Roger at Lens Rentals has been testing a few 35mm lenses, and the new Tamron 35mm is the best of the bunch - if you like MTF charts. Actually I have heard that the lens renders rather beautifully too.


I'm one of those guys who'd never touch a third party lens with a barge pole, until that is a couple of years ago I decided to have a punt on the Tamron 45/1.8 as the lens appeared to be exactly what I wanted and Canon didn't make it, despite having patented an almost identical optical formula a few years before. Well the lens is just superb, assuming that your definition of good doesn't mean lack of aberrations. The tap-in console I presume and hope will make the lenses future proof. Incidentally both the Tamron 45 and 85 are AFMA 0 at all distances on my 5DS bodies - unlike some of my Canon lenses......

Trouble is my EF 35/2 IS is so strong I couldn't really warrant a 1.4, maybe, perhaps..........

I realise it may be too early to ask, but was curious if anyone has this lens. It’s been available for Sony e mount for a while but it looks like there may be some differences, for example for rf it has 5 not 7 aperature blades. I’m interested in the good control of flare (small front element that takes filters), defined sun stars, and the different possibilities given the shallow depth of field combined it’s decent close focus abilities (.25x).

Guess the change from the 80D http://www.photonstophotos.net/Charts/PDR.htm#Canon EOS 80D,Canon EOS 90D

8 x 20 and 10x 20 IS. Compact. Under a pound. Packable.
CR123A lithium battery, not AA. I could wish for a bit larger objective lenses, but these are, as it were, M series binoculars. As in compact is the priority.

An RF mount cinema camera of some kind is likely an inevitable evolution in Canon’s ecosystem when such a camera will appear is unknown at this time. I imagine the lens lineup needs to be a bit bigger before we see this sort of camera come to market.
Canon News has uncovered a patent that shows such a camera in great detail. The patent itself is related to reducing the size of the forced air cooling smaller and more efficient, therefore reducing the size of the camera.
As you’ll see below, the technical drawings for this camera are quite detailed. It shows a very modular camera design, it looks to be about the size of the XC series of cameras. We believe the Cinema EOS lineup will be moving to more modular designs as we’ve seen in the recent EOS C500 Mark II.

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Canon News has uncovered a patent which details the optical formulas for a couple of super telephoto zooms, including an RF 70-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM, a lens we’re told will appear sometime in the first half of 2020.
In the same patent, Canon also mentions an RF 70-300mm f/4-5.6, a lens we could see appear as a non-L telephoto zoom.
Canon RF 70-300mm f/4-5.6:

Focal length:   72.00mm 146.00mm 290.00mm
F number: 4.08 4.88 5.67
Half angle of view: 16.72° 8.43° 4.27°
Image height: 21.64mm 21.64mm 21.64mm
Total lens length: 140.00mm 177.20mm 210.00mm
BF: 25.13mm 44.86mm 61.65mm

Canon RF 70-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM:

Focal length: 72.62mm 168.49mm 389.89mm
F number: 4.07 5.10 5.85
Half angle of view: 16.59° 7.32° 3.18°
Image height: 21.64mm 21.64mm 21.64mm
Total lens length: 187.91mm 236.14mm 268.26mm
BF: 13.80mm 27.53mm 35.04mm

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I am about to get myself an R and the 28-80 lens as well as the control ring adaptor.
As Brian at TDP says, it's worth to buy the body just to get the lens.

I do events and I currently have a 5D3 (primary camera), 70D (backup and HD video) as well as an M5 for fun. My brother-in-law's old 60D has bitten the dust and I'm giving him my 70D.

I've played with R's in store, and I have to say that I hate the EVF. Just like my M5, the colours are grossly oversaturated and the brightness is too high and the contrast is terrible, IMHO.
When I use the M5, I use the EVF just to frame the shot and check on exposure but I find it useless to really see what the finished photos look like.
Is it possible to do any adjustments to the EVF on the R? If not, then it could only ever be a backup camera for me as I know my left eye would be in a very sorry state if I did a 16 hour wedding with it up to my eye.

