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unfocused · Nov 24, 2019

sanj said:
Sold out. :-(

Click on the link at CPW and you will get a form that you can send to Gordon to be on the waitlist. He will notify you by email if it become available again.

tron · Nov 24, 2019

A friend's friend told me that Canon has a video camera that shoots at very dark places. Oh wait:

A Closer Look at the $30,000 Canon Camera That Shoots ISO 4,500,000

Back in July 2015, Canon announced the Canon ME20F-SH, a multi-purpose camera with a $30,000 price tag and a max ISO of 4.5 million. This 11-minute video

petapixel.com

I believe Nikon and Sony are doomed!

YuengLinger · Nov 23, 2019

One disgruntled employee, from summer of this year. The faithful aren't just backing up photos, but their whole freakin' systems.

Capital One says it was hit with data breach, affecting tens of millions of credit card applications

Capital One says the breach it affected an estimated 100 million US individuals and approximately 6 million in Canada.

www.businessinsider.com

Ozarker · Nov 23, 2019

navastronia said:
I shoot portraits and events with the Sigma 35/1.4 and the Canon 85/1.8. For architecture/landscape and some extreme portraits, I just last month added the Samyang 14/2.8 to my kit. I would like to have the Canon 200/2.8 for use shooting outdoor theatre performances, but it isn't a priority at this time (though I probably couldn't say no if I found one in good shape for less than $450).

To be honest, I think (hope) shooting with the 35 and 85 is slowly improving my photography. It makes me extremely uncomfortable in some situations to not have a 50 in the middle or be able to go wider (down to 24), but being that uncomfortable makes me work very hard to see shots more clearly and then hustle to get them.

I got an RP the week before last and am now enjoying a host of bewildering shooting options (ISO above 3200! Yowza!). I don't expect I will buy an RF glass for a long while since the RP doesn't necessitate it, IMO. I'll certainly replace any of my gear if it breaks, but I'm satisfied with my mid/low end equipment for now. I could really use more lights and lighting gear for OCF, something I know just enough about to feel that I actually know relatively nothing

Cat photo (of course) from a walk I went on this evening around dusk, getting used to the RP + 35/1.4 combo.

EDIT: to answer your question (ha!)

RF 35 1.2 and RF 85 1.2, assuming those focal lengths haven't totally worn out my patience by the time I can afford them.

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Great shot! It looks to me like your lens/camera combo are fantastic.

Kit Lens Jockey · Nov 22, 2019

Viggo said:
I’m not ever going back to a mirror camera, but what I want to see in a R upgrade is:

Proper weather sealing
Proper weather sealing

The R has proper weather sealing. Unless you plan to stand outside in heavy rain with it for well over an hour, you're set.

Canon EOS R Review - Weather Testing - Imaging Resource

Canon EOS R Review - EOS R Weather Testing

www.imaging-resource.com

Viggo · Nov 22, 2019

From the limited samples I’ve seen, I think the bokeh looks better now, and it’s not as flat looking. I think they might have done everything right this time.

Dockland · Nov 22, 2019

So it's finally released. Is it full frame?

navastronia · Nov 21, 2019

Joules said:
To be fair though, it is not just the people who have a hand in this. Reviewers could go through the trouble of finding the focus distance for points away from the center and measure the edge sharpness with subjects at these distances. Than they could publish edge sharpness and curvature measurements that are comparable... But at much higher effort. And is that effort worth it?

If I have subjects that stretch across the frame, like a tree or a group of people, there tends to be a single plane of focus that I would like to be sharp. I wouldn't want the tell the people that they have to align in some half circle, making some of the appear bigger and more important, just so that they don't get blurry.

Do we have an idea of how big the compromise between blur quality and focus flatness is?

Great points, all of them.

Punio · Nov 21, 2019

Steven_nl said:
2 cardslots, joystick, around 40mp, great dynamic range and low light all packed in a solid body. Paired with the RF 24-70 that would be amazing. They have their AF and eye AF sorted out so how hard can it be.

I got the gist that Canon don't believe their sensor tech is up to par with their expectations for a Pro mirrorless. Hence why Canon could not reduce the huge 1.7x crop in 4K on the EOS R. Canon is a hardware company first I guess. I hope they figure it out soon, the specs you mentioned are the least of which are required in the next Canon mirrorless.

Nov 21, 2019

Indeed you can - however, be aware that there will remain a split-second lag in the viewfinder after the shutter trips, even with IP disabled. (This is one of the primary reasons I passed on the R)

Mt Spokane Photography · Nov 19, 2019

There are a number of posts from people with the same issue on Rokinon lenses, its not confined to just one model.

My experience with Rokinon has not been good, I got one with awful optics. Check the optics out carefully to make sure the image is good. I expect that there will be lots of Black Friday deals on Rokinon, so depending on what you paid, if its not right, return it. With Rokinon, having a warranty is a good idea.

Taking it apart to try and fix it can result in losing the tiny ball bearing that gives it its click.

Just return it is my advice. They are $400 new and likely to go lower next week.

Ozarker · Nov 18, 2019

unfocused said:
Canon gives the printers away hoping to sell the consumables -- ink mostly. However, most consumers have figured out that if they open the box, take out the ink and another part (can't remember what it is called) those can be sold on eBay for $100-$150. So, Canon, a company that loves to tout its environmental record, ends up producing printers that go straight into landfills, burning resources all along the way.

