I would like to a have high performing 7DII if and only if it would fit in with my current gear as a 3rd camera with my R5 and R5II. I don't need/want any new lenses specifically for it. I am well aware of all the compromises with the crop sensors. I do think it could be very useful more as an accessory for certain situations than a workhorse if it had the same basic layout of controls and used the batteries, cards, grips, brackets, etc. that the R5 and R6 cameras use. I suspect many potential buyers for a high end APS-C camera share my sentiments.

Mark flyer said:

Okay, they were pictures before sunrise at sparks lake, Oregon. Both were raw files without editing, the same iso, same aperture, same lense.

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OK, they were pictures before sunrise at sparks lake with a particular lens. Does that extrapolate to all situations?

Mark flyer said:

Comparing between r5 and r3 the r3 takes better pictures, i was reviewing on a laptop with significant zooming.

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What does "better" mean? There are so many variables in an image, the lenses used and subjects, and in taking and processing them so please elaborate.

Mark flyer said:

Okay, they were pictures before sunrise at sparks lake, Oregon. Both were raw files without editing, the same iso, same aperture, same lense.

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great.. can you share them?

Well, I'm convinced.

roby17269 said:

Without knowing anything about how the images were taken and without seeing the files, I will not believe you

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Okay, they were pictures before sunrise at sparks lake, Oregon. Both were raw files without editing, the same iso, same aperture, same lense.

Mark flyer said:

Comparing between r5 and r3 the r3 takes better pictures, i was reviewing on a laptop with significant zooming.

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Without knowing anything about how the images were taken and without seeing the files, I will not believe you

roby17269 said:

In my experience they are almost identical only if you look at them on a small-ish screen without zooming in

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Comparing between r5 and r3 the r3 takes better pictures, i was reviewing on a laptop with significant zooming.

ISv said:

These from today. From sunny to drizzling. Never mind: I just started the 2026 !

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I really like your series, ISv.

Very nice shots, Alan. I especially like the second one for the clear background.

Olli said:

I was also really thinking about looking for a 500mm F4 but when I was searching a couple weeks ago I saw that in 2029 the service for it will end. That was the point to not spend 5k Euro plus 1.4 extender for something have the risk not able to repair in 3 years. The gamble at this prices are not worth the risk. I’m pretty sure it will be the same for many other try to look for a big prime lense. Sadly no RF version of the 500 is on Horizont. I think it’s the perfect sweet spot between size and reach of the 400 and 600mm

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EF500 4.0L IS II USM lens hood has been unavailable for several years now, and apparently no longer produced (according to Canon UK and US). That is quite sad, as it is the most easily breaking part of the product (even if it is not part of the actual lens). I wish the support promise would also cover spare parts like that.

luka3rd said:

Obvious design flaw... Canon loves thin plastic lately.
Non L is not excuse, they charge pretty pennies for it.

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What news do you have on this topic 9 month later? Apparently there was no.

In that case, I can post some Palestine Sunbirds instead of hummers (R5/100-500mm).

Loswr said:

I wonder what Aaron at LensRentals has seen, and if he’ll do a teardown at some point.

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Obvious design flaw... Canon loves thin plastic lately.
Non L is not excuse, they charge pretty pennies for it.

foda said:

There's a recent paper presenting "A biogeographic comparison of two convergent bird families" at: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0335195 which characterizes and compares the global scale biogeography of two nectar-feeding bird families: the New World hummingbirds and the Old World sunbirds.

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The paper has hummingbirds going back as far as 42 million years ago. Even 30 million years ago, the old ball looked much different than it does today and the little guys wouldn't have had that much ocean to cross to get from one continent to another as Pangea was still in the breakup stage. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panga...raphic_Map_of_Earth,_30_Ma_(Rupelian_Age).png And needless to say, the picture is only a scientific wild-assed guess of what the planet really looked like. Given how tiny and fragile hummers are, It is kind of surprising that any fossils have been found and not at all surprising that the fossil record is very incomplete.

Click said:

They are not easy to approach. Nice shots, danfaz.

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Thanks, Click. Difficult, indeed!

foda said:

There's a recent paper presenting "A biogeographic comparison of two convergent bird families" at: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0335195 which characterizes and compares the global scale biogeography of two nectar-feeding bird families: the New World hummingbirds and the Old World sunbirds.

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Yes - convergent evolution can explain the huge time-gap between the fossils in Europe and the New World. And actually, with the fossils absent so far for that gap it seems to be kind of reasonable hypotheses.
On other hand the similarity of the fossils of the Hummingbirds with the bones of the nova days Hummingbirds (not the Sunbirds!) is hard to ignore.
So far the Hummingbirds are considered Swivst. The Sunbirds are more close to the Crows and I would believe to the DNA/RNA evidence more than the pretty speculative "environmental" evidence.

ISv said:

"Why don't we have hummingbirds in Europe, it's most unfair!?"
It's actually even more unfair than you probably think (?): the oldest fossils of hummingbirds are from Europe, much older than the fossils from Americas...
https://www.audubon.org/news/the-origins-hummingbirds-are-still-major-mystery

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There's a recent paper presenting "A biogeographic comparison of two convergent bird families" at: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0335195 which characterizes and compares the global scale biogeography of two nectar-feeding bird families: the New World hummingbirds and the Old World sunbirds.

These from today. From sunny to drizzling. Never mind: I just started the 2026 !

Click said:

ISv, Dragon and dcm,

Beautiful shots, guys. Keep posting.

Happy New Year!

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Happy New Year Click!

AlanF said:

Nice shot! I did a lot of testing some years back of various extenders on the EF 100-400mm ii and RF 100-500mm ii. My experience was that the 1.4x gave a better improvement on the EF vs RF but that the 2x is better on the RF. At 1000mm, it outreseloves the RF 800mm f/11. Why don't we have hummingbirds in Europe, it's most unfair!?

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"Why don't we have hummingbirds in Europe, it's most unfair!?"
It's actually even more unfair than you probably think (?): the oldest fossils of hummingbirds are from Europe, much older than the fossils from Americas...
https://www.audubon.org/news/the-origins-hummingbirds-are-still-major-mystery

They are not easy to approach. Nice shots, danfaz.

This morning I managed to get some "mid" pics of a Belted Kingfisher. She was so far away, I had to crop extensively. One of these days I'll try a hide technique to see if I can get one to get closer to me.

SkynetTX said:

I'd prefer to see an updated version of the 2000D with a newer sensor, let's say Digic 7 and a bit more focus points (maybe 25 or 30) than an R5 mark IV or whatever as I don't really need the capabilities of the mirrorless cameras and some of the (telephoto) lenses are just too dark.

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A high-density AF array would require an LCD focusing screen overlay; too much investment for the target market.
What's wrong with the 850D; aren't they cheap enough by now?