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adigoks · Feb 9, 2021

how about shooting outdoor ?
seems like the ambient light in your room messed up your footage.

reef58 · Feb 8, 2021

ethanz said:
My computer is having a hard time with the 8k playback lol.

Yikes. I was surprised my computer didn't really act up importing and processing this. A 10 minute video may be a bit different.

reef58 · Feb 7, 2021

Yikes I have been posting 8k and RAW video to YouTube recently.

AJ · Feb 7, 2021

Surprised to see the "art" designation. I would have thought that's trademarked by Sigma.

Bdbtoys · Feb 7, 2021

That was an interesting read... essentially, they modified the sensor to do the work of reducing aberrations/distortion... thereby reducing the lens stack total element count. That should make for some smaller lenses for sure.

AlanF · Feb 6, 2021

koenkooi said:
RF lenses close down their aperture to one stop above the smallest opening when the camera is off, I wonder if the EF lenses do the same when powering off the camera properly

No, they are left wide open from both EOS R and DSLRs. If the R is not powered down first, the IS of the EF doesn't park.

snegri45 · Feb 5, 2021

OK.

It seems we have drifted some ways away from the original post, which was a (somewhat unsubstantiated) RUMOR. Around this we have gotten some facts, some speculation, and some more rumors. If this is just clickbait it has certainly served its purpose extremely well.

Canon is the 45.4 % gorilla in the camera market place. They are 6.6 percentage points ahead of Sony and Nikon's combined share. It was not specified whether the statistic represented revenue or unit sales. The EOS M system is by far the world's best selling ILC system, starting from scratch 8 1/2 years ago. Speculations about Canon's original plan with the system are likely highly irrelevant today. In the US the M bodies are priced somewhat upmarket, particularly compared with the Rebel cameras. In other parts of the world simpler bodies with lower specs are probably sold cheaper.

Given the above we can safely assume that Canon makes (good) money off the M system. And thus the system is NOT LIKELY to go away anytime soon.

melgross · Feb 5, 2021

M. D. Vaden of Oregon said:
LOL ... oh, how will one body from Sony affect the Canon juggernaut that dominates the camera sales world.

Probably as much as a nothing burger.

Again, I’m only talking about one body, the likely R1.

Joules · Feb 5, 2021

People confuse the terminology. 12 bit vs 13 or 14 is not really compressed! All Canon RAW formats are compressed, though usually lossless. That's what you want: lower file sizes while retaining all the information.

The lower bit depths aren't really compression. That's just not capturing as much information in the first place. Note that this only costs you dynamic range, and once your ISO is at or above 400, you will see no difference between 12-bit (Electronic shutter), 13-bit (12 FPS) and 14-bit (8 FPS or below).

See photons to photos for reference

With the lossy compressed RAW (CRAW) you are giving up something else. But nobody I am aware of was able to visually identify, what that is. But CRAW alone does not have to do anything with the 20 FPS mode.

dolina · Feb 4, 2021

2020 CIPA shipping data

Total Cameras - 8,886,292
Point & Shoot - 3,578,643
Total SLR & Mirrorless - 5,307,649
SLR - 2,374,569
Mirrorless - 2,933,080

1st year Cameras sells from 8 to 7 digits due to COVID-19
3rd year ILC outsells P&S
1st year MILC outsells SLR

YuengLinger · Feb 3, 2021

Ts-24mm 3.5 II MIA?
Did the last of the ef 500mm f/1.4L IS II go to bored New Yorkers birding in Central Park?

iamjhil · Feb 3, 2021

I recently picked up the C70. Which looks amazing from the few test i've done with it so far. But i have a few questions that hopefully someone here much smarter than i will be able to quickly answer.

I know i need the camera set to Slow & Fast. but how do i get the camera to record at 120fps. It seems like whatever i do the max i can get is 60

Is there a way to setup different profiles on the C70. On my Eos R i have different profiles set up with the custom Modes C1 C2 C3 So i can quickly switch to different settings (like 24fps to 60fps) on the the camera, which helps, especially with my run and gun video work.

Thanks in advance

Canon Rumors · Feb 3, 2021

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SteveC · Feb 2, 2021

Codebunny said:
Looks like the chap died but he managed to nab photos of his attackers.

