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  1. josephandrews222

    A look back at the significance the S90

    https://www.thephoblographer.com/2024/04/08/the-canon-digicam-that-changed-everything/ I owned one of these; replaced it with an S95. I 'shot' some great concerts with the (still functioning) S95. I would pay a premium for a 2024 version of the S95; tiny, light, responsive and well-specced...
  2. josephandrews222

    240408 solar eclipse (totality)

    M6MkII + 70-300 II IS (adapted) on a monopod Don't let anybody tell you otherwise--as far as solar eclipses are concerned, totality is where it's at!
  3. josephandrews222

    A Canon CP+ 2023 interview...

    ...can be found here: https://phototrend-fr.translate.goog/2023/03/interview-canon-cpplus-2023/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp ...many topics posted here on CR are 'carefully' discussed at the link above (I've posted the French-to-English translation), by Canon execs with...
  4. josephandrews222

    A Christmas Season Surprise--Sunspots: Easy as 1,2,3

    ...the two jpeg images that follow (as well as this one posted yesterday on cr) were acquired on the spur-of-the-moment, a few feet in front of our home's front door--shooting (near 1pm, hand-held, no filter, P mode and a bit of exposure compensation) south over the roofline after finishing a...
  5. josephandrews222

    RED Video Cameras with RF Mount

    Interesting read with interesting (and obvious) deductions about Canon's logic for locking down the RF mount (as far as lenses are concerned). https://petapixel.com/2022/11/18/red-uses-the-rf-mount-so-why-wont-canon-license-it-for-lenses/ I presume RED is the only company (other than Canon)...
  6. josephandrews222

    Nikon Announces Z30

    https://www.nikonusa.com/en/nikon-products/product/mirrorless-cameras/z-30.html 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...
  7. josephandrews222

    ...a fascinating read on 'color science' as practiced by butterflies

    ...an 'easy' read here: https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/11/metamorphosis-scientists-watch-butterfly-wings-grow-inside-chrysalis-in-real-time/?comments=1 Dippin' Dots was once known as 'The Ice Cream of the Future'. The science in the link above strikes me as 'biologically-assisted...
  8. josephandrews222

    My eyes usually glaze over...

    ...when CR posters comment on the state of the camera industry. Perhaps those reading this post have seen the graphic in this link before...but what it conveys is, at least to me, striking (even though the general point has been made over in over in this very forum)...
  9. josephandrews222

    EF 11-24 for the R Mount?

    Over the next few weeks I have a need to utilize the EF 11-24 lens (on my 5dMk3). Renting would work for me; I have long considered purchasing this lens. The EOS R system is in my future...so I am wondering. Do CR readers and posters believe that the 11-24 lens (or something like it) will be...
  10. josephandrews222

    EOS EF-M version of the EF 11-24?

    My oh my have our digital tools changed in the past 15 years or so. ===== Eight years ago my wife and I visited our oldest daughter while she studied abroad, and for that trip my new Canon S95 served us very, very well. I committed to using it, and it alone, and the images the S95 produced...
  11. josephandrews222

    ...removal of cross-threaded uv filter stuck on Canon EF 17-40 f4 lens

    I am going through many of my EF lenses to see how well they 'work' when connected to an M6 via an EF-EFM adapter. A lens I only use occasionally (because the 'killer app' of the M-series--the 11-22 EF-M lens, yields great wide-angle images with the M) is the Canon EF 17-40 f4 lens; and before...
  12. josephandrews222

    M6 + EFM-EF adapter + Canon 70-200 f4 IS images and impressions

    We have a total of 6 M bodies in our family. My two children E and H use their Ms more-or-less exclusively with the 22mm native lens, with a bit of usage of the 11-22mm native lens by H. I'd say over half of the images I've acquired with the M-series have come with the 11-22mm lens...although...
  13. josephandrews222

    M6 + 18-150

    ...the best zoom to have is the (only?!) one you have with you! Pretty versatile lens.
  14. josephandrews222

    Another M5/6 set of questions: confusion about Combination IS

    Pardon my confusion... I read this [from--https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/home/explore/eos-m-series/eos-m6 ]: "^ Maximum image stabilization is achieved when using either the EF-M 18–150mm f/3.5–6.3 IS STM or the EF-M 15–45mm f/3.5–6.3 IS STM." The quoted material is a...
  15. josephandrews222

    ...three questions pertaining to the EF-M 18-150mm/M6 (or M5) pairing

    1. How does this combination 'handle ' (i.e. feel in your hands while shooting)? 2. The images that result--how are they? Contrasty enough for you? 3. When using the 18-150mm with the M6/M5, do you have/use the (optional with M6) viewfinder?
  16. josephandrews222

    ...interesting read

    http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Canon-s-medical-device-biz-bought-from-Toshiba-sets-sail
  17. josephandrews222

    EOS M bodies with built-in fill-flash questions

    ...for my needs the EOS M2 is 'good enough' 'most of the time'. I picked up the M10 because it offers the occasionally-essential option of a built-in flash. I've noticed that the length of the 11-22mm M-specific lens interferes with the light from the built-in flash when used at the wider ends...
  18. josephandrews222

    Panasonic scaling back?

    https://www.dpreview.com/news/4882489366/panasonic-likely-to-scale-back-camera-division
  19. josephandrews222

    ...with a refurbished M3 dirt-cheap...looking yet again

    I'm looking at playing around with it (an M3) for real and buying one. Canon's M's do not replace DSLRs but they sure are fun... I really like my M2 and the M's in our house still work. Check out the jpegs at these two links. Specifically…over on the right where the circular PS 69 Proportional...
  20. josephandrews222

    G9X: Can Users 'Eliminate' Hot Pixels?

    My aging but still useful S95 works well in every way except it has a hot pixel. Whereas in Canon's dSLRs there are ways to 'eliminate' hot pixels, I have not been able to find a way to eliminate (in camera) S95 hot pixels. I've downloaded the User Guide for the Canon G9X, in an effort to find...