Canon has released a minor firmware update for the Canon EOS R8. Download firmware v1.1.0 for the EOS R8

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Canon has released firmware v1.2.0 for the Canon EOS R6 Mark II. This firmware update adds compatibility updates along with bug fixes. Download firmware v1.2.0 for the EOS R6 Mark II

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Canon has released a minor firmware update for the Canon EOS R5. This firmware brings compatibility updates along with bug fixes. Download firmware v1.9.0 for the Canon EOS R5

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Canon has released firmware v1.5.1 for the Canon EOS R3. It’s a relatively minor firmware, but does address named and unnamed bugs. Download firmware v1.5.1 for the EOS R3

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There are times I see a cool patent, and look at it and can’t for the life of me explain what it does. I still may have gotten this one wrong, but I don’t think so. I actually sat on this patent all weekend and even forced Craig into an Irish triple expresso before finally

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Chinese manufacturer TTArtisan has launched a 500mm f/6.3 supertelephoto for the RF mount and others. The lens is manual focus, but looks to have good optical performance for certain types of photography. This is not a mirror lens, which is the usual design for inexpensive supertelephoto lenses. The best part? The TTArtisan 500mm f/6.3 comes

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Hi everyone. It’s been a while. I’m curious to know if anyone else has experienced a similar issue as me? In sum, my LP-EL battery for my EL-5 is simply not holding its charge while in “storage”. My flash is less than two months old (55 days to be exact), and by storage, I mean less than 24-hours between speedlite off and on usage.

Situation details:

Step 1: My LP-EL battery becomes empty after a fun day of using it. When the flash is working, I've been happy with it.

Step 2: Charge LP-EL battery with LC-E6 charger — that did not come with the product, and is a detail that's become hard for me to forget being an R3 user.

Step 3: Place fully charged LP-EL battery in flash.

Step 4: Turn on flash, battery appears fully charged.

Step 5: Turn off flash, store away for the night, so that I'm ready for tomorrow.

Step 6: Next morning, turn on flash, no power in battery.

Step 7 (optional): Panic, because I only have the one battery my flash came with, and photoshot starts in less than an hour.

Step 8 (non-optional): Order a second battery.

Step 9: Reach out to my friends on Canon Rumors for insights.

But seriously, this has now happened to me three times in the past week.
On page 28 of the “Speedlite EL-5 Advanced User Guide” (CT2-D256-A) there are several statements that have just caught my concern. Canon notes:

• “Charge on the day of use, or the day before. Batteries gradually lose their charge while in storage.”
• “When the Speedlite is not in use, remove the battery. If the battery is left in the Speedlite over extended periods, the trace amount of current that continues to flow may lead to over-discharge and reduce the life of the battery […] Note that storing the battery when it is fully charged may reduce its performance.”

Ok, with reasonableness, I understand (and respect) the notion that all batteries “gradually” discharge over time, but in my case, we’re talking a complete discharge in less than 24-hours (and yes, the flash is turned off). And while I’m guilty of not removing the battery when the speedlite is not in use over night, with reasonableness, I would not consider 24-hours an “extended period of time”. Is anyone else experiencing this?

I'm really hoping I just have a defective battery, and that this is something Canon will replace. I need to check the warranty info. But if the above instructions need to be treated religiously (charge on the day of use), that's just nuts. For what it's worth, I never had this kind of rapid discharge issue with any of my four 600 EX-RTs and PowerEx rechargeable batteries (some of which lasted years, and never once did I remove them nightly). Your thoughts and experiences welcome.

In this patent application (2023-130885), Canon lists quite a few primes with a significant ingress, but also more notably a smaller image circle than what would normally be used for APS-C. For Canon APS-C, that’s 13.66mm, whereas all these lenses have 12.50mm. Super-35 just in case anyone is thinking that is around 14.2mm so they

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Yesterday we reported that a version II of an existing RF mount lens was coming early in 2024. We weren’t told which lens, as the source didn’t know for certain, but we wrote about 4 RF lenses that we deemed most likely to receive an new version. The article brought some more information in our

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MELVILLE, NY (September 20, 2023) Today Nikon announced the release of the Z f, a full-frame mirrorless camera that harmonizes a timeless aesthetic with the best of Nikon’s next-gen camera technology, derived directly from the acclaimed Z 8 and flagship Z 9. At first glance, the Z f is a definitive statement in functional design

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Hi, I recently purchased a R6MKII and a RF 24-70 F2.8 and RF 85 F1.2 lens. I think they're fantastic photography tools. However, when using them for video, I'm very surprised at how insanely loud the autofocus is.





I tested the autofocus noise of both lenses with the built in mic of the Canon R6MKII as well as the Sennheiser MKE 400, both indoors and outdoors, using several different settings.





RF 85 F1.2 Autofocus Audio Test Here -

RF 24-70 F2.8 Autofocus Audio Test Here -




Listening Volume:
No audio levels were adjusted in post so adjust your computer/phone volume accordingly. I suggest listening as loud as possible and reducing the volume as needed.





