Canon continues to work on new zoom lens ideas for the RF mount according to this JPO patent, I can only see one lens below that makes sense for a consumer product, and that’s the Canon RF 24-70mm f/4 optical design.
Now hidden in here is an optical formula for what looks to be an APS-C RF mount optical design. The Canon RF 15-70mm f/4-7.1 has an image height that differs significantly from the other 4 optical designs, suggesting it’s for a smaller sensor. Please correct me if I’m wrong on that assumption.
Canon RF 24-70mm f/4

Focal Length: 24.72-67.90mm
F-Number: 4.12
Half angle of view: 41.50 – 17.30°
Image height: 19.69-21.64mm
Overall lens length: 101.50-141.15mm
Backfocus: 12.50-24.86mm

Canon RF 24-120 f/4-7.1

Focal Length: 24.72-116.40mm
F-Number: 4.04-7.31
Half angle of view: 41.80-10.30°
Image height: 19.90-21.64mm...

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Northlight has uncovered a USPTO patent dealing with various prime lenses for the RF mount with a max aperture of f/1.8
Canon RF 105mm f/1.8

Focal Length: 105.00mm
F-number: 1.85
Half Angle  of View: 11.64°
Image Height: 21.63mm
Overall Lens Length: 145.01mm

Canon RF 130mm f/1.8

Focal Length: 131.00mm
F-number: 1.85
Half Angle of View: 9.38°
Image Height: 21.63mm
Overall Lens Length: 155.01mm
BF: 27.26mm

Canon RF 150mm f/1.8

Focal Length: 150.00mm
F-number: 1.85
Half Angle  of View: 8.21°
Image Height: 21.63mm
Overall Lens Length: 164.98mm

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Two Stabilization Systems Offer Reworked Designs and New Creative Functions to Become Workhorses for Filmmakers and Content Creators
October 14, 2020 – DJI, the global leader in civilian drones and creative camera technology, today expands the legacy of the highly popular and prestigious DJI Ronin series, by introducing the rebranded DJI RS 2 and DJI RSC 2. Redesigned and reimagined, both systems offer the filmmaking and content creation community an extremely robust, versatile, and professional 3-axis camera gimbal for their various needs. DJI RS 2 brings added strength and agility to creators using heavier camera systems such as DSLR and compact cinema cameras. At the same time, DJI RSC 2 was created to be more portable, meeting the needs of mirrorless and more compact camera operators.
“DJI’s first Ronin-S and the original...

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I recently switched from using Adobe Camera Raw to Canon DPP to process my RAW photos from the R5 (much better colour!). Unfortunately DPP doesn't seem to automatically remove dead or stuck pixels like ACR does.

Scanning through a couple of photos at 200% magnification I have so far found two dead pixels... one is right at the very edge of the frame and is not much of a concern. The second is unfortunately right in the middle of the frame and is a distinct purple colour.

This single, problematic dead pixel is obviously easy to clone out in post when shooting stills. My question though, is how likely is this to show up in Video? It will be more of a pain removing it from video footage I'm guessing.

Do any other R5 owners have some dead pixels, and if you do video work regularly how often do they show up?

Thanks!
Chris

A couple of unreleased Canon cameras have appeared for certification. The two cameras are called the ML-100 and the ML-105. They have the code names ID0148 (ML-100) and ID0149 (ML-105). The “ID” is the codename for a Canon video camera, the Cinema EOS C70 is ID0147 internally at Canon.
What are these cameras? They could be something new or new versions of the ME20F-SH and ME200S-SH, very niche and expensive cameras.

Pansonic just released their “box video camera” with the DC-BGH1 and perhaps these are to compete with the DC-BGH1. The new Panasonic retails for $1,999 USD.
The Canon ME20F-SH retails for $19,999 and the ME200S-SH retails for $4,999, so they are definitely playing in a different price bracket.
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Is the video autofocus worse then photo autofocus?

I do not know if it has already been discussed but i found that to achieve maximum dynamic range of 8k raw you need to keep Clog ON or you will lose DR in the Highlights
I made a little test to show the differences:

It’s no secret that Canon is developing an EOS-1D X Mark III level EOS R camera. We are calling it the EOS R1 until we’re told otherwise.
I have been told that this camera won’t simply be a mirrorless version of the EOS-1D X Mark III, but will be an “upgrade”.
Here are a few things I have been told by a good source, keep in mind that this far out from a product announcement, things can change.

An all-new image sensor with a global shutter
A “groundbreaking” new AF system, above the EOS R5/EOS R6
The fastest framerate for a stills camera ever from Canon
The second half of 2021 announcement

We’ve already seen mention of a full-frame sensor development with a global shutter, and this confirms that to some...

