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Both the Canon EOS R3 and Canon EOS R5 will receive new firmware next week. No word yet on the R6, but i geek out at new firmware!

peters said:

Maybe the R5 with an Atomos Ninja would be an option for you?
It also offers 4k120 which is awesome to have in my experience

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Can't work with prores raw :/ - I'm a Davinci user. Plus the R5 would be a waste of money for me because I have no use for the 8K footage, it's just too much for me, because not only would I have to shell out a money for the camera, I'd have to beef up my computer even more than I already have to make it process those files, and then work with managing the sheer size of those files, it's just too much. There has to be a balance. I'm looking into the R3 more and more because it can shoot 6K Raw which is more reasonable to me, but at a huge cost, so not for a few years most likely. I use my R6 with a Blackmagic View Assist 12G HDR 5" to record prores externally and it is awesome, I wish Canon could add the ability to do blackmagic raw externally like what Panasonic is doing...

abraxas said:

I wonder how would Laowa RF 12-24mm/F 5.6 compare to the Canon RF 15-30mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM...

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The Canon wins when it comes to AF, iris control and reporting the focal length to the body and IS.

bergstrom said:

cancel and wait for RP2

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You are as cheerful as a Bergman movie! It's a great little camera and I am keeping mine to pair with the R5. To answer some of the points above, the rolling shutter is bad, but the Pre-shooting mode is good. The files are downloaded by DPP4 as a giant CR3 file but you can quickly select the individual frames as 32.5 Mpx individual CR3 files.

Offical announcement:

Minimum focus distance of approx. 11 in./0.28m (5.1 In./0.13m in manual focus at 15mm zoom position.)

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entoman said:

Canon’s goal in this patent​

Mystified and amused by the terminology...

How can the "image pickup apparatus" (presumably the camera sensor) have the "same" (i.e. a short total length, small size and high optical performance?

Something has been lost in the translation here - if they are not referring to the sensor, what exactly do they mean by "image pickup apparatus"?

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Image pickup apparatus = camera.

MarkS said:

I have a brand new R5 with FW 1.5.2. It froze rather dramatically on my first BIF venture. I use back button and I have the AE-lock button set to Eye Detection. After about thirty minutes of intermittent use of the AE-lock button, waiting for an Osprey to cooperate (it didn’t), the freezing began. It resolved briefly with turning the camera off only to return fairly quickly. Batteries are good. I haven’t read all of the posts but some seem to suggest that 1.5.2 would fix the freezing. It didn’t and this represents a remarkable failure on Canon’s part. I am going to try again when the AZ temps are below 112 but I would appreciate advice before I pack up the camera and send it back. 1.4? Don’t use AE-lock for Eye Detection? Thanks

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Try changing your customization of buttons.

Hey All,

R5c is pretty cool but that battery is atrocious.
Are there talks of a firmware update to help with battery drainage?

yeh...this is really good, i like new features...
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Thank you for respond. I am in UK

I have an R6 and do a lot of wildlife shooting. I usually use GP for two reasons: when I have to do significant cropping, and when I have a good image but it's too small for very large prints that can be purchased from my Pixels site. It's pretty amazing software, especially as has been noted, for old tiny jpegs, but that's not the only thing I use it for....this is a GP enhanced photo.

When I posted this last week, Adorama had the R3 cover listed as ‘slight delay, usually ships in 2-5 days’, and I ordered two.

I got a shipping notification over the weekend. Now, it just shows as ‘backordered’ (for new orders). Not sure how big an allotment they received or how many orders, but I’m glad I ordered when I did.

If you go with using EF lenses, avoid the temptation of buying a cheap generic lens adapter. Having got rid of my 5D111 I wanted to try the Eos R6 without buying any R lenses, rather use my range of EF lenses with an adapter. I had nothing but problems with my Newell adapter. I kept getting lens communication errors, especially with heavier lenses. For me the worst was the issues I had with my 28-70 ef f2.8 lens. It was so bad I actually thought my lens had become damaged as it lost the ability to sharply focus and my photos looked globby for want of a better word. As a last resort (was thinking of going back to an EF camera), and bought the Canon adapter. It was the best €100 I have ever spent!

privatebydesign said:

I don't believe you can. You can set the VF display to do it or not though.

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yeah, i just found this as well and it's just plain idiotic on the part of canon.

