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bergstrom · Feb 20, 2022

Was shooting video the other day, using my EF 70-200 2.8 on a 6dii and boy was the focus hunting loud when I finally saw the footage. Annoying. canon website says "Ultrasonic focusing. A ring-type ultrasonic motor drives autofocus extremely quickly, and in near silence. Excellent holding torque ensures the point of focus.....". Loud is not near silence.

Canon please make a STM version of this lens!

raptor3x · Feb 20, 2022

EOS 4 Life said:
Global shutters do not read out from the sensor simultaneously.
The entire sensor in on at the same time so the exposure is simultaneous.
The image processor can still read the serialized image in chunks

Agreed, sloppy language on my part.

Del Paso · Feb 20, 2022

JPAZ said:
Wow. Sorry about that. Was talking about the Think Tank Digital Holster. Need to be more careful with my abbreviations

No need to apologize, because I have to thank you for this misunderstood abbreviation!
By "accident", I've found what is for me the perfect solution for carrying a DSLR plus EF 100-400! Give the Tasmanian Tiger camera holster a look, it's made by the well-known outdoor-company Tatonka. Its advantage is that one simply slides the camera -lens first- in or out, without the need for any other manipulation. The tele-zoom is ready within seconds.

AlanF · Feb 19, 2022

Serenesunrise said:
Sony is a huge electronics multinational company…it never was and never will be just a camera company

Canon is also a huge multinational company with wide-ranging activities but it's only a fifth of the size of Sony with a market cap of $25.74 Billion campared with $129.37 Billion

Our Business | Canon Global

This page provides information on “Our Business.”

global.canon

Sporgon · Feb 19, 2022

asingleredcactus@h said:
If you're a purist who hates the idea of having algorithms modify your images, film is the only way to go.

I’d have added ‘reversal / slide’ film there and viewed on a light box. Negative film output can be modified nearly as much as digital , as I’m sure you know.

koenkooi · Feb 18, 2022

cayenne said:
Ok thanks...

I was starting to get the feeling from reading and video that you had to have this to get the video off the camera or to use it in anyway you had to pay....

C

It's gratis for converting clips under 2 minutes, if you want to convert longer clips you have to pay.

Kuja · Feb 17, 2022

Thanks for the tip.

Yes, I know that, I've done the mirror thing long time ago.
It's Ok, but not practical for the high volume scanning, since you can easily knock things out of the pefect alignment easily if you just use a camera tripod and a light box.
I need a stable and sturdy setup, with easy and repeatable precise settings.

justaCanonuser · Feb 17, 2022

DBounce said:
For most the MP count is largely psychological. I recall reading that the R3’s sensor produces detail closer to 30MP. And IMO this is true. The images have sufficient detail for most shooter. Unless you are someone that relies heavily on extreme crops. Personally, I almost always frame accordingly and almost never crop, but on the rare occasions that I do, it’s usually only minimal… But YMMV.

I went from the 45MP R5 to the 12.1MP Sony A7S3 and lived to talk about it. The R3 should suffice.

Extremely delayed reply, just hit this discussion by accident: my wife still uses some old 12 MP Nikons (D300S, D700) and even got wonderfully detailed A3 prints from those cameras. Like you, of course, she prefers to frame her images properly and use the full sensor (she is a really skilled photograper).

SilverBox · Feb 17, 2022

Phido said:
Were the both the body and lens running the latest firmware?

Yes to both, though Canon just released 1.5.1 today, the camera was running 1.5. This was on multiple R6 bodies, the R3, and 2 different 15-35 lenses. I also used the new RF16 as well as a Canon cine 14mm EF with the RF adapter, though it was much less pronounced with the manual lens.

Chaitanya · Feb 17, 2022

Click said:
Thanks for sharing.

what I found interesting is he is keeping his EF 1.2 primes while upgrading to R system.

Michael Clark · Feb 17, 2022

neuroanatomist said:
Then Canon would like you to buy the RF 100-500L and the RF 2x TC. And if that’s not bright enough, they’ll happily sell you an RF 600/4L to use with your 2x TC.

Incidentally, I had the 7D and 100-400L, and the 1D X and 600/4L, and the latter combination delivered far better results.

Mostly because the original 7D couldn't AF the broad side of a barn more than 2-3 frames out of a 10 shot burst.

