This thread seems to have drifted off!
Sony has two high end cameras the A1 series and the A9 series so Canon definitely has room for the R1 & R3 and making the R3 MKII a high MP camera around the 45-50MP makes a lot of sense.
The R7 MKII needs to be a APS-C version of either the R1 or R3 which will move up its price but the R10 MKII could be improved and moved up where the R7 sits now. I have the current R10 and it’s a great camera I use for wildlife which is not my main area of photography being mainly a portrait shooter & landscape using the R5 for portraits and the R6 MKIII for landscapes.
The R10 paired with the RF 200-800mm has been a great combo and I also use the RF 100-400mm as a walk around wildlife lens the two together are so lightweight that’s the combo I travel abroad with on vacation adding the Sigma 18-50mm f2.8.
The R10 MKII at 30PM would be ideal along with slightly faster shutter speed and the enhanced AF (it struggles with the RF 200-800mm at the long end with birds in flight).

Click said:

Great shots! The first and 3rd are fantastic.

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Thanks, Click! Those just may be my favs of this set.

AlanF said:

The "damage" to your sensor appears to be a few "hot" or "stuck" pixels. Solar damage is usually a cluster of dead pixels. Are you sure the hot pixels weren't there before the exposure to the sun? I had meant to mention this earlier.

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Great idea, thank you! I don't know why I didn't think of that myself so far. I found some older, very dark images taken earlier this year, which also feature these two spots. It appears that we can rule out the ~5-10 s accidental stationary exposure to the hazy afternoon sun (~20% of maximum intensity) at f/1.8 and 50 mm focal length as having caused them.

However, judging by the calculated values in Table 7, just 5-10x longer would likely have caused permanent damage (TBC), meaning anywhere from half a minute to 1.5 minutes even under those hazy conditions. After seeing how much of an effect stopping down just a little makes, I will definitely not be walking around with the aperture wide open anymore (especially with telephoto lenses), and for sure not accidentally place the camera on a stationary surface facing the sun when dropping something anymore...

I'm freaking out with all these amazing lenses to choose from. Getting back into Photography, I sold all my EF lenses along with my 5D Mark III. I purchased the new R6 Mark III along with the RF 24-70 2.8L and the RF 100 2.8L. I absolutely need the RF 70-200 2.8 L Z version. I'm having anxiety trying my best to wait till spring. Might be impossible.

Del Paso said:

Just as you wrote, there are users, and there are collectors.
And never the twain shall meet!
PS: For Euro 1000, I could sell you a genuine Laika "Luxus" with the corresponding binoculars and bag, everything in lizard skin and gold-plated. Guaranteed made in Vetslar...

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A "Laika" from "Vetslar"? LOL. That would be an attractive offer to less well informed "collectors", I guess But better go for a 100,000 $ minimum price, that's much more convincing...

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SilverBox said:

I really liked the x70 as a pocketable companion to my x100f but it was slooooooow. Would be nice to get another small format camera from Fuji that had just a few of the contemporary features of the x100 line

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I have still X70 as back up camera. I prefer 28 mm equivalent lens for back up. Lack of EVF is a big minus and video isn’t today’s standard, but otherwise it’s still a nice camera.

Del Paso said:

No chance using a shorter M focal on an EOS R or sony.
If the focal length is shorter than 35mm, you'll get some ugly color cast on the sides of the picture. You'd need a camera like the M, of course, or an SL with Leica's decoding adapter to get clean results. Even Panasonic's S series won't work with M lenses, despite it having the same bayonet as the SL.
I've tested all my M lenses on the R and R5 II, 35mm and longer work perfectly. But 28mm and shorter, no chance!

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When I first learned this, I wanted to cry, but men don't cry. Then I remembered an ex-girlfriend said, "You're not a man!" Cathartic release to say the least.

