I'm using a 5DM3 and a Sekonic L-478D

1.) I dial in T=250, F=2.8 and the meter tells me to use an ISO of 20. The lowest ISO on the 5DM3 is 100 as far as I understand it, what do you do in this situation? Does this mean I have too much light and need to close down my aperture?

2.) I want to shoot some video so I switch to HD mode. I want to control F stop, Shutter, and f/s and let it provide me with ISO, though the way it is set up I enter the shutter, ISO, and f/s and it provides the aperture. I do not see any other options for this. How do I enter my desired aperture as a controlled value?

Thanks in advance.

This is from an Internet source of mine in Europe who said he/she originally passed the following text and images onto Northlight Images UK (i've gotten rumor confirmations from that website before but this was sent directly to me!).

It purports to be a Canon Smartphone that is combined with a 4K video resolution APS-C sensor from the 7D mark2 and Android OS. The language is a bit flowery but again I am pretty sure the original source is from Germany and the UK as I see tells in the text that shows me the LIKELY TWO writers are English and German.

I have attached the two photos that came with the text and have perused the photos and in my opinion they look like testbed prototypes rather than finished products. They look a little too dinged up to be 3D rendered and there are some OTHER tells (I see two...can you find them too?) which make me believe they actually MIGHT BE REAL! The way they misspelled APS-C as AP-C on a consistent basis and some really flowery language shows me that at least one is not a native English-speaker. They ADMIT in the text that they have PURPOSEFULLY DISTORTED THE PHOTOS to ensure their anonymous nature.


Take a read and comment away:


Canon P5 AP-C Sensor Smartphone
Field Report from Camera Gruppe-CCHQ in Tokyo
2018-01-28

Written by Agents "Felicity" and "Uwe"

(Must unzip attached ZIP file containing two JPEG photos)
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While in Tokyo, our review team met an industrious and very nervous technician "Innichi-san" whom we had invited to one of the many tiny and private sushi booths in this effervescent but chaotic metropolis.

He had an insane secret for us that proved beyond any rational doubt that Canon had the "Next Big Thing" in camera technology.

Skittish and watchful, our guest took out of what we saw to be a wooden teabox, a silver grey item wrapped in a simple cobalt blue hand-towel that initially looked rather similar to an oversized Powershot G9 series camera missing a number of vital parts.

Upon a closer look, with the four of us stuffed so uncomfortably close within this private booth, we suddenly realized we had something very special in our hands as no dials were present. No popup flash was present. No portruding lens element was present. But a very large plastic-film covered display indicating the primary function of a smartphone was most definitely present and accounted for!

Upon turning over the item over, the surprised looks within our group gave way to a most palpable "Shock And Awe" as we realized the implications of what lay present before us. The very obvious lens mount of either a Canon M5 or Canon 7D camera and a rather shallow inset box containing a large AP-C sensor but lacking any obvious mirror assembly made it immediately clear to us all that Canon has now (finally?) given us that insanely great "One More Thing..." moment.

A Silver Grey smooth finish with what we are told is a plastic prototype body containing all the elements of a 7D Mark II in a large form factor smartphone with a full-size touchscreen. By no mere coincidence, we did happen to have a Canon 7D Mark II with us as an immediate item of comparison which told us as much or more than what our nervous companion previously conveyed to us before our late lunch.

The sensor within the item was indeed the same physical size as our Canon 7D Mark II. The lens box was definitely shallower and most definitely had no mirror assembly!
And indeed, the mount itself was absolutely identical to our 7D except that the two screws that normally sit above the mount were not to be seen!

To the right of the lens mount, to the upper right corner were four inset LED lights which we assumed to be part of the on-board flash and light system for this smartphone. Our guest confirmed that it is both a camera flash and a continuously-lit flashlight similar to many current smartphone systems.

The lower right consisted of a rather large Canon "EOS" logo printed in black but otherwise identical to those present in other lower-end Canon point-and-shoot systems. Within the lower-middle edge of the smartphone was a tripod screwmount socket surrounded by four screws nearly identical in configuration to the Powershoot G9 series and with a grooved and vacant inset that also seemed identical in size and layout to the G9's electrical and power information stickers. We saw no battery insert and when pressed, our guest informed us the Lithium-Ion battery was sealed permanently inside the smartphone, but could be factory-replaced by sending in the phone to one of as-of-yet unnamed series of specialised Canon service centres.

