Canon EOS R Series Cameras

Just got an R7 and a RF16 f/2.8 to use the camera and get familiar with it until I get the (out of stock) adapter for my EF & EF-S lenses - also got an 85mm f/2 IS Macro on order.

It's going to take a bit of getting used to and there are things that I really like about it (eye tracking af) First impression for landscape is I don't think it will make my 6D2 redundant.... however the couple landscapes I shot with it were hand held and using af...

The camera wasn't bought with the intention of landscape photography but I will test drive it (on landscape) with a Sigma 10-20 f/3.5 when I have the adapter. It's more for the eye tracking af in sporting scenario with lenses I know are sharp. So we shall see.... as i want to shoot the lenses wide open which is more diffiult with the 6D2 when subjects aren't motionless.

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I am sure now that I have since figured out the manual focusing that I can get the landscapes better....
 

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I bought an r7 a few weeks ago, I bought a Neewer ef-r mount adapter. It works flawlessly and is well built, i think I paid about £75. Unless you want an adapter with a control ring, I don't think you gain anything by going with the canon adapter, other than a larger hole in your bank account. :)
 
taxboy said:
Canon have finally allowed Sigma to produce APS-C lenses in the RF mount. I interpret this to mean Canon will not invest too much R&D into future crop sensor lenses but potentially good news for R7 users - price, quality etc https://www.dpreview.com/news/8845986526/sigma-announces-six-aps-c-lenses-for-canon-rf-mount
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Came here to say the same, not tons of work for Sigma, and a boon for all those new APSC R buyers.
Would have been nice to see at least one RF FF lens on the list, just to let us feel like it was gonna happen at some point.
 
taxboy said:
in the RF mount
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Actually looks like only rf-s mount, or the segment canon had no interest or care of filling.
I'm not sure this is too encouraging for the rest of us. Probably l mount may sooner become the best choice before we see RF arts
 
RF Sigma 24mm 1.4 for full frame please :).
 
taxboy said:
Canon have finally allowed Sigma to produce APS-C lenses in the RF mount. I interpret this to mean Canon will not invest too much R&D into future crop sensor lenses but potentially good news for R7 users - price, quality etc https://www.dpreview.com/news/8845986526/sigma-announces-six-aps-c-lenses-for-canon-rf-mount
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Sigma 56mm f/1.4 will have me flexing the plastic to mount on an R7. I could probably be tempted with the 18-50 f/2.8 for some landscape, as I rarely shoot below 28mm for landscape.

Phil V said:
Came here to say the same, not tons of work for Sigma, and a boon for all those new APSC R buyers.
Would have been nice to see at least one RF FF lens on the list, just to let us feel like it was gonna happen at some point.
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I'm glad to see some decent glass come out for the crop cameras... there's an abundance of it for FF!

LongLensPhotography said:
Actually looks like only rf-s mount, or the segment canon had no interest or care of filling.
I'm not sure this is too encouraging for the rest of us. Probably l mount may sooner become the best choice before we see RF arts
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It's a shame Canon don't cater for the [landscape] crop market with some really top quality glass, especially when they have an R7 body that could really excel with rf-s glass in L guise... instead they bring out an rf-s 10-18 cheapo lens.
 
Haych said:
Sigma 56mm f/1.4 will have me flexing the plastic to mount on an R7. I could probably be tempted with the 18-50 f/2.8 for some landscape, as I rarely shoot below 28mm for landscape.



I'm glad to see some decent glass come out for the crop cameras... there's an abundance of it for FF!



It's a shame Canon don't cater for the [landscape] crop market with some really top quality glass, especially when they have an R7 body that could really excel with rf-s glass in L guise... instead they bring out an rf-s 10-18 cheapo lens.
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TBF if you listen to some people Canon have only made crap lenses for everyone, inc FF.

In reality though, they’ve clearly decided to effectively outsource quality RF-S lens production. They’ve looked at their sales for decent EF-S and M mount lenses and decided that there’s no ROI in the market.

It’s interesting that before they’d launched the RF-S cameras, they’d announced to row back on the decision not to licence the RF mount. And further interesting to say that they were only interested in 3rd party mfrs making lenses that wouldn’t directly compete with any Canon offerings.

So there’ll be no Sigma RF 135 f1.8, and no Canon 17-55 2.8.

