MELVILLE, NY, March 17, 2021– Designed for use in a wide-range of applications in broadcast, education, house of worship, sports, and corporate environments, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, is excited to introduce the company’s first line of 4K UHD PTZ cameras – the PTZ and CR-N300 for indoor live-streaming and the outdoor CR-X500.
This new line of cameras capitalizes on Canon’s digital imaging and operational expertise from both professional camcorders and network cameras. This enables the cameras to not only deliver brilliant 4K imagery thanks to Canon’s CMOS sensors, DIGIC DV 6 Image Processor, and optical zoom lenses, but also smooth pan, tilt and zoom functionality that allows for on-air camera movement. The new indoor PTZ cameras support various video interfaces, including HDMI, IP, and 3G-SDI, and are also compatible with popular live production protocols like NDI|HX®, RTMP and more. The new outdoor PTZ camera supports 12G-SDI, and includes...

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Sony has joined Canon and Nikon in the 50mm f/1.2 club, by following its recent 35mm f/1.4 GM (and Sigma's 35mm f/1.2 DN Art) with a 50mm f/1.2 GM. Looks like an excellent lens for Sony users.

Am I missing something in settings?

Is there a way to lock exposure comp from clip to clip?

Currently if I leave the camera on AV, and dial down 2/3 of stop, the second I end that clip it resets back to 0.
I used one camera as the main on a tripod and then wandered and shot dozens of short B Roll clips with the R5 had to re set the plus/minus exposure comp after every clip!!


thanks,

Maybe old news (if so, sorry,) but according to B&H, the Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 has been discontinued (a chat seemed to verify this.)

Seems odd, as the 40 occupies a pretty unique space in the lineup. Are other EF lenses being phased out?

Happy that Lightroom tethering finally works with the R5!
Thanks Adobe.

Raoul

HI all,

A friend came across that appears to be a Canon FD lens, 400mm f/2.8.
I'd mentioned this on a previous thread asking about adapter.

I finally got 2 adapters in today, one for adapting FD to EF lens mount, and another for adapting FD to Fuji GFX mount.

I've tried both adapters and neither come close to fitting and locking onto the FD lens.

I've never seen a FD mount before and so far, I've not had a lot of luck looking online for pictures of FD lens mounts.

I've taken some pics, can anyone here let me know if this is a FD mount, or, as I suspect, possibly someone along the lines has altered this lens for a different mount, which I have read was something folks have done in the years between the EF mount switch and mirrorless cameras which are more readily adaptable.

If you recognize this has been altered from FD, if you have ideas on what mount it might be altered to, please let me know your thoughts.

Thank you in advance,

cayenne

Hi
Does anyone know the history of canon lenses and when the pro lenses started being white?
Just be interested
Thanks
Simon

oops wrong forum please delete, i cant...

I was just told that Canon will be announcing two new cameras this week in new segments for the company. I haven’t heard a peep about what these two cameras may be.
I also don’t know offhand what new segments Canon could be entering.
I have reached out to others to see if they have heard anything.
Update: It looks like the two cameras have internal model numbers starting with “DSC”, which is usually reserved for PowerShot and EOS M.
Update #2: I have been told that Canon will announce new PTZ cameras that will cost around $4000 USD. This isn’t a new segment for them though, but their current offerings are $10,000 USD and up.
More to come…

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We have been talking about an EOS R1 for quite some time now, and with Nikon formally announcing the development of the Z 9, that will put a bit of pressure on Canon to do the same.
A source with a pretty decent track record has reached out and told me that an exciting new RF mount camera is coming early in the 2nd half of 2021, but it won’t be the R1. Canon doesn’t have a launch date yet as they continue to battle supply chain issues, but they want to get it out as soon as possible.
Could this be the high-resolution version of the EOS R5, or something else?
The R1 will likely get a development announcement, but won’t be available until the first half of 2022 at this point.
More to come on this…

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Anybody faces this behaviour ? when I use the camera in low light with high iso ( 4000 or more ) and low shutter speed ( under 1/100 ), the viewfinder start to jitter when panning left/right or up/down, the back screen looks normal, I tried 120 hz for viewfinder but I keep jittering.
the more iso up or slower shutter the more the jitter become clear.

i'm using many EF lenses with the adapter. and the RF 35mm 1.8

after experiments I noticed that the adapter has nothing to do with this behaviour because I tried my EF 85 1.2 and it works fine, and when lowering the ISO is works fine

any suggestion or explanations?

