jrecasens said:

Hi, since Canon "upgraded" the Powershot Zoom after 1 year, I was wondering if there will be another upgrade any time soon? I also notice most shops are out of stock for the Powershot Zoom in the Netherlands. Maybe Canon has stopped production and waiting for the new version to be revealed?

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It is still for sale at Canon Japan and Canon USA.
It is in its own "Minocular" category.
I am not sure if that means there will be more to come in that category.

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a (rather nice) update: After a vacation where I took thousands of shots there were no locks with 1.7.0 and I think it focused easier on close subjects.

The ultimate test would be a bird standing on a vertical stick a few meters away but I didn't have the opportunity to test this yet.

I was wondering if the C70 had anything similar to most mirrorless cameras in regards to a custom mode. I love being able to switch between 24fps, 60fps and 120fps by going from C1 to C2 to C3. Does the C70 have anything like this or do I have to go in and manually change the settings every time?

unfocused said:

I see Photo Rumors has posted the latest mirrorless interchangeable lens BCN rankings for 2022. Sony #1 with 16.4%, followed by Canon with 15.9%, Sigma and Tamron #3 and #4 with just two-tenths of a percent separating them. Nikon at 13%.

Thoughts: [...]

• It would be interesting to know what fraction represents M lenses vs. R lenses.[...]

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I would like to know the complete breakdown: EF, EF-S, RF, RF-S and EF-M. I wouldn't be surprised to see that EF/EF-S sales (in units) are still bigger than RF/RF-S. Not sure where I'd but EF-M sales, the 2-lens kits were very popular in the past, so it could be 40% EF-M, 30% EF(-S), 20% RF(-S), in units. RF lenses are of course a lot more expensive, so that guestimated 20% in units sold would be a lot more when looking at the amount of Yen they brought in.

I'm also curious to see the breakdown per month, did Canon sales dip after all the lensfluencers went "OMG NO RF AT ALL!!!"? The amount of comments saying they ritually burned all their Canon gear and switched to Fuji/Sony/whatever over the lack of RF lenses in my internet bubble is huuuuuuuge. But those comments look very much like the DR and overheating comments in the past, so I find it hard to not see them as paid Sony shills. I guess I found the reason why cynical photonerds are bad at predicting global market directions

TonyG said:

Canada has the RF $250 more than the GM. Funny how things change once you cross the border.

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Unles you want Sony, you'd better not cross the European border.

Yes, when is it coming?

dlee13 said:

135L is pretty much DOA here in Australia since it’s $3899 AUD and the 135GM is only $2300 AUD. Not to mention you got the option of the Samyang 135mm f/1.8 AF for around $1400 AUD.

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The cost isn't what you pay, but what you pay minus what you eventually sell for. I usually buy my Canon gear mint used and sell it near-mint used. The actual cost of the Samyang and the Canon might be very close.

Dutch Eddie said:

I have had the same problem with the 150 mm and my R10. Irix told me that they could not solve the problem because of the Canon ban of third party lenses.

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That’s Swiss for “We don’t support user upgradable firmware on our lenses and don’t want to have them sent in for us to
do it, let’s hope no one calls us on this bullshit excuse”

It shouldn’t be needed with lenses/bodies released in the last 10 years. As with anything: try it yourself to see if it works for your use case.

Bob Howland said:

And a small 15f/2 lens. The Sigma 16 f/1.4 is a bit too large and it isn't a Canon lens.

Update: I wonder about the marketing politics surrounding Canon's transition to mirrorless. When the M-system was first proposed, I would have expected a lively discussion within Canon about the best way to make the transition, resulting in a coherent long range marketing plan. That doesn't seem to have happened.

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Oh, I think it happened.

Then Fuji said, "You're going to completely phase out APS-C from serious cameras? Here, hold my beer!"

I agree with the majority, the site is not as useful with the new format. I don't come here nearly as often as I use to. I visit this site early in the morning, before work. I use to be able to see all the things that interested me on the front page, now I have to go hunting for them.

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EverydayPhotographer said:

One of the most unusual recent releases was that 5.2mm L dual fisheye VR lens that only works on the R5. This makes me wonder if there is some Connect the Dots type of plan down the road somewhere.

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It also works with the R5 C and V-Raptor.
I assume that Canon has some more 8K cinema cameras in the works and I have no doubt that it will also work with the R1.

Royal Camera Service of Hanover Park, IL has informed me they cannot service this lens and cannot get parts

JTM-77 said:

Problem is you are using EF moutn lenses even with the EF-EOS-R adaptor and 3rd party lenses like the sigma (which is a really good brand of lens) just does not want to be compatible. Best to get RF mount lenses like I have the 24-105 F4 the RF 70-200 F2.8 the RF 85mm F1.2 and the F2.0 and the RF 100-500lense for my R7

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This is a bad take. I've used several Sigma lenses and Canon EF lenses with the Canon EF-RF adapter on the EOS R, RP, and R6 and had no problems with compatibility. In fact, some of these adapted lenses seem to focus better on the R cameras than they did on the EF-mount cameras.

SteveC said:

And just to be clear...I presume you mean YOUR body not the camera's!

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100% correct
Thank you for putting that straight

AcaPixus said:

The electronic protocol is obviously patentable, but may be best protected as a trade secret, as the patent application is also a publication and would have to describe the protocol in details to get granted.

