Both the Canon EOS R3 and Canon EOS R5 will receive new firmware next week. We have been told that some cameras are returning from service with the new firmware already installed.
The new firmware will be focused on video improvements for both cameras. Sorry photographers.
We’ll let you know the second that new firmware goes live across Canon’s web sites.

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MELVILLE, NY, July 12, 2022 – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, is releasing a new product: the PowerShot PICK Active Tracking PTZ Camera. This portable camera offers a hands-free solution for capturing candid photos and videos automatically*.
Many of us find that capturing content can interrupt the moment, resulting in a forced posed look. The PowerShot PICK can be the solution. Its face-detecting and tracking technology helps ensure that smiles and more can be detected, when set up through the corresponding app, and the PowerShot PICK will automatically move its camera to capture it all.
Previously, the product saw great success with a leading crowdfunding platform in Japan. Due to that success, Canon collaborated with Indiegogo, a similar platform in the United States, which now leads to the official introduction of the PowerShot PICK in the United States.
Preorder the PowerShot PICK $499

The PowerShot PICK offers a wide range of features...

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MELVILLE, NY, July 12, 2022 – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, announced today the launch of two new RF-Mount lenses, the RF24mm F1.8 Macro IS STM and RF15-30mm F4.5-6.3 IS STM. The lenses are both high-value, compact and lightweight wide-angle additions to the RF-Mount family and pair perfectly with the complete lineup of EOS R cameras, including the newly announced Canon EOS R10 and EOS R7 cameras.
The Canon RF24mm F1.8 Macro IS STM lens is a large-diameter...

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Good day. The latest EOS R6 Firmware Update, Version 1.5.2 , was March 2022. Is there a roadmap or any indication of when to expect the next firmware update? Thank you!

Canon will announce the long-rumored Canon RF 24mm f/1.8 Macro IS STM and compact wide angle zoom Canon RF 15-30mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM shortly.
Here are the specifications and some images of the new affordable lenses for the RF Mount.
Canon RF 15-30mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM

Lens configuration: 13 elements in 11 groups
Shortest shooting distance: 0.16m
Maximum shooting magnification: 0.5x
Image stabilization: 5.5 steps, 7.0 steps when coordinated
Filter diameter: 67mm
Size: 76.6 x 88.4 mm
Weight: 390g

Canon RF 24mm f/1.8 MACRO IS STM

Lens configuration: 11 elements in 9 groups
Shortest shooting distance: 0.14m
Maximum shooting magnification: 0.5x
Image stabilization: 5 steps, 6.5 steps when coordinated
Filter diameter: 52mm
Size: 74.4 x 63.1 mm
Weight: 270g

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Just saw Digi-came posted photos and specifications of 2 upcoming RF lenses. If that 24mm STM lens comes in under 400-500$ mark(IF would be desirable) it would be desirable for herp and flower photography. Even rumoured .5x mag ratio for 15-30mm if its for wide end would be great replacement for Venus Laowa 15mm Macro. Eagerly waiting for official announcement.

Hey All,

R5c is pretty cool but that battery is atrocious.
Are there talks of a firmware update to help with battery drainage?

Currently I use a 5D mark IV with a set of lenses that I have in my bag for years. But now my old 24-70 f2.8 has broken.
I know that I want to change to an R series camera in the future so I want to invest in an RF 24-70 f2.8 but these new lenses do not fit on my DSLR.
Is there an adapter ring available to fit RF lenses on older EF mount camera's?
I know there is one available to fit EF lenses on R Series camera's. But that is for other reasons a few years away.

After 1 day, I am beginning to have favourable impressions for bird and nature photography. My problem with new bodies is that I have to wait for DxO PL to be compatible as I really dislike DPP4 and Lightroom in comparison. So, I took both RAW and jpegs and was delighted by the straight out of camera jpegs - they are much better than processing RAW from DPP4, and preserving detail much better and with less noise. Annoyingly, Canon's EOS Utility 3 for the Mac doesn't recognise the R7 and I had to download via a card reader.