MJ said:

Hi, what do you think of an open petition towards Canon to add camera features to R5/6 like the pre release capture function, and variable burst shooting speeds for the silent mode/electronic shutter, and last but not lease add the function to simply play optional click sounds when taking photos without the mechanic shutter.

I mean, to me these all doing sound like too difficult features to be implemented and would help out tremendously in certain cases and increase the value of these beautiful and capable cameras...

What do you think? And who’s with me?!

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I'm with you, but I think it's very hard , if not impossible, to get any idea through to the developers in Japan. I'm just posting my ideas in several places in the hope it might be seen by someone with some influence..

Photo Bunny said:

You think a Z30 user is going to change lenses in the field...or even at home?

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Probably much the same as an M-series user, but at least the M series has sensor cleaning as do the cheap rebels.

neuroanatomist said:

The announcement is scheduled for March 32nd. AKA April 1st.

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That didn't age well!

JustUs7 said:

They sell smaller, lighter, darker lenses because they don’t need to open to f/5.6 to focus anymore like DSLR’s did. Many DSLR lenses weren’t very good wide open and perhaps that f/5.6 was at its best at f/8. The lens they build now is smaller, lighter, and plenty sharp and can focus at f/8. It doesn’t have to open to 5.6 anymore. So we get a great 100-400 f/5.6-8 that I can take to my sons soccer game or hike all day with without it being an intrusion on any fun. And I come away with images than I’m happy with.

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Well, unfortunately, the sun hasn't gotten one stop brighter when Canon made the decision to make their lenses one stop darker, so that means longer shutter speeds (IBIS is less effective on longer focal lengths) or higher ISO values/lower DR. It's great to have a camera that can AF at f/8, but it doesn't mean it should be used at f/8 unless that's the ideal aperture for the task, let alone restricting a lens to that aperture. If Canon was able to make f/5.6 lenses in the past, they can still do so today if they chose to.

koenkooi said:

I missed out on the first batch of R7s and I called around to various stores. The largest photo related store in the Netherlands said they received then R7 and had 'hundreds' of pre-orders. Other stores reported similar amounts. It seems that everyone got a batch of 10, I hope production ramps up.

So for the vacation next month I'll have to "make do" with the R5

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First world problems Koen

Keith Man said:

Looks like it might have got hot in the sun or in the car? Have you looked into Canon CPS if you have the gear to qualify you will get your lens back like in a week and save the fee to join CPS on repair.

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I don't think it will hurt your photos any, it's just a dust cover mostly for looks.

An obvious thing I failed to mention is that I would miss having an optical viewfinder. I do OK with my G5X II travel camera, using the screen on the back or the EVF when needed, and I use live view on my DSLRs when that Is the best choice (or only choice in the case of video).

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gui said:

While it is correct that placing the camera against the wall with the flip screen out like that works, you forget that your body is in the way. You cannot see the screen on the right side of the camera.

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Any position in which you can stand and look through the angle finder, you can see the LCD. It rotates through 360° just like the angle finder. Your eye would be ~10 cm further away.

I’ve used the articulating screen for interior real estate photography, with no issues. Mirrors are always tricky, I find the TS-E 17 useful for that, to shift the camera out of the frame.

I’ve used the articulating LCD in settings where using the VF even with the angle finder would be impossible, such as long exposure waterfall shots in winter, where the only access is by snowshoe and the shot is taken standing on meters of powder, with the only possible platform for the tripod legs being the snowshoes attached to my feet (I suspect that’s an example of being even more constrained by the positioning of a tripod than you’ve experienced).

gui said:

I just wanted to find out if any other photographers have the same problem or if we are unique in this.

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Well, you’re not unique but there doesn’t seem to be a large group of CR members jumping on the bandwagon.

The angle finders were niche products even before the advent of live view and articulated screens. At this point, I suspect Canon sees no need for a new one in their catalog.

Regardless, thanks for posting this – I'm going to sell my 1D X in the near future, and this reminded me that I should offload my Angle Finder C as well, since it's not compatible with any Canon MILCs.

Darrell Cadieux said:

Hi there,
Does anyone know if a Canon Angle Finder C for Canon EOS will fit on an EOS 6D?
It isn't listed in the compatabilities list where as a 5D III is. Should be the same diopter assembly.
Thanks

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Yes, I use it almost every day.

I’ve used the R5+100-500 in the rain a few times and had no issues. I wiped the drops of the lens tube before stowing it, and let it dry in the extended position at home.

I still try to avoid getting any form of fluid on camera gear, but sometimes it can’t be helped.