A new budget-friendly macro lens has been released by Brightin Star: the 60mm f/2.8 2X Macro APS-C Manual Focus Prime Lens. It is a completely manual prime lens that is optimized for APS-C mirrorless cameras and offers a 2:1 magnification ratio, so objects appear twice life-size when shot. It is perfect for close-up shots of […]

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DBounce said:

Gerald Undone is a YouTuber with zero qualifications to perform these test... But sure, take his test results and ignore CineD.

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So after reading my detailed and lengthy comment, this was your takeaway? Unreal. Every single reference I made was about how the results are framed as underwhelming yet are actually directly comparable to the C50’s peers using CineD’s own measurements on their website. Also, CineD has been performing these tests to a significantly lower standard than Gerald Undone and for less time. He has a widely respected channel in the industry…you can ask virtually anyone in every camera booth at a trade show they’ll know who he is and have probably worked with him.

Happy shooting.

Make sure you didn’t bump the focus limiter switch on the lens.

ronbyram said:

I traded in my F4 model for the 2.8. Will teh 2.8 get this upgrade or need it?

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If you mean the 24-105/2.8L Z, that already has FTM. The 24-70/2.8L would need a firmware update for it.

There are whispers of Sony perhaps coming out with their own MF camera, following the success Fuji has been having in the MF market.

The 180mpix sensor is almost certainly going to be featured in the successor to Fuji GFX 100 II, making a significant jump from 100 mpix to the new 180 benchmark. I'm guessing that's at least 2 years down the line.

Yes, I see the posting and search errors.

AlanF said:

I really don't understand readout times. The R7 can be truly bad for bird and insect wings but I have never had any problems whatsoever with the R5, which is only twice as fast. The R5 does have rolling shutter effects on panning against backgrounds with vertical lines that come out sloping, but not with wings flapping.

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Are you cropping the R5 shots? If so, the transition time for the part of the sensor you're actually using is shorter than the total time for the entire height of the R5 sensor. 2 x 1.6 = 3.2. So effectively the R5 is 3.2X faster per mm of sensor height.

Traveler said:

….Would be nice if they can do some magic and squeeze the 24-105 f/4 into the 28-70 body.

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That’s exactly what the RF 24-105 f4-7.1 is

Juan El Buzo said:

The article describes a “17%” resolution difference between the R5 and the R6 MKiii. But, according to my calculations there is about a 28% difference. That is not a negligible difference. Although that fact alone won’t stir 95% of shooters from one camera to the other, from a still photographer’s standpoint that could be a deciding factor.

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P-visie said:

@roby17269 has just bought a Hasselblad, needs to replace his lenses for his Hasselblad, and needs to save for the RF 35mm f1.2 L, so he can no longer afford the $ 1 billion membership fee.

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Pfttt! Not a bigly amount of money.
As long as it is not a European billion...
For Red Caps only: One European billion is 1000 US billions

Diko said:

I really really hope that his latest and greatest research aside from scientific progress would also benefit us the photographers.

If current progress of QIT (Quanta Image Sensor) chips reach 16–41 MP with 1.1–2.2 μm pixels, 30–60 fps readout, and single‑exposure dynamic range around 95–100 dB (≈20+ stops), clearly in a range implemented in a QIS‑based “regular” professional stills body, medium‑ to long‑term realistically in the timeframe of 5–15 years from now, assuming the technology continues to mature and finds viable high‑volume markets along the way.

Now that would be awesome since I am an avid Night and Low Light fan!

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Canon demonstrated a SPAD sensor at the CES that has a dynamic range of 26 stops.

See: https://petapixel.com/2026/01/09/ca...-image-sensor-with-26-stops-of-dynamic-range/

I honestly have no idea what's causing it. I even tried intentionally looking a bit "under" those calibration spots, trying to somehow "correct" for that offset, but it didn't help. Could be something to do with my eyes, but I've seen quite a few people saying they can't the thing work either.

1) The ability to remove all the white icons superposed to the image from the viewfinder (IS, eye focus etc). I don't get why this is not an option.