Backstory:
I recently switched from Sony. I had an A7III with a 24-70 G-Master, a Tamron 28-75 and a Samyang 85 1.4. All of these were totally silent while focusing and shooting video, even with the built-in Sony mic.





The only way reduce the autofocus noise is to lower the camera gain and external mic gain, so everything is barely audible (pointless, and the AF noise will just increase if you raise the levels in post) or jack up the camera gain and set the external mic to low (totally backwards and introduces a crazy noise floor hiss).





I love the look of RF lenses. Love the functionality. Love the image quality, but Canon really needs to do something about the autofocus noise going forward (and should have already).


Shooting concerts, sports or street probably isn't a problem but shooting in any type of quiet environment (nature, church, gallery, etc) even with a shotgun mic is surprisingly problematic.





Before Losing Your Minds:
I realize you can manually focus. That's not really the point.
I realize you can take it off Servo AF (it still makes the same noise when you do choose to focus)
I realize you can get off camera mics (lavs, etc) but again, that's not really the point.
It’s not IBIS.





I'm a professional photographer - https://www.robharrandphotography.com, but there is no denying video is equally, if not more important to a lot of people in 2023 and I think Canon needs to up their game in this department.





Thoughts? Suggestions? Did I get lemons?





Much appreciated.





Rob.

I primarily shoot sports and every now and then people mention the two IS modes for most of Canon's telephoto lenses like this. Which mode is actually for sports? I know mode 1 says it corrects for all directions, but then says its for still subjects. And mode two says for panning directions. What do sports shooters use? I've always left it on Mode 1 out of the box but I'm just curious.

The Canon EOS R system was originally announced with 4 lenses, the RF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM, RF 28-70mm f/2L USM, RF 50mm f/1.2L USM and the RF 35mm f/1.8 IS STM Macro. The second round of announcements came about 6 months later with the pair of 85mm f/1.2L USM lenses, the RF 15-35mm f/2.8L

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The Voigtlander RF 50mm f/1 was announced a few months back with very little information. Cosina has now released all of the specifications and pricing for the ultra fast 50mm lens for the RF mount. While this lens is manual focus, it is licensed and will have electronic communication with RF mount cameras. This will

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Melbourne, Australia – 15th September 2023 – At IBC 2023 in Amsterdam, Atomos is announcing the latest generation of Shogun camera-mounted monitor-recorders: Shogun and Shogun Ultra. Following hot on the heels of the new Ninja models announced last month, both devices incorporate a completely new operating system – AtomOS 11 – that delivers a host

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Blackmagic Design today announced the Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6K, a new high end digital film camera with a full frame 6K sensor, 13 stops of dynamic range, L-Mount lens mount and dual native ISO up to 25,600 for incredible low light performance and recording to CFexpress cards. This new model features a massive 24 x 36mm 6K sensor,

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One of the main complaints about using ultra-fast lenses is that you can’t use the lenses easily wide open in bright sunlight. This is especially true when it comes to video and the use of more limited shutter speeds. In this series of patent applications, Canon is discussing adding a mechanically actuated ND filter internally

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Hello friends,

When Canon will replace old Canon EF 8-15mm f/4L Fisheye USM? Any news about this?

Thanks!

IBC 2023, Amsterdam, Netherlands – Friday, September 15, 2023 – Blackmagic Design today announced the Blackmagic Micro Studio Camera 4K G2, a next generation model of the popular Blackmagic Micro Studio Camera 4K. The new model retains an incredibly compact design of the original model, but now upgraded with a 4K digital film sensor with 13 stops of dynamic

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its quite an old lens now, but damn if it doesn't produce good images if you learn how to use it.

Canon has released two patent applications going into detail about using a grip as an active cooling device for our overworked and overheating camera systems. I’ve long thought that Canon could do a lot more with grips than add a few batteries and call it a day – cooling certainly fits into the mold of

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Canon Germany has launched a new "EOS plus X" promotion.
You can get up to 100 € cashback.
It is focusing on the smaller/cheaper bodies and non-L lenses.
You'll have to bundle one of the promoted bodies with one of the promoted lenses at selected dealers to get the cashback.

Bodies included:
R7, R10, R50, R100 and RP

Lenses included:
e.g. RF-S18-45, RF-S18-150, RF100-400, RF24-240, RF24-105 F4-7.1, RF800 F11, and much more.

For further details see here:

Enjoy your GAS

I recall back to the film days and using the glorious little 55 and 56mm primes. Hardly anyone makes them anymore which I think is a sad state of affairs. Needless to say, this patent application got me a bit intrigued for that very reason. While Canon certainly made 55mm back in the FD days,

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Hello all, New user here, but I have definitely benefited from all the great posts on the forum. So I have saved up enough to buy the "rf 600 f4 " my only concern , canon is releasing so many new lens options, and rumours of new teleconverters. the question is would you wait ? or bite the bullet and assume this is as good as it gets ? any and all info/opinions are welcomed