For a little over a year now I have been searching for a good optical snoot for my studio flash heads. I have tried and tested a range of optical snoots and have been generally very disappointed with their optical quality.

The US$3000 Broncolor Optical Spot attachment was the one I had the most hope for.


Very sadly it had the worst optical quality of all. The ‘shadows’ it created through it’s projection weren’t true shadows at all. Darker than the main beam, but you could clearly see the hard light from the projector hitting the subject. This ultimately defeats the purpose of using such an attachment for creative beauty shoots (my intended use). As the shadows were ‘tainted’ for lack of a better word. There was also quite a bit of chromatic aberration. And light spilt out all around the edges of the beam. Essentially this extremely expensive attachment proved useless except for use as a background pattern projector.


The next one I tried was much cheaper and something I found on EBay. AU$300.


Unfortunately the beam of this attachment was very dark, heavily vignetting and I was unable to create any sharp edges with a gobo or cutters. It may work well with other flash brands, but I returned it as it just didn’t work as advertised with the Broncolor.

After all of this disappointment, I decided to do what others have done and try to create my own DIY optical spot attachment with some tried and true optics that I know would create a clean beam, and true, sharp shadow lines. This lead me to the Dedolight DP1.1


This projection attachment is essentially perfect optically speaking. Almost 0 CA, very sharp shadows, good light transmission, lightweight and well made. No complaints.

Luckily the diametre of the bottom end of this projector is 76mm (3”) which is perfectly the same as the top end of the Broncolor Snoot.


So now all I needed was a way to attach the two of them together. The answer was some 3 1/8“ high temp silicone hose with hose clamps to secure everything in place. The silicone was a perfect fit over the second ‘rib’ of the broncolor snoot and could be pushed over the complete end portion of the Dedolight projector creating a very tight secure fit with no drooping etc.

Here is the end result:



I am currently using the frosted glass dome on the flash head but no other diffusion on the end of the snoot. This gives the projected image some vignetting.. but should be easy enough to correct with a few tweaks... here is a quick and dirty test result:



True shadows, and quite sharp! Finally good enough for some creative beauty photography using sharp shadow lines etc.

It’s no secret that Canon is going to announce a slew of RF mount super-telephoto lenses later in 2021. Which ones will come first remains a mystery, but I’m quite happy to report that Canon has finally patented an RF 200mm f/2L IS USM optical formula, a lens I would be over the moon about when it gets officially announced.
I haven’t yet seen an...

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F1 photographer posted this video of getting back to F1 grid.

Also one of the old video on journey as F1 photographer.

I just got a semi used RF 70-200 2.8 len from guy in jersey city union city nj area today for less then 2300
and I noticed when I got home the lens rattles/wobbles a little nothing severe YET, but is that NORMAL? and like how the R5 shakes when its off and etc are these shakes/rattles/wobbles NORMAL or should i get it checked somehow?

Well, the title says it all!

Are these two lenses of equal quality? The 50mm is a lot cheaper, but is it only because of the lack of a dedicated focus ring? Are there other factors at play, here, beside the consumer niches into which Canon wanted to place them?

My local camera store has just reopened, and my money wants to visit it to buy my second RF lens (the first being the 24-105 f/4 kit lens that came with my RP).

Any advice?

The RF mount is obviously missing macro offerings, but I expect that to change in 2021. Here we have an interesting patent for a macro optical formula uncovered by Canon News.
An RF 100mm f/2 IS STM would definitely be a welcomed and cost conscience lens for RF mount shooters. If this does become a consumer product, it’ll be very interesting to see what they do with an RF L Macro.






Canon RF 100mm f/2 IS STM





Focal Length...

