Without killing the bank and wanting to do both birding and wildlife with sports for my son, how good is this lens for a possible option with a R6 MK II?
There don't seem to be a lot of choices seeing how my son plays soccer and football getting into lower light options as he is getting older. I unfortunately do not have sideline access for football so I need the reach, so I am quite limited on options. Really concerned about the slower F stop and noise mostly on the football side.

Finally got the MkII and it's showing lots of SSID's from the neighbors (I'm in an apartment building) but it's not showing mine. The old R5 shows all four of my SSIDs, and so do four smartphones and four laptops. None of the SSID's are "hidden."

The MkII IS showing several of the neighbors' SSIDs (typical cramped Japanese apartment building), as do my other devices. I can match them up one for one with what the MkII is showing, but it's not showing mine.

I've tried several different locations, such as my desk, right next to the router, right next to the repeater, and even in the exact spot the R5 original can see the SSIDs. I've tried swapping the locations of the two cameras and the old camera sees them and the new one doesn't even after swapping the positions.

MkII is on latest 1.0.1 firmware.
Router is a common brand here in Japan, Buffalo WSR-2533DHPL2, with latest firmware Ver.1.04
Repeater is TP-LINK RE305 hardware version 4.0 with latest firmware 1.0.23 Build 230418 Rel.60395n (7480)

Both have separate SSID's for 2.4GHz and 5GHz, so there's a total of four SSID's, any of which would suffice to get this working.

The annual Canon USA refurbished gear sale is now live! These prices are always the lowest that we'll see in 2024. Inventory does not last long, so if you're on the fence or in the market, you should act as quickly as possible. About Canon USA Refurbished Gear Canon EOS R Camera Body Only Canon

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B&H is having a Black Friday sale on a ton of backpacks for all of your gear carrying needs. Being a bag snob, and more than just camera bags, I have gone through the deals and will give my recommendations at various budgets. There is no perfect bag, and no best bag. There are only

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In this patent application (2024-166408), Canon looks to be investigating making some small power zoom kit lenses. Sony popularized this, and it would be interesting to see if Canon follows suit. The patent application intriguingly has both APS-C and full-frame lenses. If you notice that none of the embodiments have the image height. So if

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Tamron officially announced its first Canon RF zoom, the Tamron 11-20mm F/2.8 Di III-A RXD (Model B060). That's a mouthful.

I m thinking about to buy a second hand 500mm... MK 1 or 2.
So I have checked the specs those two lenses via The-Digital-Pictures. And edited a wanted RF 500mm to it ...
Look how many years are between MK1 & 2.... ~12 years! SO I asum that we will see a new one sooonish?! We are now above to go 13+ years :'(!

Same with a lightweight RF 300mm 2.8 !

For a new 500mm f4.0 I hope it only weight ~ 2500g max and the 300mm f2.8 ~1500g (looking at the Sony one )

Whatever you think of Leica, they are obviously doing a lot of things right. They have reported that they have had the best financial results in their history. They claim they have seen growth in every region. Leica was on the brink of bankruptcy in 2004, and were saved by Andreas Kaufmann and his private

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Weighing just 10g, DJI Mic Mini delivers powerful performance in an ultra-light body, allowing content creators to carry less and capture more. DJI, the global leader in civilian drones and creative camera technology, today announced DJI Mic Mini. This ultralight, compact, wireless microphone offers powerful performance for content creators. DJI’s latest microphone offering, DJI Mic

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Anyone still looking to grab the RF200-800 Canon US is showing them in stock.

The first serious blast of winter, Saturday, November 23rd, 2024.

It's been quiet on the EOS R6 Mark III front. This time of year tends to be that way as companies are trying to sell you everything that they actually have to sell you. We're also seeing a lot of big discounts on the EOS R6 Mark II and we're told that we may see

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Hi,

I've been shooting my R1 for a couple of weeks and have had an issue shooting stills in hot weather lying on concrete in an extreme environment (shooting fast action water polo in 35c plus). The camera is great and we are shooting 600Gb+ on a weekend. Has anyone else had this occur? The camera returns to normal when you sit in the shade for a while and doesn't show this problem when shooting in the shade or cooler conditions. Interestingly, I haven't had the issue with the R5 Mkii yet.

