DiXi said:

So with all the new information and experiences, what would be the best pick right now?
I am actually moving to 50% photo and 50% video right now.

I totally understand how Canon (unfortunately) tries to triple the camera's by making the R5 focussed on photo and R5c on Video.

I'm afraid the overheating and record time of the R5 are going to limit my video capabilities.
I'm also afraid the lack of IBIS and weather sealant are going to ruin my photo's.

So for me as a hybrid shooter, what would be the best pick?

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I had this same dilemma. I decided to go with the R5 paired with the Atomos Ninja V+. B&H has the Ninja standard and + models on sale right now —> Link . I purchased Ninja V+ Camera Ready Bundle. Here are some links on how the Atomos supports the R5 video capability. Link 1 Link 2 Link 3 if you weren’t already aware. I decided against the R5c due to the lack of IBIS as I shoot more stills than video. Probably 70/30 stills. Also, the thickness of the R5c was a turn off for me when shooting stills.

Good luck! Both camera bodies look amazing!

Agreed. Im glad I was wrong in that at least some of those wanting a Canon APS-C R body are getting their next camera.

Canon definitely created huge buzz for wildlife with animal eye detect and 600 f11. Now everyone is trying a different approach and consumers definitely win.

The lens looks the game; also quite extreme long range at 900mm equivalent. 2.4m mfd and 225mm short end are big counters.. if it’s also soft on the long end then it’s losing quite a bit appeal.

Nice comparison between rf 100-500: equal to 160 to 800 equivalent with r7 32mp traditional sensor… vs 225 - 900 on a 26mp meh-stacked sensor (worst read out of any stacked sensor according to dp review) package price is absolutely identical.
But 100-500 is also a benchmark full frame lens when you don’t need tiny subjects e.g. people and landscape details.

The firmware upgrade process takes a very long time for my R5. It seems like its stalled, I just have to wait. Just do the firmware upgrade again, it will be fine. Don't panic if it takes a couple of minutes before you see anything start to happen.

Does anybody has information when Canon ST-E3-RT (ver. 2) will be available in EU?

I think you are missing a fundamental aspect of strobes. They will all hold enough power for a single full power output, which is the same as two half power flashes, four quarter power flashes etc. So it is no coincidence you are getting 8 flashes at 1/8th power!

It has nothing to do with recharge times as no strobe will reenergize its capacitors in a fraction of a second.

If you want more flashes in a burst turn the flash power down to 1/16, then you will get sixteen flashes in a second, well something close to it but you will get some fall off. If your strobe isn’t outputting enough light at 1/16 you need to open your aperture, raise your iso, or get a more powerful (higher output) flash.

If your current strobes are 600ws then no 600ws flash, however much you spend, is going to give you 12 flashes at 1/8th power in one second, you need a 1,000ws strobe set to 1/16. If your current strobe is 200ws then any 600ws flash will give you the same power you have now but for 12 consecutive flashes in one second.

Not sure whether this answers your question, but I’ll share what we do: set 60fps in the menu and shoot that way as default method; set custom button 7 to “Slow/Fast” and custom button 8 to “Slow/Fast FPS”. So when we do slow motion we hit 7 to enter S&F then immediately hit 8 and scroll to 120. If you wanted to do 30fps you’d do the same thing and in the last step scroll to 30. It’s a lot faster doing it than describing it in writing. Hope this helps.

justaCanonuser said:

I am with you - Bryan Carnathan has already calculated that the diffraction limited aperture (DLA) is f = 5.2 only. That's the price you pay for small pixels. So, if you choose e.g. f/8 to get a nice sharp tele shot, if the light is good, you already left the range of maximum resolution. Well, at least, if you downsize the image to the level of a 20 MP sensor, you'll have no losses but the image quality should beat the old 20 MP 7D. Maybe I'd reside more frequently to MRAW images than with my 7D2, when I upgrade.

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For people like me who use mainly telephotos with apertures narrower than f/7.1, the the resolution of the R10 is good enough. But, if you are using f/2.8 or f/4, lenses or wider then diffraction isn’t much of a problem.

A real 22mm R pancake would almost certainly not have both focus ring and control rings. This looks like a picture of the 18-45mm RF-S with the zoom ring truncated in photoshop.

Michael Clark said:

I don't see where anyone has "liked" the comment to which I replied?

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The only comment on this page from Kit that I reacted to was a 'Laugh", not a "Like".

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Well you're giving me a good laugh, so by all means carry on

rudy answers all ar about 31 mins

Grant Atkinson said:

Well done Alan, you captured incredible interaction here, looks to me like a Red Kite and a Peregrine Falcon!
Very envious!
Cheers
Grant

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Thanks Grant - you are right, it is a Red Kite.

