Jethro said:

I'm thinking you meant 'does anyone here speak Portuguese'?

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Yeah. Thank you for correcting.

Viggo said:

My wife says: “I don’t care, so you don’t get to care what I buy.” And that’s juuuust fine by me

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Sounds too familiar!!!

tmroper said:

It's a touch choice between that, and the Monochrom Stealth!

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Easy! Buy both!

I have an issue with the ISO settings with my EOS R.

When using a flash in auto ISO, I am used to the camera setting the ISO to 400, and adjust the exposure with ETTL in the flash. The EOS R doesn’t. When I used it this morning, the camera chose ISO 1600 even though the flash was on. No big deal? I set the ISO to 100 using the control ring. Problem solved? No! The EOS R jumped back to Auto ISO after taking one shot (or after approximately 15 seconds).

This really bugs me. I wonder if I have to use one of the custom settings for flash use, and disable auto ISO, and set the selectable ISO range from 100-400.

Has anyone experienced this, and found another solution?

The sharp focus every time is worth a lot. AFMA is nice, but it only gets sharp focus at one diastance, focus is usually off near MFD, but not with mirrorless. If you use typically troublesome third party lenses, they focus a lot better.

You get a 5D MK IV senor and Canon's great colors. It sits a bit higher than the 6D MK II at about the same initial price.

AF in low light is better due to DPAF

AF at f/11, you can use a t/5.6 telephoto with 2X TC and have autofocus

I have not used silent shooting enough to find the limitations, but Canon says don't use high shutter speeds stopped down

Reliability will be high, mechanical components used in the complex mirror, and AF are unreliable, the camera uses typical high reliability electronic components, its a lot simpler.

Early adopters will be the ones to find bug in firmware.

The main disadvantage I find is the small size does not fit my hand, and the camera does occasionally have some lag on the lcd touch functions, but nothing that bothered me.

I have already adopted MILC for my compact camera needs (Canon M). I think it fits well in that niche as a “bridge” between my iPhone camera and my FF 5D body.

I don’t shoot just one particular subject matter - I dabble in just about everything so I need a good all-rounder type of camera. I think the 5D series fits this need fairly well, all things considered. High-level FF image quality. Fast enough for the occasional sport shoot, good enough in low-light for dim events, quick and responsive to use and always ready to shoot. Dependable, with enough ruggedness to tolerate a few bumps or raindrops.

Is the current R there yet? I don’t think so...maybe a couple more generations are necessary first. Can it fill some of the niches I described above? I think it can, but then the question becomes a matter of is it worth it. Ultimately it may end up being the RF lens pool rather than the R bodies themselves being the driving factor on how quickly I adopt the R system, but at this point it could not be my main camera.

A few of your facts seem to run counter to my own experience. Perhaps you could provide some references to help me understand? My confusion is noted below.

bhf3737 said:

Some facts ??? about IBIS: (proven empirically in several experiments and reported on forums and U-Tube)
(1) For long focal length lenses over about 300mm FF, IBIS is useless less effective and lens IS is more effective. Hence some manufacturers (Olympus, Panasonic) use both.
(2) For low light shooting IBIS is useless and lens IS is more effective. Not in my experience. Of course if low light = long exposures then neither system can compensate for subject movement.
(3) For camera on tripod IBIS is useless and even may cause trouble. In cameras such as GH5, IBIS shuts itself down when natural movement goes below certain threshold level and when panning it wakes up with a sudden movement causing jagged or sway effects. Actually, tripod use was originally a significant problem for in-lens systems, hence the ability to manually switch it off was included on the lens. Some newer systems detect the situation and automatically compensate; however many systems - in-lens or IBIS - still recommend turning stabilization off when using a tripod.
(4) For wide lenses, hand shake (exposure time of about 1/focal length) is more tolerable therefore, IBIS is not really needed. To a point... IBIS users routinely report taking sharp hand-held shots in the 1 - 5 second range. Great examples have been shown at significantly longer shutter times but technique must be impeccable. It's actually become a bit of a competition between IBIS body users to see who can take sharp shots with the longest shutter times. Many PJ shooters with IBIS have reported they no longer carry a tripod on assignment

Conclusion: IBIS is only can be highly efficient when "handheld shooting" with "lenses less than ~ 300mm of short focal length (FF eq.) distance" and in "good light".
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I'm glad it worked out for you.
Nothing more frustrating than a new camera not working straight out of the box.
Especially as a wedding photographer you need to be sure its going to work.
Glad the new one is working.
It's a great camera (of course Canon could have it made it better - but that would make this forum very boring).
You'll love it.

ElTigreBlanco said:

I've used the 300/2.8 with the 2x and it worked great. I didn't notice any slow focus issues when shooting indoors either.

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Thanks, did you use tracking AF? Moving subject by any chance?

I tried to configure the back button focus, but it doesn’t have the options as you do with a 5D3, 5D4 or 1DX-cameras.

I wanted AI servo face detect focus on the back button, and single point AF on the shutter button, but couldn’t do it.