Cheers

Shane

In this patent application (2024-163673), Canon is exploring some lesser-quality super telephoto primes. Could be good news for us peons that don't want to drop 5 digits on a super-telephoto prime. The designs seem interesting, yet simplistic, so I wouldn't necessarily expect these lenses to cost that much. Canon RF 400mm F4.0 In this first

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After years of the Cinema EOS camera lineup being pretty dormant, Canon launched the Cinema EOS C400 and Cinema EOS C80 in September of this year to a pretty positive reception. Both of those cameras have begun shipping, but are currently out of stocck for the moment. Both the Cinema EOS C80 and Cinema EOS

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SmallRig has launched a bunch of accessories for the Canon EOS R5 Mark II, these include cages and brackets. We have already been more than happy with these sorts of SmallRig accessories and use them almost daily. SmallRig Canon EOS R5 Mark II Accessories

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Does anyone know the screw size used for attaching the Power Zoom PZ-E2? I guess I'm looking for the screw diameter and threads per inch.

I just got the RF 70-200mm f/2.8L Z and the RF 24-105mm f/2.8L Z and I don't like the screw openings for attaching the Power Zoom adapter. The silvery screw openings make the lens look it's missing trim or not finished. I know the openings are weather sealed, so I'm not concerned about that. I just don't like their appearance. The adjacent anchoring holes are black inside and don't stand out as much.

I was hoping to find the right-sized screws somewhere and put them into these openings to finish the look of the lens. Given the lenses' cost, I don't like having bare screw openings in such visible locations. It's totally vanity on my part.

Hey Do you think Canon would alter the R6 II Precapture just like the R1 and R5 II? Or will it take hardware or faster Media/buffer? Or do we hope its in tthe Future R6 III?

I bought two R5 II a month ago. Unfortunately, the time of the two bodies was not synchronic. After one day I had a difference of 1 second. Canon then replaced one body.

With the new body, the difference is still 1 second per week. I use up to four bodies (2x R5 I and 2x R5 II) at the same time for covering football. It's very important to me that the times are exactly right because I sort the pictures chronologically. The celebration of a goal can't come before the image from the remote camera with the shot...

With my two R5 I, the time is still exactly right after six weeks and more.

R5 I vs R5 II have a difference of 2 to 3 seconds per week. Canon is currently clarifying the problem. Has anyone had similar experiences?

(Firmware 2.1 for the R5 I and 1.01 for the R5 II)


Adjusting the time every week is not a fun option...

OK. Not trying to get my hopes too high, but who needs a trinity? I prefer the above mentioned Dynamic Duo. While my focus is shifting from 100% portraits to portraits and farm, garden, landscape... this duo can do most anything I need. The only thing missing would be a super tele for the birds.

Anyone else going minimalist with this pair if the RF 70-150mm f/2L materializes?

Asobinet has uncovered a patent application P2024163673 for various tele-lenses:

• 400mm f4
• 500mm f5.6
• 600mm f5.6 and f6.3
• 800mm f6.3

Link to google translated post.

I'm looking for a good rolling camera bag. I'm getting older. Gone are the days I could carry a FF with multiple L lenses on a several mile day hike. I'm not as mobile these days and cannot carry a heavy backpack anymore which has curbed my photography the last few years. My Tenba Solstice 12L with a single light body/lens is my limit for short distances these days. Sometimes I just shoot out the car window.

I've been moving to the the lighter R bodies (R6/R7/R8), non-L lenses, and a tripod to help. I'm looking for a single bag to hold a few bodies and several lenses (including an RF800, RF 100-400, etc.), even just getting from the house to the car. It should be easy to access sitting on the car set next to me. I've got a hardcase for serious travel but it's not as convenient to use.

Are there any brands/bags you recommend for rolling bags.

Little surprised, but I do not yet see an R1 image thread.

I have already seen some great images by forum members go by and I am in my mode where I am testing out the camera and was looking for a place to put some of my images.

Here are images taken yesterday at my backyard feeder. The sun was going down so I had some high ISO images processed in LR with and without some AI Denoise processing.

All on the R1 with the EF 500 f/4 II. All of these are >50% crops of the originals.

1/1250, f/4, ISO 3200


w/ AI Denoise


1/800, f4, ISO 5000


w/ Denoise


1/1250, f/4, ISO 8000


AI Denoise (20)


To give a sense of the crop, the above image not exported to 1500 pixel is 1689 x 2534, or 4.2 MPs