bhf3737 said:

Thanks for suggestion. I cannot verify whether the brand new lens is defective or not, yet. But after sudden change of the focal length, say going fast from 24 to 105, it takes a moment for the lens (focus by wire mechanism?) to settle down and then another moment to acquire focus. This is not the case with the EF long zoom lenses (e.g. 100-400L II) on the same R body.

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Canon mentoren off-handedly in an interview that RF zoom lenses will emulate being parfocal. It could be that on the 24-240 it gets a bit confused by fast changes.

I debated preordering the 10D when it came out. In those days, dSLRs were in short supply when released.
Turns out I was able to secure one the day-before-release from my local shop. Lucky me

In 2019, I see ZERO need to preorder any camera gear.

Two thoughts:

ONE: I think social media has completely corrupted the concept of "user reviews". The bias you see in these reviews is simply breath-taking. I saw one review where the 90D was being panned because of the OVF. . . .one minute later, same video, rave talk about the M6 EVF. Seriously? The other videos I love are the Canon G7 III comparisons to the Sony RX100 VII. One camera is $750. The other is $1200. Yeah - - fair comparison.

TWO: I am intrigued about the Hype around mirrorless. But Canon has now gone to separate mounts for APS-C mirrorless, DSLR, and FF mirrorless. Mirrorless with adapters. . .is not my thing. The EF-M zooms are too slow to consider. The R lenses are simply too darn expensive. and physically too big. So - - - yeah - - - i buy neither.

If I could fit my EF lenses onto a M6 without an adapter. . .I probably would just spring for one. (it's notably cheaper than a Sony RX100 VII - - > How crazy is that?)

canonnews said:

5DX or 1DX? A 1DX certainly is coming, a 5DX would seem .. "odd"

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I’m just saying what I heard. That the update to the 5D m4 would be called the 5DX. Seems like Canon don’t like to go to a Mark 5. Similar to how the 1DX was an update to the 1D m4.

Question for bird photographers, which AF method are you using, one piint. 5 points, sector, area? and what focus option do you use, the one shot, sereo, AI servo? which is the best in your experience?

MELVILLE, NY, September 5, 2019 – Canon U.S.A. Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, today announced the launch of the CJ15ex4.3B, the latest addition to the Company’s UHDxs series of high-end, portable zoom lenses for 4K broadcast cameras with 2/3-inch sensors. Delivering the high optical performance of the UHDxs series, the CJ15ex4.3B possesses an industry-leading2 wide-focal length of 4.3mm and best-in-class1 maximum focal length1 of 65mm (130mm with built-in 2X extender), making it ideal for producing high-quality video for a variety of needs including sports broadcasting and electronic newsgathering.

Through the optimal placement of fluorite, UD3 and Super UD3 lenses in a multi-group optical configuration developed by Canon, the CJ15ex4.3B possesses excellent correction of situations such as color bleeding and chromatic aberration. In addition, Canon’s proprietary Air Sphere Coating (ASC) helps reduce flaring and ghosting and provides great visual expression...

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Michael Clark said:

I'd also test with a Canon lens. Third party lenses, particularly from the likes of Yongnuo, can cause wonky things sometimes on Canon cameras.

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Good point, I've had some strange things happen with 3rd party lenses, but not corrupted images.

OK thanks SGSM

Sharlin said:

This one?

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Yes, I'm reassured about my mental state, thank you!
PS: I now understand what happened : there was a link in a post yesterday, and stupid me thought that it was about a brand-new review, so I didn't find it in Lens Rentals' latest MTF tests...I'm so ashamed !

According to several agencies Peter Lindbergh has died yesterday, Sep. 3rd, aged 74.
Another of the great ones and the "inventor of the super models" has passed away.

I hope the " 7Diii " would have the red AF boxes

The 1DXiii better be good !~
Dual CFexpress !~

jeffa4444 said:

The RF 24-105mm f4L IS USM may look marginally better than the EF 24-105mm f4L IS USM II on test charts but the reality is this lens is superior in every way to its cousin. More flat field, less vignetting, sharper and better bokeh. Mechanically it is better made and now adds the custom ring.
I would never use the EF version for portraits but the RF version is a great portrait lens.

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That's an interesting comment! The RF 24-105 is the only one of the released RF lenses I might actually buy (if I bought an EOS R). The size, weight and cost puts me off most of the others, especially since I'm happy with lenses such as my existing Sigma Arts. And I'm not overly impressed by what I've seen of the RF 35. We'll see about the recently announced RF lenses once they are available. Anyway, if the RF 24-105 makes a decent portrait lens, that would certainly help convince me it's worth getting. Do you have any portraits with the RF 24-105 you can share, by any chance? I've seen a few on Flickr but not sure how much you can tell about the lens from them.

What is Instagram?

