A nice surprise for the people looking for an “affordable” constant aperture standard zoom, as Canon will officially be announcing the RF 28-70mm f/2.8 IS STM tonight at midnight EDT. One of the big knocks on the RF lineup is the lack of good and affordable lenses. Here we'll have the first constant aperture non-L

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Question: My 5Dm4 had terrible transfers.... Now my R5m2 is the same. 1-2 megabytes per second via the proprietary iOS Canon Connect app.
WiFi 6e provides much better speeds. My iPhone 15 Pro Max supports it both on paper and in real life where my Canon device support the
standard on paper only:

Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11ax 2×2 MIMO) (6 GHz22 / 5 GHz / 2.4 GHz)23, with Bluetooth 5.3 support

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Am I missing something? Please share your experience.

So I keep an eye on the Canon delayed shipping list and wandered over to take a peak and low and behold the RF200-800 is gone. Does anyone know if this means it will start shipping in bulk and fulfill all of the documented back orders.

Somebody has to know something......

Hi happy R5 II owners!
I have an issue with mine, certainly not the camera's fault, but mine...
I did carefully calibrate the Eye Control AF, several times, it precisely follows eye direction.
Yet, despite having registered calibration, and having set EC AF on "on", the camera doesn't focus where the pointer is located, but in the usual central manner. This means the EC AF has no real function. I've tried spot, extended, full frame AF, nothing helps.
What do I miss?
Thanks for any suggestion!

The Canon EOS R1 begins shipping in November (I don't like being patient), and it looks like we're going to get some lens announcements ahead of its release to the world. Now, I'll remind the folks in the back again, lens announcements have a tendancy to be fluid. We seem to be getting a bit

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It looks like we're going to finally see the follow-up to the Cinema EOS C70 this week. It won't be called the C70 Mark II, instead it'll be the Cinema EOS C80. Canon Cinema EOS C80 You should be able to see the Cinema EOS C80 at IBC in Amsterdam next week and it should

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Already factory-reset multiple times, but in vain.

Whenever I half-press the shutter release, it takes pictures directly. I have a battery grip, and the behavior is the same with the vertical button. It seems not the problem of the shutter release, but either something in the firmware or hardware.

I purchased two R5 Mark II at the same time. The other one works just fine with exactly the same settings copied.

Anyone else has the same issue?

Just thought I would let you all know, I just finished this week as part of a corporate research and development programme, a set of all-Sapphire Glass 18mm, 24mm, 35mm, 55 mm and 85 mm, T1.5 Prime Cinema Lenses where all lens elements are made from Aluminum Oxide Powder compressed into the proper shape, then baked under high pressures and then automatically CNC-ground and polished to exacting specifications and uses A.I.-assisted Synthetic Vision and Laser Interferometry-based Quality Assurance (QA) without human intervention. This uses a manufacturing process that makes a type of Corundum which is optically pure, has a high refractive index that gathers more light per pixel AND is utterly scratch resistant and also heat-proof where the glass withstands up to 2030 Degrees Celcius (3686F!).

We took a set of vintage Contax Zeiss Cinema Lens designs and scaled-them-up to Full Frame at various focal lengths and they work GREAT! We actually TESTED the lenses to a full T1.5 which means they are is TRULY SHARP open full wide with NO softness on the corners, so there is no need to stop down to T2 or T4. This makes for a FANTASTIC super-low-light, night-time street photography or astro-photography lenses. What our parent company is doing (i.e. NCA - North Canadian Aerospace) is to create an INEXPENSIVE manufacturing method for Sapphire Windows and Curved Lenses of up to ANY SIZE including multiple-metres by multiple-metres in size that can be made for only about 30% more in cost versus Flat Soda Lime Glass.

Glass Powder Compression is a NEWISH method (i.e. circa Year 2000) for glass lens production but is ONLY NOW being applied to high-purity Aluminum Oxide powder grades. This means Sapphire Glass and Sapphire Lenses will drop in price by a 10-fold factor which ALSO MEANS more consumers will get a tougher and more scratch-proof glass than even Gorilla Glass. Pretty soon ALL your smartwatches, smartphones, tablets and many laptops and Computer Displays and Big Screen Televisions will have all-Sapphire Glass screens that offer incredible scratch resistance. Automotive, Marine/Submersible and Aerospace Applications with MANY clients are currently being negotiated.

The KEY points being made in this post is that very suddenly in 3rd Quarter 2024, many Glass Lenses and Flat Glass Surfaces will be moving over to mass-produced Powder Compressed Sapphire that give SUPER-TOUGH (i.e. withstands enormous Pressure and Heat!) and high scratch resistance (i.e. second in hardness only to Diamond!) that is CHEAP to make! (i.e. only 30% more than Soda Lime Flat Glass!)

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With R5 Mk2 Canon introduced a new setting:

AE for Priority Subjects During AF

also known as

Detect Priority AE while AF

If this is ON only fir EVALUATIVE the metering is based on the AF point or AF area where the subject was detected.

How does this differ from what we all actually know: in EVALUATIVE metering is based on whole screen but weighted on the AF point?

If this is OFF, metering is based on the entire screen.

I don't get it...

Hey everyone,

Hoping someone can help. Ive just picked up a Canon R5 and the memory card door is creaking and driving me insane as everytime I pick it up it makes the noise you can feel the door move slightly.

Its exactly as in the video below.


Has anyone had the same issue and does anyone have a fix?