That’s still a shame for those of us who’d buy a couple of Art primes for FF.
 
Phil V said:
TBF if you listen to some people Canon have only made crap lenses for everyone, inc FF.
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Maybe either they are Nikon / Olympus or Sony owners, (no offence meant guys by saying that).... however there are some crap lenses in their RF line-up for sure which is at the lower price end of the market - the small (50mm, 16mm) primes are nothing special and the RF 15-30 is rather slow for a lens with not much zoom on it. The really good lenses are mega expensive - 135 f/1.8 = £2600 UK - 85 f/1.2 £3000 UK. And Canon are notoriously expensive for their fast glass.

Phil V said:
In reality though, they’ve clearly decided to effectively outsource quality RF-S lens production. They’ve looked at their sales for decent EF-S and M mount lenses and decided that there’s no ROI in the market.
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Probably because they overcharge for their lenses. Sigma's ART lenses on EF mount are incredibly tempting at a far less painful price point - and certainly no worse on IQ than L glass.

EDIT: I do appreciate that many crop camera buyers only interested in kit lenses. However the R7 is worthy of really good glass.

Phil V said:
It’s interesting that before they’d launched the RF-S cameras, they’d announced to row back on the decision not to licence the RF mount. And further interesting to say that they were only interested in 3rd party mfrs making lenses that wouldn’t directly compete with any Canon offerings.
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That doesn't surprise me when the likes of Sigma make comparable lenses at a more reasonable price point.

Phil V said:
So there’ll be no Sigma RF 135 f1.8, and no Canon 17-55 2.8.
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Which is a shame.

Phil V said:
That’s still a shame for those of us who’d buy a couple of Art primes for FF.
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Absolutely.
 
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Phil V said:
TBF if you listen to some people Canon have only made crap lenses for everyone, inc FF.

In reality though, they’ve clearly decided to effectively outsource quality RF-S lens production. They’ve looked at their sales for decent EF-S and M mount lenses and decided that there’s no ROI in the market.

It’s interesting that before they’d launched the RF-S cameras, they’d announced to row back on the decision not to licence the RF mount. And further interesting to say that they were only interested in 3rd party mfrs making lenses that wouldn’t directly compete with any Canon offerings.

So there’ll be no Sigma RF 135 f1.8, and no Canon 17-55 2.8.

That’s still a shame for those of us who’d buy a couple of Art primes for FF.
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I own the Sigma 18-50 f2.8 Contemporary for my Sony A6600 and it is a great little lens. Canon make nothing like this for my R7 which loves tele zoom L glass. When I go out on shoots I have to take my A6600 with the 18-50 f2.8, and my R7 with a big lens on because I have no short focal length lenses for my R7, So packing light is not quite happening at the moment which one should be doing owning a crop sensor body.

I can understand canon not producing lenses like what sigma have announced as the cost of R&D, marketing, actual low selling price just will not yield a good return. Unlike the more very expensive RF FF L lenses on expensive FF RF mount bodies. Very much for the people with deeper pockets than me,...lol !

It would be great if Canon allowed Sigma to make 85 f1.8, 70-300 f2.8 or a RF 150-600 C ( or even convert EF mount to RF service ) would be great addition !

It seems Canon are not really interested in APS-C cameras, and lenses as the R7 should have has a better sensor than raiding the parts shelf with existing sensor. However, I suspect the R7 Mkii will be a big improvement for us APS-C users !

Does any know if a sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4 dc macro os hsm is suitable for the R7 with such high mega pixel sensor ! ?
 
taxboy said:
Canon have finally allowed Sigma to produce APS-C lenses in the RF mount.
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Or Sigma have finally decided to (pay to?) license the spec of the RF mount rather than reverse-engineering as they did with the EF
 
hunnymonster said:
Or Sigma have finally decided to (pay to?) license the spec of the RF mount rather than reverse-engineering as they did with the EF
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I suspect as the EF mount has been around for a very long time sigma have had the time to reverse engineer the mount.
I believe Canon are going to be strict about guarding their RF mount to third parties, and we should not be surprised as they are a business out to make money.
Thing is I can not afford new RF L lenses and will be looking out for used ones in a few years,..lol
 
