...BUT... I will still note that a 50 megapixel Medium Format Sensor combined stills/video monster IS COMING .... rather soon!

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Put a bridle on thy tongue; set a guard before thy lips, lest the words of thine own mouth destroy thy peace... on much speaking cometh repentance, but in silence is safety.

William Drummond

We wrote up the original article on monday here;

https://www.canonnews.com/new-bcn-report-eos-rp-struggling-in-japan

then all hell broke loose.

So much so after reading (and responding some) to the dpreview madness, I had to write this up.

https://www.canonnews.com/the-bcn-eos-rp-and-a7-iii-report-a-follow-up

which of course won't be read nearly as much, but hey, it needed to be said.

Thanks for sharing, David. Beautiful shots.

I haven't even been able to make it work in the first place… I really feel dumb!

neuroanatomist said:

You should really offer to sit on Canon’s board. With you to advise them, I’m sure they’d be doing much better than #1 in several markets.

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Problem is, without a flux capacitor his genius will never grace Canon's 1980s boardroom. So we shall never know. Alas, Canon is still doomed at #1 on Earth. Nikon still owns the moon. Just think of what could have been, but for a flux capacitor. Sony... meh.

Edit: Okay, Hasselblad owns the moon.

dolina said:

Thanks Don.

Naked-faced Spiderhunter (Arachnothera clarae) by Paolo Dolina, on Flickr

The naked-faced spiderhunter (Arachnothera clarae) is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naked-faced_spiderhunter

Location: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Mesa_Ecopark

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dolina said:

Thanks Don.

Naked-faced Spiderhunter (Arachnothera clarae) by Paolo Dolina, on Flickr

The naked-faced spiderhunter (Arachnothera clarae) is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naked-faced_spiderhunter

Location: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Mesa_Ecopark

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Superb pictures, I'm drooling with envy!

Thank you CFB.

I'm glad to have the opportunity so near to my hometown to fly with the Zeppelin. It is always something special to see them passing by in the sky.

Frank

Dphotos said:

This reminds me of the executives at Kodak? They fail to understand what digital cameras would do.

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I wonder who was the one who invented this BS about Kodak.

I’m using HeartFeed on my iPad Pro and iPhone XS Max with no Canon Rumors RSS issues.

transpo1 said:

Why would it turn heated? How long have you been on this forum? Some people really care about sales data here and use that as a shield against any criticism of their favorite camera company. As for me, I enjoy the discussion, heated or not

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LOL! Usually market share data are brought up when somebody says, "Canon is doomed." The same folks who say Sony is eating everyone's lunch. Market share figures aren't brought out as shields from the truth, but rather as Sony Fanboi Prophylactics.

Very nice!

I continue test my lens. I've read https://www.canonrumors.com/tech-articles/how-to-test-a-lens/ article about testing. I've never tested lenses before in this way. I haven't any good printed charts for it, but i've used infinity object to test. I have attached the results. As i can see on pictures left bottom edge more softly then others.




I've create more than 20 different test: infinity object, siemens stars on the wall, led test, brick walls.
I think i have problem in left side of lens.
Other interesting thing. I test the lens on 5DM4. Also I test lens on 650D, from same distance. And on crop camera image more sharp than on full frame. Note: on full frame F4.5, on crop 2.8:



What do you think about my results?

A pretty good thread until individuals of a certain ilk persist in the usual. Time to un-watch and not gives these individuals any audience.

Jack

Since I last posted I sold this lens because the corners are soft. I got the 16-35f4L instead which is sharp edge to edge. It's not that much more money and IMO is definitely worth it.

I'd like to know how that building looked like w/o those smearings.

MrFotoFool said:

Cool building, but I hate when people do graffiti.

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+1
There is some graffiti that I like and understand as art but the ones above could be only called smearings.

MrFotoFool said:

Wow those are great. Small birds are difficult to photograph, but these shots are stunning.

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So true.
I did my first serious attempts this spring and recognized that I still have a lot to learn.

Jack of all trades.......

Mbell75 said:

Keep dreaming. Maybe 2021 if you're lucky. Sony should have at least one well before the end of the year....

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they saying the a7siii isnt coming soon. but panasonic been had it for awhile now

Mbell75 said:

Is eye tracking anywhere close to Sony level yet? Does it work without having to be right on top of your subject?

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I tried with a 135mm yesterday and to my initial surprise I learned that eye af isn’t subject distance dependent, but how large the face is in the VF, so with the 135 I had eye AF at several meters away

unfocused said:

1. To those who say it's not a professional tool, I disagree. It's different, but it's closer to professional than I expected.
2. I'm going to hate sending it back and already trying to justify buying one. I'll be watching the prices and fully expect to yield within the next six months.

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I'm fighting the trend to think the same regarding wanting a second one. I try to not duplicate bodies.... so I think by the time the "next R" comes along, the 5D3 will have served its last... but who knows... might just want to keep a mirror body around too.

Thanks for posting back an update FTb-n. I assume that the adjustments have made a noticeable difference? Are the two now similar colours?

Stoical.

Kit Lens Jockey said:

get the sense that Professional Print and Layout is just an old version of Print Studio Pro.

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Actually it is a new software available only for the imagePROGRAF printers, and should offer more advanced functionalities. It's a version 1.0, it could still need some polishing.

But what are you exactly trying to achieve? Still trying to print the thin strip? It's difficult anyway to understand what is going wrong without knowing all the parameters involved.

Trying to guess, if you want to print a thing strip over and over without much space, i.e.

testing the printer
testing the printer
testing the printer
testing the printer

You will need to create a custom print size about the size of the text (with some space for the borders), select it in Photoshop, align your image as you need inside the print (in Photoshop), and then lay it out on the roll paper as needed (in the printer driver). There's also an option to minimize the space between prints, or the printer will add some to ease cutting.

If you select, say, Letter in Photoshop, center the thin strip inside it, and then print, the printer will lay out a full Letter print on the roll, and the next print will of course be printed after the "Letter" borders, even if it's just blank space. It won't act as a "line printer" where the next line is just below the previous.

Maybe it's easier to learn printing images than text.

I wouldn't use it in the rain without a cover. Didn't LensRentals do a teardown to show that the R has similar build to the 6D2? Weren't most of the joints overlapped but not all of them had rubber gaskets.