PCM-madison · Feb 16, 2022

First, I agree with the comments that you can print great large prints from 20 megapixels. Second, I have an R5 and I love it (but I do shoot birds and do a lot of cropping). Third, I have experimented with the AI upscale filters and have been impressed. I'll share one example taken with my first digital camera, a Kodak DC120, that outputs 1.2 megapixel jpeg image based on a 850 x 984 pixel CCD sensor. I took this photo in the late 1990's as a storm blew into Arches National Park. I generally liked the image but the low level of detail left it sitting on my computer. I recently tried to improve the image with the AI upscale, and this was the result.

original jpeg

upscaled version

mindu · Feb 16, 2022

Disclaimer: I've just started messing with the options, as I also have a day job. : )

But it seems like Hugin will correct for the fisheye effect, as it has that option. So I definitely want to try that. Will also definitely want to try the close crop method too.

I did try the Canon VR software, but was not able to get it to even open the raw .cr3 file I shot with the lens. Or an exported version that was a jpg. The files were grayed out. It seems like it may only recognize video formats?

I'll try a jpg with updated exif data to see if that changes anything.

SteveC · Feb 16, 2022

Michael Clark said:
But the most recent M6 body has NO eye-level viewfinder of any kind.

Luckily you can put on a detachable viewfinder. Of course if you do that, your hotshoe is filled. (If they were to come up with a detachable with a hot shoe on top of it...)

What irritated me was that they didn't offer the M6-II and detachable VF as a kit. You could either get the camera body by itself, or the camera, plus VF, plus a lens I didn't want (in one case I already had the lens, in the other I had a more-than-comparable Tamron lens). And they wonder why people sell their kit lenses!

BBarn · Feb 16, 2022

Though new camera bodies will be beneficial, I hope it doesn't slow the release of RF lenses. At some point, the (relatively) low number of available RF lenses will begin to hurt camera sales since a limited lens selection will reduce the appeal of investing in the system. Many purchasers of new cameras simply don't want to adapt old lenses (or they have none). Third party lenses would probably help, but I'm not sure that's in the near-term cards.

Michael Clark · Feb 16, 2022

MythPlayer said:
There's zoom lens is delist in canon japan website but not listed and not list in CR:

EF28-300mm F3.5-5.6L IS USM
EF-S18-135mm F3.5-5.6 IS STM
EF-S18-55mm F3.5-5.6 IS STM
EF-M18-55mm F3.5-5.6 IS STM

EF17-40mm F4L USM lens still list in line-up but marked "emptying stock" status

The authorized price of the EF 17-40mm f/4 L dropped from around $800-850 to about $750 about five years ago. For most of 2019 and early 2020 instant rebates made then $500 as often as not. The they went back up to $800 for most of 2021, other than the most recent month of "Black Friday" sales that apparently now last all of November. Canon seems to have been trying to dump excess stock for quite a while.

It was a decent film lens for its time, but it is one of the lenses that has been very long in the tooth for at least a decade as digital resolutions have increased beyond about 20MP on FF cameras. I've still got one but I hardly ever shoot with it anymore unless I just have to have 17mm. The first two versions of the 16-35/2.8 weren't that much better and I couldn't see spending over $1K on a 16-35/4 to replace a 17-40/4 that's still usable. If the 16-35/2.8 III had come out a couple of years earlier than it did, when I was still working some freelance jobs that would have made economic sense to spend $2,200 for it, I would have bought it. But those markets had mostly dried up by 2016.

Blue Zurich · Feb 15, 2022

Exploreshootshare said:
Have you done any astro photography with the Samyang? Or nightscapes? I'd really be interested to hear about your experience with this lense.

Not yet, I live in a light polluted area but will be using it for dark skies this spring.

Michael Clark · Feb 14, 2022

unfocused said:
I can only speak for myself. I've sold off all but two of my EF lenses (100 macro and 8-15 fisheye). I sold several that I simply didn't use enough to justify keeping (70-300 mm L, for example). In other cases the RF lenses have advantages that I appreciate. 70-200 f2.8 RF for example is lighter and more compact. The 100-500 RF has an additional 100mm focal length and is lighter. I currently own five RF lenses. I used to own about a dozen EF lenses. Switching to RF was an incentive to pare things down to lenses I actually use. I didn't object to the adapters, but it's nice to have fewer lenses and not have to worry about switching out the adapters.

It certainly makes sense to sell a lens if you're not using it very often.

But how many posts have we seen here from people who sold most or even all of their EF stuff as soon as the RF line was announced, then complained months or even years later that they still can't get an equivalent RF lens to replace an EF lens that they were actually using regularly when they sold it?

Sporgon · Feb 14, 2022

sanj said:
Sharing some photos... Please critique! Sony Alpha 1.

