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Canon Rumors · Jan 6, 2021

It looks like Fujifilm is ready to update their medium format GFX lineup. It looks like Fuji is bringing a new 102mp BSI image sensor and an aggressive launch price of $5999 USD.
Rumoured Fujifilm GFX 100S Specifications:

102MP 43.8 x 32.9mm medium format BSI CMOS Sensor
Smaller body compared to the Fujifilm GFX 100
Phase detection
IBIS (5-axis sensor-shift image stabilization)
Price: $5,999USD
To be announced at the end of this month

Fujifilm is also planning a new GF lens according to Photo Rumors in the form of a GF 80mm f/1.7 WR.

Canon Rumors · Jan 6, 2021

The rumor mill has been quiet for a little while now, well until yesterday. A good source has laid out the camera body plans for Canon in 2021.
High-resolution RF body
This has been long rumoured, we were talking about it even before the EOS R5 hit the scene. Canon will release an RF mount body with at least twice the megapixels of the EOS R5. I was told that the new sensor will “utilize new technologies for Canon”.
APS-C RF Body
This is another long-rumoured camera, and news of it has picked up steam over the last couple of months. The source claims that the new APS-C RF mount camera will be “directly aimed at sports, wildlife and videography”.
A pair of New Entry-Level RF Full-Frame Bodies
I have been told that the plan from Canon was to release two cameras simultaneously to replace the EOS R and the EOS RP in the RF mount lineup.
The first body would be the most affordable full-frame camera...

Canon Rumors · Jan 5, 2021

NiSi is getting into the RF mount lens game with their first lens for Canon in the form of an RF 15mm f/4. The new lens will be officially announced on January 8, 2021, and will cost $539 USD / £419 / €459 at launch.
NiSi 15mm f/4 Specifications

Focal Length（full frame）

15mm

Focal Length（APS-C）

22mm

Lens Mount

SONY E/CANON RF/NIKON Z/FUJIFILM X...

satpak · Jan 5, 2021

I’ve looking at L plates for EOS R5/6 to use with Peak design clip, but the only option I keep getting is 3 legged thing universal Ellie PD bracket. Is this truly the only option out there? If yes, how’s the Ellie for use?

scottburgess · Jan 4, 2021

I don't know if any of you use medium format cameras, but is there any interest in an electronic waist-level viewfinder, like an old 'blad would have but not ttl? Seems that it could permit a larger image to view, which some might like. Plus such viewfinders are usually built with an effective shade around the image, which is nice. Further, it could come with an option to invert the image (or not) which can aid in abstracting off the composition.

With optical viewfinders seemingly on the way out, all such an accessory would require is a port to plug into. Anyone interested?

dolina · Jan 4, 2021

As the 600/11 is being sold at $699 it is somewhat understandable that Canon would produce a 100-500/7.1 that does not directly compete with it.

But is anyone here thinking that it was a lost opportunity on Canon's part not make their version of the Sony's 200-600/6.3?

It would directly compete with Sigma/Tamron 150-600/6.3 but at focal length that does not overlap with the 70-200.

It would be a cheaper version of the 200-400/4 + 1.4x

The 100-500/7.1 is just so odd.

YuengLinger · Jan 4, 2021

I was teaching my daughter about aperture and depth-of-field by showing how Christmas lights get less blurred out by stopping down. I used her dolly as the subject. I was using a 50mm 1.2 on the R6, but later found that any faster lens on the EOS R body also does this. I did not try on the 80D...

Camera was on a tripod. IS and IBIS were off. I tried with and without a B+H UV filter. I was in manual mode. Anti-flicker on or off, same result. Mechanical or EFCS, no difference. (In fact, I could see it through the EVF before taking a shot.)

You can see in the photo the type of fringing I mean. I don't know that it can be properly called chromatic aberration?

When viewed without zooming in, this fringing gives a "bad green screen" type of effect.

A glass also shows a more ghostly type of the same effect.

I tried searching, but couldn't find anything on point. (Google asked, "Did you mean Christmas lights fingering?")

Stopping down reduces and eliminates the effect as the whole subject comes into focus. It's only the out-of-focus area of the subject.

