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Chaitanya · Oct 18, 2020

HeavyPiper said:
I haven't had a good luck with there TV's, so quiet buying there products. Just mt 2 cents

Completely wrong subdivisions, Samsung along with WD/Sandisk are the only 2 manfacturers(before Micron sold Lexar) who have their own fabs and can control the flash chips that go in their products also both have good experience of controllers as well. Their last SD cards were very good and were rated very well alongside Sandisks offerings of the day.

hbelam · Oct 17, 2020

btango05 said:
I'm in the same boat, ordered 8/3 but still on backordered status. I emailed them asking why they sent out R5's to ppl who ordered in September but they insist that orders are filled in the order received. Meanwhile Adorama had R6's in stock briefly on Thursday morning so I ordered one and it arrived yesterday, debating on if I need the R5 anymore since I'm primarily a stills shooter and mostly portraits. I've always been a "better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it" kind of guy, so yeah...any word from B&H?

I emailed them back a "lengthy" (but kind! I try to be as nice and understanding to retail as possible since I used to work in it myself) email, and I've still been trying to get ahold of someone with more concrete evidence than just anecdote, but no luck so far.

stevelee · Oct 17, 2020

SteveC said:
Granted I was using an Olympus not a Canon for this, but in hindsight I doubt any Canon at the time would have been significantly better. (I still have never owned a Canon point and shoot, however, so I could be totally wrong.)

I use a Canon G5X II for travel. It replaced my G7X II. I used a couple of the S series before that. They are relatively sophisticated cameras, giving you Raw files and allowing all sorts of controls. "Point and shoot" seems to underestimate them. But the little zoom rocker lever doesn't give you much fine control. That may be the least sophisticated part of the camera. I find it adequate for my travel pictures, though. You can use the ring around the lens for zooming if you set it up that way. On some models that gives you more control than others. Normally it will click to certain focal length equivalents. Zooming while shooting video needs more skill than I am likely to develop adequately.

The little lens does let you focus very close to things. I haven't needed to use its "macro" mode enough to see what if any benefit it gives over just zooming in or moving in close.

Canonite · Oct 17, 2020

Why would you not use the supplied cable or a card reader to download images, even if they were just jpegs?

Danglin52 · Oct 16, 2020

Codebunny said:
I’ll likely wait for another reviewer. I just seen one on the R5 posted in this thread that was good. What I am after now is a proper written review and not another YouTube personality. Jared Polin can be entertaining, but he can also be a lot of work to watch as he uses a lot of tone shifts and he is dreadfully excitable.

How about this short review. After 16 DAYS shooting wildlife in YNP/GTNP, i have no regrets replacing my 1dx II with the R5 + 100-500 with a few cautions

Battery life, buy the grip and 2-3 sets if you are a heavy shooter. I was getting 650-700 shots per battery, but I have been a bit heavy handed on the shutter.
Memory cards, 45 MB’s chews through memory cards.
Not instant on, be aware of the state of your camera if you want the EVF to be active when it reaches your eve. Canon is going to have to figure out a idle/instant feature for the R1 and R5 II.
AF is really good but can still be confused by twigs and grass even if the eye is visible.
the 100-500 is at least as good or better than the 100-400 II with one exception - restriction of zoom range when using the 1.4x or 2x extenders. You have to extend the zoom to 300mm before you can add the TC and loose the 100-299mm range of the zoom. You are limited to 420mm-700mm when the 1.4 is attached. This is an issue if the subjects moves closer and you need to remove the TC. I was going to sell my 100-400mm II, but I have decided to keep the lens on a second body when using the 100-500 + TC.

dba101 · Oct 16, 2020

Multiple cards changed at non-critical intervals, and backed up to an iPad every chance I get.

scottwild · Oct 16, 2020

Seriously, crickets?
Am I out of the loop or something? No one is using LUTs on their 4K footage?

