ePhotozine has just reviewed the Leica 100-400mm https://www.ephotozine.com/article/leica-vario-elmar-sl-100-400mm-f-5-6-3-lens-review-36495 and I thought it would be interesting to compare it with their review of the RF 100-400mm https://www.ephotozine.com/article/canon-rf-100-400mm-f-5-6-8-is-usm-lens-review-36026
Price in the UK: Leica 3x (£1970 vs £645).
Weight: Leica 2.5x (1.620 kg vs 635g, more than the RF 100-500mm).
MTF 400mm f/8: Leica circa 0.5x - see my replots of the ePhotozine data. The Leica is on the 24 Mpx SL2-S, and the Canon on the 20 Mpx R6.
The Leica has high water resistance, but is totally killed by the Canon for resolution, price and weight. It is even described as being clumsy to use because of its weight, and will break the lens or your tiles if dropped! I can't believe they rate it 4 stars and recommended.

I do about 95% bird photography and the RP is just not cutting it. I was looking to upgrade to R5 but not sure if my sigma 150-600 will work well with it. Anyone have much experience with this combo?

I've been shooting digital Canons (EOS-1Ds Mk I II III, EOS M, R, R5) from 2002-now and for the first time I have a dirty sensor.

Following the manual instructions on page 782 isn't making a dent in it.

All the dirt is in one corner so I fear I must have touched it :-(

So page 783 says in this case take it to a Canon Service Sensor.

Questions:

1) do you believe them? Is anyone cleaning the sensor manually?

2) how much is this going to cost me?

Here's the unphotoshopped version, and a version with contrast cranked way up.

Please Canon, 50mm 1.8 is just for begginers and 1.2 is just impossible to buy, I'm waiting for this for years!! I am the only one?

I have used the Canon ST-E3-RT (version 1) trigger with the 430 EX III-RT and 600EX-RT (version 1) flashes for off camera flash for several years. Previously they worked flawlessly but now the signal gets dropped within a minute of switching everything on. The units are all on the same channel and have the same ID with fresh batteries. The only way to re-establish connection is to turn everything off and then on again. Unfortunately, the signal will again drop after another minute or so. This happens when I use the 430 EX III-RT to trigger another 430 EX III-RT or if I use the 600 EX RT to trigger the 430 EX III RT units or if I use the ST-E3-RT to trigger the flashes (one at a time or all three flashes together)

The flashes are within 5 feet of each other with no intervening barriers such as a wall.

This has happened to me indoors and outdoors, at several different locations.

I used a friend's Godox trigger/receivers at some of the same locations and they worked flawlessly.

Several others have mentioned this in various forums and suggested that there could be interference from wifi systems or even LED lights. To test this, I turned off my wifi and then all electricity to my house. Unfortunately, the problem persisted.

I contacted Canon and their response was to say that they are "aware of the problem but have no solution".

Has anyone else encountered this and, if so, what solution do you suggest? Spend more money on another trigger system (seems counterintuitive since this system was created for off camera flash), sell Canon flash and buy "knock off" versions?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Hello friends,

I was looking to get started in video, but none of my current DSLRs are capable.
Is there a resource that I can easily check the video crop of various Canon DSLRs and MILCs?

On a side note, how bad are ring-type USMs with regard to noise and focus jumping when used for continuous video AF?

So Nikon announces the Z8, a baby flagship at about 2/3rds the price of the Z9 and nearly the exact same specs. That's groundbreaking and game-changing: (nearly) all the capabilities of their flagship camera in a less-expensive body. Incredible!

Meanwhile, 'my' Canon corporation can only come up with a silly little entry-level thingy called a PowerShot V10. Woohoo. That'll show Nikon for sure. They're shivering in their boots now, baby.

I'm thinkin' mebbe I should move over to the Dark Side.

