Fantastic!

Awesome Mark! Thanks for the share.

Great!

I don't get to shoot nature very often but I took a day trip to Tilghman Island on the eastern shore of Maryland last week. I managed to capture an Osprey and another bird I can't identify. Using the Canon R5 with animal eye tracking makes it almost too easy. These were taken with a 70-200 2.8 with and without a 2x extender. The sunset was a 24-105. Tilghman is rather secluded and the B&B we stayed in was wonderful. I highly recommend the entire area if you ever get a chance to visit.

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It ugly, just weird. Good photo though.

That would be pseudo plagiarism in my view.

I don’t own any RF lenses so I use the Mode dial on top of camera. I shot a wedding this past weekend and had it slip 3 times. When it happens I find that taking it out of Auto ISO from the screen menu will hold it longer. If I readjust from Mode dial it will slip right back. One theory is this is related to the Flashpoint trigger or flash I usually have mounted to the camera, but it has happened without them also. I own 2 R5’s and had an R6 and this issue occurs on all 3 cameras. Puzzling 😖

One issue I consistently have with my R5 is where the camera switch’s to Auto ISO without my input. This is especially annoying when using auxiliary flash in a dark environment. I keep hoping firmware upgrades will fix the issue, but so far it continues. Any one else having this problem? Or can someone determine if there’s a combination of buttons or dials I’m pushing/turning that can cause the camera to slip into Auto ISO? I’ll run the upgrades and hope for the best.

Not true. Cropping in post is exactly the same as cropping in camera. When you crop in post do you see the image get darker?

What Tony is referring to is background blur equivalency. A crop sensor camera will need to be moved farther away from the subject in order to maintain the same image size with the same focal length. This will increase DOF and sharpen the background. But the amount of light striking the sensor will be the same. Switching the R5 from full frame to 1.6 has no effect on exposure. 2.8 is 2.8

I'm not sure what you mean but the aperture remains 2.8 whether your shooting full frame or 1.6 crop.

I pretty much stopped using the 2x extender when I got my R5. I just set the crop to 1.6 which gives me 320mm equivalent while maintaining the 2.8 aperture. I’ve never had a client complain about a lack of resolution or sharpness using it. 320 isn’t 400 but it’s close enough in my view. Since I do allot of late afternoon and evening sports, speed trumps reach.

That was a good analysis. So if you shoot a lot of low light get the 85. Otherwise stick with the 70-200. I’m thoroughly satisfied with my older EF 70-200. The new RF model with it’s shorter size is very temping though.

For portraits you won’t regret the 85 1.2. I only own the EF versions but I know the lens is considerably sharper than the 70-200 at 2.8. I can’t see using the 85 for sports except for limited applications at fixed distances like the say the balance beam. My only complaint with the EF 85 is that it’s too sharp for closeups like headshots. I routinely subtract texture in LR to counter sharpness. For waist and full length work it’s absolutely amazing from 1.4 on down. Someday I’ll upgrade to the RF but I’m intrigued by the DS version and looking forward to test reviews. Good luck and enjoy your new lens!

I used to think that way. Back in the seventies as an amateur photographer I would save negatives and slides for a while, but then being a disorganized teen, I would throw them away, thinking I would never look at them again and never print them. Oh how I wish I still had them! As time goes by, old photographs get more and more valuable. I agree that 30 fps of anything is overkill. But good enough to share now will have a whole new meaning in 20 years. As long as storage is cheep, I’ll save everything and enjoy the fruits down the road.