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Ruined · May 23, 2021

awinphoto said:
Hey guys, just curious, as my company is trying to reinvest in ourselves, we were looking at liquidating some of our older gear and replace it with newer gear.... We were looking at picking up a 6d mark 2 or two as our backup cameras but have noticed lots of backorders with lots of different stores.... are you guys noticing this? This still related to covid closures? Just curious.

Just wanted to note that I successfully received delivery of a backordered 5Ds R from B&H ($1499 closeout price). I think it took like over a month, but as long as you can place an order you should be able to get one.

Nigel95 · May 22, 2021

Just saw some rumors about Sony making an announcement for a new APS-C camera. If it's true I am curious to see if Canon will respond with an announcement as well. It has been quiet for a while about a Canon APS-C R body. Would like to have a clear roadmap if we can expect something like that. I would still prefer a high end R7 with my current glass adapted instead of the R6.

PiezoSwitch · May 21, 2021

cayenne said:
That's what focus peaking is for....

Even with my bad eyesight, I'm surprising myself on how well I'm able to use manual focus lenses these days with the focus aids.

Yes, I love how useful it is at achieving critical focus. As times I feel as though I'm using a loupe adjusting the focus on the ground glass of a view camera.

Ozarker · May 21, 2021

Del Paso said:
I spent years convincing myself that I didn't need the EF 135L, having the EF 70-200, 100-400, EF 85 1,4, Leica R 90 + 180 Apo, Leica M 90, 135 etc...
One day, I cooked a chili (Texan recipe!), and had a few (???) tequila after-dinner shots. In a tequila induced GAS, I ordered the EF 135, with a huge discount, and, a few days and many pictures later, I knew I'd never part with this fantastic lens.
Thank you, tequila!

Some of my best fun involved a little Tequila.

Ozarker · May 21, 2021

Coffy83 said:
Thanks for all of your thoughts on the matter. I went through a lot of lenses over the years especially the portrait ones. Owned the 135 2 and sold it even though I really liked it but it was often too tight, I then got the 85mm 1.4 is which was not as good but had the additional is feature which was great for filming on the R but it also was often too tight. About a year ago I got the 50mm rf and the 35mm rf. I found that I only use these two now. 35mm for filming and when I don’t want all the weight and the 50mm for portraits. I sold the 24-105 rf and got the 24mm 1.4 ef instead. To be honest I think I will never sell the 50mm rf, I am so in love with this lens . Last year we went to Kenya for safari and luckily I won the Tamron 100-400 in a foto competition. It served me very well for this purpose, I also appreciated the additional reach of the 4k crop on safari. However, I also sold that lens as I didn’t really need it afterwards. We recently became parents, bought a house etc. so I got the rf 70-200 for filming and future kids stuff. Without isis leaving the 35 rf and the 70 200 rf as my only stabilized lenses. I might consider the rokinon RF 14mm 2.8 af for the really wide stuff in future but I think that’s it for my lens collection. I really considered to only get the 24 70 rf and the 70 200 but I just love my 1.2 and 1.4s too much. I will definitely wait it out for at least until Christmas with the R6...or the R5. You are right, I actually do have the lenses for the R5 more than for the R6. Still really excited that I sticked with Canon all these years and invested in RF...definitely seems to be the future now. My wife has a well growing Instagram page which is our new photographic hobby one could say. It even starts too make a bit of money, not much at all but enough to maybe justify the R5 in a years time...who knows.

This is our Instagram channel if anyone is interested:
huelya_dennis

You are a new parent. I am a grandfather. Believe me, you want the AF speed and tracking of the R5 or R6 vs the R. That said, I'd save for the R5. That little one will be tearing around at light speed soon. There is nothing more frustrating than missing the cuteness.

steen-ag · May 19, 2021

I have the same problem with this lens on a Eos-R. I think that the stabilizer makes the problem. When I use the lens on a 5D-III and on a 700-D you can only hear the stabilizer when you press the Focus Bottom.
On my R model it runs all the time.
The focusing is very fast

May 18, 2021

HikeBike said:
My recommendation would be the EOS RP with 24-105 f/4-7.1 IS STM lens and accessory kit:

