I thought I would share a video I put together describing my experience using the R5 professionally for the first time. I also compare it to the Nikon D850's that I've been using for years up until this point. Although I'm no expert with the camera yet, if you have any questions I'll do my best to try and answer here or on YT.

Canon EOS R5 | My First Commercial Photoshoot Experience Using the R5 with an NBA Team

A new report from our friend at Photo Rumors has Sony bringing a “pro” mirrorless body in the first quarter of 2021. This would be a huge deal for Canon shooters waiting for an EOS R1, a camera I do think HAS to come from Canon in 2021.
The ‘pro’ designation on a camera body means it has an integrated grip to house a much bigger battery. It also gives more space inside the camera to add higher end cooling solutions and ergonomics.
Rumored Sony Pro Body Specifications:

 Bigger and truly pro body
 9.44M dots EVF
 Newly developed sensor
 8K video recording with no overheating
 Dual card slots
 New menu systems from A7S3
IBIS with Steady shot active mode
Everything about this camera is new
Price $5.999

It was also reported that there are some of these pro Sony bodies out in the wild. Sadly, I haven’t heard anything specific about the Canon EOS R1.

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Canon Watch has followed up on its story about a video focused Canon EOS R camera. They have called it the EOS R5c, which is likely a placeholder. I’ll just call it the ‘EOS Rc’ for now.
It’s now being reported that the EOS Rc will have a full-frame sensor of “about 11.25mp”. For the record, the soon-to-be-launched 4K capable Sony a7S III is 12.1mp.
To me, this looks like it could be the rumored Cinema EOS C50, which is expected to be announced sometime this year.  Though the EOS C50 will use the Super35 sensor from the Cinema EOS C200.
I have not personally heard anything directly about an ‘EOS Rc’, so please take this information with a big grain of salt.

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Just wondering what the trick is here?

I've seen on certain sites and reviews that to get the full 12fps the little h+ icon has to be green, but I've never gotten mine to go green

I've been using it with the new battery too, fully charged.

Is there some setting that has to be on or off to get it to work? I'm still using the default electronic first curtain and mechanical second curtain, maybe that should just be purely mechanical?

It's not the end of the world if I dont get the 12fps instead of the 10 or so I'm getting atm, but I'd like to know!

Thanks

I used my new R6 for a serious photoshoot in the studio with a live model yesterday. I'm pretty impressed with the images. The 20 megapixel sensor is going to be plenty for my work and I can already tell my computer processes the images (Lightroom) faster than those from my 5D4.

I noticed one funny thing.... I had the model posed in front of a traditional mottled gray/white studio backdrop. The eye detection system kept finding what it thought were eyes or faces in the mottled pattern while ignoring the model. I do need to figure out how to tell the servo eye/face detect system where to look when it starts up. Once it locks on, it seems to be fine. I guess I could also switch out the mottled backdrop for a solid one.

One thing did seem pretty annoying. When I would bring the camera up to my eye, the viewfinder showed me the previous photo rather than the live action. I have no need to see the previous photo in the viewfinder, that's what the rear screen is for. I could not immediately find the setting to change that. Does anyone know where to find that in the menu system?

Thanks!

Canon just lent me an R5 and some lenses to test - my main reason was to see how it compared with my 5Ds in the ways I use it.

There's a longish write-up at http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/looking-at-the-canon-r5-camera/ with picture examples and the like, with more of an overview on YT at


Hope it's of some interest! (all the kit went back this morning :-( )

While we have had numerous mentions of a high-resolution EOS R camera coming down the pipeline, Canon Watch is reporting than Canon will also introduce a video focused EOS R camera, which will be different than the upcoming EOS C50 and EOS C70.
I’m calling the cameras ‘EOS R Video’ and ‘EOS R high-resolution’.
A direct quote of specifications:

EOS R Video: has the same sensor technology as the EOS R5 but with half the resolution
EOS R Video: records 4K/120P with no crop
EOS R Video: does 2.8K supersampling in super35 mode
Both have a newly developed heat sinks
EOS high-resolution: has “double-width resolution sensor of EOS R6“  (This would put the resolution at 80mp if I’m understanding that correctly.)
EOS High-resolution: does 12fps
Dual Pixel AF performance in low light better than...

