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AlanF · May 19, 2023

SwissFrank said:
Most important thing of course is that they cleaned the sensor. There's no commentary as to what it was but the shape to me was clearly a fingerprint. The camera and the lens I had them clean (24-105, my first RF lens) looks basically new, but it wasn't that dirty anyway.

View attachment 209090

Get forensics and claim against them.

Click · May 18, 2023

cooldood said:
If you ever have questions this is the place for answers

Thanks for sharing.

Blue Zurich · May 18, 2023

Printing much bnw? Need more grays? These are factors I'd consider as well. So many things to consider, all this just make me use ProDPI. This way I never have empty tanks.

'Waiting for the predecessor' sounds like a scifi time travel/paradox movie on Netflix.

dirtyvu · May 18, 2023

Brown said:
Besides the screen, it looks reasonably durable.
Canon doesn't have a retention software package required by law enforcement, but it could be used in both the actioncam market and as a body camera for individuals or private security.

what is the point of retention software package when it's easy to just turn off the bodycam during the important segments...

bill2438 · May 16, 2023

I NEED G3X MK2 as well, its 2023, any updates?

Del Paso · May 14, 2023

Maximilian said:
Me, too. And therefore I said "could".
Some time ago I was searching for promos and found myself on a Canon webpage asking about my home country.

Could be simply about the language...
But: better compare! Canon France promotion is partly more generous, and applies to far, far more products. What I cannot tell, is whether these Canon generosities are valid for residents only.
PS: because I was too lazy, sorry, busy to read the conditions...and because I'm broke and have no real intention to buy THIS month.

Ozarker · May 13, 2023

LookingThroughMyLens81 said:
You'd likely see such a camera from Sony before anyone else.

Well, I don't know how anyone can make that prediction. I know a lot of people like to believe Sony is the cutting edge (not you), but I think they tend to hyper focus on Sony and fail to remember the innovations of other companies. Fanboyism can infect and destroy sober judgement. While you obviously have a deeper technical knowledge base than most, that doesn't prevent know nothing's from being blind and seeking a confirmation of their bias.

They rattle off lists of innovations, but they don't understand that the number of innovations means less than the significance of the innovations. I say this without any list of any of these companies, but I am sure somebody keeps track. I'm unable to keep pace.

Brown · May 11, 2023

Hello friends,

I was looking to get started in video, but none of my current DSLRs are capable.
Is there a resource that I can easily check the video crop of various Canon DSLRs and MILCs?

On a side note, how bad are ring-type USMs with regard to noise and focus jumping when used for continuous video AF?

FCC102 · May 11, 2023

Here is the datasheet I got! Would this be good enough?

May 11, 2023

Canon unveils its first compact camera specifically designed for vlogging - Canon Press Centre - Canon UK

www.canon.co.uk

Ozarker · May 10, 2023

You need: T2-M42 adapter. Then M42-EF adapter. I got a NOS T2 to EF adapter off eBay.

bill2438 · May 9, 2023

danfaz said:
Smart phones?

It doesn't matter. Smartphone cameras have poor lenses, and size can't be too big,
G3X and G1X series have improved space for the lens and image sensor, AI focusing tracking.
So zoom lens with the algorithm and unlimited video shooting is the win key compared to smartphones!!!

Market demand is there; Idk why Canon postponed their step, Sony not selling a new 1-inch sensor to Canon?

bill2438 · May 9, 2023

yes
Am waiting for G3X II since 2015. I sold it in 2018,
Whats going on with Canon, Chip supply or sensor or whats the problem?
So dose G1X IV?

chrysoberyl · May 9, 2023

Thank you and you are most welcome! I hope to photograph undulatum and high (for the eastern US) erectum in the next two weeks. Any shots may be under the Laowa 58mm thread, however.

riker · May 9, 2023

It's been working absolutely well in 2000 even on cheap EOS 30 film bodies. Just why did it disappear????

Chaitanya · May 9, 2023

Following shutdown of DPreview by Amazon, Imaging resource also has been shut down by their owner.

Imaging Resource closed following acquisition by new owner

Imaging Resource grew alongside DPReview to chronicle the rise of the digital photography industry.

www.dpreview.com

Ozarker · May 8, 2023

Photographers: A group of imperfect people demanding perfection from an imperfect company.