Hi all,

Currently using the R, and looking at purchasing the RP as a back up camera. I know the CIPA battery life rating is low, wondering what everyone is experience battery life wise in the real world. Shots per battery, normally dont shoot video

Hello,
I record concert band concerts with the 80D with a Tascam recorder attached on a hotshoe. I want to ensure the Tascam records better audio than the 80D, but the 80D does have pretty good audio. Therefore, I am interested in tweaking the audio settings on the 80D to ensure the audio from the recorder is more of the “reference quality” and is far better than the 80D’s audio. If anyone has any setting or tweaking tips that would be appreciated. Thanks!
Dan

Back in June, we reported about the possibility of a dedicated astrophotography EOS R system camera coming from Canon in late 2019.  It turns out such a camera may, in fact, be coming in 2020.
According to the source, they were told that a “Canon EOS Ra” has appeared on an internal Canon roadmap for 2020. The only time the “a” is used in Canon ILC camera models has been for the EOS 20Da and the EOS 60Da, which leads us to believe we will definitely be seeing a dedicated astrophotography camera.
No specifications are known at this time, as only the model name has appeared on the internal document. There is however a chance that the model name is an internal codename for a different camera.
Update: Canon themselves have mentioned the Canon EOS Ra in an EOS R leaflet on one of their official sites. You can download the leaflet...

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I've been shooting photos using Canon DSLRs since the EOS 350d era.
Last year I jumped from the 700d to the 6D mkII + Tamron 24 70 G2 and was very happy with it. My only complaint was the focus points that were crammed to the center of the frame plus the AFMA I had to perform to my lenses to get the best out of them. Still I had a considerable miss rate on action shots, but it was acceptable. Sadly camera and lens were stolen a month ago and now I'm trying to see what I should do.

I thought of switching to another brand, so I tested Fuji and Sony. Fuji is a no no for me since I don't like the button placing. Especially the shutter button on XT-30 and XT-3 being on top.. what were they thinking? Anyways, Sony has nice ergonomics but if I switch to it, I'll have to get rid of all my lenses and buy Sony equivalents. I don't think I can justify that.

My current lens lineup is: EFS 17-55, EF 16-35 f4L IS, Tamron 35 1.8 VC, Canon 70-200 2.8 I, Canon 70-300L IS which cover most of my needs (travel/candid shots - car racing - concerts).

What would you suggest me doing? One option would be getting the 6d mkII again, but I'm trying to explore other possibilities like: Get an M6 mkII with viewfinder+EF adapter to use for sports and some kind of EOS R later (mid-2020) to utilize my FF lenses to the max. Does this make sense? What would you do if you were in my place?

We’ve confirmed from a very solid source one of the worst kept secrets for 2020, that Canon will announce the EOS-1D X Mark III. The same source gave us a few tidbits of information about what could possibly be coming in the new flagship DSLR.

It’s likely the Canon EOS-1D X Mark III will shoot 6K video without a crop.
Dual CFExpress cards are in the prototype models and will likely make it to the production version.
There will be a “significant jump in resolution for an EOS-1 series camera”.  The EOS-1D X was 18.1mp and the EOS-1D X Mark II came in at 20.2mp. So I guess anything over a 2mp bump could be considered “significant” to some.
New DIGIC processor. Canon doesn’t usually introduce a new DIGIC processor in the EOS-1D series, but that will apparently change this time.
IBIS is in prototype cameras

We weren’t given an idea on when we could expect an announcement, but we’ll update you as soon as someone sheds some light on that.

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Jared Polin gives his thoughts on the Canon EOS R a year later and Canon’s full-frame mirrorless future.
On September 26, 2019, Canon will be releasing the new v1.4.0 firmware for the EOS R, which should add some goodies for a lot of shooters. I think the EOS R was a good first step, but I agree with Jared, they need to do more with the bodies to close the perceived gap with Sony.
2020 will be a huge year, so sit tight Canon shooters.

