Wth
did you mean 8000?My copy of the lens was barely used and, like I mentioned, it was bought on a modern era, so I'd assume Canon had their quality control issues solved by then.
i can confirm fragile, but easily repaired. I dropped mine about 2ft and popped out a lens group. but was able to get it popped back in. Auto focus is slow and sounds kinda grindy but the photos are good.
Nope I meant 800. I should qualify it with "and when I am taking photos in badly lit environments" which happens frequently when I am taking photos at indoor birthday parties...Wth
I don't use AI noise reduction, but I may consider a tiny bit of standard noise reduction by ISO 16k or so.
Incidentally I had a EF 50 1.4 and absolutely hated it - sold it for a EF 50 1.2 and did not like that one as well... that sort of put me off the 50mm fl, until Canon saw fit to provide a 50mm that I liked, the RF 1.2My copy of the lens was barely used and, like I mentioned, it was bought on a modern era, so I'd assume Canon had their quality control issues solved by then.
Also, pretty much all reviews of that lens show it as being pretty crappy wide open
Canon obviously can do it, but I don't think they are minded to. They decided for whatever reason to omit the top lcd screen in the original R6, and a substantial redesign in subsequent iterations seems unlikely. Hope against reason leads to disappointment *shrug*Still hopingNikon can do it... I'm not gonna moan that I'm switching brands immediately but honestly it is something that stops me from buying new Canon lenses. It may happen.
At f/1.4 in closeup scenarios it is not really good. From 1.5m onwards it's good to have f/1.4 for thinner DOF or more gain of light. Corners are not great but usable, Center is in my opinion good at f/1.4. First image is close to the left corner, the 2nd image is close to the center, roughly 1.5 m /5 feet distance. Both at f/1.4, light a cheap high power LED torch. Both images are screenshots of the 100% views of jpegs with a softer profile (Technicolor) and not too much sharpening.
This on the 24 MPix on the R6 ii. 
Yeah, I'd say my copy of the lens was softer, but the chromatic aberrations are definitely at the same level, geez. The best thing I did was replacing it with the Sigma 50 Art.
I must shoot very often without a flash, so I guess we just have to do what we have to do
Now, if only Canon had a selection of first party primes and a bunch of inexpensive Chinese 3rd party primes to attract users to the platform. The new Viltrox 9mm f2.8 is an incredible lens for E and Z that is currently on sale at $159. Perhaps Canon shouldn't have threatened to sue the Korean & Chinese AF RF lens makers into oblivion a few years back. (This problem will only get worse once the Chinese start making AF zooms, expected for later this year or early next year.)
22,3x14,9mm versus 23,3x15,5mm is what you call much smaller?
I use strobes when doing fashion, but then I shoot at ISO 35I must shoot very often without a flash, so I guess we just have to do what we have to do
I know I can easily trust my R6 at up to 6400 ISO, with 12800 still being usable. Beyond that, I should think if the picture really is that important, but I've had assignments where, for the entire duration of the events, I had to stay above 3200/6400.
WOW 3 times the cost for 1/3 stop difference over the 600mm 6.3 zooms that Sony and Nikon offer?
Well a 1/3 of a stop is 26% more light and I'm sure it'll be high quality but I think you're heavily overstating the difference and I can't see many people paying this much for a 200-600mm f/5.6 and if it's the same high quality as the RF 100-300mm f/2.8 I suspect it'll be much closer to that lense's price of $10,500 USD
I suspect Canon will reason that one zoomlens will replace a number of primes: 300mm and 400mm f4 (if the rumor is correct), 500mm and 600mm f5.6. Nikon’s 400mm pf lens is +/- 3000$, the 600mm pf lens normal price is +/- 5000$.
Oh man, you are so right. I upgraded my R to an R6mkii, and while the R6 is a much better camera, those ergonomics with a joystick and R6mkiii functions would be perfect.If the R6mkiii really hits 30-32 MP it basically counts a EOS Rii
Ah, I would have loved a truly mkii version of that camera! Just should've kept the size, replace the Touch Bar with a joystick, give it proper FPS and new AF
Why is it a problem now? The relative crop sizes have been around for over 20 years.
It is not true in every region, but Canon's 200-800 is cheaper than Sony's 200-600 here.