Dragon said:

No limit on the buffer size other than the amount of RAM they want to stuff in the box.

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And possibly the cf-express controller speed and algorithms, since the cf-express cards themselves are very fast.

Skyscraperfan said:

It says "outstanding image quality". I wonder if Canon ever right something less than outstanding, if the image quality is not that great.

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We'll never know. Canon is just outstanding by itself.

There is info about the new Canon R7 here, including a reasonably helpful description about the R7's AF / autofocus.


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The EOS R7 gains the same autofocus system as the R10. This dispenses with the separate Face/Tracking focus mode and instead lets you engage tracking as an option when using any of the AF area or zone modes. This means you get the choice of how to initiate tracking, using an AF target that's a good fit for the subject you're trying to shoot.

The AF areas now include three customizable AF zones whose size and shape can be adjusted.

In addition, the EOS R7 has the subject recognition modes inherited from the EOS R3, letting you choose to prioritize people, animals or vehicles. Given the slower read-out of the R7's FSI-CMOS sensor, we don't necessarily expect the same AF performance as Canon's sporting mirrorless model, but the R7 should be just as good at identifying subjects of the type you select."

neuroanatomist said:

A matter of opinion, indeed. Let’s not forget that the 7D series was so successful it was refreshed even less frequently than the 1-series. That’s fact. Let’s not forget that the 7D series was so successful that Canon didn’t bother releasing a MkIII model and instead brought out a 90D with many of the 7-series features. Also fact.

Hundreds of thousands of bird & wildlife photographers that would snap up this camera? Not fact, merely your opinion.

You’re right about Canon knowing the market, but that really doesn’t bode well for the CR forum members who want a ‘cropped pro camera’, of which over the past 13 years Canon has launched only two.

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Looks like that’s about to change!

keithcooper said:

operated with lens rings

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Like these:

keithcooper said:

Tilt without any [normal] shift would be a mighty specialised lens.

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I expect a fast tilt only prime for event and sport photography a135mm 2.8 e.g.

A zoom would probably to large, to heavy, to expensive and to fragile to get in the market.

Another question: which body could handle a electronic tilt lens?

Ordered. Just the best thing ever to hit the mini drone market. 40 mb, f1.7, vertical shooting, tracking and forward obstical avoidance that actually works. Can't wait to start flying.

This guy pretty much nails it.
Lazy software engineering and he even gives the option of being able to shoot in photo mode like I suggested..
If Canon fixes these problems with a firmware update I will buy.

Thanks guys!

I have not seen any info regarding the R1. Realistically I hope for an announcement of some sorts Q4 2022. With that said, my R3 is a very capable camera and I would be content using it for the next year or two.

Hawk's Feather said:

I have the R6 and had never had any problem. Then I updated when I received the notice from Canon that it was available. Last Thursday was the first I used the R6 since installing the new software and had four times that the screen went black and basically locked. Turning it off and back on did noting so I would turn it off, remove the lens about a quarter of an inch, replace the lens, turn the camera back on and it would work. I did miss some images at the track meet as I stood there (looking dumber than normal) trying to get the camera to turn back on. The first time was the worse - both in the time it took to figure out what to do and that I was standing at the finish line with many people watching.

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I had my R6 freeze for the first time 2 days ago. In my case the image in the viewfinder just sat there and the shutter didn't work. After a few seconds the camera turned itself off and immediately back on and it was okay for a short time and then started happening again. I have Firmware 1.5.2 and have been told that 1.5.1 was supposed to have fixed this

Thats why I use centre point AF 99% of the time for team sports. You control the AF point, not the camera. If you were to enable subject tracking in the main menu, the camera selects the target and whilst it might hit the right subject a lot of the time, it will often pick up the wrong target at the very time when you need it least and that can be costly.

I can´t seem to find the option to assign the focus mode select button on the top right on the back of my R5 to video/photo switching? Am I doing something wrong here.

mf-n button has this option but iv'e assigned that one to another function.

Any tips on how to achieve this?

SwissFrank said:

If they're trying to keep this under-the-radar as you keep repeating, you've probably sunk their first-mover advantage by blabbing about it in a widely-read public forum. I also can't believe they let such a loudmouth near their R&D without signing a non-disclosure form. So now it's a couple years later. Where are the fantastic products?

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You must have missed it... "We will announce specific ordering website URLs and availability dates second quarter 2021 (i.e. around May 2021!)" - LOL