red menu 7 on the R5.Will have a go at that myself? Behop
red menu 7 on the R5.
I had to check, as for a horrible minute I thought I was mixing up the Olympus and Canon options It's one of those things you set up when you get the camera and then forget about.
Is that the original version of the Canon 70-300mm IS? I had two copies of that lens and they were both very slow to focus. They have the older Ultra Sonic Motor.Thanks. I'm not sure what I was seeing yesterday. I put the 24-105L on which gave me max speed and it was fine. Then returned to the adapted 70-300mm and it still worked. One setting that did appear to improve things a bit more was "Display Performance -> Smooth".
Is that the original version of the Canon 70-300mm IS? I had two copies of that lens and they were both very slow to focus. They have the older Ultra Sonic Motor.
I now have the Tamron 70-300 VC and find it's faster to focus and better image quality and works very well adapted on my RP.
I have turned off image review to improve the burst rate and you don't need to 'chimp' as much when your screen and view finder are giving you an accurate representation of your exposure.
Regarding your earlier comment about low light performance vs the 40D. That sensor is very old tech and was never great over iso 1600. Just moving to full frame gives huge advantages in light gathering capabilities and having a newer sensor also means less noise at high iso.
I did the Canon Test Drive last summer and that lead me to buy an RP a month ago.
I am having difficulty tracking down a 24-105L for a decent price, stock availability problems it seems.
- Although my shots are mainly of wildlife, I remain permanently in Servo for all my static and moving shots. I see no reason to use One Shot at all, because even a posed person/ animal can move slightly.But my question is. Do you all frequently use servo with eye AF, even when shooting posed? Or would you use one shot in this situation?
- Although my shots are mainly of wildlife, I remain permanently in Servo for all my static and moving shots. I see no reason to use One Shot at all, because even a posed person/ animal can move slightly.
Russ
I found a huge jump in low light performance when I moved from my 60D to 6D, but that was one of the reasons I made the move.It is definitely much slower than the native L glass and the IS in the lens is incredibly noisy as well. Ultimately I bought it off a colleague for not very much and is probably the lens I will use least. Rumour is there's an RF 100-400 non-L coming so even if I choose not to adapt my 70-300mm when I most likely take the plunge on the R6 I will probably wait for that to come out.
Yeah I knew it wouldn't be a contest between the two on the low light front, but I still keep smiling when I pull in a photo and bump up the shadows to find so much detail in there!
Have you considered going grey? HDEW and Panamoz appear to have it in stock. It is definitely a very impressive piece of engineering. What do you currently use on your RP?
Question for anyone who uses the eye AF on R6 / R5 for posed portraits etc. (As I’m an eye AF newbie )
The majority of portraits I would take are usually candid / spur of the moment street shots (Which I’d obviously be using servo)
But my question is. Do you all frequently use servo with eye AF, even when shooting posed? Or would you use one shot in this situation?
As previously mentioned. It’s only a quick shoot with them to help me out and getting used to the new camera layout as such.
But I’d also like to get some ‘usuable’ shots as well
I also remain in servo but I don't usually do portraits. I would have thought that the eye AF would work very well in this scenario. I have had to get used to it after using a 5Div before.Question for anyone who uses the eye AF on R6 / R5 for posed portraits etc. (As I’m an eye AF newbie )
A friend of mine has kindly allowed me to take a few photos of them out on their farmland at some point.
Something that will also help me get used to the layout of the 5 a bit better (seems as I’m not using it as frequently as I’d like at the moment!)
The majority of portraits I would take are usually candid / spur of the moment street shots (Which I’d obviously be using servo)
But my question is. Do you all frequently use servo with eye AF, even when shooting posed? Or would you use one shot in this situation?
As previously mentioned. It’s only a quick shoot with them to help me out and getting used to the new camera layout as such.
But I’d also like to get some ‘usuable’ shots as well
Thanks in advance for any insight.
I also remain in servo but I don't usually do portraits. I would have thought that the eye AF would work very well in this scenario. I have had to get used to it after using a 5Div before.
If you set up the double back button focusing (where one button does the usual AF and the other does eye AF), with a quick movement of your thumb you can swap from one to the other without having to change any settings.
I have just changed my back 3 buttons again yesterday - trying a new experiment! One selects the AF spot/shape, one is servo AF and the other is eye AF. This is what they were before, but I have changed which does which - could test my muscle memory for a while
Yeah me too, I came from a 5D IV to the R cameras.
As I said previously, I don’t (unfortunately) very often get to do portraits either.
So I haven’t really changed the majority of the rear buttons from their default settings (which I’m used to using)
I did try the back button focusing (and shutter button for metering only) for a short while when I had my 5D.
But changed it back again, due to not shooting (at the time) much in the way of anything moving.