That is dedication on the level of the man who photographed Mount St. Helens disintegrating. (He knew he wasn't going to live, but took photos and then put his camera in his briefcase.)

OK, very dark, even black, humor aside, this is a sad thing and my condolences to his family and friends.

privatebydesign said:
The USA is a big place, some areas are incredibly safe where people don't lock their doors and others are incredibly dangerous, just like many other parts of the world.

As it is such a high profile case I'd expect the assailant to be found, and I think your cynical side has had too much exercise. Mugging is almost always opportunistic and not carried out by criminal masterminds.

If one were to cut out our inner cities, the US would have a crime rate similar to all those low-crime countries in Europe. So, by just staying out of those areas, a visitor can basically be as safe as they'd be anywhere. The bad news is that some of the places worth seeing are very close to those bad areas.

Dmitri_Kahm · Feb 1, 2021

Chris.Chapterten said:
Yeah, I had no trouble with f2.0 - f2.5 at closer distances. Focus accuracy was very good. When I got a bit further out it wasn’t too happy. Funnily enough the lens actually reminds me of my old EF 50mm 1.4 in terms of focusing motor behaviour.

At a slightly further distance the RF 35mm f1.8 autofocus tends to jitter back and forth a bit while locking focus. With my L lenses once it has locked focus in single shot AF mode it just stays there. Even if I half press the shutter again, the L lens will only ever make the slightest of movement. I would assume this is because the initial acquisition of focus is more confident /accurate. With the RF 35mm 1.8 there are constant little movements all the way up until the focus locks. If I half press the shutter again without the subject moving it will start jittering back and forth a bit before locking focus. I would assume all of the missed focus were back focused because the lens tends to move in that direction when stopped down a bit anyway. So if the the focus is slightly off, the problem is made worse by using a slightly stopped down aputure?

Did you ever experience more focus motor movement like I described when trying to aquire focus from a slightly further distance?

EDIT: some further details after reviewing a batch of ‘problem images’ taken at a full length body distance at f2.0 and f2.2. Out of 62 photos 18 were backfocused to the point of being practically unusable. A further 5 were backfocused to the point were some sharpening made them acceptable. The remaining 39 were quite good and usable without the need for sharpening.

I should note that all 62 of these images were partially backlit. No direct sun or anything, just an open window with a partial sheer curtain covering. Contrast on the front of the subject was fairly low and settings ranged from ISO 400, f2.2, 1/200 to ISO 400, f2.0, 1/320. Just to give an idea of the light level. In essentially the same lighting conditions my RF 50mm 1.2L and RF 85mm 1.2L did perfectly fine with focus accuracy.

The frustrating thing with the AF inaccuracy on this lens in this particular situation is that I had 8 in a row that were backfocused to the point of being unusable. This meant I missed 3 different poses/expressions from the model (including one I was hoping to use as a final image).

Hello! Unfortunately I do not remember, how my RF 35 behaved in terms of "little movements" you mention. Probably, mine was behaving the same. But I feel that the USM focus motor the EF2.0 version has is anyway better and quicker than STM of RF 35. Moreover, there are no external moving parts is EF 2.0.

Feb 1, 2021

The last video about whats in the bag. Ok I know some of those lenses, but the others where just bordered and that was it. No details about why he uses some lenses over others. Very superficial.

privatebydesign · Jan 31, 2021

stevelee said:
Thanks. That is obvious. I don’t think I’ve noticed anything similar in a photo. I guess all my cameras have had effective filters.

Far and away the worst image ruining iterations I have seen have all been clothes, particularly guys suits, dresses that have taffeta or the like in them, and veils, so wedding photos! Sometimes the images are unsalvagable but photographers who are experienced with these issues know to vary their shooting distance to give them alternate unaffected shots.

But I have seen smaller issues with distant bricks and tiles, ac vents and speaker screens, these things tend to be much smaller in the image and are generally very easy to deal with.

chik0240 · Jan 29, 2021

cayenne said:
You can still use all of your EF lenses on the Rx cameras....heck, one of the BEST things I"ve come to find about mirrorless is the fun to be had adapting ALL sorts and all brands of lenses, especially manual and vintage manual lenses to them.

Opens up whole new creative worlds.

