I can’t think of a legitimate reason anyone should buy these over the Rode Wireless PRO microphone system. For $55 more, the PROs come with $200 worth of quality, locking Lavalier mics, include the $75 charging case and also include timecode sync ability. Realistically, these should cost $175-200. At $300, GET THE PRO SYSTEM! $55 gets you $275 worth of accessories you’ll actually use on every job. Locking lavs!! A true connection and charging/storage case - it’s a no brainer.

These are a rip off by comparison…

R5ii and R5C are two completely different cameras. I do not believe they will stop development of the R5C line with so much potential in a small form factor.

Since we already have the 17-55mm for EF, I'd love to see an actual upgrade with a little more zoom range.
Sigma had a very versatile 17-70mm Contemporary 2.8-4 back in the EF days, I would love if Canon could come up with a similar design, maybe a 15-65mm 2.8-4.

My other wish would be finally getting the 22mm f/2 pancake for RF-S. Perfect 35mm equivalent and ultra small. But I still have the theory that Canon ditched that lens because it was too good and too cheap.

I think a G7X Mark IV is a safe bet. Canon would be really stupid to ignore the latest trend that lets the old G7X Mark II fly off the shelves. In Germany it even beats the Fujifilm X100VI sales right now. Generation Tiktok is going crazy for these premium compacts.

koenkooi said:

If you have a Thunderbolt/USB4 equipped reader, you can only update the firmware if you are in USB3 mode. So those crappy USB-C cables you should've thrown away finally have a use!

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Thanks, that would have really confused me if I’d tried it!

jam05 said:

Yes, the world has plenty of gullible people that will purchase anything.

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Josh-H said:

Its quite easy to set this up: First first go to ''Customize Buttons for Shooting' in the green menu, the scroll and select the 'AF-ON' button and select that. Then select option 6 in your screen shot above and press 'Info Detail set'. Then set half press to Metering and AF start. Should be greyed out already and Full press to 'Switch ES Cont. Shooting modes' and press 'Info Detail Set' and then select High Speed Continuous. This will give you half press for your current frame rate and full press to 40 FPS. If you need screen shots let me know. I did a video here: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/e1p6...yph44FoM?rlkey=ogsq1qzsx4u45dubrliwekjbp&dl=0

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Thank you for clarifying. I do not use back button focus, but for those that do this is very useful information that was not clear.

Not sure how useful the 28mm is vs the existing 28mm pancake which is similar size. I was surprised at how decent that lens is for the size, price and weight. It's the main lens I carry when up in the hills this time of year, my winter camping kit for UK mountains adds up in weight fast between 4 season tent and extra layers, crampons, few days of food and fuel etc so I'd leave my photo stuff at home due to weight until I picked that lens up recently.

AlanF said:

Have you tried back button focus so that a quick full press of the shutter button avoids pre-shooting but a half press does actuate it.

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Thank you for that, I’ll test it out! Unfortunately I ran out of back buttons for other things. And it’d be still annoying since the pre-shoot takes some buffer and also consumes much more power but better than nothing

I just looked at the specs for Tamron's 17-70mm f/2.8 APS-C lens on the Sony platform.

At over one and three-quarters the weight and length (and nearly half again the price) of my Sigma RF-S 18-50mm f.2.8, I'm glad I got the Sigma.

The Tamron has optical image stabilization built in. That probably accounts for much of its greater weight and price.

I'm very impressed by the R7's IBIS, which makes my EF 200mm f/2.8L USM + EF 1.4 III teleconverter (which is not a stabilized lens on its own) easily hand-holdable on the R7 (pretty good for an effective focal length of 448mm), so I'll stick with the Sigma with the R7's IBIS. The attached photos were taken handheld with the EF 200+teleconverter this summer. Of course the light was good enough for a shutter speed of 1/1,600 at ISO 400, but the images are certainly sharp enough.

The Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 DC DN normal zoom is also a very sharp lens, as can be seen from the attached pix- including the 1/40 second 3200 ISO 50mm indoor candid. I try to avoid that kind of ISO, since my ancient laptop took nearly an hour to write out a JPEG of that shot at DxO PhotoLab 8's highest noise reduction setting (which nevertheless did a very nice job).

I just did a round of lens and flash updates. All went well.

I am thinking of starting with 500 f/4 II. R1 and/or R5 w/ and w/o 1.4xtc.

Then 500 no tc, f/4, shutter 1/2500 or 1/3200 and set the ISO to get proper exposure. I have the four bodies to test: M6 II, 5D IV, R5 and R1.

