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privatebydesign · Oct 27, 2019

mpmark said:
I'm not a fan of Canon round down or up of numbers, they consider 389 to be 400 and 5.8 to be 5.6, Why can't they make a 400mm actually 400 this time around.

At what focus distance and how much do you value that 11mm? Stuff like that can be done but it is much more expensive than most photographers are prepared to pay for it.

AlanF · Oct 27, 2019

Grant Atkinson said:
Hi Alan
So I am not a scientist and I don't have enough hands to operate a stopwatch for the exercise.

About the cards, with a Sandisk Extreme Pro 300 Mb/sec SDXC II card of 32GB capacity, at shutter speed 1/1250 at f4.0, iso from 400-640, with Release and Speed priority AF enabled, I can get 29 RAW shots before the camera stops. With that card, it seems that within one second or perhaps one and a half seconds I am able to start shooting again, not the full 29 but at least some bursts of 4 or 5 frames.

With the Sandisk Extreme Pro 95 Mb/sec SDXC I card of 64GB capacity, at shutter speed 1/1250 at f4.0, iso 400-640, same camera settings for AF as above, I can get 28 or 29 RAW shots before the camera stops. With this slower card, it seems that I can start to shoot again within about 1.5 seconds roughly, but its two or three shot bursts before it stops again. The main benefits with the SDXC II cardseem to be in if you fill the buffer then delay before you can start to shoot again is significantly less.

The third test I did was to use the SDXC II card (300 Mb/sec) again, but with the camera set as above except image quality was changed to C-RAW, and the 90D took 113 shots before filling the buffer. So a viable option for action sequences...
Cheers
Grant

My Sandisk Extreme Pro 300 Mb/s UHS-II arrived yesterday and I tried it versus a new Sandisk Extreme Pro 170 Mb/s UHS-I card. Identical performance as far as I can see.

3kramd5 · Oct 27, 2019

Nobody better tell harry film...

CANNOT · Oct 26, 2019

Ozarker · Oct 25, 2019

Adorama is running a sale on the R that includes a Vanguard tripod and 64gb U3 SD card for $1,799.00 USD.

https://www.adorama.com/cart.html

Mt Spokane Photography · Oct 25, 2019

I wish I could understand what they are saying. I'm very hearing impaired and need visual cues to understand a lot of speech.

Del Paso · Oct 25, 2019

Superb!

caffetin · Oct 25, 2019

any guess about price?

Kit. · Oct 24, 2019

Not "slower", but "less restricted"?

Sporgon · Oct 24, 2019

Michael Clark said:
Well, they did move the Mark III badge from the bottom right front of the camera to the top right front of the camera for the Mark IV. Maybe that's what he meant?

Wouldn't that be raising the mark IV naming ?

Kit. · Oct 24, 2019

"It’s almost impossible to scroll through your social feeds or visit a website and not encounter a video catching your eye" - AdBlockPlus + NoScript help a lot, actually.

Cryhavoc · Oct 24, 2019

fox40phil said:
still no light on the buttons?

Buttons are illuminated. At least many of them are according to the B&H video

Michael Clark · Oct 24, 2019

neuroanatomist said:
Thanks for taking the time to look up all those numbers, but you needn't have bothered. All of those lenses go to 600mm. The focal length at which they become f/6.3 is irrelevant, they are f/6.3 at 600mm.

Yeah, and lens makers have never, ever, not once rounded the rated f-number at the maximum focal length down from what it actually is, have they?

Or used the two separate data fields in the Canon EF system (apparently placed there way back in 1987 to allow for tilt/shift lenses with manual aperture rings to report both their maximum and current aperture separately) to tell the camera it is an f/5.6 lens set to f/6.3 when the actual maximum entrance pupil at maximum focal length is f/6.3-f/7.

(cough - Tamron - cough, cough - Sigma - cough - Kenko - cough, cough...)

Chaitanya · Oct 22, 2019

cayenne said:
I guess Canon knows their market over there, but wow...I still keep asking myself WTF would you do with these things?

C

Non fish eye lens perfect for body cam, clip it on to a backpack and use it for recording activities like trekking, biking, etc... like I mentioned before this is where Nikon Keymission 80 was targetted but failed. Canon Ivy being cheaper and much easier to use will be selling with same action cam crowd who dont want a fish eye camera.

Ozarker · Oct 22, 2019

mpmark said:
your "solid proof" is another opinion? ok then.

what a waist of reading time

Meanwhile, Elon Musk is selling Sony cameras to the Martians. It's just the beginning of a plan to take Sony interstellar with their stellar product line.

tron · Oct 22, 2019

Very nice picture, very nice bird

stevelee · Oct 22, 2019

AlanF said:
He should have got a Canon DSLR, which he would not leave at home.

He would have, but Canon is doomed.

SteveC · Oct 21, 2019

FramerMCB said:
While I certainly enjoy an occasional video 'review'. I personally prefer reading reviews. I find the written word makes me think more. Whereas a video just makes me think about the presenter, what's in field of view, etc. - so distracted to an extent from the actual content. So sometimes it's just another form of entertainment - especially when I'm watching Jared Polin - Froknowsphoto.

However, a few individuals that I find myself watching with some regularity, because of their content and how they present are: Matt Granger, Dustin Abbott, and Tony (& Chelsea) Northrup. These ones present in a pretty no-nonsense way and they make me think. With Dustin I like that he still does written reviews as that is what I prefer, he and Bryan Carnathan (thedigitalpicture.com).

I agree with your assessment concerning subscription models.

I wish Northrup wouldn't do a "cut" after just about every sentence, speaking of (unpleasant) video distractions. Of course most here would maintain I shouldn't be watching him in any case (and I certainly try less often than I used to).

bigchicken · Oct 21, 2019

@Kit. As I mentioned earlier, my chat with the rep was purely about my use case as a hybrid shooter. The rep agreed with me that the Nikon Z range and Sonys are currently more capable for video/photo hybrid shooting than the EOS-R (crop factor, Nikon pro-res update coming etc. etc.). He advised my to hold off buying a 1DX MK II now (even though price is coming down) and waiting for March next year. He said he is also personally holding off until then. He probably was trying to get me to wait so I'll be tempted by the much more expensive mirrorless option next year, not sure I'll do that but undecided myself! Useful advice anyway, not sure it was that controversial.

@slclick I am extremely hot and hand out sexual favours for details of mirrorless camera product lines

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Architect1776 · Oct 20, 2019

Canon Rumors Guy said:
Continue reading...

Some more great Canon innovation. These sort of things can reach consumer products in modified forms.

Bahrd · Oct 20, 2019

No DP AF for the OEM market?

Mt Spokane Photography · Oct 19, 2019

At 100%, the difference is visible. I've seen different examples online and downloaded them to compare. I'm not constrained by memory and don't shoot fast bursts, so I use raw for photos I want saved, and jpg for temporary ones.

Ozarker · Oct 18, 2019

Viggo said:
Looks like you can actually get it now

Hopefully it will be in the 2020 releases.

I would take that over any 70-200 f/2.8. I had a feeling there might be something special to match the 28-70. Now I just hope it gets produced. Maybe, just maybe it will be internal zoom also.

AlanF · Oct 18, 2019

Pape said:
They should make new tele lens ,worthy for new 32mpix sensor.
EF-S 150mm f4L sharpest canon lens never made and weight like 200g
around 135mm lenses seems to be sharpest on sony and zeiss.

I'd like a very light 300mm f/4 to replace the antique one. It won't be any heavier to have it FF. The Nikon PF one is really good.