CanonFanBoy said:

Priced too high. Canon is protecting the 90D.

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it probably will be missing something to protect the c700 aka the camera no one cares about.

Thanks. Sitting here cooped up with a head-cold, fretting about the monster hurricane, I have too much time to keep digging into potential problems with R. Sure, I'd rather wait and get the jack-of-all-trades version that may be released next year, but a solid portrait and product body now will suffice--just so I can start using those lenses sooner rather than later. (Plus we've just decided to go with sealed and painted concrete instead of porcelain tile for our studio, so the big savings is a relief!)

If it weren't for the emergence of the R line, I'd happily get another 5D IV to replace my second-shooter 5D III. I really think the improvements in the IV over the III were amazing in all the little ways photographers work---way, way, way underrated at the time of the IV's release.

Amazon has the IV, directly, not from a 3rd party, for under $2400 right now.

mikekx102 said:

Hi guys, I've been waiting for an EF14mm F2L since it was rumored back in April 2018. Since then the R mount has been released. Do you think this means that any release of an awesome Astro lens would only be in an "R" mount? I have a 1DX II but just want a superb extra-wide angle Astro-photography lens.

Do you have any thoughts?

Mike.

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That was not a rumor, it was a mention of lenses that people had written to CR about, none of them were actually known to CR Guy, so it did not even rate as a rumor.

I don't expect to ever see one.

I do like the idea of a burst mode that is already recording images 0.5s before you fully depress the button (Olympus has had this for some time now as has Panasonic). You could focus on a kingfisher on a perch poised to dive, fully press as quickly as your reflexes allow when you see it move and you will have recorded the full action of its diving and maybe resurfacing with a fish, despite the lag of your reflexes.

When Canon puts this in a body that can handle telephoto lenses and do birds in flight as well, I will pre-order!

I see the go pro fusion 2 360 type camera should be released soon.

Wondering if the insta360 One X has a version "2" coming out soon and if I should wait to see what those offerings are?

Maybe better resolution/lenses?

C

Great photos! Thanks for pointing them out.

Del Paso said:

What is ground-breaking about a Sony?
Is it ergonomics, color rendition, water leaking?
Yes, some specs are impressive, but they have an advance of a few Milc generations on Nikon and Canon.
I'm certain the next Canon "mirrorlesses" will be very convincing cameras.

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Many of us out here in Canonland are hoping your last statement is so very true. Meanwhile, I have no problem with Sony, Fuji, Panasonic and whoever, pushing the boundaries of what they can produce, innovating where possible, giving us choices and hopefully, making us all better photographers.

Hello. Yesterday I went to a concert and did some video records. I've record sound on internal microphone. And everything was fine until one moment.At the half of one song sound went bad.
I've uploaded the part of the video here (bad sound from 23 second) : https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ji81z_jIMTGjJY_HMpvxpLn_barP0ohR
And I think the sound became worse than before, some kind of flat..
Camera settings is defaults.
Any ideas?

Thanks for this. I will now research what you're advising and see how prices are here in Canada. It's always better to spend a bit more if there is good justification. I looked at the Ryzen 9 3900X and it was big chunk of change more and most comments I've read say, while it's better it is a steep price to pay for modest gain. I'm not interested in gaming nor bragging rights.

Jack

Valvebounce said:

however we were looking at planes in flight, very predictable path.

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As long as they're not performing aerobatics maneuvers (and you don't know very well the program). Anyway, there's also another factor to take into account. With propeller planes you may not want too fast speeds as they can make the propeller look bad. With jet planes, that's not usually an issue.

as an update, it looks like CR3 is now avail.

posting here here because I keep getting frustrated as $#$%$# with ON1's colour management and maybe others trying it out have the same issues. It's a tool with a lot of potential, but this and its noise reduction have been keeping me from fully ditching LR

None of ON1's colour profiles seem to be close the canon 80d's landscape colour profiles (unlike LR6). Their interpretation of the Canon 80D landscape profile is horrible and the blues blow out badly and it gives weird artifacts when the background is busy (trees).

I finally did an export of some LR settings to build my own LR equivalent preset. With a bit of tweaking finally have a proper landscape preset that looks decent! lot of work, but now stoked.

Turns out ON1 tends to pre-process the 80D's RAW with excessive contrast, weird mid-tone levels etc. If you use the camera landscape setting the blues over saturate and when you try to lighten the pictures can introduce white halos. After importing and looking at their AI export tool's equivalent to LR I now have a much clearer understanding of how to adjust.. anyways, like any tool, it's about learning it's nuances, this was just a particularly irritating one for me.

Del Paso said:

It's even more funny that the Sony A9, often praised on Canon Forum like a new goddess, often faces harsh criticism on the Sony Forum.
Sony is doomed too!
Nikonists seem to be more civilized...

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Nikonists don't want to rock the life raft.