of metallic. stop with the black plastic blobs.

Amazing details.

foda said:

Early European colonizers couldn't tell the difference between that bird and this bird, which is why the Turkey Vulture is usually called a Buzzard in the U.S.

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The US Buzzards I've seen have ugly red faces;