MELVILLE, NY, May 10, 2023 — Canon U.S.A., Inc. and its parent company, Canon Inc. of Japan, and Amazon.com, Inc. and Amazon.com Services LLC jointly filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington against 29 selling accounts which sold camera batteries and chargers in the Amazon store, alleging infringement

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MELVILLE, NY, May 11, 2023 – If you’ve picked up your smartphone in the last few minutes, chances are you’ve viewed a video via a social media platform. From the YPulse 2023 Social Media Behavior Report, 59% of Gen Y/Z say they create their own social media content for a broader audience than just their friends and

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It looks like Nikon has released a “baby” version of their fantastic Nikon Z 9 flagship camera body. For the most part, the Z 8 matches the features of the Z 9, and does so in a much smaller body and at a much lower price. Along with the camera body, Nikon has also announced

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We have confirmed with multiple retailers that Canon will begin shipping the brand new Canon RF 100-300mm f/2.8L IS USM to retailers in the next couple of weeks and will be in customers hands on May 31, 2023. Initial stock of the lens will be pretty good, and currently allocation will meet preorder demand at

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Recently, I got a card brand name is Renice! Is there any specialist who could give us some advance on those cards?
The samples would be borrowed for testing purpose.

320| 650 GB CFexpress type B card CFast2.0 320|512|640 GB
RAW VIDEO support 4K 6K
Operation temperature -10°C - + 70°C
Power consumption < 1.5W[650GB]
Sequential Data Read: 1750MB/1700MB/s

if anyone could give me some feedback that would be great!

Well, this looks like an interesting shot in the dark for Canon. The PowerShot V10 is is geared to vlogging, and it is eerily similar to a smartphone, without the smartphone functionality. We were wrong on our guess of it being a new PTZ camera. The PowerShot V10 will be available in black or silver

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Following shutdown of DPreview by Amazon, Imaging resource also has been shut down by their owner.

Sometimes we receive information that seems outlandish at first, but then we take a look at history and the business case and think that there could be something to it. We have been told by an anonymous source that Canon is planning to replace the EOS R5 with two models. This is not unprecedented, as

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Last week Canon Japan teased some kind of device for an announcement on May 11, 2023. Canon has used the PowerShot name for a few unique products over the last few years. We have seen things like the PowerShot ZOOM, which I wish had better image quality, because the idea was decent enough. We have

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Friends. I just bought the R8 with the kit lens for family travel and such. I am, on this camera going to shoot just JPEG. Let's see how that goes.
Question: Can you recommend me a tiny flash with a swivel capability to mount on the camera? Thanking you...

Hi all!
I want to upgrade from my 6d mk 2 to a mirrorless body but I´m not sure whether I want the R6 or the R8. I live in europe, where they are priced pretty similarly (R8 is 1800€, R6 is 2000€). I like the features the R6 brings to the table like IBIS, dual card slots and better wheather sealing. I´ve also been to a camera shop and held both of them in my hands and the R6 felt significantly better in my hands (but maybe the grip extension would make the R8 better?) and I really like the bigger and higher res EVF.
However the R8 is cheaper, and still has the better sensor and improved AF. Honestly i´m probabbly going to be really happy with the AF performance of the R6, but still it kind of feels weird paying more money and getting worse performance. Do you think the R6 is still a better camera than the R8? I know that the R6 mark 2 would solve all my problems but it is much more expensive here at 2800€, and I´d much rather invest any additional money in to glass.

Has the EF 90mm macro tilt shift lens been discontinued? It looks like it just went out of stock at B&H today. canon website says backordered but I doubt they'll be making any more

Canon has done a great job of filling out the supertelephoto options for the RF mount, but there is one glaring omission in the line-up thus far, and that’s an RF version of the EF 500mm f/4L IS USM II. Canon has historically upgraded the 400mm f/2.8 and 600mm f/4 lenses at the same time,

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Does the EOS R5C have a buid in OLPF Filter?

I'm seriously thinking of replacing my 5Ds - but what with? I get asked a lot about switching, but how does it fit for me with the lenses I use [tilt/shift] The GFX100S, Z8 and R5 are all in the running. The Sony E mount rules out any of their offerings

Hope it's of some interest ;-)

The Canon EOS R5 launched in 2020 for $3899, and then the planet decided it should cost more and we saw cost increases on the body. It looks like things have normalized and we’re starting to see the usual price drops on Canon cameras as they reach the second half of the life cycle. There

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Canon Japan will be announcing a new vlogging product on May 5, 2023. We have no direct knowledge of this product or what it is. We have seen all sorts of cool patents for EF-M vlogging cameras and that sort of thing, but to have only Canon Japan teasing it, we think it will be

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