AstrHori to launch RF 25mm f/2.8 2x-5x Macro Lens for $249
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The only question I have really is which performs optically better, this or the Laowa 2.5x - 5x Macro.
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YesYou mean you did a single long exposure attempt with your R5?
I would imagine that a larger viewfinder will make things more accurate for tracking the eye (more room to place sensors). Would be nice if we had the option to get eyecups big enough to fit around glasses so little to no stray light enters when looking through the EVF.It works terribly.. I bought the r3 specifically for this feature and as someone who wears glasses its not great.. It doesn't detect movement very much
That would cause either a blackout or duplicate frame in the EVF, not something you want if you are trying to track something.Not, if the AF system just briefly closes the aperture to gain more depth-of-field, and then open again before the image is taken. So that would only part of the measurement process, not of the exposure itself.
The focus stacking feature only works with electronic shutterEven when your camera is set to electronic shutter? That seems weird, but maybe IQ considerations?
seriously, I think I got that status since the 5D mk III, which I kept till this day, the only desire for me to get a R5II or R6II is the 5D is showing it's age and shutter count, I am getting aware that it can fail anytime so need a backup camera on hand for the day to come.So many cameras were "all the camera I will ever need".
Before a new toy was announced...![]()
is that a rumour of a rumour?hah. the R6 and R6 Mark II are just completely crazy to me but THAT conversation will come out by the end of the month![]()
Yep – the new Mayans.If there ever will be future archeologists digging out our bones, they will find strangely deformed human skulls in the layers of the 21st century.
You might see some L primes announced in mid-February so only another few weeks.Makes sense they would launch the R1 first with the Olympics in the Northern Hemisphere this summer. Also off the back of last year telephoto lenses.
The R5 MKII however is the volume prosumer camera and if it comes in summer or autumn (fall) it will sell out like the original did.
Once the R1 arrives there is no gap in the camera lineup so hopefully Canon will address the gaps in the lens line up particularly L primes.
Yes, the R8! For indoor family shots it is much better than the R5, the HF anti flicker works well with the LEDs in the house and the AF does a much better job at detecting my kids eyes.I hope you have another camera that you can use while you're waiting.



So here we go again…Canon building what the user needs would be completely new. They have always built what they thought was good and this does not have to be the same as what the customer wanted. There are numerous examples of this.
Means that on zoom lenses, while you manually zoom, the lens itself moves the focus motor to compensate the change in magnification and keeping the subject in focus without any re-focus action (manual of via AF) from the operator. Cine zooms are usually done to be optically parfocal, while for photo lenses is less important; so some new photo lenses can be made electronically parfocal without messing with optical scheme design as you would do for a cine lens.What does that even mean? Electronically par focal.
If it were a high quality lens, I think so. I can imagine a third party company getting it almost down to 1000 g, but most people would stop it down to 6.3 to get a good image.That sucker would likely outweigh the 200-800.
It will. You can even use it with a lens with no electronics. The only difference is the camera wont display distance (but you'll probably have it on older lenses anyway) and the red arrows that become green when in focus also won't display. More useful than peaking, to me is the magnification feature.I thought focus peaking would work on ANY manual focus lens you hooked to a RF body....?
all black but the center most five pixels with purple to green lateral chromaticaberrations aberationsIf you look at the front page picture, the front lens seems indeed to be that small, compared to the outer dimensions of the barrel. So, it must be in scale...
I wonder about the vignetting characteristics.