What a pleasure to see a beautifully lit wildlife lion photograph ! Really nice and a change from the usual run of the mill safari images.

becceric · Feb 13, 2022

Jack Douglas said:
Thanks. Good points. The Canon unit unfortunately will not feed directly to the computer, it has to go DVD but that's just an inconvenience. i had a flat bed with the frame for negatives and one of my bigger problems was dealing with static and dust but probably I wasn't serious enough at the time. My scanner is now my printer and I won't get another flat-bed.

Jack

My Epson Perfection scanner wasn’t quite “perfection” as hinted at for scanning my slides. The Epson software no longer functioned on my iMac, but Apple’s Image Capture program took on the job. There was a dusty haze on the flatbed’s glass, but after disassembling, cleaning and trying it again, there was only a slight improvement.
My brilliant wife advised my to try shooting the slides while placed on the lightbox she gave me many years ago. My 100mm f/2.8 macro L lens and a tripod helped complete the task with much better results. She has a great head on her shoulders (especially when she smiles) and I thank her continually for her good ideas.

Joel C · Feb 12, 2022

Gazwas said:
I keep looking at the FX6, especially with its new 2.0 FW update with total bemusement why Canon are giving this segment of the market as miss.

Just look at ProAV TV's look at the R5C to see how great this sensor is and shows Canon has the means to produce an FX6 contender but fear their enthusiasm in jeopardising the upper more expensive models.

If the C50(?) ever does materialise, I'd expect it to be £1K+ more than the Sony's £5K price tag for sure.

Let's be honest here for a second. They don't have anything that really competes with the FX3 or even the a7siii for video. Which is a serious bummer, and they are more than capable to be competing. I don't know why they are so beholden to 8k video and the cost there in.

YuengLinger · Feb 12, 2022

Lance vdv said:
Never had an issue with my R5 (touch wood)......but my R6 black screens me so often in want to drown it.

I'm a wildlife photographer and when I try to wake it up from its auto sleep it's just a big black whole of nothing. Removing battery is the only fix.

Worst part is it will only happen when the animals are doing something unique or exciting

Sorry for your problem, but you might not have noticed you've replied to a one-year dormant thread about an old R5 fw update...

becceric · Feb 11, 2022

privatebydesign said:
I did too which was why I went that route, I figured I could always crop a 17mm image (or use the 1.4) to get a 24mm image but not the other way around! And the truth is the 17mm ~~images~~ photos got me to the point that my clients rarely want anything wider than 24 now, crazy way if looking at it but true....

The biggest drawback with using the TS-E 17 on EF cameras is the filter issue, this is negated by using it on the R cameras and using the filter adapters. But the 'solutions' for the front mount filters on the 17 are not really very practical or cost effective.

But the functionality the TS-E's achieve working with the TC's really is superb, I have the TS-E 17 and the TS-E 50 and both 1.4 and 2x TC's. This small kit gives me T/S functionality at 17mm, 24mm, 34mm, 50mm, 70mm, and 100mm, basically it covers everything....

The TS-E 50 is an unbelievably accomplished lens that is superb for exteriors, product photography, architectural details, 'macro' etc etc.

I know what you mean about photos vs images! I am a transplanted Brit, originally from Sussex, who works mostly in Florida, my clients only talk in terms of images so I have awkwardly adopted the vernacular.

Thanks. I really like the idea of the TS-E 24, but since I find myself all over the place with the 16-35 f/2.8, it seems like the TS-E 17 makes sense. I’ve already had my lovely wife agree to the 600 f/4 III, so a trio of TS-Es would be pushing my luck.

Blue Zurich · Feb 11, 2022

Besides the individual characteristics of each lens and macro capabilities, for portraits when engaging with your subject close up an 85 will typically be used for 3/4 to 1/2 body shots and a 100-135 for heads. YMMV based upon distance to model and use of strobes vs natural light. Like Neuro said the RF 70-200 (even the f/4L) will be a more versatile choice. The RF 100L will focus faster than the STM for one thing if you have more movement in the poses and that plus the superior optics will out it ahead in my book.

Ed Avis · Feb 10, 2022

Thanks, that makes sense. I've noticed with the 1DX that I typically apply at least +0.5 stops of exposure compensation in post. Until now I hadn't made the connection with the focusing screen and that the camera might be underexposing. I think I can live with that; at least with the 1DX I prefer a bit of underexposure since it's easier to bring up the shadows than to recover from blown highlights. The sensor of the 5DsR might change this preference.

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