The Tamron SP AF 200-500mm F/5-6.3 Di LD (IF) weighted only 1.2 kg so a Canon (or Tamron) 200-600 f/5 weighting about 2 kg would really be nice. Even a 200-600 f/5.6 or a 200-500 f/5(.6) could do.

Canon meant to say 'High Dynamic Range' is important?! LOL! Why change the tune now after so many years?

Deal already ended.
Price is back to somewhat below 800. Ebay is about 730.

Probably should ignore this now as the very next thing to happen is the mirrorless version of a 1d series

ryebread said:

thank you for this
I tested existing usb c cables that I had with an ipad pro, with the apple usb c charger, not working. I tried the apple charger with the canon supplied cable, not working.
now I know why, prob not safe!

I just got the R and I'm setting it up. Battery comes in dead, and so I'm stuck lol.
canon to nikon to sony, now I have sony and the canon 50 1.2 and eos R.

what is the best charger to use with the included cable?


cheers

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The camera comes with a charger, but if the battery arrived dead, then there may be a problem. The ship them partially charged and the charge will hold for a long time.

See if the battery takes a charge with the included charger. The Apple USB C charger should work, PD chargers are standard.

ERHP said:

With the 600 mounted on a tripod/gimbal I have both more and less control than doing things handheld. I spend the time to clean the camera, the TC and lenses, especially near the mating surfaces. Dust accumulates the fastest in one area but once it starts there, it is everywhere within a month. People have jokingly called it a NASCAR tire change when I swap, which has probably reduced the issue, but not eliminated it. Camera is off to reduce any dust attracting charge, camera angled down, etc. Most of my shots are in Southern California, a coastal desert/windy mountains/actual desert so dust is going to be in air. The part that is overlooked is I'm still usually tracking a subject and sudden movements aren't helping there which is why I'd prefer a selectable unit attached.

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The change is more difficult for you because of your heavier lens and being somewhat unwieldy on a tripod than it is for me for my hand held gear. Such a unit could be useful to you, but it would add more noticeable weight for me - 450g or 1lb guessing from the weights of the current 1.4 and 2xTCs - which you wouldn't notice as much on a tripod.

So basically we have a whole pile of unknowns with sunlight, we have a comparable pile of unknowns with flash light, my numbers may be off by some factor 2 or 3 or whatever, and we still arrive at the same conclusion:

1. a flash can be used to balance out sunlight in HSS mode, and could be used much better in non-HSS mode.
2. there are flashes which output a significant part of their light within 1/2000s and it would be nice to have a camera+flash which can do this properly

Pape said:

I wonder if those modern bigger lenses are actually medium format lenses with permanent speed booster group on them
Like 75mm f1,8 medium format lens shrinked with 1.4x speed booster to get 50mm f1,2 full frame with better sharpness and light power.
Is there end on that road ,lenses just get bigger and bigger?

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I am pretty sure I read that people were able to mount Otus lenses on the new Fuji baby medium format and they performed well. It's just like the Canon 17mm TS lens is so exceptional in the corners if you don't shift it because its imaging circle is much, much bigger. There's nothing illegitimate about the approach I think, to a certain extent every lens will be slightly bigger than it needs to be but yes it does seem that it is a part of the arsenal used by, in particular, Sigma and Zeiss.

It's clearer still in the world of rangefinders. Zeiss adopted a different approach fro their ZM lenses usually using more elements to correct aberrations etc and larger elements for the corners and vignetting. They sacrificed size and weight. Leica has by and large continued with simpler designs with extremely expensively made elements to try to keep the size somewhat under control. Thus you arrive at the situation with the 35mm Summilux-M ASPH compared to the Zeiss 35mm 1.4 ZM - the latter is in many technical respects superior but it is a lot larger.

Really there's no right and wrong but, just speaking for myself, the way some of the Sigma Art lenses and Zeiss Otus lenses have gone would make me not want to use them even if you gave me them for free, photography is a hobby to be to enjoy. I was given a lot of hope when Canon brought out the Mark II 24-70/2.8 L - it does suggest at least they are going to try to keep size and weight under control. Alas it seems to be a rarity, a lens smaller than its predecessor I mean.