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Does anyone else really dislike the matte look/feel of the RF bodies and lenses? I feel like it is going to wear really poorly and show a lot of wear in just a few years. The battery door on my R has already been rubbed to the point of being shiny, although that is where a strap rubs on it when I carry it. But the edges of the top of the viewfinder housing are also already getting shiny. I normally carry my camera hanging by my side, and it rubs on my pants leg, and I worry the matte finish on my RF 50mm 1.2 is going to be shiny before too long. It's really going to make equipment look worn and junky in a very short time. I don't personally care, but I know resale value is going to tank if my equipment looks visibly worn when I go to sell it. I'd much rather have a smoother finish on the bodies and lenses, even if it doesn't feel quite as premium when they're new.

Photography-on-the.net forum member Mark Fingar posted some bird shots taken with the 90D and 600mm f/4.0L IS II plus a 1.4x extender. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves, but I daresay that the 90D is going to be a worthy second camera for many a 1DX shooter.

Do we think that this lens will be produced? Or it will only be available in the RF series?

My knowledge In the Automatic Focus on my Camera is basic,However I have a specific Question,
On the AF point There is many various Ways To adjust it Like Single point Or a group point, As well as many ways To track Subject, However None of this is my question,
My question is that the AF points Given to me Only in the center of the screen,
I solve that problem In a deep research I did In the past And I cannot find That answer Again,
So the question is I want to focus On the Far upper Center or corner, Also Side Ways Right or left Corner And not only in the center of the Screen,
answer will be appreciated

Chris Frost has posted a review of that lens and it appears as if Canon made some interesting compromises in order to allow it to hit the price, weight and size point they amed for. Namely, at the wide end, it doesn't really cover the whole frame. That shocked me, to be honest. Is it something they have done before, maybe on an EF-M lens? Or is this a first?


I'm not really interested in the lens, even if I would get a R camera in the future. But it seems odd to me that are doing this. Seems like a cheap trick a third party manufacturer would pull. Seems like we could also see some really low cost RF lenses if this design mentality is carried over to less extreme designs, like a pancake lens.

Point of this thread intended for EOS R OWNERS is not to complain about the camera, but to discuss challenges and work arounds.

I received mine a few days ago, and I've identified a few issues that don't seem learning-curve related. Here are two:

1) There is currently no third-party eyecup for the EVF, such as the Hoodman Hoodeye line of eyecups that works so great for dSLR's. I like to shoot in early morning and late afternoon, but the angle of the sun at these times (after and before golden hour) makes seeing through the EVF very difficult for me. The Nikon Z's already have an eyecup, and I've written to Hoodman to ask if one might be coming for the EOS R (which, by the way, has its eyecup screwed on, but otherwise comes off without much effort.)

Anybody have some kind of DIY solution yet?

2) Not a big deal, but the Auto Sensor Cleaning, unless completely disabled, engages every time the display goes to sleep--which is a LOT! The only setting that stops that is just turning "Auto" off altogether. Sure, I might be able to just remember to engage it when I swap lenses, but it is definitely a quirk.

There's more, but I don't want to start with a long laundry list, and, frankly, this camera is new to me and many issues will likely resolve themselves.

I am seeing the potential of the R's AF, and getting very good initial results with it--especially considering I've been shooting at f/1.2 and relatively low shutter speeds with a non-IS lens! But the EVF is a huge change for me.

Please, fellow EOS R OWNERS, chime in and share some of the quirks and quibbles you are dealing with and learning to work with.

Thanks!

It’s no surprise anymore that IBIS is coming to future EOS R cameras, and possibly a Canon DSLR. This patent is an extremely detailed view of Canon’s IBIS unit. It looks like the technology is ready to go.
Canon News breaks down this particular patent:
They are looking to create high efficiency in the movement force, and to improve the linearity of the magnetic circuit for position detection.  Both of which are important to moving a large full-frame sensor quickly and with a high degree of accuracy.
Below is an exploded view of the IBIS unit found in Japan Patent Application 2019-152785...

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