There was a removeable clear sticker attached to the lower-left edge in landscape mode, that contained the words EOS P5 which we were told is to be the series name of this particular combined camera and smartphone device. Other versions in higher and lower price brackets are to be forthcoming. The device case and the display's plastic film covering seemed to be well used and were rather scratched and nicked which is due to the extensive in-field testing by Canon as told to us by our guest. This device shown to us is one of up to 30 such devices in current real-world testing. The final case is to be smooth metal and will not be the somewhat unfinished looking plastic case we were presented with.

Inquiring further about battery life, we were informed that 800 shots over five hours in addition to another full hour of phone calls for a total of six hours was the currently tested typical battery life. A quick charge mode of up to 80% of full charge within 2 hours was available. We were delighted to hear such impressive numbers
and even more impressed that these numbers were expected to actually improve by the time of product release.

Make no mistake, this is a very large mobile being what we measured to be about 27mm in thickness. The screen size which we did not measure, we are told in Imperial Measurement terms as being a "5.7 Inch" phone. The phone was in fact turned on in our presence and Android Nougat became the operating system version that was presented after a reasonable boot-up period. We were most impressed by the sheer clarity and brightness of the display itself. Told to us by our guest that
it is a 1920 by 1200 pixel OLED for battery life reasons, we were a tiny bit disappointed at its rather low and unusual resolution.

Abutted on the right side, when held in landscape mode, was nearly the same "joystick" button-set as on the M5 camera. In addition to the usual record button above and the menu button below, we were pleased to see and feel the ergonomic presence of the very familiar Canon M5 camera control system.

Entertaining us mightily, our guest further impressed us with a demonstration of the newer "Dark Mode" menu system that is much larger than the M5's and is fully-touchscreen. After the popup menu system hiccupped and displayed its displeasure at not having a lens attached, our guest astonished us by taking out of the tea box yet another device which we were gobsmacked to find out was the smartphone-specific detachable lens system which allowed the phone to take wideview images without any other lens. He simply twisted it onto the EF-S mount in a single motion
and by George, the viewscreen presented itself in its full clarity, it's sheer brilliance and absolutely no lag time!

While the menu system was familar, new items such as a luminance waveform monitor and RGB vectorscope overlay and a menu for zebra stripes was most evident and well-received by us.

When our guest switched over the lens while in live-view display mode to a 50 mm kit lens, we were astonished at the sheer technical brilliance of being able to instantly switch to an EF-S mount lens that is qualitatively far beyond what is on any other mobile on Earth!

A touch-moveable auto-focus box then showed us just how well DPAF works in its as-yet-unmatched wonder. Move the box overlay anywhere onscreen and the camera focuses very fast and very well indeed! Press the large silver-black button on the upper-right edge of the mobile and the usual half-press down and full press down functionality satisfied even more our already heightened senses. It was placed
perfectly and is of the optimum size to offer the excellent feedback for typical point-and-shoot operation.

We inquired as to whether video output was possible and after turning the phone to it's rightside short edge, a USB3.1 Universal plug was evident in addition to recessed and flip-tabbed dual-SIM card slots and a what were were told is a 128 Gigabyte capacity UHS-II Card Slot that is able to record up to 4K 4096 by 2160 pixels at a 1.3x crop at 60 fps into MOV container files. The recording segment time
is now fully unlimited going beyond 30 minutes. We were informed that a HDMI 2.1 port may be added by the final production date which also would offer truly clean video output at up to 60 fps 4k and 120 fps 1080p resolutions!

The truly impressive part I must say, is that the video file itself is now fully 10-bit using 4:2:2 colour samples H.264 (Not H.265?) which finally puts Canon on par with the Panasonic G5 camera series and we were able to confirm this via on-screen record settings which are brought up to the state-of-the-art at 4096x2160 at 60 fps
and 3840x2160 at 60 fps using 1.3x crop and full-sensor sampled 2048x1080 and 1920x1080 at 120 fps, and 1280x720 at 120 fps or 180 fps and the very new high frame rate (highly-cropped) 960x540 at 480 fps and 640x480 at 600 fps recording modes which should make you action-sports fanatics utterly ecstatic. These specifications bode very very well for Canon video shooters!

Most definitely not left out are the still shooters which we are pleased to inform that this mobile has specifications nearly identical to the Canon 7D Mark II with its 20.2 megapixels (5472x3648) and 22.50mm x 15.00 mm sensor size using the more-than-adequate 4.11 micron pixel pitch. ISO is Native 100 up to 16000 and is otherwise identical to the 7D MkII with its 25600 and 51200 extensions.

