I'd like to ask a question, to a very specific group of photographers, I hope this does not offend anyone.

To answer this question, you must be a professional Sports Photographer who has shot sports with a D6 or 1DX or 1DXII or III AND to supplement your income at times you shoot within other genres. But at least 75% of your income should come from sports

QUESTION:

If the Canon R1 allowed you to shoot in a range of 6MP to 80MP based on your creative needs would you consider the latitude in resolution, positive?
YES or NO

If the Canon R1 allowed you to shoot in a range of 6MP to 80MP would you use it for Sports and other Genres?
YES or NO

If the Canon R1 allowed you to shoot in a range of 6MP to 80MP would two CFExpress card slots complement your workflow?
YES or NO

If the Canon R1 allowed you to shoot in a range of 6MP to 80MP at 16fps RAW and 20fps JPEG would the enhanced resolution still benefit your business/studio/you
YES or NO

If the Canon R1 allowed you to shoot in a range of 6MP to 80MP would you be able to market your sports photography to a wider audience for larger format work like in-store displays, bus wraps, car wraps, billboards, outdoor banners, digital out of home displays, venue walls?
YES or NO

Do you currently earn above $500.00 per photograph used at sporting events to include Olympic, Professional, Extreme and College Level Sports?
YES or NO

Based on your total Sports Revenue what group would you consider yourself in as an individual or the sports agency you work for?
A. Less Than $50,000 USD B. Between $50,000 and $200,000 USD C. Between $200,000 and $500,000 C. Between $500,000 and $1,000,000
D. Between $1M and 2M USD E. $2M to $5M F. Above $5M to include gross revenue from all your photographers on staff.

Sometimes my R5 EVF (and a little more on the R6) displays with too much contrast in certain situations. It doesn't faithfully represent what the camera captures or what my eye sees. It hasn't been a huge problem, but it does clip shadows and highlights. For example, when composing near golden hour, landscapes with correctly exposed skies and sunlit foliage can have nearly black shadows. And in brighter daylight, shrubs and trees with birds can also have too much contrast.

I was very happy to stumble on a new post over on DPR by Mike Engles. https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/4602152#forum-post-65518793

He worked out a method of using Canon's Picture Style Editor to open up shadows and subdue highlights on a computer, and then upload the new Picture Style to the camera body. I never really connected the Picture Style to how the EVF represents what we view, as I always just went with "Fine Detail" and left it at that. But using the Editor really works to lift shadows and make for more of a WYSIWYG experience, while also making it possible to have the EVF behave much more like an OVF.

Searching the Web, I don't really see much mention of using the Picture Style Editor to tweak the EVF--except a couple of Youtube videos discussing its use for video.

I just wanted to share this here for anybody else who sometimes would like to adjust the EVF beyond what in-camera offers.

The recently rumoured and upcoming Canon RF 5.2mm f/2.8L lens is actually a dual-lens for virtual reality. So it’s definitely a niche product.
The full lens moniker is Canon RF 5.2mm f/2.8L Dual Fisheye.
This is definitely a surprising and interesting development for RF lenses, but it shows Canon is more than willing to branch out in lens development.

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Nokishita has Tweeted a surprising mention for the next RF mount lens from Canon. They claim that a Canon RF 5.2mm f/2.8L is on the way,
If this lens is legit and not a typo, it’s likely one heck of a fisheye lens.
This is the first that I’ve heard of such a lens, and color me intrigued.
More to come…

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It looks like Canon is working on another macro lens for the RF mount, with the Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM having been released, there is likely a niche need for a longer focal length macro lens. Canon didn’t sell a ton of EF 180mm f/3.5L USM lenses, but the people that did need it loved it.
Canon RF 180mm f/3.5L USM Macro

Focal length 174.43mm
F-number 3.50
Half angle of view: 7.07°
Image height 21.64mm
Length of lens: 189.49mm
BF 13.73mm

Canon RF 200mm f/4L USM Macro

Focal length 194.00mm
F-number 4.00
Half angle of view: 6.36°
Image height 21.64mm
Length of lens: 202.49mm
BF 39.36mm

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Hi! I am currently looking at buying an canon rp showbox , but my qu speed test estion is, how does the adapter for the camera work? can i still use my ef and ef-s lenses without any cropping? and is there any drawback to using the adapter?