Click · May 7, 2023

Another lovely shot, Maximilian.

Buzzer2000 · May 4, 2023

Cool, thanks!

entoman · May 4, 2023

Yawn

Sporgon · May 4, 2023

If all you are interested in is the image I can’t think of a reason why anyone would want to change system given the performance of all modern cameras, unless another brand was able to offer similar or better performance at a much cheaper price. In this regard I can see that Nikon is trying hard.
Personally I’ve decided I’m keeping my 5DS cameras until they wear out.

LovePhotography · May 2, 2023

SwissFrank said:
I found the RF24-105 to be always a good enough focal length range whereas the 24-70 never was long enough.

In the 90s we really needed f/2.8 to fully enable autofocus, to have a bright viewfinder, and because fast film and slow shutter speeds looked absolutely horrible, and because film was anyway so grainy and lenses less sharp that the blurriness from shallow DOF wasn't so obvious. In contrast, with the R and especially R5, there's just no reason for f/2.8. Photos are so clean and sharp that the gentler bokeh from f/4 is still really noticeable and makes your subject stand out, and still is enough to differentiate the look from a cell phone photo. Super-high ISO and super-long shutters are no longer a problem, and AF works fine and the viewfinder brightness no longer depends on f-stop.

On an R5 the 24-105 is actually almost "smallish".

When I first got the R I got the 24-105 and 50/1.2, and after a year had only taken like three photos with the 50! So I sold it. After about 4 years with only the 24-105, I got a bunch of other lenses last year (I used to have 15 EF lenses in the 90s-10s) and don't use the 24-105 much but mainly because I have other lenses to explore. But frankly most of my good pictures would have been nearly as good with the 24-105.

If I hit hard times and had to sell most of my Canon gear, the 24-105 would be the last lens I'd sell. It's not a lens I love, but it's one that really works well for everything except obviously telephoto. It's not super-wide but it's wide enough. It's not super-sharp but it's sharp enough. It's not super-bokeh but its enough bokeh. It's not super-compact but it's compact enough, etc. etc.

I have the 24-105 L and the 24-240 "not L". And, since most of the time my photos have a subject somewhere towards the center 2/3rd of the frame, and the outer 1/3rd is bokeh anyway, I end up using the 24-240 almost always (when choosing between the two). (But at this point, I mostly use my Canon rig almost exclusively with specialty lenses (super tele, super WA, etc.), since I use my iPhone for walking around).
I wish Canon would make a great 24-240 L premium lens. That would clearly give my iPhone a run for it's money in the "preferred walking around camera" category. I'd gladly give up the convenience of not carrying a separate camera if the camera would clearly blow away the iPhone 95% of the time... An R5 with a great 24-240L would get me taking my camera with me everywhere I go, (like I did 30 years ago...). Just an observation... Too often camera bugs like to battle it out lens vs. lens, camera body vs. camera body, or Sony vs. Nikon vs. Olympus vs Canon. But, the real threat and competition for digital cameras is not other camera companies, but the Great Satans known as the iPhone and Pixel 7. Hell, with iPhone "night mode" I don't even need my Canon with an F1.4 lens in low light anymore.

seriyong · May 1, 2023

A really successful photo, good job!

doggone doggo · May 1, 2023

Got any more of them cine camera rumors?

Fischer · May 1, 2023

AlanF said:
The lenses have focus breathing since they focus in part by changing their focal length rather than move the whole lens away from the the sensor as they did in the good old days with bellows. The stated focal length is for infinity focus and it gets shorter for nearer objects. I actually measured the focal length of the RF 100-500mm from the size of the image of the moon on the sensor of the R5. The diameter of 3,474.8 km when it was 400,403.56 km away gave a diameter of 990 pixels. If the pixels are 4.39µ as usually stated (TDP etc), this gives a focal length of 500.8mm. However, they calculate the pixel size based assuming the image occupies the whole of the 24x36mm sensor. If I use instead Canon's stated value of 47.1 Mpx on the sensor, instead of the 44.76 Mpx that are actually used, the pixel size is 4.28µ and the calculated focal length 488mm. I'd be grateful if someone could tell me the true pixel size.

Straight 10 for your deep-dive into the physics of this.

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