dirtyvu said:

I love my R5ii and I feel it's the most balanced bang-for-buck flagship camera that Canon offers. It's true that the R1 beats out the R5ii by every metric except for resolution and video options so in that sense, it is the true flagship. But most prosumers and hobbyists probably feel the R5ii is a better fit for them.

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Well you must not have used the A1 or A9III. I like Canon a lot but the R5II is not a flagship camera. I will let you find the flaws. I prefer the R3 and the R5II have been sent back to Canon.

Richard CR said:

MAP Camera has released its sales rankings for November, and the Canon EOS R5 Mark II takes the #1 position as it should. MAP camera is a large camera store in Japan, so this is a look into the domestic market, even though we have been told that the R5 Mark II has been difficult

See full article...

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The R5II should not be the #1 ranked camera. It's an improvement over the R5 but not as goods the R3 no matter what people say. I have used them all.

I bought the Pluot valve a few years ago for water drop photography, then forgot about it. Now I go to use it and realize I need the Pluto trigger and it appears the company has gone out of business. Has anybody tried it without trigger? Or any other better ideas?

Nemorino said:

No, ISO range of the R1 is 100-102400 expandable to 50-409600.
Another brand has a body with a base ISO of 250. Maybe that is a reason.

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That’s what Canon states, but Bill Claff does analysis of the RAW files and it seems like 100 is a pull setting as well.

Yes, it was posted on the 19th. I upgraded the following day. Appears to be fine/stable. The R5 C has proven itself over and over. Thus far, I am not compelled to upgrade but, I'm hoping there will be a mkII someday.

I am big fan of fisheye, and I picked this lens up even tough I have an 8-15mm EF Fisheye. My impressions so far:

1. All Manual all the time! The lens has no electronic contacts, so even the aperture is manual. Not really a problem with fisheye, but takes some getting used to.
2. Sharp!
3. Close Focus! This lens focuses much closer than Canon's 8-15mm opening some creative options.

EOS 4 Life said:

Also, the 300-600 is f/2.8-4.5.

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Agree. Depending on the F-stop at 400 mm and the weight I would seriously consider replacing my 400 mm f2.8 lens with such a design.

Cochese said:

Werido

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Insults land better if you can manage to spell correctly. Whatever.

Zach J said:

Just FYI, I don't believe EVERYTHING I see on the net

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Oh, good.

I am not an R7 owner, but I would suggest either setting these settings prior to zooming in or you may be able to set the rear screen to quick control, where you can adjust these settings after being zoomed in. Beyond that, I have no idea since I do not own this camera.

I can’t think of a legitimate reason anyone should buy these over the Rode Wireless PRO microphone system. For $55 more, the PROs come with $200 worth of quality, locking Lavalier mics, include the $75 charging case and also include timecode sync ability. Realistically, these should cost $175-200. At $300, GET THE PRO SYSTEM! $55 gets you $275 worth of accessories you’ll actually use on every job. Locking lavs!! A true connection and charging/storage case - it’s a no brainer.

These are a rip off by comparison…

R5ii and R5C are two completely different cameras. I do not believe they will stop development of the R5C line with so much potential in a small form factor.

Since we already have the 17-55mm for EF, I'd love to see an actual upgrade with a little more zoom range.
Sigma had a very versatile 17-70mm Contemporary 2.8-4 back in the EF days, I would love if Canon could come up with a similar design, maybe a 15-65mm 2.8-4.

My other wish would be finally getting the 22mm f/2 pancake for RF-S. Perfect 35mm equivalent and ultra small. But I still have the theory that Canon ditched that lens because it was too good and too cheap.

I think a G7X Mark IV is a safe bet. Canon would be really stupid to ignore the latest trend that lets the old G7X Mark II fly off the shelves. In Germany it even beats the Fujifilm X100VI sales right now. Generation Tiktok is going crazy for these premium compacts.

koenkooi said:

If you have a Thunderbolt/USB4 equipped reader, you can only update the firmware if you are in USB3 mode. So those crappy USB-C cables you should've thrown away finally have a use!

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Thanks, that would have really confused me if I’d tried it!

jam05 said:

Yes, the world has plenty of gullible people that will purchase anything.

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Josh-H said:

Its quite easy to set this up: First first go to ''Customize Buttons for Shooting' in the green menu, the scroll and select the 'AF-ON' button and select that. Then select option 6 in your screen shot above and press 'Info Detail set'. Then set half press to Metering and AF start. Should be greyed out already and Full press to 'Switch ES Cont. Shooting modes' and press 'Info Detail Set' and then select High Speed Continuous. This will give you half press for your current frame rate and full press to 40 FPS. If you need screen shots let me know. I did a video here: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/e1p6...yph44FoM?rlkey=ogsq1qzsx4u45dubrliwekjbp&dl=0

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Thank you for clarifying. I do not use back button focus, but for those that do this is very useful information that was not clear.