JohnGerlach said:

Here are a few more I did recently from a floating blind with the 600mm and 1.4x

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Very nice!

Del Paso said:

Some of the very best sports pictures I've ever seen!. Absolutely awesome!
But: where are the Wonderful Sonys ?

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Sony, Leica and few other niche camera makers are only used for on grid(before start of race) photography. Most racing photos are still taken using DSLRs.

The Nikon rebates are being extended into July (2019).

At first sight you might think using a 0.71 speedbooster + lens on an EOS M allows twice the shutter speed as the same lens on say a 5DIV. However, the FF allows you to work at ~twice the iso with the same overall DR as the crop as the FF has approx twice the DR at a given iso. So, there is no speed advantage vs an FF with a good sensor.

I checked and there is no black spot on my C-LOG 5D Mark IV which I had upgraded in the US. Maybe they do that on factory built LOG bodies so they can tell them apart? Not sure what other purpose it could have.

Hello everyone. Two days ago i've received my camera from CPS after autofocus calibration. But strange things:
First - it is clear that some screws were unscrewed.
Second - on the contact for battery grip:


Any ideas what is it? And why?
Is autofocus calibration process required disassembly device?

if one of these would have like 10X zoom or more and not as heavy as the G3X, it would be better than either the R or RP

Phison has developed a new controller for SD 7.0/7.1 aka SD Express SD and Micro SD Cards.

https://www.anandtech.com/show/1455...ntroller-for-sd-express-microsd-express-cards

BillB said:

Looks like Canon got something right.

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No! Never! It‘s not a Sony!

Honesty, it always cold be better, also the RF24-105. But what would be the tradeoffs? Size? Price?

Anyone hear about it being delayed?

I think you'll find that ECO mode will deactivate the EVF, after 1 minute, and that the refresh of the EVF after 1 minute will take about 2 to 3 seconds.

I'm not passing judgment on this feature, but will note that if you need the EVF to remain on, when shooting a group event, or other gathering, or sports, or wildlife, or motorcycles meandering down Main Street in Daytona.... you'll probably want to turn "off" ECO mod, and leave it "on" for situations that don't require instant readiness.

I've found that controls that deal with the EVF, the touchscreen... any item of unique nature to a mirrorless camera, are not "set-and-forget" items. They are situationally based, and situationally appropriate. YMMV, and all the rest of the dire caveats apply, as do the Queensberry Rules.

andreig said:

Is there any clear, known technical reason why this would only work with RF lenses?

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Dragon said:

As I said above, the math doesn't work for binning, so we may finally see scaling from Canon for video in a still camera.

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I wish I were as bullish. We know the sensor resolution will be 6960X4640, and 6960 is almost exactly 5/3 of DCI 4k. Maybe it's completely coincidental, but that indicates some sort of line skipping or binning scheme to me is at least on the table. Except of course that you'd be skipping 2 of every 5 lines and because of the bayer array that would be two consecutive lines, which would for sure mess with tonality and cause aliasing. Unless there's some way of binning instead...

I don't think Canon has technology to suddenly leapfrog everyone else. Their cinema cameras are enormous, big fans and big batteries, etc.

I'd be satisfied with binning, though. Just yesterday I decided not to buy a new BMPCC 4k and I'm sure the 90D won't even approach that camera for image quality, but a weather sealed (even moderately weather sealed) hybrid would make more sense for me.

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CanonFanBoy said:

Not usually loud to the birds when using a 600mm lens. When I had Canon's 400mm, the birds never seemed to mind the shutter. If I was close enough for the shutter to bother them, then they were probably more afraid of me. Canon needs a cloaking app.

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On an near lake with an large bay, where most birders are taking their shots, the shutter sounds are loudly hearable on the ohter side of the bay (500m away). And on the days, where there are just visual-birders with spectives, more than 4-5 times the number of birds are here. The birding hood is visually camouflaged, so the birds do not see us. The local birdiers club told a lot of photographers to use the silent shutter - that works and keeps a lot more birds from flying away. But some photographers still do not care about being more silent. And on these days, just a few birds stay in the bay.

Eco mode is half the solution: turns lcd off in less than 10 seconds.

In any case I'm shutting down the camera when hanging: I have found out that hanging on my neck causes a huge drain as EVF stays always on.