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MELVILLE, N.Y., October 14, 2020 –– Hiking, birdwatching and nature gazing, consumers are embracing the beauty of the outdoors this season and beyond. With this in mind, it is important to have a convenient and intuitive imaging tool to explore the world. Developed to showcase an impressive telephoto reach in a user-friendly, compact design, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, today launches the PowerShot ZOOM, the company’s first telephoto monocular.
Preorder the Canon PowerShot ZOOM $299
The lightweight telephoto monocular sports 100mm, 400mm and 800mm telephoto viewing capability1 with a one-touch switch, and is equipped with impressive instant zoom capability to help users view distant subjects. Additionally, the monocular can capture images and videos to a micro SD card, and by pairing it with a compatible smart device2 and the Canon Camera Connect app3, these files can easily be downloaded. This...

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$299. at B&H. Zooms to 400mm optical, 800mm digital. 1080 30fps video. 12 Mpixel stills.

Even though all the COVID-19 trouble the Natural History Museum, London, yesterday announced the "Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2020".

Grand title winner: Sergey Gorshkov
Equipment:
Nikon Z7, 50mm f1.8 lens, 1/200 sec at f6.3, ISO 250,
Cognisys camera-trap system (this makes it clear why to use a 50 mm lens with a wild tiger )



Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2020
Grand title winner: Liina Heikkinen
Equipment:
Nikon D4, 28–300mm f3.5–5.6 lens 1/125 sec, f5.6 (-0.3 e/v), ISO 1600

Look through and enjoy the galleries. Once again, some great pictures there, no matter what gear was used.

Hi group, I shoot corporate photography and video, I currently use the 80d with EF lenses but I own a backup set of S lenses for shooting video, (hate the stepper sound in my audio). Wondering if anyone knows if the RF lenses include the S lens nano technology for silent video during auto-focus. On a side note does anyone know if the S lenses would require the EF-RF adapter. Sorry I haven't been keeping up on the tech. side.... Best David

It looks like my previous specifications rumor for the EOS M50 Mark II turned out to be incorrect, let’s hope those specifications are for the second rumored EOS M system camera coming at a later date.
Below is some Google Translated information from Canon marketing material about the upcoming Canon EOS M50 Mark II.
Canon EOS M50 Mark II Information (Google Translated):
Despite being an entry model, it is possible to shoot high-quality still images and videos.

Equipped with a video engine DIGIC 8 and APS-C size, a CMOS sensor with approximately 24.1 million pixels, you can easily enjoy shooting high-quality still images and movies.
Achieves high-definition 4K video recording. Equipped with a “4K frame cutout” function that saves any one frame as a JPEG image of approximately 8.3 million pixels (3840 x 2160).
Equipped with a “digital lens optimizer” that corrects lens aberrations, etc...

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Below is some Google Translated information from Canon marketing material about the upcoming Canon Speedlite EL-1, which is the new flagship Speedlite for the EOS lineup.
Canon Speedlite EL-1 Information (Google Translated):
Stabilization of light emission amount and improvement of continuous light emission performance

By adopting a newly developed highly durable xenon tube, it suppresses variations in the amount of light emitted and realizes stable light emission.
Equipped with a newly developed active cooling system that uses a blower fan and glass panel. By circulating air inside the strobe, the temperature rise of the heat spot is suppressed. Heat resistance is improved by combining with a highly durable xenon tube, and the number of continuous light emission is about 160 times.

Minimal emission of 1/8192

By adopting a newly developed xenon tube and improving the accuracy of light emission control, stable minute light emission of at least 1/8192 is...

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I am struggling to find a way to charge alternate R5 LP-E6NMH batteries in a hide using a stand-alone charger base, a power bank and a USB cable. It's the stand-alone USB powered charger that is the issue. Nearly all those I see online talk about the lower mAh E6 and E6N batteries but few, if any, refer to the 2130 mAh E6NMH. I do realise that the in-body battery can be charged via the camera USB port, but this can only be done when the camera is turned off and I am trying to find a way to rotate two or three batteries to keep shooting capability

1. Is battery life a problem for others?
2. Does anyone have experience of doing this? Would be really interested to see how you do it
3. Will an E6 or E6N USB charger simply take longer to fully charge an E6NMH or doesn't it work that way?
4. Any good referrals on USB chargers, power banks or replacement E6NMH batteries?

Any info gratefully received!

Michael

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Canon is expected to announce the Canon EOS Kiss M2 (Canon EOS M50 Mark II) this week. The new EOS M camera will be available as a body only lens kits with the EF-M 15-45 and EF-M 22mm.
Canon will also officially announce the PowerShot Zoom. The last time I heard about the PowerShot Zoom, it was only for the Japanese market.

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B&H has instant discounts and is offering both bodies for $1299.00 and $1499.00. Their site shows they will honor this pricing for backorder with expected delivery in 2-4 wks. Many Ebayer's are asking more than this for their pre-owned bodies. Don't know how long this will last. Could not find similar pricing when I looked on Adorama's website. Here's the B&H link.