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i bought eos r6 last week in New York / B&H photography. Then i come back to Turkey with my new camera. First day, i i took amost 150 photos. Second day i open my camera and i took almost 50 photos then i saw on a screen " error 20" fault. i use this camera with sigma 35mm art f1.4 and vitrox adapter. Now my camera show me this fault every 10 photos or every 12-13 seconds during video recording. How can i fix this fault i don't know. i live in Turkey and my guarantee is not to be valid in Turkey.

i need some advice.

Ten years ago I bought my EF 24-105/4L for use with my 12MP 5D (replacing a mediocre EF 28-135). Lightroom records that I have over 24,000 images in my collection shot with this lens (not including deleted images). So it has been my most used lens. I have just replaced it with the RF version and am very happy.
- On the R, it is noticeably more compact than the EF version with adaptor
- No zoom creep as yet, and the zoom lock switch is great). Indeed the lens feels more robust, although in fairness the EF lens was getting looser with age
- It is noticeably sharper than the EF version at longer focal lengths (85mm and 105mm), especially in the corners. The EF was always good at shorter focal lengths and the RF is slightly better wide open (with notceable improvements in the corners). In fact it compares well with my primes, which have now become special purpose wide aperture or macro lenses. And if resolution is critical, I use the primes on the 5DsR.
- Something not mentioned in reviews is that it is about 1/3 stop brighter than the EF version - at f/4, this helps!
- A big difference is that it allows the high speed viewfinder setting to be used and it is now possible to track subjects when panning - this was impossible with the EF lens.

What's not to like? The lens has a noticeable warmer cast compared to my other lenses.

Looking forward to f/4 versions of the 16-35mm and 70-200mm!

All,

So much information is available but I am asking for some "real world" experiences using both card slots in the R5 for still images. I am accustomed to using the second slot in my 5Div for jpeg backups....just in case my RAW images to the CF get lost or corrupted. Now, with the R5, there's CFexpress + UHS-II SDXC slots. I know the read/write and buffer of the CFexpress is significantly higher than the SD speed. If I set the write to RAW on the CFexpress with the SD set to JPEG or HEIF "L" backups, what happens to the camera during use? I almost never need 20 frames per second nor even rarely use more than 8. Will the buffer take noticeably longer to clear? Does the frame rate slow dramatically?

There are numbers posted with speeds and frames but I'd like a subjective response from those of you with the camera in their hands using both cards simultaneously. How does the experience "feel" to you?

Thanks for your answers.

JPAZ

Just got an R6 and the wifi connectivity is supposed to be pretty advanced. I'd love to be able to do wireless tethering to a laptop with Lightroom. Is there a way to make the camera link directly to the laptop or do you have to buy a third party gadget to mount on your hot shoe?

It looks like I will be getting next week an R5. I do have two very good copies of the 100-400mm II + 1.4 and 2xTCIIIs and was intending to use one of those. I do have the opportunity of buying an RF 100-500mm, which is a serious outlay, especially with the high cost of RF extenders. I'd love to hear reports from those who have compared those lenses on the R5.

Sometimes I read technical analysis of a camera and I chuckle at the conclusions. Phrases like "unusable" and "major distortions" get tossed around. Early on, the consensus with the R5 from "armchair engineers" was that the electronic shutter performance was "terrible"...I actually saw multiple people saying the performance was terrible and unusable. Granted, I've spoken with several NFL photographers that have shown me examples and told me that the performance for their use case would indeed be just that - unusable. But that doesn't mean it won't work for other use cases...please see bellow.

What do I deem "unusable"? When the rolling shutter effect takes away from the subject of the image. In the case of the R5 as a motorsports photographer, I find the electronic shutter to be HIGHLY usable and extremely beneficial.

Two weeks ago, I had the opportunity to use my new R5 to cover one of our races that was thankfully able to still be held. I used electronic shutter extensively as I threw everything I could at the camera...I left the event prepared to sell my 1DX Mark II...and I have. Here are just a few examples taken with the R5 in the 12-bit RAW electronic shutter that some people are afraid to use. Don't be afraid. Give it a shot and see if you think it will work for the application you're working in. LEARN how your camera performs and understand when you can exploit this feature - I think you'll be very surprised.


