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k.j.ar · Dec 22, 2021

Interesting, I wouldn't have guessed that canon's would be slow to update their systems with SNs. However, that explaination makes sense since this lens has been back ordered for a while and I must have gotten a fairly fresh copy.

Thanks for your input! I was somewhat confident everything was ok but for the price of this lens i wanted to be sure.

EOS 4 Life · Dec 22, 2021

The twist turned out to be f/11 which would have been completely impractical with a DSLR.
The RF 400 f/2.8 and RF 600 f/4 are pretty much just adapted versions of their EF counterparts.

steen-ag · Dec 22, 2021

justaCanonuser said:
Good point - serious question: does the R5 offer a crop mode? Didn't know that. My 5D4 doesn't have this option, only the aspect ration can be changed, 1:1 is the smallest image you can pre-select. Anyway, I guess an R7 as a real 7D successor should be a fast camera settled below half the prize of an R5 and - hopefully - offer everything I need for birding. For FF, I still am happy with my 5D4.

The R5 with an EFs lens you have 18Mp and 20 pic/sec

CODonnell · Dec 21, 2021

Thanks all for the useful info. I've decided to keep the lens and accept there will be a learning curve. I spent countless hours looking through old shots and doing the exposure math and came to the conclusion that much more is possible with the lens provided I'm quicker with my math. I've tested out DxO and was pleased with the results. I find some of he denoise a little heavy handed but I know I can adjust to suit my taste. I've also embraced cropping my images for birding and am now experimenting with upscaling for print (if needed).

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unfocused · Dec 20, 2021

AlanF said:
From the largest dealer - it must be Canon backed as they won't discount without permission. Checked with the official Canon store, and they flash 10% discount at checkout, confirming it.

Interesting. I think you are probably right that they are bringing them more in line with EU pricing.

stevelee · Dec 19, 2021

My iPhone is the current version of the SE. I don’t like big phones. The best iPhone cameras come on the biggest phones. I have an iPad for when I want a big screen. My iPad is the current 11” Pro, so a much better camera than in the phone, but clearly I’m not going to carry it with me to shoot pictures.

I make pictures with the phone when I don’t have a camera along. It takes decent pictures, and the panorama feature works well. I won’t bother to compare its pictures to the quality and flexibility I get from my DSLR. I use the G5X II for travel. It fits easily in jacket or pants pocket, so it is the camera I always have with me when I think I might want to shoot pictures but not lug my whole kit.

Flexibility and control are the main reasons I use the G5 rather than just relying on my phone. It has a zoom lens that goes into near telephoto range, shoots Raw files, lets you control aperture, shutter, and ISO to whatever degree you wish. The sensor is small, but a whole lot bigger than the phone’s. It doesn’t do the software tricks that the phone can, such as faking a shallow depth of field, but I would rather control that kind of thing myself in Photoshop.

unfocused · Dec 19, 2021

Timo2020 said:
… I most likely will buy an EOS 5 body with RF 24-105 lens.

Merry Christmas and a happy New Year to all of you!!!

It is hard to go wrong with that choice. If I could buy only one body it would be the R5.

Viggo · Dec 18, 2021

Hey!

Does anyone have an explanation on why I can’t make Color Checker profiles when I use gels on my on camera flash?

I have no issues with any lens or body and all other profiles comes out perfect, including flash without gels.

I shoot a gray card to get the correct wb with gels (full+half CTO). I get a nice correct wb and then I shoot a properly exposed ColorChecker shot, but the profile created and loaded on to a shot looks terrible in every way. Neon purple lips and a very greenish in my daughters brown hair. Her skin also looks like she should be in a hospital

CrPr · Dec 18, 2021

Update/clarification: setting the electronic full-time mf feature "ON" (R5 purple AF menu, page 5) enables mf focusing in all AF modes with the RF 100-500. Done so, everything works fine.

emailfortom · Dec 17, 2021

Canon Rumors Guy said:
Continue reading...

I'm going to wait for Really Right Stuff to come out with their solution. I made the mistake of buying an off brand from my camera store and it tended to flex whilst I was depressing the shutter button. That was for my R5, so I purchased the RRS L bracket and no problem with flexing. I'll wait for their release.

tron · Dec 17, 2021

H. Jones said:
The EOS R3 is easily the nicest camera I've ever used. Just overall the speed and stability of everything in the camera makes it an absolute pleasure to use. Nothing ever slows down, no frames ever get skipped in the EVF, no blackout at all, never hit the buffer, it's just super responsive and a pleasure to take photos with. The EVF unit is an upgrade that's hard to explain, since it has more latitude latitude to show highlights and shadows than the R5. Battery life is pretty close to double my R5's battery life, too. I never notice rolling shutter, far better performance than the R5's rolling shutter, and it's really noticeable.