C

that fun stops when you had enough lens to decide to carry around.. and if the new lens improvement kind of like old megapixel war which further increase don't really gain you any noticeable performance gain in real photos, you stop spending big money. I foresee in coming future when my 5D3 is really broken I would get an R6 for the lower price and enough MP to use, but lens? likely will just stick to the EF lens with the basic or filter adapter where I am fully satisified with their IQ, corner sharpness don't really matters that much, mostly in the EF days my upgrade urge into the L glass is simply constant aperture where I don't need to fickly with ISO or shutter speed when zoomed, and of course the colour tone of L glass is tempting. other than when I first got the lens and pixel peep for corners, I never really care that much for sharpness there, like in a wide angle I bet nobody will put your model there to get distorted badly no matter how sharp the corner is

Joules · Jan 28, 2021

SteveC said:
I'm sure they did! But if they did come out with an R 5 1/2 (an R6 with 30-35MP, otherwise unchanged), I'd consider funding it by selling the R5.

The Canon EOS R6s

privatebydesign · Jan 27, 2021

Tronhard said:
The NZ government is being very conservative about foreigners coming in. They dropped massive hints yesterday that they are unlikely to allow free travel into the country in 2021. Right now the only ones allowed in are citizens and residents (accompanying by their families), plus those considered essential workers. So far about 90,000 people have come in and there is a waiting list for months from well over 100,000 wanting access as they need a booked place for the two-week managed isolation period.

I think the NZ government are doing a great job, my brother and my wife’s best friend both live in NZ and although they are both traveling sorts they would take their one country travel without internal restrictions over the risky and complicated mess most other places have. It has delayed my wife and my plans to go visit but I’m sure we’ll get there eventually!

Canon Rumors · Jan 27, 2021

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Canon Rumors · Jan 27, 2021

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jayphotoworks · Jan 25, 2021

David - Sydney said:
True but that price level of the market is clearly covered by the phone market now

StoicalEtcher said:
My thoughts exactly too - I think that abandoning the bottom rungs could be a dangerous tactic - people may simply never make it further up the ladder.

I don't think companies are as concerned about people making it further up the ladder since those lower rungs have been "cut-off" for the most part. Canon really capitalized on this segment for so many years and did very well, but with its continued erosion, it probably doesn't make sense to continue flooding the market with Rebels and fixed compacts.

Is this simply an adjustment of this industry? I remember when jumping into photography for the first time, it was expensive and required a dedication of time and effort to master what the camera could not automate for you. Obviously this has changed quite a bit, and led to a massive influx of consumers interested in photography. With those same consumers realizing that a modern smartphone can replace a lower end Rebel or crop-body and even a few lenses now, they may not even consider a lower end body. Those that progress further may aspire for an FF body which has substantially IQ and will probably not be interested in a slower kit lens either. It isn't that FF is a "holy grail" either, but it is at a point where cost rises exponentially with diminishing returns (MF, etc.)

That would also mean those that are aiming to be a enthusiast or pro in some capacity will invest the funds needed to join the game just like the time, cost and skills were a barrier of entry before the uptake of consumer photography exploded. We also have to cognizant that as each year passes, those kids that use to run around in kindergarten are now well into their prime and they don't even have the same mindset as some of us older shooters that grew up in an era that saw a shift from DSLRs to MILCs or stills cameras without video features. They've worked on arms length shooting the minute they got their first smartphone, so have adapted to that way of imaging and an MILC is simply an extension of that.

Canon needs time to work out two fundamentals shifts in their business... one from the decline of the entry-level market and the other decline from the shift to MILCs.

Click · Jan 24, 2021

Nice shot, becceric.

JPAZ · Jan 24, 2021

Bingo!

Crashplan got busy backing up to my G: drive every time I plugged in the card reader, which assigned the CFExpress as a G: . This is a "legacy" from the occasional (I am OCD about my data) backups I do to an external HDD in addition to my cloud backups (let's not even talk about my NAS). By reassigning the letter to R:, I think it is solved. This has been occurring for a while but I never noticed because I rarely put a card back into the camera without then reformatting it immediately.

So, I feel a little silly for not realizing this but am indebted to all for helping me work it through.

Thanks!!!
JPAZ

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