Except it is the consumers dumping the extra stuff in the landfills. What is Canon supposed to do? I still fail to see this as a scam. I got a real nice printer from them this way. Honestly, the way you look at this is a little strange. The number of printers that wind up in landfills are just a speck in the bucket compared to everything else.

highdesertmesa · Nov 18, 2019

SereneSpeed said:
I can see that now

I think I use my camera in a not so normal way, so what you wrote did not make sense to me, initially.

I got a little long winded (and perhaps a bit hypocritical) before realizing that there's more ways to use the metering and histogram than the way I use them

No worries. I'm usually wrong about technical things, so I'm going to go run a victory lap around my living room with my laptop held high over my head if that's ok

Aussie shooter · Nov 18, 2019

Don Haines said:
First image on the 7D2 with a 24-70 lens at 24mm, second on the 6D2 with the same lens at 38mm
both shot at 1/15 second, ISO25,600, F4.0
processed in lightroom from the RAW files, all corrections turned off, cropped to half the width of the image, and resampled down to 1920 pixels wide
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Definitely a big improvement with the 6d2 sensor. Thanks for the help mate. You have given me lots to think about.

niaou · Nov 17, 2019

that's a pity ...it could really help it's hybrid capabilities.

YuengLinger · Nov 17, 2019

Some of us are waiting for smaller lenses, and some of us are waiting for bodies that balance the bigger lenses better.

I believe Canon will satisfy both expectations. Eventually!

StoicalEtcher · Nov 17, 2019

Ramage said:
Thank you for that very detailed explanation!!!

.....

I second that - very interesting thanks highdesertmesa (No R here myself, but watching with interest, so I've been keeping an eye on this thread).

Stoical.

Eowhiskass · Nov 17, 2019

Off course, I mean affordable 85mm 1.8 rf lens)

Michael Clark · Nov 16, 2019

pwsusi said:
I currently shoot with a 5D mark iv and plan to switch to mirrorless when the Canon releases the new rumored bodies. Perhaps it's too soon to ask because specs haven't been released yet, but I'm wondering which of the two rumored (the EOS RS or EOS RL) would make more sense coming from the 5D IV. I shoot mostly portrait and landscape...but do occasional sports as well and like the versatility of the 5D iv. I've heard the "L" in RL is short for landscape although not sure what would make the body would be targeted to landscape (perhaps fewer frames per second?). I also read the EOS-RS may be a successor to the 5DS(R)...but what about someone like me coming from 5d iv. I realize there will likely be a 5D mark v but I probably won't go that route. It will also be interesting to see what video capabilities will be offered on the new mirrorless bodies.

Thanks

What do you think mirrorless will offer you for the type of photography you do that a 5D Mark V would not? There are some things that mirrorless can do better than a DSLR, but there are also things that a DSLR can do better than a mirrorless.

Michael Clark · Nov 16, 2019

Pape said:
I would think tele converter is just bad name and cause lot of confusions, converter word is used with many kind of things.
If you use EF tele with R body ,you kind of use tele converter
I hope canon uses Shrink extender instead of speed booster.

Wouldn't a "shrink extender" be more properly called a "retractor?"

Graphic.Artifacts · Nov 16, 2019

My understanding is that the micro-lenses were modified to allow better IQ with the acute light angles of some M lenses. I haven't seen anything to indicate that the SL2 is manufactured by Panasonic but that may be true. Some of the technology, such as the contact-less/magnetic controls in the SL2 seems proprietary to Leica. Personally I wouldn't have any problem with Panasonic manufacture but I'm not a camera purist. Leica folks are fickle and might not go for that. I would be surprised if that were the case but I'm sure it will come out pretty quickly if that's true. Given the small number of units they are actually going to sell it seems like they could at least do final assembly in Germany. They did have their big launch party there and I'm pretty sure the SL is German made.

Personally, If Canon can't put together a full-frame mirrorless solution that works for me and I go L-Mount I'd probably just buy one of the Panasonic S1 variants or and S2 if it takes me a while to make up my mind.

takesome1 · Nov 15, 2019

So it would be a "Country Kilometre" in France.

Interestingly though, spell check is telling me the French have Kilometer wrong.

NHP · Nov 15, 2019

The R is with A.J. Johnson for warranty-covered repair. Their diagnosis is the PCB, so should be a straightforward swap out. My guess is a power surge. Definitely would not recommend using the USB charger cable to charge a battery in-body. I reckon it’s fine if charging to the battery grip when detached, but to me that defeats the point a bit... I suspect a fluke/isolated incident and am just looking forward to getting it back!

koenkooi · Nov 15, 2019

Dockland said:
Wow, what a response. Thank you all.
Next step I'm going to get some sort of "macro flash" as well attached to my 100mm. But first things first

The MT24-EX does strange things on my RP, it likes to over expose by more than 2 stops in E-TTL mode most of the time. It doesn't do that on the SL1 in liveview, M1, M50 and M6II. The picture I took on the R+MT24 were on the border of maxing out the flash, so I can't say if suffers from the same issue. All with the MP-E65mm.
That's the only flash issue I came across on the R and RP so far.

bmfotonet · Nov 14, 2019

Adobe Premiere Pro And Final Cut Pro X | Press Release | Canon U.S.A., Inc.

Canon Press Release Details: Announces Adobe Premiere Pro And Final Cut Pro X Will Now Support H.265/XF-HEVC Recording For The XF705 4K Professional Camcorder.

www.usa.canon.com

Saw this in the Canon Press Releases. I've been following this camera since it was announced. It would be perfect for the type of ENG work that I do. I've read reviews by early adopters who were frustrated by the lack of support for the new file format. It looks like it took Adobe almost 1 year to add support for the XF705 to Premiere Pro.

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