The resolution is what I expected from earlier experience with the 90D. The 100-500mm on the R7 easily out-resolves the lens on the R5 at iso 100 to 2000, and is better than the 400mm DO II + 1.4xTC. The RF100-400 on the R7 easily outresolves the same lens on the R6. But, it falls further behind the RF 100-500mm on the R7 as its sensor is more demanding.

The ergonomics are not as good as with the R5 and R6 with fewer buttons. On the R5 and R6, I use back button focus with the AF-ON for tracking full screen and the * for fixed centre point so I can isolate a bird in foliage or focus on say a dragonfly's eye. I first thought with the R7 I couldn't do this but then realised there are check boxes to be added to the customization conditions, which have to be done. The AF is first class. I gave up on the 90D because its excellent IQ was let down by relatively poor AF.

More to come. Please join in the discussion when you get the camera.

Anhui China, 7 July 2022 – Venus Optics, the camera lens manufacturer that has been endeavoring to invent high-quality lenses at an affordable price, is thrilled to release an ultra-compact Zoom Lens for Full Frame cameras – Laowa 12-24mm f/5.6 Zoom. This tiny lens offers an AOV from an ultra-wide 121.9° to an easier-to-control 84° with a fixed aperture. The 5.9”/15cm closest focusing distance allows users to explore more creative shots or even macro-like photos. Laowa’s classical 5-bladed aperture design for stunning 10-point Sunstar also packed in this lens.
A 77mm filter can be used directly with the adaptor ring (come along with the lens). With the competitive price of USD649 (USD699 for m mount) and the tiny size, this lens would be perfect for travel and landscape photography. Canon RF, Sony E, Nikon Z and Leica M are available for this lens.

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Hi Guys!
I need your help, please!
My Eos R5 has some strange audio-issues with the built-in microphone. Recording of speech or sound in front of the cam is very silent. Sound or speech that appears on the left side of the body is recorded in normal volume.
The local Canon service center adviced me to buy an external mic for the flash-shoe, as it would be an very expensive repair.

Most times I record videos with this body, they are far away, so an microphone for distant sounds in front of me, would be ordered first.
Secondly one with an cardiodid caracteristic for recording my family.

Which one would you buy?
I was toold to order an MKE600 from Sennheiser. Good choice?

Thanky you!
Daniela

Hi all Is there anyone in this group from UK? I am planning to buy R5 on ebay from in theory UK supplier for around 3.3 k. Does anyone has experience with any seller from this platform? Have a nice day
Thank you
Jacek

Hi, what do you think of an open petition towards Canon to add camera features to R5/6 like the pre release capture function, and variable burst shooting speeds for the silent mode/electronic shutter, and last but not lease add the function to simply play optional click sounds when taking photos without the mechanic shutter.

I mean, to me these all doing sound like too difficult features to be implemented and would help out tremendously in certain cases and increase the value of these beautiful and capable cameras...

What do you think? And who’s with me?!

We have been told that Canon will be bringing a Cinema EOS version of the Canon EOS R7. While this is pretty cool news, don’t expect the Canon EOS R7 C to be announced in 2022.
The Canon EOS R7 C will record 7K60P in Cinema RAW Light and will reportedly have the same codec options as other Cinema EOS cameras, including the Canon EOS R5 C.
We suspect that such a camera will be announced later in 2023.
There will be more to come on this camera and other upcoming Cinema EOS products tomorrow.

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Adorama has the Lexar Professional CFexpress 128gb Memory Card as their Deal of the Day for only $119 (Reg $199).
You must add the card to your cart to see the $119 price.
Lexar Professional CFexpress 128gb Key Features

Speed Compliance: 1000MB/s (6667x)
Package Count: Single Pack

Lexar Professional CFexpress 128gb Memory Card $119 (Reg $199)

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Yesterday, Nikon announced the Nikon Z30 Z-mount camera targeting vloggers and people that want a small camera body.
Canon will be releasing a similar camera sometime this year. It could be the rumored EOS R100, but we have long said that Canon would release an RF-mount APS-C camera with a similar form factor as the EOS M6 Mark II, which is a logical next step for Canon.
It’s possible that we’ll see this camera announced alongside the upcoming Canon RF 24mm f/1.8 IS STM Macro & Canon RF 15-30mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM, both of which will likely have compact designs.
More to come…
Note: The image for this post is the Canon EOS M6 Mark II

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It makes no sense to me that Canon, in its apparent refusal to continue development of all things M and EF-M, plans to surrender the APS-C sensor/tiny body market to its competitors.