Yes! It most definitely has DPAF and outputs user-selectable 14-bit RAW, MRAW, SRAW, JPEG and the new-to-Canon JPEG-2000 wavelet-based files.

Continuous shooting mode is much improved over the 7D Mark II at an impressively snappy 11 fps allowing four full seconds of stills that are buffered to the storage media. Our guest indicated it is otherwise the same sensor as the 7D Mark II but uses a process that makes it considerably cheaper to manufacture. We received the impression from our guest that a Canon DIGIC series processor is not onboard and that all video and stills are processed by the Qualcomm 835 processor that is currently on the mobile device.

While we were allowed to take no photos with the mobile device itself, but we were allowed to take two photos of the camera using our own mobile. Just the lens-mount and the display sides were photographed so as to not overly cause unintended identification of our guest. We were also asked to distort the view of the phones so as to not overly cause major identifying marks or personal information to be accidentally presented. We are most happy to accommodate his requests for both anonymity and obfuscation!

After a further session of sake and sashimi, we were able to obtain and then discern the follow answers to our questions:

1. Who is this camera for?

- Enthusiast Videographers and Film Students who need a
budget 4K video camera at a less than full frame price point

- Enthusiast Stills photographers who cannot carry both a separate DSLR and Smartphone system

- Vacationers and Caravaners who want mobile phone features but with enthusiast camera capability

2. Who makes this camera?

- The mobile phone components are purported to be Original Designed and Manufactured under contract by HTC

- The display is Canon designed but manufactured elsewhere

- The imaging and onboard processing software is fully Canon's

- The AP-C sensor is essentially a 7D Mark II's but cheaper to manufacture

3. When is this camera to be announced or retailed?

- The stated announcement scenario is February 2019

4. What is its Retail Cost?

- The only price we received was in U.S. Dollars starting at $1400 U.S. or about 1100 Euros but may be higher

5. Does this Replace the Canon 7D Mark II or the Canon M5 cameras?

- No! These cameras are to be soon updated in-themselves for their
respective market segments but at higher than current specifications.

- This is an entirely new market segment directly competing with
flagship Samsung and Apple mobile telephony products.

6. What other Mirrorless Cameras or Smartphones are coming and When?

- A cheaper version of the above mobile but with a Canon "One Inch" sensor
and optical zoom but no external lens mount at a price point of 600 to 800 U.S. Dollars
announced in early to mid 2019

- A new high-end medium format sensor Cinema EOS video camera with
switchable 4k/8k video capability and larger photosites announced before NAB 2019

- Two stills-oriented Mirrorless EOS 1M series products with
medium format sensors and a newer, more robust EF-style lens mount.
One Camera is to have a greater-than 44 megapixel sensor and the second is to have
a 120 megapixels resolution announced in mid to late 2019. New larger lenses will
all have onboard night-readable LED screen for advanced metadata functionality

- The 44 megapixel camera is to have a global shutter and continuous mode shooting
of 24 or more fps and the 120 megapixel version is to have up to 8 fps in continuous mode
but no global shutter. Both will have improved DPAF and 4K video recording modes.
Low-light image gathering and low-light auto-focus capability is to be much improved
over the 1D/5D series cameras.


The new combined mobile telephony and camera device at a glance:

- Canon P5-series Smartphone with AP-C sensor

- Mirrorless with a mount for EF-S lenses.

- Resolution 20.2 Megapixels with a maximum resolution of 5472 x 3648 pixels

- 4.1 microns pixel pitch

- 27 mm body thickness

- 5.7 Inch OLED touchscreen display at 1920 by 1200 pixels resolution
No Lag during Live View.
Nearly identical imaging specifications shared with
Canon EOS 7D Mark II but has DCI 4K 10-bit 4:2:2 video!

- Currently Android Nougat Operating System and is upgradable in-field

- Selfie front camera is 1920x1080p 15/25/30 fps sensor looking much higher image quality than many we have seen

- Removable metal ring with Optical Quality Glass Cover for rear camera allowing
widescreen video and stills photo taking with no other external lens required.
Field of view is currently unknown when glass cover is attached.
5 mm lens bump when glass cover adapter is attached.

- All Canon EF-S lenses attachable when Glass cover is removed.