For sure - it took quite a while for any third party EF lenses to appear (I seem to remember it was 1990/91 and the EF mount came out in 1987 - with no adaptor for the FD it replaced. Dark times for a poor student who'd just erroneously taken the EOS plunge. Still have my original EF 50mm f/1.8 though. Still gets the occasional trip out even if the AF sounds like a band saw compared to the new STM/USM ones
 
hunnymonster said:
For sure - it took quite a while for any third party EF lenses to appear (I seem to remember it was 1990/91 and the EF mount came out in 1987 - with no adaptor for the FD it replaced. Dark times for a poor student who'd just erroneously taken the EOS plunge. Still have my original EF 50mm f/1.8 though. Still gets the occasional trip out even if the AF sounds like a band saw compared to the new STM/USM ones
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To be honest the STM noise is not far off. I had the lens too ...
 
I thought my, new to me, R6 had a fault today. It is set to BBF and servo, but the lens was hunting whether I was pressing the button or not. After a bit of research I found this was due to the continuous AF option being enabled. Turned it off and all was fine.

Checked my R7. It does not have continuous AF, but does have preview AF, which is Canon's new name for continuous AF and this was already disabled.

Another school day.
 
Any R6mkII owners - firmware 1.4.0 has been released.

EOS R6 Mark II Firmware Version 1.4.0
6th June 2024
Firmware Version 1.4.0 incorporates the following fixes and enhancements:

1. Increases [No. of shots] in [Interval timer] up to 9999.

2. Adds [FEM] to [Flash C.Fn settings].
Also, adds [ON/ETTL→M] to [Customize buttons].
Enables the ability to set Flash exposure memory (FE memory) from the camera when using Speedlites without an LCD panel.

3. Adds Protect Images During [FTP Transfer] to the camera menu. Images transferred via FTP can now be automatically protected. The user can determine if images have already been transferred via FTP.

4. The following issues have been fixed.

4-1. Fixes an issue that may cause the camera, in rare instances, to experience a delayed restart after the camera has gone into Auto Power Off.

4-2. Enhances security for FTPS (File Transfer Protocol Security) connections.

4-3. Fixes an issue that, under specific circumstances and in rare instances, may prevent the image from being displayed in the viewfinder or on the screen causing the camera to stop operating, or Error Code 70 may be displayed.

4-4. Fixes an issue that may cause the In-Body Image Stabilizer not to initialize when a vibration occurs when the camera is turned on, and Error Code 20 may be displayed.

4-5. Fixes an issue that may result in Error Code 70 being displayed when the user is shooting in A+ Mode or with the camera set to AI Focus AF.

4-6. Fixes an issue that may cause the card access lamp to start flashing and the camera to not operate normally when shooting small subjects.

4-7. Fixes an issue that may cause the camera to continue shooting when the user presses the shutter button and another button at the same time

Firmware Version 1.4.0 is for cameras with firmware up to Version 1.3.0. If the camera's firmware is already Version 1.4.0, it is not necessary to update the firmware.
 
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Haych said:
When the Sigma 23mm f/1.4 RF-s mount eventually comes out - I'm sure when mounted on an R7 it will beat the Canon 35mm f/1.4L on a R6mk2.
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I am waiting for the Sigma 18-50 f2.8 APSC lens as Canon have no walk around lens for the R7
 
Has anyone tried the Canon RC-6 remote with any of the R series cameras by any chance? Or could recommend one similar priced.

I can’t seem to find any straight answer online as to whether it’s compatible with my R5.
And for the amount of use it’ll get; I don’t fancy shelling out on anything too expensive…

Many thanks.
 
James Thomas 75 said:
Has anyone tried the Canon RC-6 remote with any of the R series cameras by any chance? Or could recommend one similar priced.

I can’t seem to find any straight answer online as to whether it’s compatible with my R5.
And for the amount of use it’ll get; I don’t fancy shelling out on anything too expensive…

Many thanks.
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My one broke a while back so I can’t test. I haven’t replaced as either the canon app or wireless triggers do the job too. I’d use the app for occasional use.
 