Truly minimal distortion that have no impact or create any distraction.
MS-NMRA_NMCA-MARTIN2020-0098 by LSXPhotog, on Flickr


Distortion is there, but I don't consider this shot ruined because I used it and most people wouldn't notice the distortion if it wasn't pointed out to them or they were looking for it.
MS-NMRA_NMCA-MARTIN2020-0229 by LSXPhotog, on Flickr

MS-NMRA_NMCA-MARTIN2020-0550 by LSXPhotog, on Flickr

MS-NMRA_NMCA-MARTIN2020-0376 by LSXPhotog, on Flickr

Shots like this where the background is entirely blurred, you would probably never know!
MS-NMRA_NMCA-MARTIN2020-0448 by LSXPhotog, on Flickr

This is a single shot from a 65 image sequence I shot using the Electronic Shutter in the R5. Distortion is visible, but it doesn't really take away from this sequence of images. The main point is that I was able to capture a brilliant series of images with the car tracked in every frame. We're using the sequence to create a two-page spread that should look really awesome. Using 20fps now lets us choose WHICH images we want to use to show what happened. It's awesome.
MS-NMRA_NMCA-MARTIN2020-0653 by LSXPhotog, on Flickr

I would also like to point out that using the 12-bit electronic shutter under these particular artificial lights didn't create any banding from the light frequency. High ISO performance also remains extremely impressive! This is a 45mp image sensor using electronic shutter under artificial light at ISO 12,800. Not only is is completely usable and I delivered to the client, but it looks downright exceptional. So my apologies if I'm laughing at people who say you can't use the camera in the 12-bit electronic shutter...that sentiment is incorrect.

I'm a Canon user, and acknowledge my bias...but this has to be the best performing photography camera on the market with a truly incredible sensor.
MS-NMRA_NMCA-MARTIN2020-0573 by LSXPhotog, on Flickr

Venus Optics announces the new Laowa 14mm f/4 FF RL ZERO-D lens for full-frame mirrorless cameras – a super-compact ultra-wide-angle lens with ZERO-D and 52mm filter thread
Anhui China, Sept 18, 2020 – Venus Optics, the manufacturer specialized in making unique camera lenses, introduced the Laowa 14mm f/4 FF RL Zero-D lens for full-frame mirrorless cameras. As one of the smallest and lightest 14mm Zero Distortion ultra-wide-angle lens, the lens does not compromise on its performance. It is equipped with a 52mm filter thread so that urban explorers can simply put on the screw-in filter and create incredible images with ease.

Ultra-wide 114° Angle of View
The 14mm f/4 FF RL Zero-D delivers an extraordinary image sharpness with 114°angle of view. The ultra-wide-angle lens allows photographers to have one-of-a-kind and inspiring pictures in an ultra-wide perspective. Landscape photographers can capture rich scenery with a single shot...

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Adorama is now showing an expected arrival date of October 20, 2020, for the Canon EOS R5. I do know there is still a long backorder lineup, but it’s expected that they’ll get enough to clear the backlog.
What’s another month?
Canon EOS R5 at Adorama

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I've had a bad run on lenses recently and decided to try my luck at repairs myself, I guess I am that kind of idiot!

First lens is an EF 15mm fisheye. I dropped it and the integral metal petal hood got bent. I did manage to straighten it out but also got a brand new one off eBay, but it has a blob of glue on the thread to unscrew the 'hood' and I don't know what to use to dissolve it, anybody got any ideas?

Second lens is an EF 24-70, this is just for amusement rather than advise at this stage but who knows where it will go? It is the first version so it isn't worth much, I went to use it one day and nothing worked, no AF no aperture etc. So after cleaning up the contacts to no effect I figured it was the main board. I looked for a mainboard on the usual sites and they were far too much for me to take a chance with but came across a Dutch site that seemed to sell end of line everything, they had one in it's box for $54 including shipping to the USA. Well that is worth a try I thought to myself and ordered it, the trouble is the site was in Dutch and I had to use Google Translate to get anywhere. Bottom line, I might have a main board coming for it, I might not! I'll let you know.... In the meantime I found a video online of a complete 24-70 teardown and reassembly so took the old main board out.