24mp or not, it's a better experience than my R5 or my 1dx mark II combined. Hard to imagine how cameras could get much better than this.

Canon should sell R3 with RF1.4X as a gift and a free subscription to Topaz Gigapixel.

Chaitanya · Dec 17, 2021

canonmike said:
Looking fwd to the practical effect of how it might improve real life photos, especially in low light, where noise is often a problem.

It indeed would be interesting to see how Sony pursue these sensors and what their yield are going to be like.

gruhl28 · Dec 17, 2021

Frodo said:
I bought an RF 16mm. Here are my observations following some testing:
- Sample variation can be significant. I shot jpgs with two RF 16mm's in the shop and compared the jpgs on my laptop. One was noticeably sharper than the other across the frame at f/2.8 and f/4. I looked more closely when I got home using a split screen on my monitor and this confirmed what I'd seen on my laptop in the store. There did not appear to be any inaccurate focusing in the softer lens. I experienced the same comparing two RF 50mm f/1.8 lenses.
- Raw files converted in DPP and imported as tiffs into Lightroom are significantly sharper than in-camera jpgs imported into Lightroom. For critical subjects its worth processing in DPP.
- I shot some test charts on the side of my house. There is a noticeable improvement stopping down to f/4. F/5.6 is still a little sharper.
- I compared the RF 16mm against my fully manual Samyang EF 14mm f/2.8. The Samyang is noticeably sharper and has noticeably less colour fringing than the RF lens. The difference is (not surprisingly) greatest in the corners. The RF 16mm stopped down to f/4 is still not as good as the Samyang wide open.
- I tried to manage my expectations, but I had hoped that the RF 16mm at f/4 would match the Samyang at f/2.8. That is clearly not the case. It remains to be seen if the RF16mm is usable as an astrophotography lens. I might be able to test this tonight as we will have clear skies, but an almost full moon. I am particularly interested in coma.
- As you will already know, the RF lens is much, much smaller and lighter than the Samyang, especially with adapter. It also focuses much closer. See the photo of an isopod on our beach.
- So overall, I am sure that the RF 16mm will get a lot more use than the Samyang 14mm. It is a perfect complement to my RF 24-105 f/4L, especially when I go hiking. But it looks like I will be keeping the Samyang for astro photography.

I bought one too. I haven't had a chance to shoot much yet, but I agree that, despite what we've seen in resolution charts in some reviews, the corners do get noticeably sharper as you stop down. All the talk about the corners staying the same because they are "made up" data or because of the distortion correction are incorrect. Maybe at very close distances the corners don't sharpen much, I haven't tested that yet, but at longer distances they do sharpen up. I did a quick comparison to the 10-22 APS-C lens at 10mm f/3.5 and they seem roughly comparable, but I need to compare more carefully to be sure of the results.

Berde · Dec 16, 2021

Dmitri_Kahm said:
Hi everyone! I am 99% stills shooter, but was asked to film some video footage in a night club using my R5+ RF 24-70. I was shooting 4K IPB 25 frames per second, 1/50 shutter, used CLOG BT 709 ( now I know that there was absolutely no use to use CLOG in a nightclub, but with my severely limited video knowledge I thought that it was a good idea). In the club there were some purple lights... The result is awful... I have some clipped purple spillages on faces that kill the texture, some white fringing around them etc and absolutely NO idea why it happed so. Does anyone have an idea what ruined the footage?

I guess the example pics (print screens) and the video itself will be much more illustrative than any words

The unedited out of the camera peace of the video is attached via the link

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Finds everything

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I had exactly the same problem. Have you found an answer to that? Has the new firware resolved it?

Berde · Dec 16, 2021

Flyingskiguy said:
shot some 4k120 video at the beach and noticed the strange pixelated artifacts in the wave crests. Anybody know what's going on here?