- 12 gigabytes of operating system memory

- one storage card UHS-II MicroSD slot 128 gigabytes maximum

- Dual SIM card slots allowing two separate mobile service providers

- Unlocked World Phone with Asia, Europe and North America GSM and 3G/4G frequencies in one device

- MOV video container format 4:2:2 10 bit H.264 video to file with embedded GOP-periodic GPS and other metadata.

- Stills have GPS and other metadata embedded into EXIF area

- Stills can be set to 14-bit RAW, SRAW, MRAW, JPEG and JPEG2000

- Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor (unknown processor speed but phone seemed snappy to use)

- Three colours available: Silver Grey, Solid White and Solid Black with smooth non-textured finish

- Has one USB-3.1 port with universal double rounded plug!
NO HDMI 2.1 PORT YET but may be added by final production!

- Has DPAF! Focus Box is Fully Moveable Onscreen

- Live View has no lag and has focus peaking, zebra stripes, and waveform/vectorscope overlay

- Clean 4K 4096x2160 60 fps 10-bit 4:2:2 Video Output via USB-3.1 port

- Portable multi-terabyte hard drive accessory coming after introduction
that plugs directly into USB 3.1 port for use as an external recorder
Camera/Mobile device will take care of all file and folder handling
and recording onboard the external drive using Plug and Play operation.





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I just got my 5D3 back from Canon service last week and have discovered a bizarre anomaly... the date resets after the camera is left off overnight. All other camera settings remain, such as file size, custom controls, etc., but the date resets to the year 2000. Now that I know about it, it is easy to set before each shoot - but it was annoying trying to sort all the images I shot last week.

Anyone ever experience this? Any ideas on how to fix it?

Thanks in advance!

I didn’t know about the AF issues of the 1.8 50mm lens, so I get to play with micro-adjustment

Should I be able to see the out of focus challenge on the back screen, or, will o have to load into LR to see?


What are your microadjustment settings?

Will be pairing with 6D/7DII

Thanks

My family and I are planning on visiting national parks in the Pacific Northwest including Crater Lake National Park this summer, and I've started looking into what focal lengths would be useful. I've seen a few webpages stating that an UWA lens is a must, but how wide of a lens is useful for Crater Lake NP? Is 16mm on FF wide enough or would a 11-24 or fisheye be useful?

Nokishita Camera today released a slew of information that was obtained from wifi test data for some upcoming cameras coming out for Canon.

The details are pretty vague at this time, as is the time frame, as Nokshita notes, this could be far looking data, out up to TWO years. This doesn't mean we're looking until 2021 before mirrorless full frame is released, just that unlike the certification authority leaks with model numbers and usually assembled kit packages, this is more in advance.

Some are getting rather breathless about this; but this also may point to bodies down the road from an initial release.

K424
Interchangeable lens camera
Full sizeFull Frame
Wi-Fi · Bluetooth installed
It is described as mirrorless image size (6720 × 4480) in the test data (since the detail column is filled with almost the same data as 5D Mark IV [K349], the image size may be a dummy possibility)
K433
Interchangeable lens camera
Wi-Fi · Bluetooth installed
It is described as mirrorless full sizefull frame in the test data (it is the same as the data of K424, so it is possible that the initial setting data was diverted for testing)

These two cameras are suggesting that 30MP test mirrorless cameras were submitted for Wifi connection tests. These may or may not be actual cameras that even hit the shelves, however, it's further proof that Canon is actively testing and readying full frame mirrorless camera(s). If you ever had doubts that Canon was testing these cameras, you shouldn't have them now.

A bunch of other cameras also hit the WiFi certification;

K436
Lens interchangeable camera (probably single lens reflex)
Wi-Fi · Bluetooth installed

K437
Lens interchangeable camera (probably single lens reflex)
Wi-Fi · Bluetooth installed
These could point to the 7D Mark III or a 90D camera or a rebel, it's nearly impossible to guess at this point in time.

There is also a bunch of compacts and what appears to be an APS-C Mirrorless. The M5 is certainly nearing replacement after the M50 was released, however, given the fact that this is in the future data that could be a year or more away, it's unknown any of these models could be current model replacement cameras.

EC801
Compact digital camera
Wi-Fi · Bluetooth installed
EC804
Compact digital camera
Wi-Fi · Bluetooth installed
More functions than EC 801 and EC 805 (probably G series)
EC 805
Compact digital camera
Wi-Fi · Bluetooth installed
EC 811
Mirror-less camera
Wi-Fi · Bluetooth installed

What do you all think? Do keep in mind, the following as Nokishita mentions;

Looking at the past data, it seems to be announced within approximately two years from the start of connection test if commercialized.