Canon EOS RP Mirrorless Digital Camera with 24-105mm Lens and Free Accessory Kit

Buy Canon EOS RP Mirrorless Digital Camera with 24-105mm Lens and Free Accessory Kit featuring RF 24-105mm f/4-7.1 IS STM Lens, Memory Card, Camera Bag. Review Canon RP

www.bhphotovideo.com

Yes, this would be a perfect starter kit IMO. If interest grows later on, any leftover $ can be put toward another lens (or perhaps an upgrade to the L version).

usern4cr · May 17, 2021

privatebydesign said:
After nearly 20 years of gripped and then integrated 1 series, plus another 20 plus years of just gripped bodies, I am firmly in the R3 style camp

I've come from the smaller Olympus system before switching to the R5, so I had come to love smaller cameras & lenses.
If they had come out with more lenses and bodies with state of the art (albeit small) sensors etc, and stayed in business, then I might still be with it.
But they didn't, and so I switched. The RF lenses & R5 sensor & AF produce magnificent photos, so I'll accept bigger gear for better images.
When the R3 comes out, I'll give it a good look in hands (hopefully my local store will have one to show).
It may be a good while longer before the R5s comes out to compare it to. When they're both available I'll choose whichever best suits me at the time - you never know?

Click · May 17, 2021

Ver nice series, Aussie shooter.

Maximilian · May 17, 2021

The annual Canon Germany summer promotion is up again!
2021 it's up to 300,- € instant rebate at selected partners/retailers.

Cameras included:
EOS R6, R, RP, EOS 5D4, 6D2, PowerShot G5M2, G7M2 and 3.
Lenses included:
Several RF and RF L, several EF L, no EF non L.

No printers or else. Further details see link above.

Everything can be combined with other promotions like "EOS plus X".
For all promotions see here.
(at May 17th the summer promo was not yet displayed in the overview)

Enjoy your GAS

Dholai · May 15, 2021

neuroanatomist said:
Excellent suggestions above, it has been many years since my wife and I went to Tanzania and Rwanda, before I started using dSLRs. Like your planned trip, our time on safari was in a private Land Rover, just my wife and I and our driver (the safari portion of our trip was about a week, we also spent a week on Zanzibar for diving and a week in Rwanda as well, with a wonderful trip to see mountain gorillas). I brought a 4 MP superzoom P&S, FF equivalent of 38-380mm.

I won't recapitulate the excellent advice above, but in the large NPs mentioned by Grant I found the longer end of the focal range to be important for most of the wildlife in the larger parks like Serengeti.

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However, if you venture into the Ngorongoro Crater you may find that the animals are quite comfortable around tourists and approach very closely.

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Enjoy your trip!

Were those taken with the superzoom P/S neuro ?

Dj 7th · May 14, 2021

Well, this was interesting. I believe I came out more confused than when I posted the initial question. I however found out that privacy is a big concern for some people and they will not mind paying to remove anything that MAY compromise that privacy.

Refraction · May 14, 2021

This was an interesting course, specifically designed for newbies to the R5. Well presented and a lot crammed in so while I didnt learn anything new, it is recommended. Canon will (and should) offer this free to new owners of the system. One thing I wish Canon would do is add a red line all the way around the screen when recording video. The red recording button gets lost in all the data, some of which can be turned off I know but its still leading to 'no recording errors'. Anyone else have this on their Wishlist?

bhf3737 · May 14, 2021

Bdbtoys said:
My biggest issue is that it sometimes overshot focus (blowing the image out). Then good luck getting it to refocus on anything since you can't recompose on the object (plane/bird in sky example).

However, those misses weren't so bad after dealing with it for a bit. And I would not trade it for anything else atm (that I can afford).

Yes, that also happened to me a few times when there was little contrast in the scene, e.g. a grey seagull against cloudy sky.

May 13, 2021

melgross said:
You seem to be the one with defects. What I’ve said is correct. And yes, I had a year of optics when I took physics.

Taking a class doesn’t automatically confer understanding, and clearly didn’t in your case. Nor does participating in a forum confer civility, which you clearly lack. Since I have no desire to engage further with your rudeness, I’m out. Enjoy your bubble of ignorance.

