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Rocky · Oct 9, 2020

I dig into the “pro camera” a little bit. That is what I have found: Nikon SP ( copied and improved Contax, out of production after WW II) is the first “pro camera” claim by the manufacturer. When Nikon F( first SLR from Nikon) came out, it inheritated the “pro” title. Both cameras are well built and have more features then their peer. After that every major Japanese SLR maker introduces a “pro” model to grab the market share.

analoggrotto · Oct 8, 2020

Click said:
Very nice series. Well done, analoggrotto.

Thank you!!

vjlex said:
Looks like you were trying to get to Midtown or Buckhead in a hurry. Great shots! I hope everyone was driving safely.

Thanks! Yes, for the most part. I would prefer it be safer next time. Also hoping to slow the camera down even more next time as I'll have an R5 and 15-35 both with stablization.

dcm · Oct 7, 2020

Maybe Canon will come out with an RF lens cap something like the EF 40mm f/2.8 STM. But there are probably a lot of other things higher on the priority list.

Bert63 · Oct 7, 2020

AlanF said:
I echo your comments about DxO PL. I can belt through processing with it. So far, I find DPP the best of what I have access to. It and Adobe will have to do until DxO releases the update, which appears to be slated for this month. By the way, the horizontal wheel on the back right alters iso on my R5 without pressing any button.

Yup - mine too. When I'm in Fv mode I have to use the back mode dial to move between ISO, Tv, and Av, ad the front dial to adjust the values..

I live to leave the Fv selection on the shutter speed and use my left pinky to adjust ISO if necessary to get the exposure I want - it's fast than moving the mode dial back and forth.

I should just shoot full manual and use each dial for it's purpose but for some reason I've gotten hung up on using Fv.

SteveC · Oct 7, 2020

Del Paso said:
Sorry for the "durst".
I was just translating a letter from a Swiss friend at that time, and, as the French saying goes, "mixing up my pedals"...

Linguists call it code switching. You're speaking in one language and without realize it start talking in the other in the middle of a sentence.

Ah-Keong · Oct 7, 2020

Think Tamron and Sigma are maybe considering to try to find out the differences between the Z mount and RF mount and make a base common design and add in the differences (Control Ring of the RF lens ?) and the reverse engineer the AF too.

YuengLinger · Oct 6, 2020

Chaitanya said:
Absolute zero hopes from this firm that it will start supporting high core count AMD CPUs or add better support for AMD GPUs. Also that dreaded subscription model will be getting even worse.

I'm glad you finally got that subscription issue off your chest. How'd you keep quiet about it for so long?

zim · Oct 6, 2020

kcfp said:
Could this be the camera???

View attachment 193145

(Sorry couldn't resist, still waiting for my R5 to ship)

Close but i think the evf hump will be a bit bigger

AlexSob · Oct 6, 2020

I got the R6 and ive no af-issues with my:
35/1.4 Art
105/1.4 Art
70-200/2.8 Sports

With every lens attached the R6 shows me the green H+ in the vf/ screen.
But max speed feels slower then every test with native RF-glass on youtube :/

jeffa4444 · Oct 6, 2020

Andy Westwood said:
I’d be also be extremely interested in this lens; I absolutely love my RF 24-70 2.8, but it pulls my arms off it’s so heavy. Some of my studio shoots can be 10hrs plus and fantastic the 2.8 version is I don’t always need to shoot that wide open.

I did look at the new 24-105 super lightweight and ok as a holiday snapper but I don’t think I would use it for much else other than for light weight travel kit.

Please Canon make the f4 come in at sub 500g if you can and spare our arms

Ive used my RF24-105mm f4L IS USM for quite a few studio shoots now and was really surprised the first time I used it how good it was. Rent one and try yourself.

Kjsheldo · Oct 6, 2020

I am verrrrrry interested in this:
User interchangeable RF mount for Cinema EOS cameras

Any more information on this? Is that saying you could put an RF-Mount on something like the C300 III or C500 II - it definitely seems like you could, and that would be HUGE, because then you could use the speedbooster on those cameras and, especially for the C300 III, get a full-frame look or use the new, amazing RF glass.

duckshots · Oct 6, 2020

koenkooi said:
You need to assign it a function in the button settings menu, it has no function assigned by default.

Found it and fixed it. Thanks.

zim · Oct 5, 2020

miroare said:
the 5d IV or even better the 1d III sounds lile sweet music. the r5 is more on the farty side

Call that a fart? This is a fart.....

Canon Rumors · Oct 5, 2020

Lensrentals.com is having a 15% off all orders if delivered by October 23, 2020. Simply use the coupon code FALL2020 at checkout.
This would be a good time to rent from their full line of Canon RF lenses.
Check out Lensrentals.com

AdamBotond · Oct 5, 2020

Joules said:
I believe Canon are only putting a number up there that they can be fairly certain of. They nlknow their algorithms and hardware, so they can calculate the number based on the internal memory and average file size expected for a given recording type. The cards they'd have to benchmark each time they are inserted. They certainly could do that, but I think with how conservative they are, they don't want to get blamed if card manufacturers pull some tricks like having a separate buffer on the card.