If you pre-ordered a Really Right Stuff L-bracket for the new R5 (or R6) you may wanna confirm its status... I spoke with RRS Customer Service earlier today, and they confirmed that the 2-part "modular" design and the original "ultralight" versions of the L-bracket will not be produced. He said that there will only be a single version produced & sold -- one where the vertical (side) component of the L-bracket will slide out to accommodate cables & such... He further stated that customers who pre-ordered the now discontinued L-brackets should have already received an email explaining the situation & their options. Unfortunately, I was not one of those lucky customers and my email got lost in the ether of the internet... In all fairness, he was upfront, nice, & understanding as I explained to him that I really didn't care that much about the specific design of the L-bracket (I've accumulated enough RRS-gear over the years to be comfortable with their designs & quality). But what I was most concerned about, having placed my pre-order more than 2 months ago, was losing my place on the waiting-list... He assured me that would not happen and processed the order change. Also, for what it's worth, I asked him about when they would actually start to ship, and he said that his guesstimate would be in a couple of weeks...

Also, if you've pre-ordered one of the RRS L-brackets (for the R5/R6) from B&H, be advised that they have changed the description & price... And that B&H is now saying "Expected availability: Nov 02, 2020."

Just wanted to share this. I scored an EOS RP, Brand New (Not Refurb), off Canon USA's site for $898 USD out the door.

I was able to stack two coupon codes which were:

L1N5YWT - 10%

XJ49WS7 - 10%

Check out the screenshot of my purchase if you don't believe.

Figured I'd share! Almost a steal at this price.

Just wanted to share this. I scored an EOS RP, Brand New (Not Refurb), off Canon USA's site for $898 USD out the door.

I was able to stack two coupon codes which were:

L1N5YWT - 10%

XJ49WS7 - 10%

Check out the screenshot of my purchase if you don't believe.

Figured I'd share! Almost a steal at this price.

Adorama has the RF 100-500mm in stock and I just grabbed mine. It cost me $100 over B&H but I'm tired of waiting!

The Universal Lens Hood is the world’s first all-fitting, multi-functional lens hood that’s easy to pack, install and use.
It’s designed to fit over 99% of camera lenses and remain compatible with any lens’ focal length/range without creating vignetting in the corners of the frame, which means less gear to carry around and more room in your bag.
It removes glares and reflections when shooting through windows and holds any size circular filter, allowing you to use your largest filters with your smallest lenses.

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It may be interesting to watch the progess as future orders start to get filled.

I was slightly snookered by the Canon store website. I was poking around there on 8/25/20 while still not sure I was ready to by this year. When I saw the "In Stock" status, I bit and entered an order. I immediatly received an email showing that it was on back order. So I called to talk to a human and while I was on hold the website was updated to show back order. Since the price has been the same everywhere I looked (except gougers on ebay), I left my order standing. The agent on the phone said I would receive an email when it was shipped but there would be no other communcation about it. (no eta).

Adorama once against has stock of the brand new RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L IS USM.
Key Features


High Performance L-series versatile Super-Telephoto Zoom RF Lens
Optical Image Stabilization with up to 5 stops of Shake Correction
High Speed, Smooth and Quiet Auto Focus with Dual Nano USM
Minimum Focusing Distance of 2.95′ (0.9m)
12 pin Communication System
Dust and Weather-resistant with Fluorine Coating
One Super UD and Six UD Lens


Canon RF 500mm f/4.5-7.1L IS USM at Adorama

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GoPro Packs More of Everything into New HERO9 Black

New Sensor Delivers 5K Video
20MP Photos
HyperSmooth 3.0 Video Stabilization
New Front-Facing Display
Larger Rear-Display
30% Longer Battery Life

SAN MATEO, Calif., Sept. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — GoPro, Inc. (NASDAQ:GPRO) today announced its new camera, HERO9 Black—featuring “more everything”—including a new sensor that delivers 5K video and 20-megapixel photos, next-generation HyperSmooth 3.0 video stabilization with in-camera horizon levelling, a new front-facing display, a larger rear display, 30% more battery life, and a Max Lens Mod accessory that brings Max HyperSmooth video stabilization and Max SuperView ultra-wide-angle photo and video to HERO9 Black.
Preorder the HERO9 Black at Adorama

HERO9 Black is available globally for an MSRP of...

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One of the hardest pieces of Canon photo gear to get your hands on right now is the EF to RF mount adapter. This little $99 piece of kit is important to a lot of new EOS R5 and EOS R6 shooters.
Our exclusive affiliate partner Adorama is showing an availability date of September 25, 2020. So you should probably get on your next preorder list as soon as you can if you want one of these things as soon as their available.
Canon Mount Adapter EF-EOS R at Adorama

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