LongLensPhotography said:
Canon just released a very fancy new video camera c400 and another very mediocre overpriced lens 35mm f1.4

Just look at that distortion and vignetting https://www.techradar.com/cameras/c...ulti-purpose-prime-pros-have-been-waiting-for
Tamron 35mm f1.4 will eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner
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I’ve had my Tamron 35 f1.4 a little while now and can confirm what you say it’s really really good
the new Canon 35mm f1.4 is £1819, I paid £500 for my Tamron, admittedly second hand
 
TimHughes said:
My one broke a while back so I can’t test. I haven’t replaced as either the canon app or wireless triggers do the job too. I’d use the app for occasional use.
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Thanks, Tim.
That’s the canon connect app you’re referring to?
 
Anyone got an R8,;reviews seem positive,EVF v the Nikon Z5 is a negative and no IBIS but otherwise looks impressive for the price.
 
Looking for some basic advice please. I've been a member here for a while but due to real life 'things' and other factors my very amateur photography has taken a back seat for a few years but now I'm back in what seems a very different world...

I have a Canon 7D (not even a Mark II) and a modest selection of EF lenses and am looking to upgrade. I shoot a little bit of everything but love wildlife and sports photography when I can. I have been looking at an R7 and was wondering what the performance of EF lenses (with an adaptor) is. I'm assuming even with the EF lenses, the AF performance will be better with the R7 or do I need to upgrade to RF lenses as well to see much gain? I also have 430 EX II and 580 EX II flashes - will these work with the R7

Many thanks for any help
 
SnapperMatt said:
Looking for some basic advice please. I've been a member here for a while but due to real life 'things' and other factors my very amateur photography has taken a back seat for a few years but now I'm back in what seems a very different world...

I have a Canon 7D (not even a Mark II) and a modest selection of EF lenses and am looking to upgrade. I shoot a little bit of everything but love wildlife and sports photography when I can. I have been looking at an R7 and was wondering what the performance of EF lenses (with an adaptor) is. I'm assuming even with the EF lenses, the AF performance will be better with the R7 or do I need to upgrade to RF lenses as well to see much gain? I also have 430 EX II and 580 EX II flashes - will these work with the R7

Many thanks for any help
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The R7 is a great little camera.
I’ve been using the one in our household alongside my R5 for a while now (rather than collecting dust waiting for my partner to use it… )

Every EF lens I’ve used on these R series bodies have been significantly better than when I used them on my 5 series prior to going mirrorless.

It has a bit of a “learning curve” compared to an SLR like the 7D. But I doubt you’ll be disappointed.
 
I keep getting nervous about messing up my AF/Spot settings for Fairford after being at Festival of Flight and thinking my R7 (paired with EF 100-400 MKII L USM) can do planes with vehicle tracking (it can't!) - I hadn't long got back into photography so also stupidly forgot to zoom in on my photos to check the focus at least part-way through the day... so don't want to get a ton of blurry photos. I still got some really good ones, but I threw away so much more than I think I should have, considerable amounts of them with bursts of ~10-15 were just out of focus.

I've set the following:
AF: Servo - pretty obvious & self explanatory
AF Area: Flexible Zone AF 3 - this seems like it would suit it the best, or I could switch to Spot AF if it's not working so well.
Metering: Spot - seems to make sense because of the planes being way darker than the backgrounds?
Drive mode: H - there's a lot of discussion over the AF of the Canon R7 not being able to keep up, I was on H+ and came back with a lot of blurry photos but it wasn't 100% to do with this, so figured I'd move down from H+ just to rule that out.
Subject Tracking: On (but no Subject enabled)
Switch to tracked subjects :1
Servo AF: Case 2 with tracking sensitivity at -2 and Accel/Decel tracking at +2 - perhaps set this back to auto?

I think that's basically it, and I'm in a custom Shutter Priority mode aiming for ~250-350 for the prop planes and 1000-2000 for jets - again these are pretty obvious and I can play around as I go. I ran through a load of youtube tutorials so just wanted to make sure what I had looked right and don't have any real time to go test planes before then which is what makes me nervous about it!

I think at the Festival of Flight I was using Spot AF with the AF Area and subject tracking set to vehicles and I can see on the pictures it had failed to track properly.

I've managed to get out and do a lot more with the camera since and am much more familiar with it so much more confident about 'getting the shots', but just wanted a sanity check :) - yapping over :D
 
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SnapperMatt said:
Looking for some basic advice please. I've been a member here for a while but due to real life 'things' and other factors my very amateur photography has taken a back seat for a few years but now I'm back in what seems a very different world...