Hopefully I’ll get some cooperative birds. That is often a big assumption.

EOS 4 Life said:

I take it you are using the R1 in anti-flicker mode, correct?
Also, do you have footage on your YouTube channel?

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Sure, the R1 automatically detects the refresh rate of lights and adjust accordingly… this is less effective in mixed lighting… but even this doesn’t fix the moire when shooting with LED walls… those artifacts are caused by the sensor's pixel grid interfering with the pixel grid of the LED wall. This seems largely a non-issue in raw and FHD. However, it’s a genuine problem when filming in 4K.

Berowne said:

What would Jared Polin say? An exciting new telephoto lens for the L-Mount Alliance - alliance - alliance ...

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Here you go, i said it: L-Mount alliance-alliance-alliance

I have this lens as well and use it for track season, and I will use it for motorsports at some point. I agree with Neuro that it is a good lens. I have not used it on my R1 yet, but I will do so in the spring. I have also used it with a 2xTC to shoot pictures of the moon with some fantastic results on my R5.

To the OP, become friends with the coaches and get sideline access, even better, just go to the game while carrying your camera and go down to the field, I have never been stopped or questioned when carrying my camera to the field; just make sure you are not interfering with the event and no one typically cares. I do have credentials that helps as well but I only wear them from time to time. Reach out to your state's version of milesplit and offer to shoot for free for a credential. Wearing that to any event typically results in no one asking questions, plus it typically gets your free and preferred parking and free event entry with a little social engineering. "Hi, I'm media where can I park" I have yet to have to pay for parking since getting that, and they just point me to the preferred parking area, and off I go.

BoReynolds said:

So.......WHERE ARE THEY? They were announced in the first quarter and said they would be here in the 4th quarter. Ya can't get anymore 4th quarter than mid December and still NOTHING.

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Ummmm…might want to check yourself before you look more…, well, whatever someone ranting for no reason looks like.

There are four Sigma RF(-S aka DC) lenses in stock at B&H right now, and two more ‘coming soon’.

Available today:
18-50/2.8
10-18/2.8
30/1.4
56/1.4

Coming soon:
16/1.4
23/1.4

koenkooi said:

While I keep hoping for a 200-ish mm 1:1 macro lens, having a bunch of the DC DN APS-C lenses available in RF mount would be great. I have the EF-M 56mm f/1.4 and it's small, light-weight, has silent AF and very good IQ. Any of the lenses from the https://www.sigmaphoto.com/lenses/dc-dn page would be a good fit on RF-S bodies.

Does anyone want the SIGMA 50mm F1.4 DG DN | Art for RF as well?

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I WANT EM ALL! The 16mm f1.4 for my M50 MK 2 is still my favorite but, I NEED it for my R50! I need them all! Come on Sigma, it's the end of the year!

neuroanatomist said:

They seem to sell them mainly for industrial uses. They've been selling a 250 MP APS-H sensor for several years.

CMOS Sensors for Industrial Vision | Canon USA

CMOS sensors from Canon feature pixel-level innovations for high performance imaging. Push the boundaries of what’s possible with Canon CMOS sensors.

canon-cmos-sensors.com

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Thanks. A number of vendors who sell astro cameras also sell variants of those cameras as industrial cameras, and my sense is that the industrial market is much larger than the astro market, but I don't know for sure.

I'm definitely not in the market for a 250MP sensor . And it's only been the last few years that APS-C and FF sensor astro cameras have become relatively affordable. I have one APS-C camera and one that has a 13 x 8.8 mm sensor. For narrowband imaging, the cost of my filters was more than the cost of my APS-C camera, which is why I didn't go full frame.

neuroanatomist said:

I was told that by someone I trust who sells on Amazon. So definitely anecdotal. As I said, batteries I buy from B&H, things like memory cards and filters, too.

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I buy my things from B&H or Adorama as well.
That probably aligns with my understanding as well then, that co-mingling was ended for a number of product categories. If the person who told you trades in one or more of those, it would have been ended for them even though it's not entirely ended.

It's nice seeing some signs of research around bigger focal range in lenses that would be suitable for standard APSC zooms like the 17-65.

But I have to say I would hope for better aperture, biased by the look at the Tamron 17-70 2.8

We'll see what comes at the production step

In this patent application (2024-172507), Canon is showing off some prime designs for both full-frame sensors and some other embodiments for super-35. I'm not sure about the usefulness of the super-35 designs, but curiously, Canon is still creating embodiments for the format. All these lenses also have image stabilization, but they look rather simplistic, so

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David Hull said:

There is a bit of electronics in each battery, so they do burn a bit of power just sitting around.

