EricN said:

I think it needs the 8k resolution

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The R5 only does 4K at 60fps, but you raise a good point, maybe there is a crop factor issue with the higher fps R3. I’ll investigate

justaCanonuser said:

Makes sense to use such a long tele lens in very cold environments, less atmospheric blur...

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He had bought it for that one thing. Do not remember discussing if he ever used it for anything else. Yes, you get incredibly clear light - but the very rapid temperature shifts makes for other problems. Never found it easy to get great shots up there myself. The most striking pictures I have are of the deep blue color of the inland ice when the sun is out.

Thankyou both, for your time and thoughts.
Canon have said it should be the ribbon or at worst the diaphragm. Great to hear ‘send it in sooner’ I definitely will now, and post the result. I would like to part trade-in for the RF version, so it needs to be done. Fingers crossed.
Its been amazing though, I must admit.
Thanks again.

EOS 4 Life said:

DSLRs are exactly the same.
Any camera with a CMOS rolling electronic shutter will have the same issue depending on the readout speed.

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Of course! I completely dismissed the fact that some DSLR have ES and was thinking purely mechanical.
Thanks!

EricN said:

I have bad eyesight too and I don't think you need focus peaking with magnification, but that's me. Why don't you rent an R5 from lens rentals (or is there an alternative place?) ?

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That's actually an excellent idea!!

I think I will rent one maybe in the near future and play with it.....

Yep, Lensrentals and Lensprotogo ....they're actually owned by the same company, but they often have different sales/.coupons going so it pays to shop between them.

Sometimes one has items the other does not...and one factors in shipping in the price while the other does not, so, it pays to compare the total pricing between them with whatever coupon(s) are out.

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definedphotography said:

Looking at the screen on the back of the camera after every shot or almost every shot.

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The EVF makes it easier to hide chimping, just press the playback button with your thumb, look at the picture in the EVF and pretend to be taking pictures

manwithafrotto said:

Is there a higher quality version to download and view on my quest 2? This video looks like absolute garbage in VR, from I am assuming youtubes compression.

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I don't know if there is a higher quality version, but you are right that it looks like garbage, and also that it is from compression. Whether or not it is youtube's compression or something Canon did is hard to say. I definitely occurred to me when watching that it was weird of Canon to use such a poor quality video for a lens advertisement.

unfocused said:

A half dozen is for amateurs. A dozen is the minimum if you are really serious. Still looking for that Tardus bag though, you know, the one that's bigger on the inside than on the outside.

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Indeed, if I was to make a move into manufacturing in the photography world I think cameras and lenses and the like are for dummies, bags are where the big bucks are!

My favourite portrait lenses in the EF mount are the EF 70-200mm f2.8L IS USM II and the EF 85mm F1.4L IS USM. The quality of the images from the 85mm F1.4L on my Canon 5DS are amazing so without question I would buy a RF version with my R6 and EOS R I’m not interested in the 1.2 both size and cost are too much for me.

R + EF 70-300 L

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Maximilian said:

Explore the gallery. Once again, a lot of great pictures there, no matter what gear was used.

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My personal favorite:
Real stellar high tech equipment used:
Canon EOS Rebel T6i, 18–135mm f/3.5–5.6 @59mm, 1/3200, f/20, ISO 100, tripod
(once again: it's not the gear - it's the brain behind it)

Alam said:

Question 2: Canon once claimed that EF lenses work as the way the supposed to be adapted in Mirrorless body, even tell all lenses released within 10 years ago capable of shooting 30 fps, unlike competitor that only work for selected lenses

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If they claimed that it would have been relatively recently, since only the R3 is capable of 30 fps. But for the 20 fps on the R5, the majority of EF lenses are as capable as RF lenses at being able to achieve 20 fps (the big caveat is that 20 fps is situation-dependent, so the way Canon phrases is it 'continuous shooting speed of max. approx. 20 fps less likely to decrease' for a list of lenses that includes EF and RF lenses (link). Canon has not shared a similar list for 30 fps on the R3.

Michael Clark said:

Mechanical shutters do not provide perfect geometry, either. If one looks at images from the 1DX Mark III taken using the mechanical shutter just as critically as one looks at images taken with electronic shutter, there's not that much difference between the R3 with ES and the 1D X Mark III with MS.

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This is what I consider too much for the intended audience. I can understand why they saw this as a marked improvement, however, I don't see it as terribly good. Let's just say a global shutter has a real value in this type of shooting.

Looks like an improved Stitz or a Loreo stereo module, only direct mount instead of mounting on the front of a lens.

I'll have to dig mine out and try it.

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The 135 f/2 is a great lens.

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EOS 4 Life said:

Why does it need to be RF?

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Because that’s where they are putting all their energy with glass. I can adapt ef to ef by not the other way. So if I buy ef body then i am locked into tonsuring lenses that will not be updating so any improvements will completely be lost. When they bring out an improved set of cone lenses that will be RF so what’s the point in buying an ef body. Cine bodies can be work horses for years and years so as canon is going through a change it will be very wise to buy the new mount.

entoman said:

Back in the days of film, when we were generally limited to ISO 100 slide films, most people used flash to enable a usable combination of small aperture and freezing movement, but from my observations, the vast majority of people nowadays prefer to shoot by ambient lighting, unless they are working indoors or in the darkness of a rainforest interior.

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…or shooting at high magnification. For example, shooting with the MP-E 65 at a diffraction-friendly f/11, the effective aperture at 5x is f/66. That’s why I use the twin-flash.

kaihp said:

Did they ELI5 why?

Inquiring minds wants to be enlightened.

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They didn't go into detail, just stated that the currently available
AF-implementations can't work on a global shutter.

Click said:

Cool picture. Nicely done.

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Thanks, Click!

Chaitanya said:

CFexpress type a adoption is still too slow and other than handful of Sony Cameras no one is adopting that standard so let's see how SD 7.0 is adopted.

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My impression is

1. UHS II cards will take a performance hit in SDXC 7.0 slots, so some customers would upgrade cards. Unless SD 7.0 comes in at a much lower price, customers wouldn't prefer SD to CFExpress. On the contrary, owners of such cameras as the R5 would rather buy more of the CFExpress cards they already have.

2. Given a device can dissipate the heat (with similar size, I don't see a reason why just one of the two would create a problem), CFExpress type A vs type B is a matter of designing different plastics.

3. There already are CFExpress slots and card readers on the market and manufacturers are already working out the problems. Another standard is another headache, which I don't see how they would justify.

4. Micro SD is loosing market with some smartphone manufacturers dropping it, and nobody making A2 compatible slots*. At some point laptop manufacturers will probably follow suit and drop the slot as well.

* I know there are A2 micro SD cards on the market, I haven't heard of any gadgets with slots that benefit from it.

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I’ve learnt so much over the years from @Dalantech tutorials and blog as well as lots of great advice on other forums. I started macro in the film era and gave up as I just couldn’t afford it. Also the slow feedback didn’t make learning easy. So when I tried again a few years ago the superb advice from many really got me hooked. When forums work well they are a wonderful resource.

As for your gallery, I have really enjoyed looking through, particularly your bird shots. The mono heron is superb.

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Happy to help! When I first got into macro there were very few resources, but a few people took the time to help me and the tutorials and blog are my way of paying it forward.

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