Del Paso · May 13, 2021

My little contribution... Vinca Major
PS: can somebody tell me which Lightroom export settings should be chosen for best quality (size of the file!)? Thanks!

stevelee · May 13, 2021

CanonGrunt said:
I bought that lens recently and adapted to my R6. It really is quite lovely. The FL 19mm right?

I assume so (without digging it out of the closet to check). I think all my lenses were FL.

usern4cr · May 12, 2021

cgc said:
Excerpt from patent's page 9:

"...when calculating the phase difference for focus detection, the influence of its spatial aliasing cannot be ignored, and in some cases, the obtained result of the focus detection may be largely erroneous. Therefore, conventionally, it is common to arrange the optical low-pass filter so that the response in the high frequency region higher than the Nyquist frequency is reduced..."

That is: the aliasing also causes problems to phase autofocus accuracy. So, contrary to some misconceptions, an AA filter is not an obstacle for the AF operation, but a "conventional" requisite to improve its actual performance. A bit of homogeneous blur doesn't mistake the AF system, which is even more fooled by the false detail. AA-free sensors are aliasing machines (nature shots have no less aliasing than its architecture counterparts: simply, our brain accepts as "sharpness" the part of random false detail).

Thanks! - This is the first time I've ever heard of the AA filter helping anything beyond moire reduction. I've always thought post processing (in camera or later) could replace an AA filter, but this may be the very reason that the AA filter is really needed, since AF needs to be done live and is crucial (to me) for sharp photos.

usern4cr · May 12, 2021

Valvebounce said:
Hi John.
So sorry for your loss, we have these friends for such a short time anyway, to lose him so early is tragic. The good thing is time leaves us with the happy memories and softens the pain.

Best wishes, Graham.

Thanks, Graham.

Yes, our pets are with us for a short time, relative to our own time. The memories were so wonderful, and I'm happy for all the fun & love Ollie had while he was here, and the same for us.

We've decided to enclose our backyard with a 6 ft high black chainlink fence that our (hopefully) future new kitties can't climb, so they can safely enjoy our trees and each other and chase the birds I like to photograph. We'll still take them for walks in the country, or on a leash if along streets.

Ozarker · May 12, 2021

Billybob said:
I'll accept.

Here is shot of the entrance to a university. The building is very close to the entrance gates. This first shot was taken at 26mm, so you could imagine what it would look like at 50mm.
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The building would totally overwhelm the arch.

Instead, I wanted the arch to frame the building, so I employed a Laowa 9mm 5.6 lens on a Sony a7rIII fullframe camera.

View attachment 196613Definitely some distortion present, but I wouldn't call it "ridiculous projection".

Here is the image after a little cleanup and cropping that I ended up using.

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So for me, a 9mm has a place in my kit especially if Canon can produce one with much better edge sharpness.

Very nice!

Click · May 10, 2021

Great shot. Well done, Glenn.

slclick · May 8, 2021

Ok, the R6 has a bit more menu action than the 5D3.

privatebydesign · May 7, 2021

My MkII is becoming worthless but there is no way I'm paying north of $6,000 for a new MkIII. Next year they will be on CPW and 'refurbs', can't wait...

EOS 4 Life · May 7, 2021

telemaque said:
Bottom Right of your screen you can choose the bitrate quality. By default it is lowest quality but you can change it. It started low quality on my computer too. But I change it to 4K quality and it looked awesome. ;-)

Thanks.
That looks absolutely incredible and this is coming from an R5 owner.

AlanF · May 7, 2021

The same is reported to occur even with the the Sony A1 https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1699402
It is indeed true that DSLRs are programmed to focus on the nearest object whereas mirrorless can get stuck on backgrounds, and there are many complaints about it. So, in these situations, use a DSLR if it troubles you. I have what is probably the best medium weight DSLR gear for AF - Nikon D850 and D500 with the 500mm PF - but I'll take out my R5/100-500mm on just about every occasion because overall I'll get more keepers. I don't have many problems using the R5 to shoot small birds against busy backgrounds, and that is what I do most.

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