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Someone care to comment on this latest nugget that surfaced?

https://goo.gl/w9jGwh

I can't tell if this is some red hot tell a FF mirrorless rig with a 5D4 sensor has just been outed, if these are just existing models being re-registered for kitting reasons, or if this is just normal regulatory noise/chatter for consumer electronics.

Would someone with stronger Japanese than Google take a bite at this, please?

- A

P.S. CR Guy: sorry to link Noki.shita but it seemed juicy enough to break protocol.

I've had my 5D mark III since the fall of 2015. Honestly, I don't get to use it much. I might have 7,000 clicks. I'm wondering if it might be time to send it in for a cleaning and "tuning". I say tuning because years ago we sent in our XSi for a shutter replacement and I believe it included a cleaning and what they called tuning. It seemed the colors were better after that.

Thanks!

Here's a few more of my favourites from my Jamaica trip last month.

Cheers!

Glenn


Jamaican Owl


Jamaican Tody


Red-billed Streamertail

First, I am not a professional and don't do weddings or partys (except when my family "volunteers" me) so my needs might be a whole lot different than yours. Background.....

I have two Canon Speedlights (430 EXii and 430 EXiii-RT)that have served and still serve me well. When I use them off camera or use them as a slave / master, I found it easiest to use a 3rd party trigger / receiver set. I had one product that was reliable but could not do HSS except for the flash that's attached to the trigger directly on the hotshoe of the camera. Also, I could not control the remote flash from the camera, but can only change the settings at the flash manually. I thought about a change but found the Canon products too expensive. Then a friend told me about the Flashpoint R2 line. I am impressed.

Pros: Price, ability for my camera body to "see" the flashes from the camera menu when using a Flashpoint trigger and receiver, and compatibility with my Canon Speedlights.

Cons: Maybe not as "tough" as the way-more-expensive Canon triggers and receivers, need for a Flashpoint receiver for each off-camera Canon flash, and some funky on-trigger menus (which does not really matter when I am using the camera's menu to adjust each group or flash.

I am so happy with my new toys (Flashpoint R2 Pro trigger and R2 receivers) that I just picked up a Flashpoint Li-ion TTL L-ion Speedlight (does not need a receiver because it is the same protocol as the rest of the R2 line). I can now use 3 Speedlights in 3 groups so each is individually controlled. To those of you who use lighting frequently, maybe this is not as amazing as it is to me. But now I have a whole new area of photography to explore.

I just wanted to put this out there to see what others are using outside of a studio setup.

Addendum: Sorry I put this under "rumors" instead of "gear".....mods feel free to move :-[

It might be of interest to have a thread of random postings of topics appealing to us geeks. Here is a starter of one I came across today about Anti-Alias filters where they actually report the difference in MTFs between the 5DS and 5DSR as well as some interesting facts about AA-filters.

http://www.strollswithmydog.com/resolution-model-digital-cameras-aa/

One small point. The 5DSR doesn't have the absence of an AA-filter, but it is has self cancelling filters whereby birefringence in the first is cancelled by an opposite birefringence in the second that recombines the circularly polarised beams. (Canon does is this to have a sensor of the same overall thickness in the 5DS and 5DSR).

Is it possible to store multiple custom white balances in a 5D2?

I shoot series of UV reflectance images with three different UV filters and UV-flash [Paul Buff WhiteLight 1600 with un-coated tube] on a full-spectrum modified 5D2 body. Rather than doing WB every time I switch a filter, I would like to store the custom WB and call it up when I change a filter. Is that even possible?

I have been using the mirror lockup feature to reduce vibrations when shooting landscapes with my Canon 5D Mk IV, it has been suggested to me that triggering the cameras shutter when in live view mode would be a better option for stills. It would mean one less shutter press (via remote cord) per image, which would be an advantage when capturing landscapes with moving elements like waves. Are there any disadvantages in using this method other than obviously not being able to see through the viewfinder and increased battery usage ?

CameraStore published their hands on review of M50.
https://youtu.be/Mxx51eVz9fY

Hi all, Last winter, I had some problems with my Mark 5d III. I've bought a new body, Mark 5d IV. The III has been repaired so I've got two good cameras. Is it wise to keep the III as a backup or should I sell the III and buy another backup?