Canon Rumors · Jan 4, 2021

NiSi Optics, known for their filters and filter holders will be launching an RF mount wide angle lens soon.
All I have received about the lens is a picture of it, and I can’t break down what exactly it is by the image alone. It looks like it’s an f/4, but the focal length is a bit of a mystery. It’s probably safe to assume that it’ll be a manual focus lens
If it’s priced right, it should do well.

dolina · Jan 4, 2021

These are the the currently available EF dSLRs currently sold on BH and Adorama released per year from newest to oldest

2020
- 850D aka Rebel T8i
- 1D X Mark III

2019
- 90D
- 250D aka Rebel SL3

2017
- 6D Mark II***

2016
- 5D Mark IV***
- 80D**
- 1D X Mark II**

2015
- 5Ds R*

2014
- 7D Mark II*

Bodies in BOLD may be the last model of their dSLR product line

*Has rumors of discontinued production so whatever stock is on hand may never be replenished further
**Replacement dSLR model has been released so this model may not be replenished further
***Replacement mirrorless model has been released so this model may not be replenished further

The 2019 & 2020 dSLR models could point to a future RF body

- "R1" to replace the 1-Series bodies
- "R7" to replace the 7-Series bodies
- "R10" to replace the xxD bodies
- "R Rebel" to replace the Rebel bodies

dlee13 · Jan 3, 2021

So I’m wondering how many here use the Tamron 100-400mm EF lens on RF mount bodies?

I’m curious about this lens but see mixed reviews in terms of performance at 400mm. Most of these reviews are with DSLR’s which makes me wonder if it was just focus issues that wouldn’t be present on a mirrorless body.

I’m also waiting to see what the rumored RF 100-400mm lens will bring price and performance wise but this Tamron lens is a strong consideration mainly for cityscapes and maybe some wildlife.

It’s probably also worth mentioning that renting isn’t an option where I live also there’s no real 14 day refund policy.

djmcmath · Jan 3, 2021

I'm looking at the Canon EOS R6 for a really specific niche use case, and am concerned about a couple of features that I don't see described well elsewhere.

First: Can I watch the images as the interval timer is shooting them?

Second: Is there an easy way to enable interval timer (some custom function option?), or do I need to go through the menus every time?

The use case is underwater photogrammetry -- I'm making 3D models of underwater objects, typically wrecks. Most people who drop things in the water and forget about them aren't terribly worried about how deep it is, from the perspective of divers later, so a bunch of these things are deep enough that time-at-depth is a real concern.

.... So I need to be able to transit (with the camera off, preferably, to preserve battery life), rig out the lights, turn the thing on, and start collecting data as efficiently as possible. If I have to use my heavy cold-water gloves to navigate slowly through menus using the dial on a housing every time I want to start a sequence, or stop the sequence I'm working on to pick up elsewhere, it'll add minutes to bottom time, which is not really optimal.

Like a time lapse shot, using the interval timer for UW photogrammetry requires periodic frames. But unlike time lapse, the camera and the lights are moving every frame. I really need to be able to see what's in frame and what isn't, and where my lights are hitting (or not), or if I've developed a bad backscatter problem, or if my lighting diver is hitting where he should be, or ... any number of other things.

Does anyone who has one know? Thanks in advance.

Dan

Aussie shooter · Jan 3, 2021

I cannot seem to customize a button on my R6 to switch between electronic and mechanical shutter. I would like to be able to do this very quickly and if I have to go into the menu it will be slow as. As an example if shooting a perching bird i would prefer mechanical as i dont need twenty fps but if it takes off i want electronic as it is hard to track a flying bird in mechanical. Being able to do this with the push of a button would be awesome. Am i missing something or can it not be done.

Murren · Jan 3, 2021

Looking to buy some new batteries for a 50d. Can anyone recommended a good 3rd party brand, or which to avoid, in the UK?

Canon Rumors · Jan 2, 2021

Adorama has one of the few third-party lenses for the RF mount as their Deal of the Day. The Venus 12mm f/2.8 Zero-D Ultra-Wide Angle is $899 (Reg $999) today only. You can also get the lens in the EF mount.
Key Features

Lens Mount: Canon EOS RF / Canon EOS EF
Fixed Focal Length: Focal Length: 12mm
Lens Type: Wide Angle Lens
Image Stabilization: Image Stabilization: No
Special Features: Aspherical

Venus 12mm f/2.8 Zero-D Ultra-Wide Angle for EF and RF $899 (Reg $999)

rpt · Jan 1, 2021

Hi,

Looking to get input from those of you who have purchased the Canon R5 in India. Would appreciate if you could give me the following information:

City where you bought it
Dealer name
Price
Did you get a lens? If so which one and what was the price?
What cards did you get and at what price?

In addition I intend to get the EF to RF adapter and a spare battery or two. I think I will purchase soon so wanted to get this input.

Thanks in advance.

YuengLinger · Jan 1, 2021

I noticed that my Rf 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L IS lens exhibited a surprising amount of free movement of the visible part of the image-stabilization cylinder. With no camera attached, looking down through the front element, and gently tilting the lens in different directions, I can see the topmost element bumping and tapping against the inner-barrel.

When the lens is attached to a body with IS on, the movement is different, showing that the IS system is compensating. With the body on but IS switched off, the visible inner element is held rigidly.