Dragon · Oct 16, 2020

Michael Clark said:
Bryan at The-Digital-Picture says in his review of the 70-300 L that although it is not officially supported, due to physical clearance issues at shorter focal length, at about 250mm and longer focal lengths the 1.4X and 2X Canon extenders will, in fact, mount and the resulting image quality is very good.

I am not blown away with the 2x performance, so I just carry the Tamron 1.4x which seems to be pretty comparable in IQ to the Canon and it works over the full zoom range of the lens. This lens is in my 90D bag, so anything more than 1.4x is better served by cropping.

Oct 16, 2020

koenkooi said:
Were they Dutch? We learn from a young age that rules are only for other people.

Sadly they too where Scottish and from the other bloody side. It would be easier if it where a Englishman then I could go all claymore and freedom, sadly stupid is a world wide thing and the empty hide just down from us must have not been appealing. The signs where everywhere that it is one household per hide, if he had wanted that specific one he could have asked and I would have social distanced my way out. Instead I just found out the exit was blocked. I mean he was a lovely chap to talk too, but I had COVID back in late Feb and could have been spreading it to people, I would hate to think it lingered on me and that chap keeled over.

DavidJoarnt@gmail. · Oct 15, 2020

Here is an extreme example of the rolling shutter effect photo taken of Hummingbird there wings flap at 50 times per second. shutter speed 4000 sec.

btango05 · Oct 15, 2020

YuengLinger said:
And B&H shows "New Item--Coming Soon!" (Exclamation mark is mine.)

So I wonder who I'd get it from first if ordering today?

Adorama just ran out so.....?

koenkooi · Oct 15, 2020

SaP34US said:
What all spec the differances between m50 & m50 II and does anyone know how good the autofocus in 4k actually is or isn't?

It seems to be the exact same sensor, which in the M50 was the limiting factor. So I expect no DPAF in 4k

EOS 4 Life · Oct 14, 2020

I guess these are the box cameras we were hearing about.
Canon is releasing so many cameras that the rumors get jumbled together

YuengLinger · Oct 14, 2020

privatebydesign said:
It is absolutely possible to do serious damage to your camera with the sun. Though generally it takes a telephoto lens to do it.

Rental Camera Gear Destroyed by the Solar Eclipse of 2017

We recently had quite a spectacle in the United States, with a Solar Eclipse reaching totality throughout a large portion of the United States. Being that this was the first solar eclipse passing through the Continental US since 1979, excitement ran wild on capturing this natural event using the...

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Thanks, PBD. I read this when originally published, but it didn't register because I'm not planning to ever photograph an eclipse. However, now it has me thinking! Sure, composing in Live View while photographing a sunset.

And, as mentioned above, shooting backlit and letting the sun edge into the frame. Of course I always avoided that with an OVF because of the dangers to eyes, but with my R I began to get more careless about it, thinking my eyes were protected from that morning or afternoon sun because I'm just looking at an EVF. And somehow I forgot about the danger to the sensor and the lens. Just didn't think about it. Usually I was only doing it for a few seconds at a time, but still, if only a few pixels are damaged each time, then it accumulates.

Mostly I do it with a prime lens from 35mm to 85mm, up to about f/2.2...I don't do if often. (Heck, with the lockdowns and masks, not much people stuff at all this year.) So far I haven't seen any problem with my R, but I've never gone looking for hot/stuck/dead pixels. Now I don't want to look!

SecureGSM · Oct 14, 2020

magarity said:
I thought it obvious I was making up numbers - the point being that increasing frame rate requires increasing processing from the chips supporting the sensor. Is that incorrect?

partially correct. My point is thought that throughput has increased to the point where 100Mp sensor at 9 FPS is no longer an issue. In your original post you said: 20Mp tech in camera is like 3,.5Ghz in computers.

Has Canon developed a new 21mp sensor for the Canon EOS R system? [CR1]

Honestly there really isn’t anything wrong with 20PM cameras. Most of my work is for web-based clients, I’m sure this also applies to many photographers. Yes, 45mp is nice for cropping it etc and I get this! Also, if you need to print big, but if not we all know there are advantages of a lower...

