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slclick · Nov 25, 2020

HAWKS61 said:
I’m afraid Canon has ceased development of EF-m lenses and I’m pretty sure there will be no new major updates on the M line of cameras, we might see a couple of minor camera releases which will basically be software updates like the M50 mk2 but will have to rely on third party manufacturers to build lenses. Real shame the M6 mk2 is such a great camera and the camera and lens combo small and light weight.

Source?

JPAZ · Nov 25, 2020

koenkooi said:
This one: https://www.the-digital-picture.com/News/News-Post.aspx?News=35054

Now that is interesting. Wonder why Canon built in this incompatibility? If it is just the plastic and not the optics (any TC can reduce IQ a bit) than why?

Accutance · Nov 25, 2020

jd7 said:
how the image will be subjectively perceived is, in my view, ultimately more important than any objectively measureable characteristic, and therefore it has a a lot to do with a review of the gear.

No. Reviews are not focus testing, or at least rarely so. Again confounding subjective perceptions with the objectively measurable. A review is for the latter.

Even if focus testing was done for images produced by a given lens, would it be informative? For example, earlier I linked Vanessa Joy's comparison of the 50/1.8 vs 50/1.2. What do you think the average non-photographer tell you? What would seasoned photographers tell you about image quality of either lens in a "blind" test? How would that information weigh into your purchasing decision?

See?

melgross · Nov 25, 2020

erader said:
17mm? they must not have gotten the memo

This was designed when 17mm zooms were state of the art.

cayenne · Nov 25, 2020

Normalnorm said:
I would note that the rise in ads across all the various sites I frequent is noticeable. I am not sure if it is a function of increased marketing to those WFH or a function of reduced rates to sites for carrying ads. My guess is the latter as the business model of the internet is to rope everyone in cheap and slowly boil the wallets.
FB is the exemplar for this as they offer less reach per dollar every time one turns around.

Yet another reason not to be on FaceBook (or any social media)....

cayenne

usern4cr · Nov 24, 2020

highdesertmesa said:
That setting is on by default, but it only returns the focus to the default setting. Zooming is manual. Maybe turning it off would help since the lens element groups would stay where they were.

That said, I haven't had a lockup since I reformatted my memory card in-camera with the low level format option checked.

The format in-camera might be the whole reason for fixing your troubles. I hope so, so you don't have any more issues!

Aussie shooter · Nov 24, 2020

Chris.Chapterten said:
100% agree! Though I am surprised they are being discounted so soon after release... good time to buy

I was stunned when i got wind the discounts were coming. Given how hard they have been yo get anyway I cant see why they reduced the prices. I am sure they would have sold them at the release price anyway. But hats off to canon for doing so. Credit where it is due and they decided to come to the party

stevelee · Nov 24, 2020

I should have remembered the terminology. I thought about buying an 80D, but was afraid I would need Ritalin for the condition.

Maru · Nov 24, 2020

probably there will be better deal on yearend ...

SteveC · Nov 24, 2020

Michael Clark said:
On the other hand, it's not much of an insulator, either. Solar energy passes right through it with no resistance.

He's technically correct in that conductor/conduction refers to material objects serving as a medium for heat transfer (and he used the word "conductor"). Vacuum does indeed allow for heat transfer via radiation, but radiation is not conduction--they are two distinct types of heat transfer. (Another major method of transfer is convection, where hot material physically moves to a colder location, which by definition requires a material to convect, so a vacuum won't allow for this either.)

Because radiation runs as the fourth power of the absolute temperature, a room temperature object will be very well insulated by a vacuum (it doesn't radiate much, comparatively) but the Sun, of course, is able to dump gobs of energy through radiation...because it's roughly twenty times hotter than room temperature and very big to boot. Thermos bottles probably wouldn't do much good on the Sun (even assuming they didn't instantly vaporize in the heat).

langdonb · Nov 24, 2020

Has anyone used that combo?

Mt Spokane Photography · Nov 24, 2020

I just added my R5. I noticed my 5D MK IV had 8 points while my R5 had 5 points. Also strange is that I see my 35mm f/1.8 can be added, a low cost 24-105mm STM gets points, but some of the other consumer lenses that cost a lot more aren't in the list. Even my old 5D MK III is there for 3 points.

I think they have changed the formula for giving points but only for newly added cameras or lenses, so my several year old 24-70 f/2.8L II still has 12 points. Same with my 70-200L. I wonder how many points for a newly added MK iii version?

Michael Clark · Nov 24, 2020

Normalnorm said:
Just where does one turn it off?
I looked at the manual and it says that the IBIS switch will not be visible in the menu if you use AV, TV, M, P, or FV.
As I use only M and AV the menu item never appears.

As an aside, when I bought my 70-200 f2.8L IS V1 in '02 they said that the lens would automatically detect when the camera was on a tripod and disable the IS. That is flat wrong and is not true of any IS lens. I have the blurry shots to prove it.

That just means your tripod was not stable enough for the camera to detect it was stationary.

Bdbtoys · Nov 24, 2020

David - Sydney said:
I couldn't find a version of the R5 advanced user guide after v1. Can you provide a link?