The flash tube on one of my older 480ll flashes blew, the flash has been deemed to old to repair by Canon so today I picked up a brand new 600EX 11 RT flash.

For the life of me I can not get my version one ST-E3-RT to fire it in slave mode. Works like a charm on camera, but the slave aspect is dead.
The transmitter works with my 430 flash and with a half dozen Yongnuo 600 flashes I use in softboxes or umbrellas. The 430 fires the other flashes as master, but not the 600.

The brand new Canon 600.....nothing will fire it!

Has anyone had this? How did you resolve it? Or do I just send the flash back as a dud?

thanks,

moved this to the right spot, sorry!

Hello all,

First, I will disclose, I'm still on the sidelines with respect to the new R mirrorless system. I still am shooting my 5D3...with a good selection of EF glass.

I'm leaning towards the R5, but will wait a bit longer to see the R3 come out and maybe even see what rumors say about the mythical R1.

That being said, one thing that excites me about going mirrorless, is having fun adapting vintage lenses.

I have a couple of other mirrorless systems (GFX, M10M) and I have had fun with those. The focus assist on those helps my very bad and aging eyes to where even I can get sharp pics focusing manually.

So, first question, what is your opinion on the R focus assist (I assume it has this?)

What are the pros/cons you are finding?

Also, what lenses are you adapting and what are your thoughts? What is working for you?

Don't get me wrong, I love using modern lenses with almost clinical sharpness, but for portraits and well, just more artsy shots, I'm really enjoying older lenses...the swirl of the Russian Helios 44-2....the great looks I get from the Jupiter 9 m42 mount I recently acquired...I've even been adapting old Hasselblad medium format film lenses onto a GFX digital medium format camera and it gives a new aesthetic I find pleasing.

I have the new re-make of the Trioplan 100mm lens with the bubble bokeh coming in that I got a good deal on.

Anyway...I'm curious if any of you are adapting vintage lenses of various mounts onto your R cameras and what your thoughts and experiences are.

Maybe even post a pic or two?

I'm going for R in the near future and wanted to get a head start on thinking about lenses to adapt to it that I might buy before I get the camera body itself.

Thanks in advance and looking forward to hearing and seeing what you say here.

cayenne

Has there been on any updates on an RF 135mm f1.4L?

Canon has registered two new ILC bodies with the Russian certification agency. The two new cameras have the product codes “DS126841” and “DS126842”.  These are not  EOS M cameras, but they are interchangeable lens cameras.
The product codes are also sequential, so this could mean the cameras are closely related, and it could even simply just come down to color.
Certifications can come months in advance, so it’s unlikely these new cameras are coming in 2021, but there are announcements expected in January of 2022 and in the spring of 2022.

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Does anyone know of any store around the Detroit area that stocks ink for Canon's large format printers? (The PRO-2000, 4000, 6000) It's really frustrating to have to wait days on a mail order cartridge whenever one of my inks runs out. And unfortunately the printer does not do a very good job flagging when a cartridge is low. It tends to throw up a low ink warning way in advance of when the cartridge is low. So if I order them as soon as the printer says it's low, sometimes I end up sitting on unused ink for a long time, sometimes beyond the expiration date listed on the boxes the cartridges come in.

Thanks.

Ever since the launch of the original Canon EOS R, there has been a burning question as to whether or not Canon would be bringing an APS-C RF mount camera to consumers.
Over the last few years, there have been sporadic reports that this is going to happen eventually.
I have now been told by a good source that Canon will definitely be bringing an APS-C RF mount camera equipped with a backside-illuminated sensor in the second half of 2022.
I have also been told that this new BSI APS-C sensor will appear in more than one camera. The resolution of the sensor is unknown at this time, but I think something in the area of 28mp-32mp is quite likely.
More to come…

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Just received! Thank you for reaching out to us and thank you for your patience on this. We have now released a Public beta AtomOS 10.68 for Ninja V that enables up to 5Kp30 recording from the Canon EOS R5. You can download the beta firmware from: https://www.atomos.com/product-support "This Public Beta Firmware enables ProRes RAW recording at up to 5Kp30 from the Canon EOS R5 via the Ninja V. Your EOS R5’s firmware needs to be updated to 1.4.0 to enable RAW Output via HDMI. You can download the camera firmware from your regional Canon website. Do not install this Beta if you’re not planning to record RAW from an EOS R5 with your Ninja V." Praying for Davinci Resolve ProRes Raw support!!!