Not sure how useful the 28mm is vs the existing 28mm pancake which is similar size. I was surprised at how decent that lens is for the size, price and weight. It's the main lens I carry when up in the hills this time of year, my winter camping kit for UK mountains adds up in weight fast between 4 season tent and extra layers, crampons, few days of food and fuel etc so I'd leave my photo stuff at home due to weight until I picked that lens up recently.

AlanF said:

Have you tried back button focus so that a quick full press of the shutter button avoids pre-shooting but a half press does actuate it.

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Thank you for that, I’ll test it out! Unfortunately I ran out of back buttons for other things. And it’d be still annoying since the pre-shoot takes some buffer and also consumes much more power but better than nothing

I just looked at the specs for Tamron's 17-70mm f/2.8 APS-C lens on the Sony platform.

At over one and three-quarters the weight and length (and nearly half again the price) of my Sigma RF-S 18-50mm f.2.8, I'm glad I got the Sigma.

The Tamron has optical image stabilization built in. That probably accounts for much of its greater weight and price.

I'm very impressed by the R7's IBIS, which makes my EF 200mm f/2.8L USM + EF 1.4 III teleconverter (which is not a stabilized lens on its own) easily hand-holdable on the R7 (pretty good for an effective focal length of 448mm), so I'll stick with the Sigma with the R7's IBIS. The attached photos were taken handheld with the EF 200+teleconverter this summer. Of course the light was good enough for a shutter speed of 1/1,600 at ISO 400, but the images are certainly sharp enough.

The Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 DC DN normal zoom is also a very sharp lens, as can be seen from the attached pix- including the 1/40 second 3200 ISO 50mm indoor candid. I try to avoid that kind of ISO, since my ancient laptop took nearly an hour to write out a JPEG of that shot at DxO PhotoLab 8's highest noise reduction setting (which nevertheless did a very nice job).

I just did a round of lens and flash updates. All went well.

I am thinking of starting with 500 f/4 II. R1 and/or R5 w/ and w/o 1.4xtc.

Then 500 no tc, f/4, shutter 1/2500 or 1/3200 and set the ISO to get proper exposure. I have the four bodies to test: M6 II, 5D IV, R5 and R1.

Hopefully I’ll get some cooperative birds. That is often a big assumption.

EOS 4 Life said:

I take it you are using the R1 in anti-flicker mode, correct?
Also, do you have footage on your YouTube channel?

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Sure, the R1 automatically detects the refresh rate of lights and adjust accordingly… this is less effective in mixed lighting… but even this doesn’t fix the moire when shooting with LED walls… those artifacts are caused by the sensor's pixel grid interfering with the pixel grid of the LED wall. This seems largely a non-issue in raw and FHD. However, it’s a genuine problem when filming in 4K.

Berowne said:

What would Jared Polin say? An exciting new telephoto lens for the L-Mount Alliance - alliance - alliance ...

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Here you go, i said it: L-Mount alliance-alliance-alliance

I have this lens as well and use it for track season, and I will use it for motorsports at some point. I agree with Neuro that it is a good lens. I have not used it on my R1 yet, but I will do so in the spring. I have also used it with a 2xTC to shoot pictures of the moon with some fantastic results on my R5.

To the OP, become friends with the coaches and get sideline access, even better, just go to the game while carrying your camera and go down to the field, I have never been stopped or questioned when carrying my camera to the field; just make sure you are not interfering with the event and no one typically cares. I do have credentials that helps as well but I only wear them from time to time. Reach out to your state's version of milesplit and offer to shoot for free for a credential. Wearing that to any event typically results in no one asking questions, plus it typically gets your free and preferred parking and free event entry with a little social engineering. "Hi, I'm media where can I park" I have yet to have to pay for parking since getting that, and they just point me to the preferred parking area, and off I go.

BoReynolds said:

So.......WHERE ARE THEY? They were announced in the first quarter and said they would be here in the 4th quarter. Ya can't get anymore 4th quarter than mid December and still NOTHING.

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Ummmm…might want to check yourself before you look more…, well, whatever someone ranting for no reason looks like.

There are four Sigma RF(-S aka DC) lenses in stock at B&H right now, and two more ‘coming soon’.

Available today:
18-50/2.8
10-18/2.8
30/1.4
56/1.4

Coming soon:
16/1.4
23/1.4