If I never read the term aforementioned vibrating member again, it will be too soon.
#metoo

I took a couple of handheld shots comparing the EOS R+ 50L at f2, with the M5+ 32mm f1.4 at f1.4. Sharpness wise (in the center) they are very close, but the 32mm might be the sharper one. It is hard to tell.

The 50L (at f2) has much smoother bokeh, and better depth rendering. For overall image quality, the 32 mm f1.4 can not replace my 50L (which focuses like a dream on my EOS R).

That said, I’m still very impressed with the 32 f1.4, and I can hole heartedly recommend it to EOS M users. It is a no brainer if you have the money for it.

I sent a email inquiring about CR3 files last night, I won't buy iy unless it is going to be updated for CR3's. As far as I know, it just shows the embeded jpeg image in the raw file, so extracting it for CR3 should not be difficult.

Nice!

Michael Clark said:

The 6D Mark II was the same way. A bunch of forum dwellers who had never actually seen one, much less shot with one, trashed it based on DxO Mark's scores. On the other hand, those who use it love it.

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Exactly, and I think that’s why people use Canon products, all the trash talk is just that, it doesn’t describe the products in any way shape or form. They are incredible tools. I’ll just let the spec-trolls spend their time arguing while I’m out TRULY enjoying my new camera. I wasn’t expecting to be this happy with a cheaper camera, but I compare it directly to the 1dx2, button for button, function for function, and I don’t miss the 1d at all... and I used them exclusively for a decade, that says something about the R, I think...

Other than Adobe Bridge or Canon products, the others have not yet caught up. I'm currently doing a trial of fast picture viewer, it does 5D MK IV and SL-2, but not yet CR3. Before I buy, I'll ask them if/when it will be supported. I suspect that the Canon SDK is needed.

I had an EOS-R in my hands for the first time today - October 24th in Denmark. It looks and feels like a solid camera. I did not have the time to really play with it - especially the touch bar I think you need to get used to.
But the size reminds me of my Canon AE1-P with FD mount. But the grip i much better.

Being the happy owner of a 6D, my original plan was to move for a 6DmkIII or a 5DmkIV (or V) sometime in the future. And before that my next lens should be and EF 24-70 f/2.8 mkII.
Now I don't really know.
I quess I will still go for a EF 24-70 f/2.8 mkII, but maybe a not-to-much used second hand.
And the next body: 3 to 5 years from now will probably be and R-series. Not because I especially want a mirrorless, but my guess is, that the EOS DSLR line will fade out over the next 5 to 10 years.
Time will show - but the R-series looks as i should - like a Canon !

Hi,
can anyone tell me if Godox 350c will cause lens shading on 600D + 18-135 with hood?
the popup flash cause it even without hood.

Thanks for the info. Some health issues and costs have sidelined my plans...or at least delayed them. I'll definitely rend the TS-E 24mm II though and see how it is. I definitely understand the value of a tilt/shift lens, especially for landscapes....so it might be the right lens.

In the heart of Beautiful Downtown Burbank

photennek said:

I tested with godox XPro transmitter and a Godox TT685c flash, and did not notice similar banding to yours (though there is banding). Both images below are raised +4 exposure in lightroom. Shots taken with 1/4 sec at f / 8.0 ISO 100. Is this setup comparable enough for you Viggo? Don't know if the red background is somehow hiding it...?

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I got similar result in a similar experiment. Pushed a 200 ISO image with high contrast to 3.5 stop and +100% shadows in Lightroom. Both show green banding in shadow area, that should be normal, but no significant difference between with and without flash (Canon 470EX).

CanonFanBoy said:

People returning product only to buy another because of this? Thanks. Stuff like that has a cost and we all pay for it. It's also dishonest. It's only $200. That's a 10% savings.
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$200 for three years of service works out to about $67 a year.

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proto-typical Canon Fan Boy posting ... always concerned about Canon profits, rather than about their most loyal customers getting good and fair treatment.

And if it is "only a shabby 200 bucks" then oligopolist-profiteer, 13% EBIT margin Canon Corp can much easier swallow it than customers's who have already coughed up full MSRP for the camera. If I was affected, I would definitely return it and grab another one with the 200 CarePack included. If Canon is throwing 200 bucks after anybody buying NOW but denies the same treatment to pre-order customers .. .for a new camera system that really needs sales to take off.

The only entity being equally PETTY and STUPID here is Canon.

That is without a doubt the worst promotional video for a camera I have ever seen in my life. I mean I am watching it and thinking, umm what? If they didn't show the camera alone at the very end for two seconds you wouldn't even know it was a video promoting a camera.

I have a mild interest in the camera itself, but that video is an epic fail.

pj1974 said:

Hi Viggo...

Thank you for sharing your experiences with the EOS R... I have been reading closely.

I am curious how the green banding when using flash looks. Can you please upload a few examples for us to see? The EOS R is not the camera for me, but another EOS R / RF mount camera in the future may be.

Therefore I am keen to see if there are any systemic issues that the new FF mirrorless have with flashes. (I own the Canon 600 EX RT and 3 x 430 EX III RT flashes, as well as a radio transmitter).

Thanks in advance.

PJ

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Hi PJ!

Thanks for chiming in, I will try to upload a shot later today, it’s very easy to replicate