I´m having the same problem. Has the new firmware solved it?

unfocused · Dec 15, 2021

Adding to @Mt Spokane Photography 's comments: This is a post from eight years ago on Canon Price Watch, that explains in more details about Abe's of Maine. Information may not be current, but it sounds like from your experience, things haven't changed much.

There is nothing anyone on this site can do except offer our condolences. I am wondering what research you did, since a Google search on Abe's comes up with the above article and several other posts on forums that recount less than ideal experiences.

On the plus side it sounds like you received the camera you ordered, although it's a grey market model (not imported by Canon USA and not eligible for Canon warranty). As Mt Spokane said, Canon often honors the warranty on grey scale items, they just reserve the right not too. With any luck, you won't need to have it serviced anyway. There is nothing wrong with grey market models, they just are not intended for import to the U.S.

Enjoy the camera and consider this a learning experience. If you are in high school, you will have a lot more learning experiences ahead of you.

razoek · Dec 14, 2021

razoek said:
Sorry my English is bad.

I'm having a different issues with the new 1.50 firmware. I have the r6 and r5. After updating both to the new firmware, I notice on the r5 that the M-fn button doesn't work like it use to.

Before, when the M-fn button is pushed the the "DIAL FUNC" menu will appear. Now when the M-fn is pushed it does nothing. The "Customize button" mapping is still at default at "DIAL FUNC"

Because I had a wedding on Saturday, I had to find a work around by mapping the AE* Lock button to "DIAL FUNC" and it works normal.

On the r6 with the new firmware (1.50) everything works normal.

Also, I was not able to downgrade the r5 to 1.40 in EOS Utility. It won't let me. Is anyone else having this issue? I will be calling Canon tomorrow and see what they say.

Update: Got my camera back from Canon. Frist, I want to say Canon Service Center are awesome!! The person who helped me is amazing. Drop off on Monday and got it back on Wednesday! Fast turn around!

On to the service that they did. They can't say for sure the upgrade to 1.50 made the problem but it might have corrupted something. On their notes, they found "that the display panel had shorted causing one or more buttons or controls to operate improperly. The olc panel was repaired".

I'm just happy Canon was able to fixed my camera. Thank you Canon Service Center!

foreverland · Dec 14, 2021

The second one, testing the ivy rec on bike and water

Click · Dec 14, 2021

Excellent review, Dustin.

Thanks for sharing PBD.

Dec 13, 2021

SteveC said:
That's because they AF away. (All Flew.)

Aww Frick, that’s AwFul.

Dragon · Dec 12, 2021

EOS 4 Life said:
To look at it another way, Canon has raised prices on a lot of items.
At least the price has not gone up.

bf said:
I really do hope for an M6-m3 type of offering... they did not even offer a $50 discount on M6-II this year so yes: it's rough times.

I would like to see an M5 upgrade with as many of the r5 features as possible in the power envelope and I would be willing to pay handsomely for one. The fact that there were no discounts is good news re the staying power of the M line. The only discounts this year were on the RP and R, both of which are clearly due for replacement (RA is already EOL), so maybe clearing inventory.

EOS 4 Life · Dec 12, 2021

f119a said:
So far we only know A7 II and A6400 fall into the "higher end" category, but they are not much more expensive. a7S III is slow and delayed but not halted.

The A9 was halted as well

EOS 4 Life · Dec 12, 2021

AlanF said:
That was a very good plug for the Z9 - it would have what he says he wants.

Z 9 is slower than the R3

Dragon · Dec 11, 2021

It would be nice if they added those features to the R5 as it works very well in APS-c video mode.

ngalli · Dec 10, 2021

FrenchFry said:
Greetings CanonRumors members and Canon enthusiasts,

After the exciting announcement of the R5 and R6 last week, we learned a lot about the new features that will be available in these cameras. Canon has indicated that they are listening to user feedback, and will hopefully be making firmware improvements to these bodies based on customer experiences once we start receiving the cameras. These improvements are likely to include both new functionality and refinements to existing features.

Do you have a firmware upgrade and/or new feature request for Canon? If so, please add it as a reply below (one idea per reply). If the feature that you are hoping for is already listed, please use the like () feature, so we don't wind up with a ton of duplicates, but Canon can also see how popular that idea is.

With any luck, Canon will see the consolidated feedback from this thread and hopefully incorporate it in future firmware releases. Let's make it easy for Canon to incorporate your great ideas!

Request: Add golden ratio (fibonacci spiral) and phi ratio grids to viewfinder.

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