2) Viewfinder activation only when half pressing the shutter, enabling proximity only after that or in the menu and gallery. This would allow me to use the normal neck strap setup instead of looking to other carrying options that don't feel as good.

3) Fix the first input being gobbled up by the camera when the viewfinder goes to "sleep". This drives me crazy.

4) Fix the stutter in the viewfinder in video mode. Mysterious stuff.

5) Any improvement on eye controlled focus, always appreciated.

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6) Open gate. Could be wishful thinking I don't know if the hardware can do it.

InternalRevenue said:

Continuous IS on these lenses is immensely helpful with video in general: smooths out pans and softens ground vibrations or camera adjustments. I replaced my EF 100-400ii with the RF 100-500 (for the R7) and the on the newer lens the IS auto-shuts off when it detects a stable surface, so now the slightest touch of the camera at 500 causes an "earthquake". Can't count how much footage this "feature" has wrecked. See below for an example (albeit with different scenes).

https://youtu.be/B6HW8nKz5P8?si=njnTx6_eFlnY8uEW

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I have seen another yt video where someone observed a similar difference between both lenses. EF 100-400 came out with better IS smoothness - a great lens in all dimensions.

Keithf2.8is said:

Yes, maybe he could have. I would think the main logic board is a bit more detailed than the quick control button. But I did like the video.

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Look at the other vids, including the second latest one about a Fuji LCD cable, quite a bit more complex, so he only did it for a friend ;-)
From what I gathered, he had been working on cameras since the DSLR era, and praises mirrorless for their reduced complexity (and praises Canon build vs others, older Sony shuutters are broken by design, so he makes plenty of money replacing those)

As we know, Canon spends a lot of money on R&D across their multiple divisions, from imaging, manufacturing, security and lithrography and more. Canon is also active in protecting their intellectual properties as we've seen in the camera space. Canon is putting significant resources into AI and IoT, as well as environmental technologies. For the […]

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"Sony over the last 3 years has consistently held the #1 spot in the Japanese domestic marketplace."

Speaking of Sony, they recently agreed to sell a majority stake of their tv business to TCL. If they ever decide to do the same with their camera business, it seems that DJI might be a good fit.

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Not sure if it’s in-budget, but personally I find an ultrawide angle zoom to be very useful in most European cities. There are many landmarks that are in close proximity to other buildings with little space around them, so you cannot just back up to get a wider view. For your APS-C DSLR, a lens like the EF-S 10-18mm would be worth a look.

Here’s an example from Venice, Santa Maria Formosa – the church whose bell tower was 'destroyed' in Spider Man: Far From Home. Shot on FF at 14mm (equivalent to 9mm on APS-C).

I really like seeing this kind of content on Canon Rumors. The camera world could use more real world, practical takes instead of spec sheet comparions.

The EOS R5 C is a great camera—I’ve owned two since launch and use it equally for photo, video, flash photography, and timelapse work. It’s a true hybrid.

I don’t care about IBIS. For everything except photos, I’m always on external power, so that’s a non-issue for me. I do need an EVF, and I love that it shares a body with the EOS R5. I combine tielapse and real time video for some shots. Shooting an 8K time lapse in photo mode, then switching to 8K Raw video for real time plates is great. It would be slightly easier in open gate, sure, but it's fine.

It’s a much better camera today than it was at launch, and surprisingly there seems to be more interest in it over the past year than there ever was when it was new. People thought it was a flop but it's still relevant, That makes me hopeful we’ll eventually see a proper successor—something aimed at people who want a full-featured photo camera first that can also do professional video. The EOS C50 is a video camera that can take pictures and that distinction matters.

padam said:

…and the EXIFTool software was updated to read out this information).

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Thanks, I haven’t checked for an update in years.

David_B said:

Because the response from the crowd here was basically she's a nobody because they already knew about her or some other random reason. Maybe the cut-n-paste missed a detail here and there, but that was a far far less or a sin than the other comments that were diminishing of her achievements, notably by people that will probably never achieve anything close to what she achieved, which all comes across as misogny to me.