I found very serious distortion in the EVF. Is this common? I nearsightedness and I wear a pair of glasses +750 degree. I adjusted the dioptric adjustment knob to look clear enough from my glasses. For reference, see the OVF of my EOS 5DS R (also dioptric adjusted).

EVF of the EOS R5







OVF of the EOS 5DS R

Hello!

Longtime photographer but very new to Canon.

Am looking for a mirrorless full frame body that excels in lowlight and am heavily considering the R6.

I shoot a lot of low light events, parties, indoor sports etc. and havent had the best luck with previous bodies Ive owned with respect to the camera's ability to lock on and track.

In your opinion would you rate the R6 near the top as opposed to other Canon cameras and/or other brands you've shot?

Most of the sports I shoot require a minimum shutter speed of 1/800 and aperture usually around f3.2-f4.0. ISOs can get close to the 10000 range.

Thanks so much for any insight you can give me.
I appreciate your expertise!

best to you,
Rick

While we wait for Canon to make available the manual and white paper for the Canon EOS R3, they have provided this thorough interactive PDF for the king of Canon’s mirrorless lineup.
The Canon EOS R3 is expected to begin shipping near the end of November 2021. The first round of shipments likely won’t fulfill all of the preorders, as the camera has proved to be quite popular amongst shooters just going by the preorder numbers.

Preorder the Canon EOS R3

Canon EOS R3 $5999 \ €6099 \ £5879
Canon Eyecup ER-HE $48 \ £69
Canon AD-E1 Multi-Function Shoe Adapter $39 \...

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I have been running a pretty long term timelapse on an EOS R that I have. It has been going for several months now, taking photos at 5min intervals. Here are a few things I've learned specific to such long term timelapses that might help other people doing long timelapses.

1) Don't rely on the camera's native timelapse feature for a few reasons.

I realized that when doing a really long timelapse, it's best to use an external intervalometer and join the photos into a timelapse after the fact with software. The internal feature is good for shorter timelapses, but there are some big drawbacks for long timelapses. First and most obvious, the number of frames is limited to 3600 in the camera. Second I have noticed that even though the camera has a feature where it can adjust exposure for each frame, I've realized that there seems to be a limit to how much the camera will adjust the exposure between each frame. It took me a while to realize this was causing my problems. If your frame rate is fairly quick, say every 45 seconds or so, this will not cause an issue with a transition from daytime to night if you are doing an outdoor scene. However, in my case, a frame rate of 1 frame every 5 minutes meant that the camera did not allow the exposure to adjust from daytime to nighttime smoothly. Obviously this isn't an issue when using an intervalometer since each and every frame will have the proper exposure adjustment. I'm not aware of any documentation that talks about this weird lag in timelapse mode to adjust the exposure from frame to frame, so it's worth noting.

Also, one set of fresh AAA batteries has been running my intervalometer timer for a few months now. I thought the intervalometer battery life might be an issue, but it hasn't been.

Using an intervalometer allows you to check settings and review photos between frames as well, which is nice for a very long term timelapse.

2) Turn off sensor cleaning completely.

Obviously I have been using the full electronic shutter so I don't put thousands of additional clicks on my camera, but one thing I learned is that you should probably turn off sensor cleaning as well. The only error I had when doing this timelapse was once when the camera suddenly popped up an error saying it could not complete sensor cleaning. I thought maybe the sensor cleaning mechanism was toast because it has been running every 5 minutes for months (each time the camera goes to sleep between frames) but actually it was just a one time fluke error. Once I powered the camera on and off, sensor cleaning started working again. But obviously the sensor cleaning routine is apparently a little bit of a weak spot for reliability since it errored out on me one time. I decided it's probably best just to disable sensor cleaning. Curiously, I discovered that you can't even set it to just clean the sensor at power off, because apparently the camera considers going to sleep as powering off, as it kept running the sensor cleaning when it went to sleep until I turned off the sensor cleaning completely.

3) Use a Canon genuine DR-E6 DC coupler to power the camera.