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Given that multiple companies reverse engineered the RF autofocus protocols, it would seem that protecting them as a trade secret was not the best option for Canon.

Have they done so, a cease-and-desist letter (or whatever similar strategy they used) would not have been an option for them.

taleswilliam said:

I bought my Canon R6 thinking that all my lenses would work correctly on it using the adapter, but this is not the case for the Sigma Art 35mm. After already fixing known issues (disabling lens correction) a big vignette that I show below is left. I wonder if this is normal, because if it is, I won't be able to use this lens on this camera.

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I was looking a sigma Zoom for a Canon R 5 -it was a Canon EF Mount. Some EF lenses are for Compact Sensors only- You need to check it before hand. Only full Fram Sigma lenses work.

I've always shot with Canon body's, but have owned lots of 3rd party glass, which I really liked. Plenty of Canon glass too. Agree with everything that was said above. I prefer Sigma over Tamron, more for design and function over IQ which I fully acknowledge the G2's have. After moving to MILC, I thought I would transition slowly to RF. For still photography I think adapted EF glass works well, but I determined quickly that my Sigma lenses worked well, but not as good as native RF glass did. I also found out that AF on Tamron's 24~70 G2 didn't work at all in Cinema mode on the R5 C. Today I have fully embraced and am completely satisfied with my accelerated switch to RF.

Adapted glass can work, but in the end, RF glass with R body's is the way to go. I have the 150~600 C, but the 100~500 even at f7.1 is so hard to beat. Add a 1.4x TC (even if you can only use 300mm and above) is still worth it over the weight alone of the Sigma. On my wish list is a RF 100~500 mkII or introduction of the recently patented 200~500 with built in TC. We will see, but I would not hesitate going Canon RF over adapted Sigma. I think you will be more satisfied in the long term with this decision if your budget allows.

Hoping this means Canon will repeat what they did with the EF 200-400 and 400 DO II and have two lenses that get you to 500 f4, just with one being a compact, lightweight prime and the other being a big hefty (but extremely flexible) zoom. The integrated TC is really going to be the kicker here, if they don’t follow suit with what Nikon’s doing with their supertele’s that’s a huge mistake IMO. Not having to fumble around with caps, remove the body from the lens, or rebalance a gimbal would be incredible.

I received another lens from another shop and it was better than the first one.
I also received the adjusted lens back from the shop (no exchange, adjustment done by Canon Austria), and now this lens is noticably sharper than the other lens in the center wide open and about the same in the corner and edges.
At MFD and 105 it is still not as sharp as it s at 60cm or further away. But I won't use it at MFD anyway and I guess it won't get better with another copy.
So I'll keep the adjusted lens.

Czardoom said:

I don't think we will see any RF mark II version before 2030. And absolutely no reason to. My guess is that Lens sales are slower than projected, thus instant rebates. It worked for me, just bought an RF 14-35mm. Wouldn't have done so so without the $400 US rebate.

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I can proudly admit that I have made very good use of Canon's actions. See my signature... ;-)

ronseese said:

Canon recently has presented savings on many lenses. Is Canon adjusting to market pressures, or is this a precursor to MkII releases?

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I can proudly admit that I have made very good use of Canon's actions. See my signature... ;-)

GPA said:

intending to head over to La Push this spring/summer and hopefully capture the MW.

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Summer is better due to the MW timing and position. but if a good spot can be found that faces south east a bit, then late spring can work. I've now shot it at Second Beach, Ruby twice, Rialto, Flattery and Shi Shi . This was 9-2-21 at Second Beach. It's processed from a total of 15 in camera raw files, in HDR vivid.. and stitched . (5 shot landscape mode panorama, Rokinon 24 f/1.4) The camera did an acceptable job of aligning each of the HDR's..especially considering that the average exposure was 10 seconds.

You should join me, as I plan to spend at least two days at Shi Shi... I was only there for a few hours.. and needed to hike a good distance south to Point of the Arches. plan is to capture tidal pool images at low tide, sunsets and the MW

SteveC said:

I see three of them in the upper right...actually one of those three is an obvious closely-spaced pair of them. (And looking again, there are more in the upper left quadrant.) You posted these on a different thread and there I commented that sunspots were barely visible on a photo I had taken through "eclipse glasses." They're much more visible here. I might try the eclipse glasses again, on a newer camera, to see if I get better results.

These shots of course, required no filter at all, so megabonus points!

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The sun was so dull at that particular hour. I can't recall ever seeing it present itself in that way (in the early afternoon sky).

I don't know meteorological terminology (and I've looked around some on the 'net to no avail), but there must be words to describe such a sun, one that for the most part was hiding behind at least a couple of layers of thick clouds (one layer at high altitude and one much, much lower), and when the low altitude layer moved around a bit, the sun, looking much like our moon (silvery) revealed itself for a few seconds.

It was so 'dim' that I had to remind myself that I was looking at our sun (eyesight and camera sensors etc)...and to avert my gaze some (even while photographing)...part of the reason, I suppose, that I was unaware of the sunspots while shooting.

We live in a part of the USA that had a couple of minutes of 'totality' in the solar eclipse from a few years ago. I was able to get some images that my family treasures--but there was a lot of preparation for that 'event'. The images here, to me, are just as neat.

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