Canon recalls the Speedlite EL-5 due to faulty batteries

Canon recalls the Speedlite EL-5 due to faulty batteries

www.diyphotography.net

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Hi David,

In my case, the power issues that I was experiencing were 100% attributed to something faulty within my EL-5 flash units, and not in my LP-EL batteries.

For those seeking to test their flashes, or communicate their experiences with Canon, below is the evaluation methodology that I applied to better understand the issue, because at the time, I did not know if the problem was due to:

a) my battery?
b) my flash?
c) or a combination of both my battery and my flash?

From this evaluation, I learned the fault that I was experiencing was most certainly being caused by something within the flash, and not within the battery.


Evaluation findings of my EL-5 Speedlite with its LP-EL battery

Table 1: Tombstone data

The data in Table 2 sought to see if the issue was with my flash.

• It clearly shows that one of my flashes (#1) was faulty, while the comparator (#2) was not (or, not at the time of data collection).
• It also shows that my faulty flash basically and completely drained my batteries within 32-hours — with zero flash use, and the flashes only being turned on to record battery information.

Table 2: EL-5 Test


The data in Table 3 sought to see if the issue was with my battery
This data shows at least two things:

• a) All of my LP-EL batteries kept their charge when not stored in the flash, and
• b) they all shared a near similar discharge rate when not inside my flashes.

Table 3: LP-EL Test

* Battery placed in both flashes for gathering unique information, then removed.


Note 1:
My second flash (which I used as a control group) eventually became faulty a few months later, yet at the time of my first evaluation, it was working OK. So, whatever the issue was, in some cases it immediately impacts the flash unit, while in other cases it derives over time, or as some have claimed, not at all.

Note 2:
I regret not having shared this data sooner with the forum, as some life events impacted the ambition. Yet, I did share it with Canon, and with content perhaps it helped move the needle in establishing the recall notice. A big thanks to the people who also run and positively contribute to this forum — having a place to share and learn from others with similar gear can make a difference.

alFR said:

I guess the answer to that probably depends on the answers to "what's wrong with the first one?" and "are those problems bad enough that an improved lens would get a lot of gen 1 owners to upgrade?". My guesses would be that the answers to those are "not that much" and "not really" respectively, so it might be a while until we see a new one.

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And, between the EF versions 24-105 that took 11 years.

roby17269 said:

True, but ultra luxury brands are not a good meter to judge a market since they perform in different ways compared to other companies in the same sector.

Years ago I was working for Ferrari (making a web site for them) during an automotive industry downturn. They told me that cyclical crisis times did not affect them much since they had orders for years in the future and their clientele was generally less exposed to economic turbulence. Having said so, it did not change the fact that the vast majority of the car industry was feeling the pinch in those years.

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The Veblen Good effect of increasing demand for increasing price has certainly worked spectacularly well for LVMH and Hermes over the last 20+ years
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veblen_good
but I am uncertain of Hasselblad/Phase One being a status symbol. Their dominance has certainly been impacted by Fuji medium format so their ability to increase pricing seeking to increase demand is questionable.

I could see Leica fitting better into a status symbol category. The pricing of collectable vintage items plus releasing new finishes for existing body/lenses at a higher price screams status or investment rather than function/performance.

P-visie said:

That strange, I updated my R5 Mk II from a CFE card once I removed the SD card so there was only one card in the camera. As I stated in an earlier post: Canon will probably provide a bugfix for this ‘feature’ in a next firmware update.

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And I left the lens on, despite Canon's recommendation, because I was too lazy to read the instructions.
But it worked nevertheless.

arddas108 said:

I still want a EF 24-150mm, f/2.8. FF

I do not have to carry two camera and two heavy lenses. It is not practical every time to carry in a functions like hectic wedding.
Always looking for all in one. For years and years we using same range and type of lens.
Sony and Nikon has it 35-150mm f2.8 by Tamron
Why EF?, it can be used for DSLR and for RF camera also with adaptor mount for RF camera.
My lot of business friends switched over from Canon to Sony makes. They literally dumped Canon products in frustration and anger. Canon does freed herself from burdon of making lens nor they allow third party to make variety of full frame lenses. Always some kind of restriction feeling.

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Meanwhile, sooo many angry and deeply frustrated silly Canon customers are still waiting weeks and months to get their R5 II, R1, 70-200., 10-20, 200-800 instead of jumping gaily on the Sony Titanic...
Dump them Canons, folks! (But tell me where, please!)