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I just grabbed a used 80D. I'm still struggling a bit with the viewfinder. I'm near sighted coming from a T4i and have to have both diopters maxed + direction to be sharp. Which makes me wonder if they're even as sharp as they could be. I wear glasses obviously and smush my face into the back of the camera. I've seen +X diopter adapters from Canon. But people complain that it makes the viewfinder smaller and less useful and is pretty much not worth it. On my T4i I have to get REALLY close to see the corners and the exposure info in the viewfinder. In the 80D it's not that hard to do and I can just rest the eyecup on my spectacles. Are you more confident in focusing with the live view magnified or using your mirror in the viewfinder? Do people focus with both eyes open?
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May 29, 2021 01:29
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If I'm on the tripod I use the back screen 100% of the time. If I'm handheld the viewfinder works fine for me and I have poo poo eyes too. At least the 80d has a swappable diopter.. mirrorless bodies are not changeable (but I think they have more range than older diopters). I'll only keep both eyes open if I'm shooting action, like panning shots at a race. Keeping the non-viewfinder eye open gives me a bit of peripheral vision to see what's incoming. Also my eyelid gets tired holding one eye closed for too long. Clearly I need more eyelid curls in my gym routine.
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May 29, 2021 02:17
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Live view and viewfinder use different focusing methods on DSLRs
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May 29, 2021 08:50
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With the 80D at least it’s still fast even if you switch to the back screen. Auto-focusing with live view on the older Canon DSLR’s (and all the Nikons) is slow as poo poo, although generally pretty accurate.
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May 29, 2021 12:52
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Yeah DPAF is pretty good on the newer canons
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May 29, 2021 14:54
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It's so good it makes one entitled and when you get into a situation where it fails (eg a bird in a field of branches) you get irrationally critical. Well I do anyways. I am a spoiled brat.
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May 29, 2021 14:57
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jarlywarly posted:Live view and viewfinder use different focusing methods on DSLRs I meant for nailing manual focus.
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May 29, 2021 18:55
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Control customization question. I've been shooting in M mode on my R6 and mostly using a wheel to adjust ISO to get proper exposure (once I'm happy with shutter speed and aperture). This works fine, but in the cases where I move from shade to bright sun or visa versa, it takes a lot of wheel action to get the exposure where it needs to be for the new light environment. Is there a way to configure a button to either both meter and adjust ISO to +0 exposure, or to at least adjust ISO to to +0 off of the last reading?
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Jul 22, 2021 00:04
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It has an 'auto' iso mode, you get to it by scrolling below ISO 100. I've never touched it so can't say how well it works but if you want the camera to be adjusting ISO for you that's your option.
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Jul 22, 2021 01:12
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Thanks, yeah, that works most of the time but I feel like I'm missing some element of control. Like if I have it on Auto, then adjust ISO from that for exposure compensation, the adjustment will revert back to Auto after a few seconds. I'd rather force it to Auto with a button push or at least have a button toggle for on/off Auto ISO.
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Jul 22, 2021 03:15
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I've returned to Canon after years, and got a M6 mark ii. It's pretty goddamn good so far and filling the need, but I need to sanity check myself. Does it not have a grid view in image playback/picture gallery? My T2i did, that seems like kind of a weird feature to be missing. e: not a grid like a 3x3 line grid, but a multiple-image grid of small previews.
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Jul 28, 2021 23:21
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Probably whichever dial zooms in on a photo during playback, if you crank the opposite direction will show multiple photos?
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Jul 28, 2021 23:33
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Yeah, at least on my other canon cameras, zooming out from the single picture view goes to a 2x2 and then 3x3 grid. The touchscreen ones also do it on a pinch/zoom gesture.
