That's odd. I was able to hit my brick and mortar at opening time (a few minutes later--damn road construction!) and pick up one of two units that branch received (it's a chain of about a dozen stores in two states). I got it because I put a deposit down in mid June.

SteveC said:

Sony is useful for keeping Canon on its toes, but personally, I will never own any product of theirs ever again, and I'd love to see them go bankrupt (but first be replaced by someone else who can keep Canon on its toes).

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I wish Nikon made their own sensors. I think they could be that competitor. Their innovations got pretty boring when they got into Sony sensors, most of their leading tech is just the sensor and now they are not leading.

bbb34 said:

That would be funny - if it wasn't true.

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Well, technically you are free to burn any firmware you wish onto that camera hardware.

If you were to clean room figure out the hardware and come out with your own firmware for it, you should be legally able to develop, use and even sell this new firmware to others.

Much like how cars have their firmware or even whole chip sets for controlling the engines you can buy from 3rd parties.

Just to be pedantic.



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I’m dying to get a rumored release date for an RF 35mm L
I just switched to the RF 35mm 1.8 from adapting the EF 35mm 1.4L ii so I could finally have an all native RF kit and.. the 1.8 is great. It’s small. Sharp enough. But I need an L! F1.2 please!

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padam said:

Maybe Tamron needs to do a firmware update on their lenses for Canon IBIS compatibility.

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I think so as well. The IBIS is pretty amazing with the Sigma 50 art. It would be much better if I could use it with my tamron lenses as well.

AlanF said:

If you want perfection for $4000, you won't find it. If you want 5DS-like resolution, 7DII speed and Sony dynamic range, it's been available for 3 years and called a Nikon D850 (plus grip). It should be available now and called the Canon 5DV, which is what is narking some of us.

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Hit the nail on the head.

Antono Refa said:

The C300 doesn't have 8K.

I wouldn't rule out Canon testing the 8K sensor in the R5 prior to using it in a cinema camera.

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8K doesnt make a stills camera better the a didicated cinema camera. People are just way to fixated on a bloated data format its unbelievable.

And of course, if you use a CPL or variable ND filter you can get it with that EF-RF adapter, it is not that cheap and may not be perfect for everyone (may not be strong enough for long exposures compared to video), but way less hassle than step-up rings and whatnot.

SteveC said:

Servo is the autofocus mode, not the drive mode. You will want to go to the plain rectangle--that's single shot mode--and change it to one of the other drive modes. (That got me too, for a while.)

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I got it, thanks! One other question - I don't have the high speed modes available. I'm using an RF 50mm f/1.2, I set the shutter to 1/1000 and aperture to f/1.2, left everything else auto (Fv mode), temp is good, airplane mode is on, flicker reduction is off, and both modes are still grayed out. I do have it set to RAW + L, saving to separate cards, and HEIF instead of JPEG, but it doesn't say I can't do that. Any ideas?

Edit: It's DPAF enabled on raw that was the culprit. Dang.

Not the most in-depth but nice to see a review of the camera instead of some clickbait YouTube video with fire behind the camera and someone spending 30 minutes checking to see which camera switches off first.

Otara said:

It almost certainly will, theres even an option for entering the size for lenses that don't register focal length. Cant say how well though, longest i have is my 100mm for unstabilised.

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That is cool to hear. The 300 is still one of my lenses that produces results that impress me, perhaps a RF 300 f/2.8 would be in my future since I always go for it.

Optical limits published review of RF 85mm ff1.2 lens giving it highly recommended.

H. Jones said:

Canon did say that on any image stabilized lens, including EF lenses, that the IS switch on the lens will control both IS and IBIS. The menu for IBIS is only used when using a non-stabilized lens, so it is all-or-nothing.

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OK, that's consistent with what I'm seeing. I just wish the manual had said so.

After calling probably 30 places this morning, I managed to find an unspoken for R5 kit about an hour and a half away today. After hearing how long a second batch might take, I bit the bullet and got. Just need to figure out how to get rid of this 24-105 f/4

I did find a you tube video boosting it. I don't mind buying a 3rd party part for my camera, its just that so few of them are quality items.

I decided that I did not really need it, I never use the ring on my RF35mm lens.

The difference may be small, but I wonder at paying thousands of dollars for a camera and not shooting for maximum quality, at least part of the time. I understand if you are running out of room on your cards and can't afford a spare because you blew all your cash on the camera.

In 2002 I had my first digital camera. On an Alaskan cruise I had a 175MB (I think it was) IBM hard drive that fit in the card slot. I also had a 4MB card that came with the camera, for what that was worth. I was taking JPEGs but was afraid to take full 4MP shots all the time, so I limited that to just the most scenic pictures. I didn't have anything to download the pictures to while on the trip. Most of the pictures just wound up posted on the web, so no real problem. I would see CRAW as the 2020 version of that problem, and not nearly so restrictive as my Alaska experience.

I’m not sure what this means either. But, it might mean less than we want it to. Notice that the statement also has the R5 and R6 launching ‘later this year”. So this was written earlier. So it could be referring to the R5 and R6. Marketspeak, and a bit of self congratulation. I used to be in advertising, and this very much looks like advertising copy.

The image quality is absolutely stunning! Let's hope we get a solution for that overheating sooner than later.

unfocused said:

Even though the R5 sounds great, the R remains a fantastic camera and in my opinion there isn't much I need that it doesn't have (except for action shooting). I intend to keep mine even if I eventually buy an R5 in a year or so.

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Order your R5 now, and get it in a year or so.

Ramage said:

Ceiling fan photographers of the world rejoice, the R5 is the Camera for you

@Kit Lens Jockey all kidding aside that is awesome

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So, do we think that ceiling fans will become the 'cat photos' of the future internet then

I usually prefer Adorama, but after they fired Helen, I wonder what changed. In any event, I get 8.1% off from B&H due to the Payboo Rebate of my sales tax, that was $315.82 on my R5. I could save a few dollars more thru the Canon employee discount page, but I get a 30 day free trial with B&H just in case something goes wrong.

Wikzo said:

I guess nobody is completely sure yet. See this thread: https://www.canonrumors.com/forum/t...ng-overheating-when-switching-to-video.38910/

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what i got form his tweet is after hours of taking stills , the camera wont be able to record HQ video. also in another tweet he said that you can still record 4K standard without limitation after that. it just affected on that particular video mode & didnt give any affect in photo mode.

so,... dont worry if you just exclusively taking still. it wont giving up on you.

fentiger said:

sure but can you sit in a hide with T&C for 12 hours

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Don't know, but I can certainly sit in a hide for 12 hours with a few G&Ts

How do so many influencers and reviewers (same thing?) have the new A7SIII in their hands when the bloody camera does not ship until 24-September? Camera influencers are generally smug, self important, annoying people.

Hopefully they come out with a Mark IV version that has 30-36 MP.