Mt Spokane Photography said:

I have a 5D MK IV and the R. I haven't timed the AF on both, but they are both fast. However, when I put on a 2X TC, the R autofocuses and my 5D MK IV will not unless I put it into liveview. Then I stack TC's (1.4X + 2X), I can still autofocus if I manually put the lens in the approximate range. One trick for a very distant subject from MFD is to first focus 100 ft away then on the distant object. Of course, if you are near MFD, it will focus on objects 100 ft or less just fine but slowly. I use the limiter with stacked TC's.

Silent shutter is nice, but no flash. You won't scare birds with the shutter or the flash. But they may not be well lighter either.

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Would love to see examples of your shots with the 2X. Also - which lens are you using these combos on?

Bennymiata said:

With auto-focus?
Now THAT would be revolutionary!

However, this patent will make using a tilt-shift easier and faster.

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In the patent, the AF is used to set the plane of focus, having entered arbitrary points on the desired 'surface' in combination with the right amount of tilt.
What's not directly shown here is the potential need to rotate the tilt axis to match the surface plane, so to fully automate it, the whole lens would need the setting of tilt axis motorised as well

Of course, with no tilt, the AF could be used as 'normal' AF, even with shift.

I have a printed focal plane card I use for setting the tilt axis and tilt for arbitrary planes at closer working distances

YuengLinger said:

I'd use this f/1.8 as a walkaround a lot on an Rf body. Looks like it would pair great with the RP.

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And that’s exactly what I do with my RP. My compact Fuji x-e3+35mm 1.4 combo now usually get left behind in favor of this combo. The Fuji is smaller and lighter, but not enough to matter compared to the quality impact (AF, light gathering, isolation, etc)

Del Paso said:

And I'll buy my flock in Wales or Scotland, sheep are there much more hardy.

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Hmmmmmm..........

There are about 30 sheep fleeces in the living room, in plastic bags under the canoes.....

I wonder how many lens hoods I can ruin?

Only thing I can think of is that function where you can tell the camera to not continue to try and focus if focus can’t be achieved. You can either tell it to keep trying or simply stop.

Keith_Reeder said:

It would have another vote - mine - if the poll wasn't closed.

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Same, would have been a vote for the Sigma 150-600mm C from me.

It's an awful lot cheaper than the long white lenses...

Wonderful

SV said:

"We expect to see Canon’s IBIS technology to arrive in the next major EOS R series camera. "

Let's hope so, and soon!!

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Many posts here are redolent of the period when Canon first introduced IS. I recall one forum poster who declared they'd never accept "wobbly bits" in their lenses! Another who said Nikon would never go beyond their first VR lens (a 100-400 IIRC?), years after Canon had IS across their entire "super" tele line.
I actually dumped all my Nikon gear, including the 800mm f/5.6 in order to get the Canon 600/4 IS when it was introduced. To my purpose, no feature was more essential than IS. I still feel that way. What has changed is that Canon is no longer a leader. While my 600/4 is gone, I still have the 300/2.8 IS.
IBIS is where it's at for me. I have been teetering on getting into Sony because of their mirrorless/IBIS bodies. Not sure I can wait for Canon. They're awfully slow to catch up. So different from how it was 15 years ago. Make no mistake! People are hesitating to buy Canon bodies precisely because they lack IBIS!

14 are mine !

Bob Howland said:

And what is its price point? I don't think anybody knows.

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Bob Howland said:

And what is its price point? I don't think anybody knows.

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We know it is not an L

I'd like to get the C-LOG upgrade for my 5D4. Does anybody know whether the camera has to be disassembled for the upgrade?
CPS Germany has done a less than perfect job in the past and I'd really like to avoid them disassembling the camera if possible. I'm concerned about weather sealing being compromised in the process.

The Tamron SP AF 200-500mm F/5-6.3 Di LD (IF) weighted only 1.2 kg so a Canon (or Tamron) 200-600 f/5 weighting about 2 kg would really be nice. Even a 200-600 f/5.6 or a 200-500 f/5(.6) could do.

Canon meant to say 'High Dynamic Range' is important?! LOL! Why change the tune now after so many years?

Deal already ended.
Price is back to somewhat below 800. Ebay is about 730.