From a new owner's standpoint, I was concerned that this movement I'm seeing might be more than what is normal for this lens, and that it could, over time, result in elements getting bumped out of alignment.

Some of you will have read my posts elsewhere asking for others to check their own lens. Since then I have had nearly two hours of conversations with Canon CPS, which has helped bring the issue into better focus.

Three CPS techs, two whom I spoke to directly, and one involved by relay, expressed surprise, because they thought the IS system would be parking when the lens was attached to a camera that had been powered off, or when the lens was not attached to a camera. We walked through the proper sequence for parking (something I had believed to not be relevant to newer lenses), and whether I powered off the IS while the body was still active or not, the 100-500mm's elements behave exactly the same--no parking.

Being the last few days of the year, and up against the weekend, the techs said that they are going to start "digging deeper" next week. They said they did have a surprising number of customers calling to ask about unusually loud IS sounds from the 100-500mm, but had not considered whether is was parking or not.

So my case is being looked into further. Naturally, in the meantime, I searched the web to find more about this issue, and only found two primary references (and a bunch referring vaguely or directly to the two I found).

First is from Canon, an article from Rudy Winston about noises from IS lenses, and about the procedure for parking IS lenses:

Canon U.S.A., Inc. | Whats-That-Rattling-Sound-From-Your-Image-Stabilized-Lens

The other is a briefer mention in a lensrentals.com blog post:

Lens Rentals | Blog

This leaves me wondering whether the 100-500mm should be parking. Common sense suggests that lens elements should be kept fairly well secured when the lens is not being used, so that the elements aren't gradually getting nudged out of alignment. (I think of it as analogous to hard disk drives parking when powered off.) Now I'm not planning to run cross-country with my 100-500mm, but I do hike and walk about 15-20 miles a week for fitness and health, and I'd like that lens with me most of the time. I'd like to know that it is not going to need an expensive realignment from time to time due to not parking properly. Being an early adopter is fun and exciting, but it also leaves us with no info about long-term issues.

I will, as expected, share what Canon CPS tells me next week, but in the meantime, anybody interested in this, please look at your own longer lenses with IS and share how they behave according to Rudy Winston's suggestion to let the IS system stop for a few seconds before turning off the camera. Do you see more movement if the lens is parked or not?

Maybe others here have been through all this. What exactly should be parking? How well secured should those elements be when IS is not energized?

I've checked my other RF lenses, the 24-70mm and 70-200mm. As might be expected, the 24-70mm has barely discernible movement inside when detached, and the 70-200mm a slight bit more--but it doesn't have that same freely bumping and tapping movement, maybe just because it is much shorter than the 100-500mm.

Happy 2021!

rpt · Jan 1, 2021

Hi, so I am seriously considering purchasing the R5. I want a "larger than 20MP" camera. I have the 5D3 and the 7D2. I have used both for a while and now I think I need to upgrade. I had briefly considered the R6 but decided to go with the R5. I am going to be selling off my 7D2 with it's kit lens and keep the 5D3 with it's kit lens for a bit. Eventually I'll flog it too. I intend to keep my EF lens set for now - so that includes my 100-400 F4, 70-200 F2.8, 100 F2.8 macro.

I have the following questions:

What were/are your experiences with the 100-400 F4 or the 70-200 F2.8 on the R5?
Should I be looking to flog the EF lenses in a hurry? Eventually I guess I would.
Did you face any issues with the EF to R-mount converter?

Look forward to your responses. Thanks in advance.

Canon Rumors · Dec 30, 2020

Lensrentals.com has posted their annual report on what gets rented the most over the course of the year, and once again Canon dominates the rankings. Canon actually gained market share, while Sony and Nikon saw a small decrease in overall rental performance.
Canon accounted for 25% of all rentals at Lensrentals.com, a slight increase year over year. Nikon saw a small dip and Sony fell just over 2%.
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Canon Rumors · Dec 30, 2020

One of the biggest questions in the world of Canon is what will the company do with the EOS M lineup? I think most people, whether they wanted it to happen or not are resigned to the fact that Canon isn’t likely to spend resources developing the EOS M system.
I have spoken to two sources recently, and both suggested that 2021 will be the last year of the EOS M lineup and that the EOS M50 Mark II was a “stop-gap for a couple of future RF mount APS-C cameras”.
This is the first time that I’ve heard that there are two APS-C RF mount cameras coming, but it makes some sense. The EOS M lineup has its fans, and if Canon can release an APS-C RF mount camera around the same size as current EOS M cameras, they’ll have a winner.
Both sources were also adamant that there will not be RF-S lenses for APS-C EOS R cameras, but that future lens design will “fill the void of no dedicated APS-C lenses”...