Makes sense, that's what I was thinking. This number is more like an "worst case scenario" indicator.
Thank you guys!

AlanF · Oct 4, 2020

Mt Spokane Photography said:
I believe that the lens always has power. People complained about the IS of the EOS R being always powered even if the camera was off. I expect the R5 is similar.

After the last posting about this, I listened to the IS of my 100-400mm II on the R5 and it stopped whirring a few seconds after I stopped half pressing the AF button. The IS is turned off when the power is off.

Iwasaki · Oct 4, 2020

Congrats to Creative Soul - such genuine and humble people.

Ozarker · Oct 4, 2020

Great shots! Now I miss that lens even more.

BeenThere · Oct 3, 2020

stevelee said:
I don't have a dream lens list. The lenses I have cover about every circumstance that I am likely to face, other than those best taken with tilt-shift lenses. If I know those occasions are coming up, I can always rent one of those lenses. Earlier in the pandemic times I rented the 24mm for ten days and a month later the 17mm for a couple weeks. They were fun to experiment with, and now I have a better sense of how and when to use them. I concluded that I wouldn't use one often enough to splurge on owning one. I guess if I had a lot more money, I would buy the 24mm to sit on the shelf until some use came to mind.

As it is, I have excellent L zooms on the wide and telephoto ends, a kit 24–105mm for the middle, and several prime lenses for special use, including the 100mm non-L macro. I don't shoot things that some of you guys do, so I don't have need to cover those situations. While I enjoy the aesthetics of owning nice glass, photography is still more my hobby than is buying photography equipment. I do have occasional bouts of GAS. Last week I was pricing star tracker drives. The reality is that I have an 8" telescope that I haven't taken out of its trunk since I've lived here. It was fun back when I lived out in the country and had dark skies. The old clock drive on it is probably not too accurate any more, and the tilt angle is sort of a coarse adjustment. But I still got some decent shots of Jupiter and the moon in film days. If I lived in a less light-polluted place, I'd be tempted to get new gear for that. I haven't even tried to see whether my old Canon telescope adaptor will work on current cameras. The mounts seem similar enough that it might.

When Halley's comet was coming around these parts, I lived in the middle of nowhere between dairy farms. I would take my binoculars out each night and see it, but also look at other things. The Pleiades were spectacular through them, like hundreds of little jewels. I looked at Jupiter one night and saw three little dots near it. I was skeptical, but I looked at a chart in an astronomy magazine, and yes, three of the Galilean moons lined up as I saw them, and the fourth was obscured by the planet. Jupiter is very bright right now and conveniently in the south at decent hours. I took out the binoculars and looked at it. I don't think I am very shaky for an old guy, but I could not hold them still enough to get a good view.

So maybe my next equipment decision is what if anything to do about astronomy, viewing or photographing. Maybe I already decided not to bother.

Maybe move back to a dark sky location?

SteveC · Oct 1, 2020

DJL329 said:
B&H just emailed me that my R5, which I ordered the day I posted this, has shipped! That's just over 2 weeks; I wasn't realistically expecting it until at least November.

Yep, they're definitely getting out there. I suspect I won't be one of two people in my county with the camera for much longer!

JPAZ · Oct 1, 2020

FWIW, got 2 of them way back in a KS campaign (maybe 2 years ago?). They are unused as of yet.

I fall into the "almost always have a hood on" camp, if only for added protection of the lens. And, I usually have the OEM hood in place. Guess I'll need to try these one of these days.

koenkooi · Oct 1, 2020

Memdroid said:
It is the same but I a feeling that the R5 is underexposing it a little compare to the R when shooting in AV or TV mode. I always almost compensate with +1/3 or +2/3 of a stop. The R was almost always spot I recon (for my style at least).

Are you using Adobe products to do the raw conversion?

canonmike · Sep 30, 2020

Canon Rumors Guy said:
Paypal is it. Unless you're in Canada, you could send an EMT.

Not sure I understand the PayPal complaint. I have used them for yrs and have encountered no problems, that they couldn't fix. Anyone refusing to use PayPal, obviously doesn't buy or sell on Ebay, something that surprises me, as I frequently search for and buy used Canon gear using their auction app. Very difficult, almost impossible to purchase anything there without using PayPal. Simple, fast, trouble free transaction(s). Perhaps, the CR member posting dissatisfaction with Pay Pal can enlighten us as to why he doesn't like them. In the meantime, I use them, at least 2-3 times a week and more, including my recent Pay Pal pymt to Canon Rumors for the Lifetime Pro membership. Thks Craig, for making the Pro membership available and so easy to pay for.