Probably should ignore this now as the very next thing to happen is the mirrorless version of a 1d series

ryebread said:

thank you for this
I tested existing usb c cables that I had with an ipad pro, with the apple usb c charger, not working. I tried the apple charger with the canon supplied cable, not working.
now I know why, prob not safe!

I just got the R and I'm setting it up. Battery comes in dead, and so I'm stuck lol.
canon to nikon to sony, now I have sony and the canon 50 1.2 and eos R.

what is the best charger to use with the included cable?


cheers

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The camera comes with a charger, but if the battery arrived dead, then there may be a problem. The ship them partially charged and the charge will hold for a long time.

See if the battery takes a charge with the included charger. The Apple USB C charger should work, PD chargers are standard.

ERHP said:

With the 600 mounted on a tripod/gimbal I have both more and less control than doing things handheld. I spend the time to clean the camera, the TC and lenses, especially near the mating surfaces. Dust accumulates the fastest in one area but once it starts there, it is everywhere within a month. People have jokingly called it a NASCAR tire change when I swap, which has probably reduced the issue, but not eliminated it. Camera is off to reduce any dust attracting charge, camera angled down, etc. Most of my shots are in Southern California, a coastal desert/windy mountains/actual desert so dust is going to be in air. The part that is overlooked is I'm still usually tracking a subject and sudden movements aren't helping there which is why I'd prefer a selectable unit attached.

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The change is more difficult for you because of your heavier lens and being somewhat unwieldy on a tripod than it is for me for my hand held gear. Such a unit could be useful to you, but it would add more noticeable weight for me - 450g or 1lb guessing from the weights of the current 1.4 and 2xTCs - which you wouldn't notice as much on a tripod.

So basically we have a whole pile of unknowns with sunlight, we have a comparable pile of unknowns with flash light, my numbers may be off by some factor 2 or 3 or whatever, and we still arrive at the same conclusion:

1. a flash can be used to balance out sunlight in HSS mode, and could be used much better in non-HSS mode.
2. there are flashes which output a significant part of their light within 1/2000s and it would be nice to have a camera+flash which can do this properly

Pape said:

I wonder if those modern bigger lenses are actually medium format lenses with permanent speed booster group on them
Like 75mm f1,8 medium format lens shrinked with 1.4x speed booster to get 50mm f1,2 full frame with better sharpness and light power.
Is there end on that road ,lenses just get bigger and bigger?

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I am pretty sure I read that people were able to mount Otus lenses on the new Fuji baby medium format and they performed well. It's just like the Canon 17mm TS lens is so exceptional in the corners if you don't shift it because its imaging circle is much, much bigger. There's nothing illegitimate about the approach I think, to a certain extent every lens will be slightly bigger than it needs to be but yes it does seem that it is a part of the arsenal used by, in particular, Sigma and Zeiss.

It's clearer still in the world of rangefinders. Zeiss adopted a different approach fro their ZM lenses usually using more elements to correct aberrations etc and larger elements for the corners and vignetting. They sacrificed size and weight. Leica has by and large continued with simpler designs with extremely expensively made elements to try to keep the size somewhat under control. Thus you arrive at the situation with the 35mm Summilux-M ASPH compared to the Zeiss 35mm 1.4 ZM - the latter is in many technical respects superior but it is a lot larger.

Really there's no right and wrong but, just speaking for myself, the way some of the Sigma Art lenses and Zeiss Otus lenses have gone would make me not want to use them even if you gave me them for free, photography is a hobby to be to enjoy. I was given a lot of hope when Canon brought out the Mark II 24-70/2.8 L - it does suggest at least they are going to try to keep size and weight under control. Alas it seems to be a rarity, a lens smaller than its predecessor I mean.

JohnGerlach said:

Here are a few more I did recently from a floating blind with the 600mm and 1.4x

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Very nice!

Del Paso said:

Some of the very best sports pictures I've ever seen!. Absolutely awesome!
But: where are the Wonderful Sonys ?

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Sony, Leica and few other niche camera makers are only used for on grid(before start of race) photography. Most racing photos are still taken using DSLRs.

The Nikon rebates are being extended into July (2019).