Canon Rumors · Dec 29, 2020

Bryan at The Digital Picture has completed his review of the Canon RF 50mm f/1.8 STM, the new “nifty fifty” for the RF mount. Canon has a long history of making these inexpensive 50mm lenses that provide good optics and great value, and the RF 50mm f/1.8 STM continues this tradition.
Compared to its EF brother:
In the image quality comparison at f/1.8, the RF lens has a slight advantage, primarily in the image circle periphery. By f/2.8, the EF lens may be slightly sharper in the center of the frame, and the RF lens is very slightly sharper deep in the corners. The EF lens has less peripheral shading, and the RF lens has less geometric distortion. Overall, the image quality difference between...

jpgannon · Dec 28, 2020

Canon's EOS line of cameras have always included an "Interval" and "frame record" setting. These options have been integral to filmmakers and content creators who use the EOS line of cameras. The removal of these settings makes it harder if not impossible to create time-lapse videos and animated videos.

Canon took these away from the newest line of EOS cameras. We want these options back with a firmware update. The follow cameras in particular should have the option added BACK. CANON EOS C300 MK iii, CANON EOS C500 MK ii, and the CANON C70.

It is not right for Canon to take a staple option of the line away from us.

Petition CANON, what gives? Give us our timelapse & frame record BACK!

CANON, what gives? Give us our timelapse & frame record BACK!

www.ipetitions.com

Dmitri_Kahm · Dec 28, 2020

Hi!
I am interested in whether the AF accuracy really depends on the shooting speed and in the point of using H+ mode for quick moving subjects ( cars, skiers) etc.
From my experience I get only about 50-70% properly sharp shots when shooting fast-moving objects that approach me like cars with H+. It looks as if the AF motor is not speedy enough to refocus between the shots and around each 2'nd or 3'd shot is to a various extent back focused. It is especially pronounced when using mechanical shutter. (in case of mechanical can it be because of the blackout, which steals the focusing time from the AF? ) The keeper rate does not really depend on the focus mode or scenario.

If I use H mode I have a bigger % of keepers. So for me its is actually not much sense in H+ mode for quick ,moving subjects, as I have pretty much the same number of keepers, just more junk with H+ that eats memory.

Does anyone have the same situation? What is your keeper rate?

xps · Dec 28, 2020

6 Best high-end cameras for 2025

Above $2500 cameras tend to become increasingly specialized, making it difficult to select a 'best' option. We case our eye over the options costing more than $2500 but less than $4000, to find the best all-rounder.

www.dpreview.com

Although some shortcomings, DPReview ses ist as cuurent best body between 2500-4000$

dolina · Dec 27, 2020

https://www.dpreview.com/news/55975...s-mostly-recovered-from-its-covid-19-downturn

And I personally expect November-December 2020 to not ship more than 2 million digital still cameras (DSC).

A grand total of less than 9 million DSC shipped globally for 2020.

This would be the worst year since the all time high of 121 million back in 2010

Will it settle back again at about 1999's 5.06 million?

In 2019 the global shipment of DSC was 15.2 million vs 1.52 billion of smartphones.

That's a ratio of 1 DSC to 100 smartphones.

Camera makers are now focusing on camera features iPhones and Androids will have difficulty replicating due to their limited size. Though these "advantages" may not last long due to computational photography. The features are

Larger image sensors that allow for higher ISO and dynamic range
Super zooms that allow 35mm equivalent optical zooms of 20mm to 3,000mm
Better water resistance or ruggedness
Built-in photo paper printing

Even with the limited dimensions of a conventional smartphone R&D money from over billions of smartphones sold annually allowed for creation of

Larger image sensor: iPhone is now 47% larger than before & Android made improvements as well
Super zooms: Have been addressed by having more than 1 rear cameras with ultrawide, wide & telephoto zoom ranges
Better water resistance: iPhones 12 now can do IP68 under IEC standard 60529 (maximum depth of 6 meters up to 30 minutes) & Android can do something similar as well
Built-in photo paper printing... smartphone makers are smart enough not to sell to hipsters.

dwarven · Dec 26, 2020

Long story short: I may be shooting my first wedding next year for a friend I've known for 16 years. I most likely won't be charging him.

My question is, if you could take only one or two lenses to a wedding, which ones would they be? I really like the idea of only needing one or two fast primes, like a 35mm and either a 50 or 85. For any seasoned wedding photographers, what do you usually use? The body I'll be using is an R6.

When I got married a little over a year ago, the photographer had two camera bodies and was always going back and forth to her station to swap lenses and all that. I didn't mind at all, but it must have been very overwhelming for her since you could tell she was somewhat new to it. I don't want to be a chicken running around with my head cut off. I'd like to simplify the technical aspects as much as possible so I can put all of my focus into getting good composition and lighting.

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