Cheers

I had my EOS M6 converted to full spectrum by Kolari a few months ago. I have wondered what they do with the hot mirrors (IR/UV cut filters) that they remove from cameras during the process. Apparently, they are now mounting Canon R-series camera hot mirrors in a magnetic clip-in holder for the RF mount and selling them. Pretty cool solution – if you're willing to part with an extra $200 when you have your R-series camera converted (or now, if you've already had it done), you can get an OEM filter back to use your camera as if it were never converted in the first place. Kolari has offered (and still does) a Hot Mirror filter that is a close spectral match to the OEM version, but this is the real thing.

Here's the LINK (select OEM filter from the drop down menu).

Hi all,
When they get back in stock...I'm likely to pull the trigger and finally replace my old, dearly beloved 5D3 (I'll find some use for it, maybe dedicated for scanning MF film).....with a new R52.

I have a good bit of EF glass I can use on it immediately, with the canon adapter.

BUT...in the last years, I've expanded out having a lot of fun with new and vintage lenses...many using the Leica M, or the old M42 and other mounts.

I find it a blast so far adapting mirrorless cameras I've played with (Leican and Fuji GFX) to vintage lenses which are giving me some looks I just really enjoy. Yes, I actually like images these days that aren't "clinically" perfect in every way.

I've not touched a copy of the R5 or R52....but I've heard they have a pretty good focus assist for manual lenses.

Can anyone give me some feedback on your experiences adapting lenses to the R system cameras?

One very recent article I read was about an upcoming Autofocus adapter for the R camera system for M lenses:

Megadap Leica M to Canon RF

I've seen videos of this company's version of this on Nikon cameras, like the Zf....and you basically set your lens to infinity and the adapter works with the autofocus of the camera which what appears to be good results.

Anyway, I know it's likely VERY weird to hear someone excited about getting the latest in camera body tech and wanting to throw on lenses from the 30's -> 60's on the front of it.

Hoping I'm not the only one tho....anyone else adapting lenses to the R system cameras?

Any images you could post?

Thoughts and experiences?


Thank you in advance,

cayenne

This lens makes the Canon APS-C RF system relevant, at least to me. While this lens does rely on optical corrections, it's compact and constant aperture fast ultra-wide zoom. This is something we may never see from Canon for their crop system lineup.

It seems as if the Canon Speedlite EL-1 and EL-100 have been quietly discontinued in Japan, as MAP Camera, Kitamura Camera, Bic Camera, and Yodobashi Camera have marked the two speedlites as discontinued instead of back-ordered. Canon Japan store has the flashes marked as discontinued as well.

This is industry news because Sigma doesn't want to make this for the RF mount, yet. However, I am happy to see that Sigma is offering mount conversion for even their fairly inexpensive Sigma 10-18mm DC DN | Contemporary.

Since taking delivery of the R5m2 I've discovered that the camera automagically goes into "crop mode" with the RF 18-150. What Canon lens do you consider to be the 'closest FF equivalent'? Yes, there are zooms in the same range that are FF ... but they are also much larger and heavier - due to being designed to be faster. Any from another mfgr you like?

SIGMA has finally brought another RF mount lens to their lineup. As you know, these new SIGMA RF lenses are for APS-C cameras. The SIGMA 10-18mm F2.8 DC DN will start shipping on September 26, 2024. Preorder Options Key Features Long-awaited Canon RF Mount addition SIGMA's APS-C size mirrorless dedicated zoom lens, the SIGMA 10-18mm

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The R5 was probably the best in its class for recognition of static birds, reportedly better than the Sony A1 and Nikon Z9/8. There are reports that the R5ii is even better. There is a dearth of birds back home for live testing at present so I conducted a semi-quantitative test with the RF 100-500mm by sticking the attached photo of a Bearded Tit (about 4"/10cm from head to tail) next to my chart on my back wall. The R5 was able to pick out the bird up to 11m away, before focus switched to the chart. The R5ii was still fixed on the bird at about 35-40m distance, the furthest back I could go. That has sold the camera to me. More feedback from others appreciated.

This is good news for Canon.


But..

Ein kurzes Video zur Demonstration der Leistung der R5 Mark 2 mit dem RF 200-800 in Zeitlupe.

It looks like we will get another Cinema Camera ahead of IBC, which begins on September 13, 2024. We've known another Cinema Camera was coming through the certifications. The new Cinema EOS camera will have the same sensor as the Cinema EOS C400, but it will be a lower end model, possibly the replacement for

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SAN MATEO, Calif., Sept. 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Today, GoPro (NASDAQ: GPRO) announced two new GoPro cameras: the top-of-the-line $399 HERO13 Black with its HB-Series Lenses, and the smallest, simplest 4K camera, the $199 HERO. Each camera offers unique new features that build upon GoPro-patented, customer-favorite technologies. Preorder the GoPro HERO13 Black “This year's two new GoPro cameras are inspired by and

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According to BCN, which aggregates a significant amount of Japan sales statistics, Canon jumped ahead of the competition and claimed the top 3 spots for the month of August. Leading the way is the Canon EOS 10, closely followed by the Canon EOS R50.

Over the last bunch of months, there has been a lot of talk about a successor to the EOS R6 Mark II coming this year. We have seen some early core specifications as well as certification for a third, yet unannounced EOS R camera body. DS126904 was tipped to be the EOS R6 Mark III.

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Power saving mode loses a bit of functionality.