No sense at all. None.

And yes I sound like a broken record.

Canon is now selling the easily-lost covers for the new multifunction shoe (initially, the cover for the R3 was available only as a replacement part through Canon Service).

For the R3: Canon ER-SC1 Shoe Cover B&H | Adorama | Canon USA

For the R7 / R10 / R5 C: Canon ER-SC2 Shoe Cover B&H | Adorama | Canon USA

The R3's version is slightly more expensive ($12 vs. $8), because it's a cover that is part of the water resistance, rather than more of an insert like the one for the R7/R10/R5 C.

Personally, I've already misplaced the cover for my R3 (admittedly, I haven't looked very hard for it yet). I'll order a couple of them to keep on hand.

Nikon has just announced their latest telephoto prime. It's not the PF (DO) technology but standard design. At f/4.5 it's 2/3rd stop faster than f/5.6, a 1/3rd stop slower than the Canon 400mm f/4 DO II at about half the price in the UK, £3.300. It's light at only 1.245 kg. The price is the same as their 500mm f/5.6 PF, but the MTFs are not as good. Some will like it as a light walk-around telephoto lens. For me, the modern zooms are sharp enough and so much more versatile. Despite that, the f/4.5 aperture would get more detail out of the R7 sensor and I would like to see Canon have something similar on offer, and would even consider one to pair with it for serious birding trips.

I have 80D and photograph as a hobby. I shoot events, kids birthdays, portraits, some architecture and landscape. Not much video because I didn't have good editing rig but now I do. For travel/street I have a minimalist Fuji with 35mm.

I have EF-S 10-18mm F4.5, 17-55mm F2.8, EF 85mm F1.8 and latest adition EF 100mm macro F2.8 L which is such a great lens: macro, portraits, tele. I also have a couple of Canon flashes. I use 17-55 the most, I noticed that I shoot most at around 35mm (50mm full frame equivalent) and I shoot more at the wide end than at the long end.

I would like to jump to full frame and if money was no object I'd get R6 and RF 24-105 F4. I think 24-105 on full frame would do what 17-55 does on APS-C with a bit longer range. F4 means less weight and portability, also OK for video. Sometimes run into high ISO with 80D as you can't go much higher than 1000-1600 before noise becomes a problem in and 20MP R6 would be better for low light han 5D IV or EOS R.

1.600 option: So for around 400 for EF 24-105 IS and 1200 for 5D IV I can jump to full frame but will need to switch to RF at some point. Cons, I use tilty flippy screen often. Reachable quickly, would need to switch to RF at some point.
2.500 option: RF 24-105 for 1300 and 1200 for used EOS R. I can use my EF-S 10-18 with 12MP crop until I get EF or RF wide zoom. Would need to save for 6-12 months
3.800 option: RF 24-105 for 1300 and 2500 for new R6. I think overall my system would benefit from more lenses (50 or 35 prime, a 200, 300 or 400 zoom) than from spending so much on a body. Would need to save 2 y

I shot EOS R once and I like it overall. The touch-bar is useless and it doesn't have a joystick but neither my current 80D has it. Video limitations are not worse than 80D
What do you think?

In our interior photography busy we use Canon Angle Finder's C every day. At the moment we use 5D Mark 4's but we want to transfer to mirrorless. A Canon R5 would be the obvious choice. But a show-stopper is that there is not Angle Finder available. The current Angle-Finder C fits only the current DSLR's.
Because of the way we work with camera's on tripods. (We place them almost directly against the wall) We cannot use the flip-screen. And in harsh sunlight outside it is not an option.