I have a Canon 7D (not even a Mark II) and a modest selection of EF lenses and am looking to upgrade. I shoot a little bit of everything but love wildlife and sports photography when I can. I have been looking at an R7 and was wondering what the performance of EF lenses (with an adaptor) is. I'm assuming even with the EF lenses, the AF performance will be better with the R7 or do I need to upgrade to RF lenses as well to see much gain? I also have 430 EX II and 580 EX II flashes - will these work with the R7

Many thanks for any help
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I sold my 7D MKII to buy the R7 and regretted it almost immediately. The R7 works great with EF lenses and the adapter and the photos were a slight improvement but the handling of the camera is terrible for wildlife if using big lenses. It's far too small and there is no battery grip to help with balance. I ended up selling mine.
 
Mike.P said:
I sold my 7D MKII to buy the R7 and regretted it almost immediately. The R7 works great with EF lenses and the adapter and the photos were a slight improvement but the handling of the camera is terrible for wildlife if using big lenses. It's far too small and there is no battery grip to help with balance. I ended up selling mine.
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This is exactly why I first allowed the R7 in our house to go collecting dust.

I thought, after using an R5 with grip; that the balancing using bigger lenses would feel off.
But I became surprised quite quickly at how well balanced it feels.
Not as comfortable as the gripped body obviously. But still very well balanced.
 
James Thomas 75 said:
The R7 is a great little camera.
I’ve been using the one in our household alongside my R5 for a while now (rather than collecting dust waiting for my partner to use it… )

Every EF lens I’ve used on these R series bodies have been significantly better than when I used them on my 5 series prior to going mirrorless.

It has a bit of a “learning curve” compared to an SLR like the 7D. But I doubt you’ll be disappointed.
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Mike.P said:
I sold my 7D MKII to buy the R7 and regretted it almost immediately. The R7 works great with EF lenses and the adapter and the photos were a slight improvement but the handling of the camera is terrible for wildlife if using big lenses. It's far too small and there is no battery grip to help with balance. I ended up selling mine.
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James and Mike, thank you for your thoughts. Very helpful and some things to think about
 
@SnapperMatt , hopefully my experience my be of some help?

When I retired ~16 months ago my employer asked what I'd like as a leaving present. I opted for an R7 as a way to 'dip my toes' into the world of Canon mirrorless cameras.

I am a long-time (longer than I car to recall!) Canon user and have progress through several 35mm film bodies and a similar number of DSLR's.

I have always found the transition to a new body pretty intuitive based on my knowledge of how Canon do things.

I mainly photograph wildlife and fast cars. The step to the R7 was the most awkward I have experienced - many of the controls I am familiar with have moved / changed, and autofocus AI is a whole new world to me.

However, with a little perseverance and plenty of trial and error, I am now quite happy with the body and particularly the focus technology it offers. I still use my 'L' EF lenses (100-400ii, 24-105ii and 16-35ii (which, with the crop sensor has become my 'walkabout' lens of choice). I don't have any particular issues with the way the body handles with the 100-400 attached, even though this is made even more front heavy by the need to use the EF-RF adapter. Yes it feels different to my old 5Dii, but after a few hours using the camera I really didn't notice this any more.

I am now waiting for Canon to get a wobble on and release the R5ii which will return me to my favoured 2 body (1 crop, 1 full frame) set-up.

A few images taken with the R7 and EF100-400ii















 
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whyone said:
@SnapperMatt , hopefully my experience my be of some help?
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Very helpful, thank you. And your images are fantastic!

It seems that the change is likely to be somewhat awkward at first with a bit of a learning curve but that, in most cases, people have found it worth persevering. I've read that many find the EVF strange at first after an optical one but again it seems something people get used too!
 
SnapperMatt said:
Very helpful, thank you. And your images are fantastic!

It seems that the change is likely to be somewhat awkward at first with a bit of a learning curve but that, in most cases, people have found it worth persevering. I've read that many find the EVF strange at first after an optical one but again it seems something people get used too!
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Yes, I think that is a very fair summary.

Regarding the EVF....in my case, yes took some getting used too, but it's OK. Do I prefer the viewfinder on an SLR? Yes, but it's a compromise I don't mind living with given the other technical (and weight reduction!) benefits the cameras bring.
 
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