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Jul 29, 2021 01:40
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On my M50, pinch to zoom works, and also the two buttons on the right edge of the camera, * and a little ▦ looking thing do the zoom in/out. Also just saw the M50 Mk2 is out. Tha changes are... eye-detect autofocus and direct stream to youtube?  I like my M50 for travel since it's compact, light, and handles well but that's a pretty pathetic update. Still the same sensor with the same 1.4x crop in 4k and without DP autofocus, no headphone jack, etc. But shelling out two grand for a full frame camera is still a pretty difficult proposition.
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Jul 29, 2021 11:29
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So the R5 is hot but can someone explain why RF lenses seem so ridiculously more expensive than EF lenses, even L-glass? I don't have plans to ditch my 5DIV any time soon (mostly because the smaller mirrorless bodies feel kinda crap in my giant hands) but goddamn those prices. e: god do I miss the flip out screen of my 60D though.
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Sep 23, 2021 15:48
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They're new so demand is high and we're living in a pandemic. If I remember right prices on all Canon's lenses went up by ~$100 a month or two ago. The RF lenses are in theory technically superior too.. they're higher resolution to prepare for ever increasing megapixel counts. But not all RF lenses are testing that well, like the RF 24-105 is optically identical to the EF 24-105 with some updated lens coatings. But other lenses are amazing, the RF 100-500 have been tested to be superior to the EF 100-400.
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Sep 23, 2021 16:49
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xzzy posted:
It's funny how this lens was mocked for the f/7.1 apperture when it first was announced and now it's still impossible to find. If I could afford one I'd definitely get it.
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Sep 23, 2021 17:07
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Fair! I should have thought about component shortages considering how long I spent hunting for PC hardware. Just spent a good hour reading up on the R5 and R6 and seeing how the R6 performs, and how well EF lenses work with the adapter, it suddenly looks like a really good deal over the R5. Still not enough to make me drop £1.9K on a new body though.
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Sep 23, 2021 17:30
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There are also fewer cameras being sokd (smartphones...) to spread the R&Dcist plus late stage capitalism demands ever ballooning profit.
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Sep 23, 2021 17:52
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BetterLekNextTime posted:It's funny how this lens was mocked for the f/7.1 apperture when it first was announced and now it's still impossible to find. If I could afford one I'd definitely get it. Yeah the day I find one actually for sale and I have the cash I'm going to get it. It seems perfect to me, pair with a 24-105 and a 1.6 extender and you can cover an absurd focal range with just two lenses that both have a 77mm filter thread.
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Sep 23, 2021 18:51
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xzzy posted:Yeah the day I find one actually for sale and I have the cash I'm going to get it. It seems perfect to me, pair with a 24-105 and a 1.6 extender and you can cover an absurd focal range with just two lenses that both have a 77mm filter thread.
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Sep 23, 2021 19:50
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ijyt posted:Fair! I should have thought about component shortages considering how long I spent hunting for PC hardware. The R6 is loving amazing, especially at low light. Note how you can see the stars. Taken freehand while on a vaporetto:  Also shooting into light:  Bird eye tracking through a window with the Sigma 150-600  Macro: 
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Sep 23, 2021 22:40
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Damnit. We're a long ways off from an R6 mk II, too. Doubt too many are hitting the used market either. I'd love an R6, just don't want to spend the cash.
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Sep 23, 2021 22:47
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I think the eye tracking and low light performance is what gets me most. I love shooting low light, and the amount of wildlife photos I've had to cull because the focus was juuuust off to be good.
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Sep 23, 2021 22:58
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The eye tracking on modern mirrorless is magic, and both the R6 and R5 are in that group. It really only fails when there's bad contrast (brown bird in a sea of brown branches) but if there's a good outline it will latch on and every shot is gonna be perfect. And yes the low light performance is stellar too. You can pull so much stuff out of the shadows.
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Sep 23, 2021 23:05
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Seconding the low light performance. I have an R5 and was doing astro shots with a 20mm f1.4 and the auto focus worked. On the stars. My old setup with my crop sensor T7i I had to do MF all the time.