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Hello,
i would like to know if anybody here ever tried a Canon 180mm f3.5 macro on a R5 or R6?
If so, how did the AF behave?
thanks for helping

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any one of you guys noticed color difference between VF and back screen, the VF is more greenish and cooler and the back screen is wormer, I tried the Screen and Viewfinder Color Tone and the Fine-Tuning Viewfinder Color Tone in the set menu, the VF is more accurate so no need to fine tune but you can't fine tune the back screen which it is the less accurate.

Hi All,

Looking to hear your user experience with the joystick on the R5. So far I have been using it for AF point selection but find that it often registers a ‘press’ when I am trying to make a vertical / horizontal AF point movement. This results in the AF point being moved to the centre which is pretty annoying. I have tried being very gentle and just tapping the side of the joystick so there is little downward pressure, but even doing that it still happens occasionally.

I have noticed this on the camera body and also the battery grip (with the battery grip being ever so slightly worse).

How have you all been going with the joystick for AF point movement? Ever run into this over sensitivity with registering a press?

At this point I am considering going back to touch and drag.

Thanks!

Nikon Rumors reports a development announcement regarding Nikon's Z9 Flagship Mirrorless is imminent. If that's true, Canon won't be far behind.

Rumored Specs can be found at Nikon Rumors. Actual release in the fall. Price estimated at $6,000-$7,000.

I ran across this US site called Greentoe where you make an offer on an item and "a network" of retailers decide if they want to accept it or not. I recently made a bid on an OMD EM5 Mark III kit for $1250 and it was accepted. I also made a bid on an EF 100mm macro lens for $999 for fun, which was also accepted. I didn't think it would be, so I actually canceled that order. But the Olympus kit is now on the way, so the site seems legit. They sell all different kinds of products, but it seems the camera gear comes from one specific retailer on the East Coast. When you buy an item you agree to not divulge the name of the retailer, so I guess I can't say who it is. Their gear is all new with a 30 day return policy (from the ship date, not arrival date) and free shipping. I live in California and I noticed they didn't even charge me sales tax, which is now a no-no apparently, but I'm not complaining. Has anyone used them before?

Also apologies if this is in the wrong section.

There have been a few rumors since the launch of the EOS R that a Cinema EOS model would be coming to the mirrorless lineup. I haven’t heard anything about such a camera for more than a year. That has changed this week, as it looks like we will see an “EOS R5c” in early 2022. I’m just calling it the R5C to keep things easy.
I have been told that the camera will have a slightly different body design than the EOS R5, likely to combat heat and some ergonomic changes.
The only other information the source knew is that it will definitely have internal ND’s, Canon Log 2 and 3. The source wasn’t sure which image sensor was going to be featured in the camera, so I don’t know whether it’s a 4K or 8K camera.
More to come…

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I've been shooting Canon cameras going back to rangefinders, digital since the D30 (not 30D), most 1 series up through 1DX II, and 5D4. For reasons which may or may not be good ones, including having tons of L series EF glass, I recently purchased an R5 (kit). I've worked my way through most of the printed manual, and downloaded the "advanced" manual, but feel if they are adequate guides to menus, but not to how, and when, to use the new features, or newer features that result from mirrorless.

I've purchased a lot of guides and manuals over the years for Canon cameras, but most are at best restatements of the Canon manual. They translate English into English. I need practical advice from an experienced photographer, preferable in one place. Can anyone make a suggestion?

I'm starting to do more freelance studio work and want to shoot tethered in Capture One. I did a test shoot the other day and the transfer from camera to C1 was excruciatingly slow, taking seconds per image to render which added up very quickly for bursts of images. I'm shooting on an R5 going through a CalDigit TS3 Plus into my PC laptop (I'd have to look into specs).

As far as I can tell with the USB/Thunderbolt 3 ports and cords I'm using, I should be transferring at 5Gb/s so I'm not sure what the bottleneck is or if there isn't one and this is normal. I couldn't find any information about people's experience using the R5 tethered so I figured I would ask here.

At my job we shoot on Nikon D5's and I'll step away, shoot 20 or so photos quickly and have them at least mostly loaded by the time I get back to my computer. The D5 is a 20 Mp camera vs 45 on the R5 so I get it being faster but I did switch the R5 to APS-C mode which did make it render faster but it still felt much slower than at work.

I have a lot more testing to do on my own but if anybody has any input I would really appreciate it!