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Your post concluded:

David_B said:

She invented technology that changed how humanity sees the world.
And for decades, history couldn't see her.
But now we do.
Now we remember that every barrier broken makes the next one easier to break.
That every woman told "you don't belong" who succeeds anyway creates possibility for the next generation.
Katharine Burr Blodgett made glass invisible.
History tried to make her invisible too.
We're bringing her back into focus.

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@P-visie gave the link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Burr_Blodgett to her Wikipedia Entry that had the impressive recognition, full deserved, she had received in her lifetime. That's what people told you - she was recognised for her marvellous achievements, and no-one here denigrated her. The responses from here were just about your false statements she wasn't recognised in her lifetime. Here is the text of @P-visie's link, with her birth and death dates so you can see when she was honoured with respect to them.

Katharine Burr Blodgett 1898-1979

Awards

Blodgett received numerous awards during her lifetime. She received a star in the seventh edition of American Men of Science (1943), recognizing her as one of the 1,000 most distinguished scientists in the United States.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Burr_Blodgett#cite_note-siegel-19">[19]</a> In 1945, the American Association of University Women honored her with its Annual Achievement Award.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Burr_Blodgett#cite_note-siegel-19">[19]</a>

In 1951 she received the prestigious Francis Garvan Medal from the American Chemical Society for her work on thin films. That same year, she was chosen by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce as one of 15 "women of achievement." Also in 1951, she was honored in Boston's First Assembly of American Women in Achievement (the only scientist in the group),<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Burr_Blodgett#cite_note-proffitt-6">[6]</a> and the mayor of Schenectady honored her with Katharine Blodgett Day on June 13, 1951, because of all the honor she had brought to her community.

In 1972, the Photographic Society of America presented her with its Annual Achievement Award<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Burr_Blodgett#cite_note-ogilvie-7">[7]</a> and in 2007 she was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Burr_Blodgett#cite_note-20">[20]</a> In 2008, an elementary school in Schenectady bearing her name was opened.

She received honorary doctorates from Elmira College (1939), Western College (1942), Brown University (1942), and Russell Sage College (1944).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Burr_Blodgett#cite_note-ogilvie-7">[7]</a>

Blodgett's accomplishments were widely recognized, earning her several prestigious awards. In 1945, she received the Achievement Award from the American Association of University Women, and in 1951, she was honored with the Garvan-Olin Medal by the American Chemical Society. These accolades were a testament to her groundbreaking work as a scientist and her role as a trailblazer for women in the field.

slclickr8 said:

As someone with an extensive list of glass and who has spent considerable cost (gear signature), I would think you know what I meant. With your logic you could compare it to a 3rd party manual focus Chinese lens. No, I think any Nifty or perhaps the EF 40 2.8 would be a much more fair comparison. Why would you argue a McLaren against a Pinto? I guess they both have 4 wheels.

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Of course you can compare them, you just need to establish the boundaries.
My point was simply that I did not like the EF 50 1.2 and therefore, if the RF 45 1.2 has similar characteristics, then it is not for me, regardless of size, weight and price

yeahright said:

we can always use GNSS as the abbreviation for global navigation satellite system which does not specify a particular one of the many systems currently available

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hey, this was just a joke...

scyrene said:

Has the R7 price gone up recently? When I was looking at it 2-3 years ago it seemed by far the best value R body, in the UK at least.

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It’s been ~$1k USD used for a while.

New/refurb? I’m not sure. I think Canon did a Black Friday fire sale, but I doubt they’ll drop their price for an R7 body.

Not sure about UK/EU prices either.

It’s also an aging body now. For instance, the R50 apparently takes better HDR HEIFs, and my R50V will do real time video LUTs with encoding options the R7 does not support.

Mine is 7months old, never dropped!! Canon is saying that it’s separating and broken And would only happen from impact or drop, which never happen, I am fighting it, because there is not even one scratch on the lens!! They want to charge me $1k to fix it..