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I was really surprised when I could focus in live view when trying to do the Perseids a month ago. I could sort of do it with the 80d, but noise was so bad at 10x zoom it was a crapshoot. I still had to take test shots and adjust focus from the results to get things right.
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Would an original 5D qualify as a trade-in for the Canon Loyalty Program? I'm thinking about finally upgrading to a 6D MkII and the discount would be kind of nice.
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GWBBQ posted:Would an original 5D qualify as a trade-in for the Canon Loyalty Program? I'm thinking about finally upgrading to a 6D MkII and the discount would be kind of nice. Wow, I didn't even realize the loyalty program was still a thing. I don't think they were ever picky about what they accepted. Curious to see what they're offering these days.
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BeastOfExmoor posted:Wow, I didn't even realize the loyalty program was still a thing. I don't think they were ever picky about what they accepted. Curious to see what they're offering these days.
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Anyone have a Canon EOS RP they could share some tips & tricks on? I upgraded into one from a Nikon D5200 and although I'm already super-duper happy (I picked up a Canon RF 50MM f1.8 as well), I know there is a lot of camera here compared to what I'm used to.
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Any rumors on an update or replacement for the EOS R5? I shoot landscape and am interested in switching to Canon after a disappointing experience this year with an A7RIV, but it seems the R5 has been out for quite a while now and I’m worried about investing in it if there’s a replacement coming soon.
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blk posted:Any rumors on an update or replacement for the EOS R5? I shoot landscape and am interested in switching to Canon after a disappointing experience this year with an A7RIV, but it seems the R5 has been out for quite a while now and I’m worried about investing in it if there’s a replacement coming soon. The R3 is pre-order now and next year there might be an R1 but I don’t think there’s anything firm on an R5mk2. Canon is still updating r5 firmware though.
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R5 is barely over a year old. It's gonna be years before a refresh.
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Any thoughts on the benefits/differences of a 90D vs. a T8i? I need to replace my T3i so that I can shoot 4K video, and thanks to my investment in EF-S lenses I don’t want to move up to full frame.
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xzzy posted:They're new so demand is high and we're living in a pandemic. If I remember right prices on all Canon's lenses went up by ~$100 a month or two ago. All this AND Canon is adopting the Sony emount approach to their pricing, which is basically doing the Apple thing and saying: "Premium lens at premium price. Take it or leave it." melon cat fucked around with this message at 06:33 on Jan 10, 2024 |
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Nov 18, 2021 01:00
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How dumb is it to buy a (refurbished ) 90D?
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Guacamayo posted:How dumb is it to buy a (refurbished ) 90D? Canon's best and probably last ever crop DSLR. So probably not that dumb.
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Chewed up the SD slot on my R5 (pro tip: don't mess with cards with gloves on). Any ballpark for how much canon gonna take me over the coals to fix it? Would third party be a completely horrible idea? Edit - should add, it's at least a bent pin. So I gorillad it good. xzzy fucked around with this message at 17:36 on Jan 16, 2022 |
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A local camera repair guy in Austin who mostly does shutters on old film cameras had a 5Diii on the bench in his shop once and I asked about it. He said, “these things, you should avoid taking the memory cards in and out out of them. Use a USB cable and transfer the files over that way. Too easy to break the slots.” He said the card bay swap was very tedious but not that difficult. But the 5Diii was older by then and spare parts fairly easy to find. If the R5 isn’t assembled in too radically different a way, your average private camera repair place could possibly do the job if they can source the replacement parts. Don’t know if you’re still under any kind of manufacturer warranty period but going outside of Canon themselves or possibly a Canon-authorized repair service (if such a thing exists anymore, I think Nikon stopped certifying 3rd-party repair places a few years ago, not sure about Canon) would probably void that. If it was me, and I had to ship out the camera a long way away, I’d just go with sending it to Canon. But if there was a local repair place nearby, I’d at least talk to them about it first.
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