I may give it another go though, seems as the majority of you think servo suits most scenarios with these R bodies.
Edit:
Also forgot to add. Until I got this R5, I had an 80D alongside my 5D. Which was what I used for 90% of the time for nature / zoo visits and motorsport stuff.
With this now being the only body I have, I’ll clearly need to change a few button to suit...
The first time I tried back button focusing I didn’t really get on with it. A year or two later I tried it again and have stuck with it ever since. It works well for situations where you might want to focus and then recompose too, not just moving things. (You just leave it on servo).
You can’t focus and recompose with servo if you use front button focusing.
The eye AF will probably work well on the farm (might need to switch between animal and people). If you need to switch off eye AF, then I think it’s fairly easy with the MFn button, just not as immediate as moving your thumb across.
Edit: setting up some of the options in your favourites menu might save you digging into menus on the day. I’ve got the customise buttons and dials in my favourites menu.
I hope you didn't order the RF 50 f1.8 from Panamoz, they have it for £350 for some reason but the UK price from Wex is £219. If you want to save a little more, HDEW have it for £199.So off the back of my trial this weekend I've just gone and ordered myself the R6 with the 24-105 F4L, 50mm F1.8 and a spare battery from Panamoz. Any recommendations for SD cards? I am thinking of going for a v60 rather than the very fastest as it doesn't look like I would lose out on any functionality but be able to have 2, larger cards for the same price.
Ah yes indeed. I have no idea where they got that price from. They only just put it on their website last week. However I was in touch with them before it went live and they offered it to me at £190, they just gave me a discount code to make up the difference (having initially said they would apply a refund which I wasn't too sure about). I also got the multi buy discount on top so ultimately the 50mm cost me £155 so a bit of a steal!I hope you didn't order the RF 50 f1.8 from Panamoz, they have it for £350 for some reason but the UK price from Wex is £219. If you want to save a little more, HDEW have it for £199.
The new Sony lenses, including a 50mm f2.8 for £629 make the Canon 50 look a bargain even at WEX's full price.
Ah yes the plastic-fantastic Sony 50/1.8 - double the size of the Canon and half the AF speed. It's one reason I gave up on Sony and came back to CanonIt is a macro lens with half the focusing distance of the 50mm F1.8 though and they do have a E Mount 50mm Lens that is about £150...
At least you've reassured me of my reasons for wanting to stick with Canon. There may not be that many of them yet but there doesn't really appear to be a bad RF lens (although I've only used one and I'm sure someone somewhere disagrees).Ah yes the plastic-fantastic Sony 50/1.8 - double the size of the Canon and half the AF speed. It's one reason I gave up on Sony and came back to Canon
I've only just bought a 128GB Lexar one from Wex because it had a free reader with it, and I think it was discounted too. It took me months to work up to buying oneHaving just ordered an R5 I am wondering what CF Express cards the R5 users are using here, mainly for nature photography with a bit of occasional video thrown in? They certainly don’t seem to come cheap so any advice would be appreciated, cheers.
I've only just bought a 128GB Lexar one from Wex because it had a free reader with it, and I think it was discounted too. It took me months to work up to buying one
I had trouble with a Lexar SD card. I contacted Lexar and their customer service was exceptionally good, so it has given me confidence in buying their products once more. They give a lifetime warranty on them I think. It was also cheaper than the Sandisk ones.
Edit: I should add that I don't do a lot of videoing though I have done a little recently.
I ordered the R5 with control ring adapter from Panamoz on Thursday evening, and I've just had an email to say it's being delivered tomorrow! Can't wait to try it out!
Dave
So far I have only used CRAW. Am I missing something? I really ought to try out RAW I suppose. It is something I meant to look into. Do you usually use RAW?For those of you who have the R5 how have you find Lightroom in terms of performance?
I also did some export tests using CRAW and RAW files. I found CRAW consistently exports at 33% quicker, despite me not being able to see any difference in image quality or dynamic range, now I'm sure there will be but I can't see it with my eyes.
According to Canon, CRAW (or compressed RAW) uses a lossy-compression algorithm so some data is binned off to reduce file size, however I've been unable to find any noticeable difference at the moment.So far I have only used CRAW. Am I missing something? I really ought to try out RAW I suppose. It is something I meant to look into. Do you usually use RAW?
I have moved away from Lightroom and now use DxO Photolab as my main editor. That is quite slow, but I use Photo Mechanic to quickly rate and cull my images and then to browse prior to editing.
Paul, I use Lightroom CC on a new Windows desktop PC. I moved from a 10 year old PC earlier this year and find that LR now really flies. My new PC spec is nothing special (Intel i5 6-core 106000; 32GB DDR4; 4TB hard disc and 2x SSDs).For those of you who have the R5 how have you find Lightroom in terms of performance?