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I explained that 20Mp is no longer a limitation from a throughput point of view.

larger files in a High Megapixel camera can be an issue when too many and and too large.

SaP34US · Oct 14, 2020

Is the video autofocus worse then photo autofocus?

nonfacciofoto · Oct 14, 2020

I do not know if it has already been discussed but i found that to achieve maximum dynamic range of 8k raw you need to keep Clog ON or you will lose DR in the Highlights
I made a little test to show the differences:

SteveC · Oct 14, 2020

geffy said:
I think the only people that will upgrade from the mark 1 will be those with an insurance claim

Ironically, that's how I moved from a Rebel T3 to a Rebel T6i...though I did have to kick in another $150.

BeenThere · Oct 14, 2020

$299. at B&H. Zooms to 400mm optical, 800mm digital. 1080 30fps video. 12 Mpixel stills.

russellm · Oct 14, 2020

Congrats. Maybe that means Bestbuy and other retailers will get them a little earlier than Oct 21st

stevelee · Oct 13, 2020

One or more of the new iPhone models announced today have a shifting sensor on one camera.

There is also a kind of camera raw option that preserves output from different cameras. Ten-bit video will be on some phones.

canonmike · Oct 13, 2020

HarryFilm said:
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They've already given and sold multiple Canon 5D Mk2's and Canon 5D mk3's to office and warehouse staff. They bought 150 of them back in the day for use onboard UAVs and submersibles and on cars/boats during autonomous mobility systems testing. The Canon 1Dxmk2's and C700 GS's are the ones I REALLY HAVE MY EYE ON!

It takes about 3 to 5 years to write them down depreciation-wise on the accounting books until, essentially for taxation/valuation purposes, they become worth ZERO on the company's books. Once that happens, they put a purchase order schedule in to buy other cameras when they come out (i.e. Sony Venices, Canon C700 FF, Alexa LF's, 1Dx3 Mk3's, Canon R5's, Sony A7s3's etc) and the others get sold/given to staff depending upon if its consumer vs pro cameras.

The 5D mk2's are considered consumer grade so they are GIVEN to staff with one 50mm or 35mm prime lens. The 5D Mk3's and Sony A7s2's are sold for dimes on the dollar to staff (i.e. $150 or less with lenses extra) and the Canon C700 GS I will hopefully be getting for maybe a few thousand WITH the cinema lenses since they are NOT full frame (i.e. S-35) and we are only buying full frame or larger from now on. The Medium Format Global Shutter combine Stills/Video cameras were built in-house and use custom lenses but will be sent onwards to the BIG BOY MEDIA COMPANY once they FINALLY DECIDE to start selling them to the public!

I am eagerly awaiting the 1DxMk2's and the C700 GS's which are the ones I really want! I need to wait another 1.5 to 2 years though for their full write-down! But because of the Cinema Quality of the video-centric lenses, I won't be complaining too much !!! In the mean time, so long I pay the full replacement cost insurance fees and any deductibles and have a video production-specific 3rd party liability insurance plan, I am good to go for checking almost any lens and camera out of inventory for personal use!

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Well, Harry, all I can then say is that "You are one lucky duck".

Petrus · Oct 13, 2020

Nikon is not Canon. This site is Canonrumors...

Ozarker · Oct 13, 2020

tcphoto said:
I think that a C Stand or heavier stand would be more stable. I've used the stand portion of my Super Boom with set weights and 150cm Elinchrom Indirect with little issues outdoors. Back in my assisting days, we used the Octabank and C Stand combo with me as a set weight and loading Hasselblad backs on location...good times!

Yes! C-stand has made things much better.

ladigitaltech · Oct 13, 2020

Hi group, I shoot corporate photography and video, I currently use the 80d with EF lenses but I own a backup set of S lenses for shooting video, (hate the stepper sound in my audio). Wondering if anyone knows if the RF lenses include the S lens nano technology for silent video during auto-focus. On a side note does anyone know if the S lenses would require the EF-RF adapter. Sorry I haven't been keeping up on the tech. side.... Best David

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