I learned this before, but third party knockoff DC couplers (dummy batteries) are recognized by the camera as a battery, not a true DC coupler, so eventually the camera will think it has depleted the "battery" and will shut off. The Canon genuine DR-E6 is recognized by the camera as a true hardwired power source, so the camera will run indefinitely on it as long as there is power. Do be aware though that you can run the DR-E6 from a third party AC to DC adapter, as long as it has the proper connector to plug into a DR-E6. And the DR-E6 uses a little bit of a weird connector, so not all third party AC adapters fit it.

Things have been relatively quiet in the Cinema EOS space from Canon, as they marketed the heck out of the Canon EOS R3 for the last many months.
There was an expectation that Canon would make a big splash at NAB 2021, but that show has been cancelled and won’t return until April 23-27, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. This change may have an impact on when Canon announces new Cinema EOS gear.
What is coming for Cinema EOS
Canon Cinema EOS C300S

8K Super 35mm
8K/60p, 4K/120p in all modes
BSI Stacked 3.2um 8K DGO Sensor
Dual Pixel Autofocus
16 Stops Dynamic Range in DGO Mode
10ms Readout in 8K DGO Mode
Dual DIGIC DV 8 Image Processor

Canon Cinema EOS C500S

8K Full Frame
8K/60p, 4K/120p in all modes
BSI Stacked 4.65um 8K DGO Sensor
Dual Pixel Autofocus
17+ Stops Dynamic Range in DGO Mode
10ms Readout in 8K DGO Mode
Dual DIGIC DV 8 Image Processor

Canon Cinema EOS C700DR

4K Full Frame
4K/240p in Fast...

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I film at 8K on the CF Express Card. I want to set the camera to record 1080 on the SD card so I may playback on my laptop to review the shot. Does the camera provide a setting to be able to do this? Thank you!

I continue to be impressed with both the resolution and clarity obtained using Canon's RF 24-105 F4L attached to an R6 body. This portrait made recently during a gathering of Audubon members celebrating ongoing efforts to save the Wood Storks at Silver Bluff's Kathwood Stork ponds, where the wood storks continue to thrive and multiply. 105mm 1/200 @ F6.3 ISO 500 . The R6's eye controlled focus works great and the F4L 24-105 is a very capable lens, much sharper than the EF version, IMO.

Dan Havlik at Digital Photo Pro had the chance to interview Jeff Cable, probably the most talked-about Canon shooter at the Tokyo Olympic Games for his work with the Canon EOS R3.
Jeff gives a pretty glowing review of the Canon EOS R3 experience, but without the marketing speak, as there were a few things such as the eye-controlled AF that didn’t hit the mark all of the time.
Preorder: Canon EOS R3 Body
Q: How was the Eye Control Autofocus (AF) feature on the R3?
Jeff Cable: Eye Control worked well but there were some environments where it was more effective...

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Hey guys,

Ive just upgraded from a 5D Mark III to an R5. Loving the camera but have a question on AF points.

I know it has amazing movement tracking et al. but I would like to be able to use a similar 61 point AF system like on my 5D Mark III. I know it has single point AF and you can move it around (I use view finder rather than touch screen) but would be great if I could have some more AF points on the view finder screen beside 1. Any info or tips on how to set it up for multiple AF points?

Thanks!

It looks like Canon may have one more lens to announce in 2021. They have registered a new and unreleased lens, with the product code 5554C005AA.
The latest Canon lenses to be announced the RF 16mm f/2.8 STM has the product code 5051C005 and the RF 100-400mm f/5.6-8 IS USM is the 5050C005.

I don’t know for sure which lens is being registered here, but if I had to wager a guess based on the Canon Rumors RF lens roadmap, I’d go with an RF 35mm f/1.2L USM. Again, that’s just a guess!
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Canon has added all of the gear announced this week to its list of products that will likely suffer supply issues to meet demand.
From Canon

We have received more orders than expected for each of the following products, and it will take some time before delivery.
We thank you for your many orders and apologize for any inconvenience caused to our customers. Thank you kindly look forward for your understanding.


[Applicable products]

RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 IS USM
RF100mm F2.8 L MACRO IS USM
RF400mm F2.8 L IS USM...

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