As there are several reports now of the R5 freezing and requiring battery removal and replacing to restart, let’s get some more information on what proportion of owners have the problem.

If the canon is to release an APS-C rf body, could the m line still co-exist with the RF line? Let's say they end up releasing the m7 & m50 ii, along with 1-2 more lenses in 2021. (I'm using a canon m50 rn, planning to invest in more lenses but not sure if the canon is gonna kill the line... as mentioned in a rumour about a month ago)

Many R5 and now R6 owners are experiencing freeze/lockup where the only option is to remove battery. Sometimes it will reboot also after about 20 seconds. It's not lens specific, it is occurring when using RF 70 200mm f2.8 lenses and 300 mm f2.8 mkii, 500f4 mkii , 100-400mm mkii plus a few more. This happens on my R5 once almost every day on a full 6 hour 500 image session with wildlife. Main circuit board replacement is what is being offered by Canon repair centres . You are unlikely to experience it taking a few images for a few minutes , give the R5 a good work out for a couple of hours and it will freeze/lock up. My friend in South Africa explains it here

Hi all!

I have encountered a following problem. Brand new R5 and brand new RF 35 with or without the newest firmware produce a terrible back focus for apertures above 1.8. At aperture 4.0 the back focus is the worst, resulting in the least acceptable resolution in the point of intended focus. I have also tried another copy of rf 35 and the problem persists. This problem sometimes vanishes by itself for no reason and the camera works well until shutdown. I have tried all kinds of settings to find out what might trigger it, firmware updates, all kinds of AF and modes- nothing helps. The only way I can achieve normal results is to mount a 50 mm 1.2 rf first ( flawless work) and then change it to 35 mm without turning off the camera. For some reason it will do a trick and a camera fill hit the focus at any aperture after that until shut down.

I attach a link with a couple of center crops of the target. They are both shot from a tripod at 1/1000 a second, AFS stabiliser off ( but nothing changes if it is on), aperture 4.0, iso 1600 ( yes ISO is high, no if you set it to 100 nothing changes), distance to a target is around 3 meters. One photo is taken after changing a lens from 50 mm, the other straight after I restarted a camera a moment later.

I also attach a center of a shot made at 1.8 aperture which is clearly sharper than the one made at 4.0 after the restart.

Why am I sure that is is a back focus? Because I ran several photoshoots and always saw focus on ears rather than on eyes. And because I tried gazillion shots on a ruler and I clearly see a problem.

What am I asking? I am asking the ones who have this combo to test it and see if the same thing happens. Just pick any target with small text on it like some package and shoot it in AV mode from a tripod or any steady surface at 1,8 and 4,0 apertures and watch if the resolution of the text downgrades.

What I am NOT asking for. Please do not advise to change my shooting technique or make any assumptions unless you do the test yourself. I made this test numerous times accompanied by a technician in a camera shop and I DO manage to achieve perfect results with other lenses or straight after changing the lens from 50 to 35 until I switch the camera off. I also tested another lens in another shop, same result. I already contacted an authorised Canon technician and will take the combo to him on Monday so you will have nicer pictures at 100 ISO, rulers etc.

I do know the Optical limits review, where they stated that 35 rf is prone to focus shift. The focus shift that they illustrated is incomparable to the one I get. Mine results in OOF images where at the sweet spot of the lens you get the worst results.

The crops form undedited raws are attached via the link

LINK REMOVED BY MOD_1 as we don't know the safety of the link.

I got my R6 delivered 10 minutes before I had to leave for work I only had time to get the battery charging. But after plugging it in, I noticed a sort of whine sound coming from the charger, like coil whine on high power electronics. I'm used to that with PC components, but never with a battery charger before. Do you think this is a normal thing, or should I send it to Canon for a replacement? I'd prefer not to try out a third party charger/battery right now.

Is there any rumor that Canon is going to create a dedicated Monochrome camera like the Leica M10 Monochrome?

German fotomagazin did test RF 70-200mm F2.8L IS USM vs. NIKKOR Z 70–200 mm 1:2,8 VR S in its latest issue 11/2020.

Overal score:
5 of 5 stars for both
optics:
95 vs. 91 of 100
mechanical built:
90 vs. 100 of 100

Optically the RF wins in resolution, vignetting and distortion, esp. wide open up to f/5.6 with only more distortion @70mm.
Mechanically the RF loses some points because of plastic barrel (but it saves weight) smaller focus ring (but it is smaller) and little bit worse flare protection.

I just noticed the R5 is showing as in stock at the canon store but no where else.

I did not grab one as I already have one on order at Bestbuy with a 10% discount as it was an eligible item for the birthday discount they sent out

Regards