Yepppppp. Well said. Pretty much everything you mentioned is why I'm not upgrading my R5C. The R6markiii even though it's kind of a "downgrade" from an R5 series body on paper looks like an upgrade for so many reasons, the open gate alone almost had me but I think people who think they need that or a C50 are the same people hung up on specs, hdmi sizes and dynamic range in a very unhealthy way. I care more about a camera that doesn't slow me down in the field and sometimes having an EVF and shutter angle is all I need to get the shot quick. 6 seconds between photo/video, no Clog 2 but with the new LP-E6P's, the R5C is still the GOAT.

Etnaphele said:

Thank you for the suggestions! I'm wondering why only Canon's LC-E6/E charger is compatible with both... the one for LP-EL you sent has a meager 0,5A max with two bays used (vs 1,2A of the Canon charger, not dealbreaker but to be noted). The second one is very interesting with 1,5A×1 and 1A×2: this performance with the "flat" form factor and compatibility with LP-EL would be PERFECT.

I see that only the Canon charger has the additonal T and C contacts for temperature monitoring and other kind of communication, but both LP-E6P and LP-EL batteries charge at 8,4V, so I'm lost at why there are so few options out there. I guess all the wise people go Godox and live a simpler life...

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Yes, the LP-EL charger is an old, "weak" one. The Premium one is much better indeed but it definitely doesn't fit LP-EL batteries (I've tried, believe me... )

Skyfall said:

Now when the dynamic range results for A7V are out, do we know if canon has access to the same type of technology(simulateous readout at two gain steps) and might bring it in a future camera or firmware?

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I believe that Canon released 2 x DGO bodies in the C300iii and C70 - both primarily video. Not sure if DGO is used for stills in either.
I assume that Canon holds patents for implementation of DGO as well.

Soooo - I just missed this (and searching gave no obvious hits either) but here we go: Firmware v2.0.0 for the EOS R3 was released in November.

I guess I'm the only person left standing with an R3 *shrug*

EOS 4 Life said:

Don't forget the Ronin 4D

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You're right, I was just thinking about drones..

Test shot with the R5 - Laowa 180mm f18 @ 1/200 ISO 200
Hand Held - Manual focus

Click said:

My cat does the same thing. He even goes behind the TV to see if the bird is there.

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In this case there is no behind: the TV is on the wall....

Very nice with the rime ice.

I heard their autofocus is quite good (at least the VCM on their new 135)? Could be good for us Canon users who want something more than STM but don't have money for the expensive L lenses

Do you think an update can also appear for the R5 model in February? I would like at least an open gate.It was nice of course something else

ThomasTH said:

I especially like the first photo, which is minimalistic and kind of abstract.

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Same here.

I hope a Canon PowerShot G5 X Mark III (or G1x APS C new issue) better, and available in Europe too.

BCN released its data for November, and there are a few other interesting pieces of information that have come out lately, so I'm going to lump it all into my musings, so lets get into things and oh, we have to talk about the R3 Mark II, R7 Mark II, R10 Mark II along the […]

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Our crop stable included the Rebel, Rebel XTi, T2i, and 80D. I love the Rebel and 80D, although the former is now for nostalgia and the 80D is in the hands of my kiddo. The 80D resulted in large, beautiful Alaska prints that adorn my office.

I was tempted with the 7D2, but at the time I felt it was too out of date compared to the 80D. But I have friends with the 7D2 for whom you'd have to pry the camera out of their dead hands, even with the R7 offering.

I ultimately decided the R6 with long glass gave me equivalent framing at much higher quality pixels, so left the crop world. But I think the crop world remains quite valid, and the sensors only get better. Someone mentioned in the R3 "II" forum how a crop R3 would be a neat spin on the professional use of crop sensors, and I have to agree. It would be neat to see an R7/R3II crop value pair in the line-up for those photographers needing every last ounce of apparent zoom.

South Saskatchewan River at the weir in Saskatoon SK...

ddixon said:

FYI - for those that use DXO PhotoLab, they have now posted an update that supports the R6mIII.

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Finally!!

a rumor stays a rumor lol