Support | Mirrorless | EOS R5 | Canon USA

Methodical · Nov 24, 2020

I have the R5, but have not been able to shoot any sports with it, however, with DSLRs, I have never used IS when shooting sporting events. I always turn IS off, even when shutter speed may only be 1/500. I handhold and use monopod, depending on lens. I use a monopod when I shot with the 500 and now 600mm lens. I handhold/use monopod (perhaps 50/50) when shooting with the 300 2.8 IS lens, but that comes down to being able to be mobile. And, when shooting indoors (mainly basketball), I always handhold with no IS on and shutter speeds gets down to 1/500. I just never needed IS for sports and I never liked how the motion looked through the VF with IS on. I found that few sports photographer around the net used IS mode 3, particularly when it was first introduced by Canon, but I never felt the need to do so. What's interesting though is I always have IS mode 3 engaged when shooting birds/wildlife with the 600mm lens on a tripod. I think because the IS doesn't kick in until the shutter is released, so I never see that IS motion in the VF, but never for sports. I've seen a few Youtuber's video where some have shot sports with the R5/R6. Ask some of them.

Hey, that might be a good poll to post for those who shoot sports.

Just One Man's Opinion...

cayenne · Nov 23, 2020

I think they need to hire someone to come up with better naming of their brands?!?!
Chobe?
Gura?

Sounds like someone is trying hurl something up after food poisoning from a bad lunch....

C

cayenne · Nov 23, 2020

magarity said:
Argh, I'm still too irritated with LR after they said since I scuffed the barrel it would be 1/3 of the brand new retail price to repair, and no, I can't get a "keeper" price because they already repaired it so pay up.

Ouch..that bites.

I've never had a problem with them before. Did you get the lens insurance with your lenses with the rental?

Just curious.
C

Click · Nov 23, 2020

Nice detail. Well done, Alan.

Robert Marxreiter · Nov 23, 2020

Normalnorm said:
Of course those who buy lottery tickets will fight you.

Find me one who'll pick "1-1-1-1-1-1+1" and you have a point

Michael Clark · Nov 23, 2020

Mt Spokane Photography said:
Canon can produce a APS-C R body for whatever price target they want. It probably costs less for a mirrorless when you look at the total lifetime cost including repairs and a separate production line for EF-S lenses.

They are planning a FF body for under $1000, so there is no issue with dropping a few bells and whistles, smaller LCD, add-on EVF, they could hit $500 if they wanted. The goal is to sell RF lenses which are very profitable. That was even mentioned in one of the financial reports.

One reason RF lenses are very profitable is because for the most part they're selling for prices well above consumer grade EF and, particularly, EF-S lenses.

It seems to me Canon has made it fairly clear that the entry level into the RF system will be full frame.

If there are any APS-C RF bodies, and I think there will be, they won't be low end entry level models. They will be higher end models to give owners of upper tier FF RF cameras and lenses an option to use a tough-as-a-tank, fast-handling APS-C camera for specific use cases that call for extra reach with their RF lenses, much like the 7D did for the EF line.

The xx0D/Rebel models (they are only marketed as "Rebels" in North America) have pretty much already been replaced by EOS-M cameras in terms of sales volume everywhere except North America. The xx00D/Rebel models are the bargain basement budget models that are mainly sold in world areas where the market doesn't contain enough buyers with the means to consider the EOS-M line. Many of the xx00D models aren't even available in North America, Western Europe, and Japan.

Jethro · Nov 22, 2020

Roby Davis said:
I know a fools errand but I bought the r6 a few weeks ago in hopes of a big firmware coming that would continue to tweak the overheating issue for uncropped 4k... I may have to send this guy back, before my return window closes. Good camera but honestly can't say $1000 better than the EOS R.

Are there any more grumblings of a "major" firmware for the R5 \ R6?

How are you going with uncropped 4k on the EOS R? Great camera by the way.

DBounce · Nov 21, 2020

jam05 said:
However I have camera equipment manufactured long before Sony even got into the camera business and it still works. Canon, Pentax, Mamiya, non with "Magnesium". Even a vintage Kodak 35 with chrome and bakelite with plastic knobs, still functional. I have large format camera equipment too. Non with magnesium, still working. QA and workmanship. Not the raw materials.

Did you order the C70?

jam05 · Nov 20, 2020

Oh well, If one can't afford to purchase a native lens.

VegasCameraGuy · Nov 20, 2020

Chris.Chapterten said:
I shoot almost exclusively with LED lights in the studio for beauty photography work. They work well for beauty because you can be very precise in terms of ‘what you see is what you get’.

Unfortunately your expectations / hopes are unrealistic. There is currently no battery powered LED light that will get you even close to ISO100, f8. Even if such a beast was made at some point in the future you would be talking many thousands of dollars, not a couple of hundred. Another very important consideration is at that light level you will be risking damage to the eyesight of your subject. Try staring into a 300watt LED with no diffusion, it is painful and no doubt very bad for your eyes! For ISO 100 f8 you would probably need a thousand + watts... and without diffusion that is just dangerous.

To give you a rough idea of camera settings vs LED power. My key light is a 350w Litepanels Gemini 2x1 that I shoot through a 2m x 2m 1.25 stop diffusion frame. It is usually 4 feet behind the diffusion and the subject is then 5 feet in front of the diffusion. With that setup I get ISO 400, 1/250, f2.5. Without the diffusion it is almost impossible to look at the LED without squinting and very uncomfortable for the subject.

So in short, for iso 100, f8 stick to flash!

Thanks a lot for your input. I guess I'll stick to my strobes. I realize that the Bokeh is better wide open but I don't usually shoot portraits and like the safety of DOF.

shizam1 · Nov 20, 2020

shizam1 said:
I had ordered on 9/1 from B&H, I just got an e-maail from them yesterday saying they hoped to full it the first week of December. So when I saw this stock notice this morning, I cancellled and placed with BestBuy

Finally picked it up from BestBuy yesterday. I was getting worried for a bit!

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