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Circus aeruginosus, مرزة البطائح الغربية, Болотный лунь, זרון סוף, 白头鹞, Busard des roseaux, Rohrweihe, ヨーロッパチュウヒ (欧羅巴沢鵟), Aguilucho lagunero occidental (Western Marsh Harrier) (I assume Italians converse in Latin, and the Dutch and Scandinavians speak perfect English).

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Canon Officially Announces the RF 20-50mm f/4L IS USM PZ

EF rear caps have marks too, but they make no difference.
I didn’t notice this until a few years ago. I always wondered why the rear cap on EF lenses was sometimes loose. It took me years to realize that if the lens doesn’t have a rubber gasket (non-L) and you put the cap on in the wrong orientation (two out of three positions), it will be loose.

I also checked the new RF caps and they have alignment marks as well, so you can still use the same method – you can find the correct orientation by feeling for the mark on the cap with your fingers.
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Look at Apple, they will resort to comparing a M5 or M4 with the M1 chip to make it seem more impressive as we are talking ms’s and the M4 compared to the M3 just doesn’t sell as well from an advertising perspective, even with people that have an 8-second attention span. What I care able is how fast I can process a large file in Lightroom or how quickly I can edit and process a video in Final Cut Pro.
I am happy with the comparisons as I got one of the first 16" M1 and are still using it today.... but I get your point.

I've saved up for the M6 version with hopefully an OLED screen and a significant processing boost over M5. At least a 5 year lifecycle makes sense for me and I still should get back something as a trade-in.
I don't see the point of touchscreen though. Hard enough to keep the current screen clean enough to remove backscatter and bright pixels from shots without competition from fingerprint marks.
Going between my corporate PC and my personal MacBook Pro reminds me of how good macbook pros are!
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I have an R5m2. I have an R7. I have an RF 100-500. I have an RF 200-800. I have an RF I wil24-105.
l buy - and am waiting for - the R7m2 and in all probability will not make any purchases from Canon
until the R7m2 is available. On a recent guided birding tour outside of the U.S. I was Very happily
surprised by results in both long distance (small image size that needed heavy enlargement in post
and images taken under the canopy and before sunrise - both with the R5m2 and the RF 100-500.
I had my 1.4x with me - and it never came out of my camera backpack.
- Jim in the PNW
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What’s Coming Next from Canon?

I have an R5m2. I have an R7. I have an RF 100-500. I have an RF 200-800. I have an RF I wil24-105.
l buy - and am waiting for - the R7m2 and in all probability will not make any purchases from Canon
until the R7m2 is available. On a recent guided birding tour outside of the U.S. I was Very happily
surprised by results in both long distance (small image size that needed heavy enlargement in post
and images taken under the canopy and before sunrise - both with the R5m2 and the RF 100-500.
I had my 1.4x with me - and it never came out of my camera backpack.
- Jim in the PNW
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It’s interesting, it seems very unexciting. Nothing in that list really grabs my attention. I’ve just offloaded a lot of Ef gear to semi fund an R5 II and an RF 70-200 2.8. I was waiting for an R3 II or a new high MP R5. I think it will be a long wait. I have an R5 already and it’s a great camera. I’ll be interested to see if the R5 II is much of an improvement. This will be all camera companies dilemmas from now on. What is there to improve? The wow factor of 2000-2020 will be long gone. It’s hard to even imagine how a lens can be improved from now on.
My only wish is a 15mm TS-E . It doesn’t need autofocus, it doesn’t even need tilt.
That and a 100MP Full Frame (surely not too much to ask 😀)
I suppose the "coming" 14/15mm TS-E will be internally shifting, and this new feature could simplify AF implementation.
Like you, I don't need AF or the tilt-function. But many pros and serious users want and need shift AND tilt.
Sadly, it has grown silent about the 100 MP EOS. Yet, good surprises cannot be excluded...
Not too much to ask for ? :unsure:
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What’s Coming Next from Canon?

It’s interesting, it seems very unexciting. Nothing in that list really grabs my attention. I’ve just offloaded a lot of Ef gear to semi fund an R5 II and an RF 70-200 2.8. I was waiting for an R3 II or a new high MP R5. I think it will be a long wait. I have an R5 already and it’s a great camera. I’ll be interested to see if the R5 II is much of an improvement. This will be all camera companies dilemmas from now on. What is there to improve? The wow factor of 2000-2020 will be long gone. It’s hard to even imagine how a lens can be improved from now on.
My only wish is a 15mm TS-E . It doesn’t need autofocus, it doesn’t even need tilt.
That and a 100MP Full Frame (surely not too much to ask 😀)
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