Does anybody know if Canon is even considering an Angle finder for the R series? and when would that be available. Who uses an Angle finder and is waiting until Canon supports one on a new camera.

I'm wondering if anyone else out there is having reliability issues with the C70.

I have owned a C70 for 9 months, and had two major faults with the camera:

- My first C70 completely bricked itself after a shoot. It was about 2 weeks old at the time, and refused to turn on at all. I returned it to the retailer and was given a new C70.

- This second C70 has been working fine until yesterday when it now shows a "Lens error. Turn camera off and on" error. RF lenses basically don't work at all. It will now need to go back to Canon for repair.

This isn't localised to myself though, I know 3 other C70 owner/operators who have all had major issues with their C70s, including:

- The flip-out monitor coming lose, in some cases nearly falling off, requiring replacement.
- Dead pixel clusters on the monitor.
- Camera randomly stopping during recording, resulting in file corruption on the SD card.
- Strange red line appearing across the monitor.
- The waveform stops working, requring a reboot.

Between a group of 4 owner/operators including myself we have collectively sent back SEVEN C70s to Canon for repair or replacement, all within the last year.

In over 10 years of professional photography and videography i've never had a camera that's had so many major issues.

Wondering if anyone else has had issues with this camera at all?

We have been told not to expect the Canon EOS R1 “anytime soon”, as a retailer was told not to expect it until the second half of 2023.
With Canon and other manufacturers still suffering from inventory shortages, this shouldn’t come as much of a surprise. We also believe Canon wants to round out the lens lineup further before the EOS R1.
The Canon EOS R1 will probably be the camera body that moves EOS-1DX series professionals to mirrorless full-time.  Some will have already moved to the Canon EOS R3, but since that camera body has been difficult to acquire,  a lot of news agencies haven’t purchased Canon mirrorless cameras yet.
It probably makes better financial sense to address the EOS RP and EOS R replacements first, as well as rounding out the L and non-L lens lineup.
More to come…

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-Direct acces to minimum shutter speed with AutoISO ( or a Safety Shift in M and AutoISO, basically the same).There are four ( !) dials, come on..!
-To speed up manual, when using *h ( exposure lock hold) in M, and changing aperture , shutterspeed should change to obtain exposure.
-Tracking should be possible in ALL AF modes.
-Direct switching to full electronic shutter, don't want to switch off anti-flicker first, I know anti-flicker doesn't work in electronic.
-Switch off sensor and close shutter when detaching a lens, instead of turning camera off, change lens, turn camera on again....
-Electronic shutter sound optional.
-Electronic shutter in 10fps optional
-Spotmetering linked to focus point.
-Flash-photography: possibility to influence brightness/exposure of EVF in Exposure Simulation Off Mode( you might be looking at a silhouette when photographing a person in front of a window, and exposing for light outside)
-Customizable Quick Menu.
-Function for the Rate Button
-Possibility to move focus point when shutter is half-pressed
-When using *h, AE lock hold, you can't at the same time lock exposure with the shutterbutton.

Just to add : I have been working with Canon professionally for 25 years, and switched to Sony 4 years ago ( A9 and A9II) , moved back to Canon with the R5, and would have been totally happy if I came straight from EOS 5 IV. But Sony had a few good things that I miss now, like working with Auto ISO, which is, when you really think about it, the first and only variable you want to have in an automatic mode.And yes, I work in full manual most of the time, but sometimes you just need the speed of A, or you want to concentrate more on the people or the surroundings then your camera.

We have confirmed yesterdays report about two new full-frame RF mount lenses in the RF 24mm f/1.8 IS STM Macro and the RF 15-30mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM.
Our assumption that they would be announced in the next few weeks may have been incorrect. These lenses may not be announced until October or November of this year.
A third lens will also be announced by November, and that will be the RF 135mm f/1.8L USM (we’re not sure about IS). A Canon RF 135mm f/1.4L USM has been on our roadmap for quite some time, and we have seen patents for such an optical formula. However, it looks like we’re getting an f/1.8 version of the very popular focal length.
There has been no word on the much rumored RF 35mm f/1.2L USM. We will actively try to get some new information.

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