Canon EOS R Series Cameras

Just noticed, should anyone with an R5 mk2 be going stateside over the holidays (or any other time for that matter) the spare batteries are very significantly cheaper there even accounting for local sales tax.

price from B and H is currently USD 79 plus tax ie about £63.........
 
Thinking of making the switch from my Sony A9 Mk1 to a R6 Mk2. Anyone made a similar move? I only have 2 lenses so not deeply committed to 1 system.
 
After doing some more research I'm warming to the idea of a used R6 over a new R8.
 
TimHughes said:
It's great. I forgot to mention the pre-shoot feature of the R1 in my first impressions. It's a big deal and meant I could shoot less and be confident of getting the peak moments. A colleague has the 24-105 2.8, and I'm quite tempted...but I love the primes, even if it's a bit less convenient.
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As well as the 24-105 2.8, 70-200 2.8, 15-35 2.8 and 100-500, I also have the 50mm 1.2 and 85mm 1.2, I'm going to be honest they don't get used as much as they used to.
I'd say the 85mm is a lens I could sell now and never miss it, but I just can't seem to part with it, it's a beautiful piece of glass :)

Before getting the 24-105 2.8 I would go to sporting events and use my 70-200 and if I needed wider I'd use the 15-35 and the 50mm, but I was starting to find it a bit clunky switching between lenses, one particular Tough Mudder in Scotland I just knew I had to get a 24-70mm, but in the end I opted to pay a bit more and get the 24-105 and now it's one of my favourite lenses, so versatile, I can't wait to get the equivalent design 70-200.

R1 should be with me in a few days, got the tracking number today, so I'll be keen to get out and test it, particularly the pre-shoot and the dual stills/video shooting.
 
Hanley said:
As well as the 24-105 2.8, 70-200 2.8, 15-35 2.8 and 100-500, I also have the 50mm 1.2 and 85mm 1.2, I'm going to be honest they don't get used as much as they used to.
I'd say the 85mm is a lens I could sell now and never miss it, but I just can't seem to part with it, it's a beautiful piece of glass :)

Before getting the 24-105 2.8 I would go to sporting events and use my 70-200 and if I needed wider I'd use the 15-35 and the 50mm, but I was starting to find it a bit clunky switching between lenses, one particular Tough Mudder in Scotland I just knew I had to get a 24-70mm, but in the end I opted to pay a bit more and get the 24-105 and now it's one of my favourite lenses, so versatile, I can't wait to get the equivalent design 70-200.

R1 should be with me in a few days, got the tracking number today, so I'll be keen to get out and test it, particularly the pre-shoot and the dual stills/video shooting.
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Makes complete sense to me. I'm still working with the EF 24-70 2.8 M2 and 70 -200 2.8 M2 and can imagine the RF 24 - 105 2.8 will be the next zoom but it's not urgent as most jobs primes are working very well.

The dual stills/video is jpg frame grabs using the same exposure settings as the video setting. I've tried that before and often there's too much motion blur. With the R5 I switched between photos and video - pressing the video button used c3 settings and that worked better. I haven't got that far into the R1 manual yet to know if it's the same.
 
JJ! said:
Thinking of making the switch from my Sony A9 Mk1 to a R6 Mk2. Anyone made a similar move? I only have 2 lenses so not deeply committed to 1 system.
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Why? What are you trying to gain by moving to Canon that you can't get within E mount ecosystem? RF mount lenses are more expensive and selection is far more limited.

I surely can't be the only one here looking at E mount or dual system to escape RF mount limitations, at least when constrained to a certain budget. Old adapted Sigma ART lenses is the only saving grace but you already can have that on E mount in plentiful supply.
 
JJ! said:
Thinking of making the switch from my Sony A9 Mk1 to a R6 Mk2. Anyone made a similar move? I only have 2 lenses so not deeply committed to 1 system.
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LongLensPhotography said:
Why? What are you trying to gain by moving to Canon that you can't get within E mount ecosystem? RF mount lenses are more expensive and selection is far more limited.

I surely can't be the only one here looking at E mount or dual system to escape RF mount limitations, at least when constrained to a certain budget. Old adapted Sigma ART lenses is the only saving grace but you already can have that on E mount in plentiful supply.
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I'm wondering why too. With an R6 M2 you can of course use all the EF lenses with an adapter and they work perfectly, you're not limited to the RF lens range. What pics do you need that you can't get with the A9? Is it due to lenses or camera body features?
 
I got my hands on RF 70-200mm f/4 by an accident. If you can swallow the f/2.8 price tag this is actually a very nice lens, and clearly matches or outperforms EF ones. Sharpness is pretty much nothing to complain about at normal and regular distances on R6. Near macro feature is there, but that becomes super soft focus so not any better than simply not having it. Flare resistance is great, it even makes sunstars of sorts, and it can be handheld as low as 1/8s if you don't mind doing a few takes and taking your chances.
I also like that it only takes up one lens slot in the bag, so I can forgive the extending barrel in this particular case. Basically it doesn't force me to compromise by choosing between taking other lenses. 77mm is also a nice filter size, thankfully no more 72mm oddball
 
I have the Canon eye control working well now - a few calibrations for my eye and AF-on button set to use eye control for AF.
 
OK first snag with R1 - I can't find a way to fire the flash without it beeping and making the fake shutter sound as the flash won't fire in silent shutter mode. Anyone know how this works?
 
TimHughes said:
OK first snag with R1 - I can't find a way to fire the flash without it beeping and making the fake shutter sound as the flash won't fire in silent shutter mode. Anyone know how this works?
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Did you have this problem with the R5? My flashes would never fire in electronic - I always have to use first curtain.
 
Anyone know what the ETA/normal lead time is on Panamoz getting new kit? I am really in need of a 70-200 as my 2005 F4 has finally given up the ghost and i like the idea of being able to use TCs with the new version.
 
TimHughes said:
OK first snag with R1 - I can't find a way to fire the flash without it beeping and making the fake shutter sound as the flash won't fire in silent shutter mode. Anyone know how this works?
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Is that not the case with the R5 mk1 too - I struggled to get my R5 to work with on camera flash while photographing the presentation of the trophy at the Dunhill Links golf (had never used it with on camera flash before) - Camera was in electronic mode because camera's at pro golf tournaments now have to be silent. Obviously this didn't matter for the trophy lift - someone said to me switch your camera to mechanical shutter and it worked - I found it odd as my R3 had always fired a flash no problem in electronic shutter mode.
 
A_S said:
Did you have this problem with the R5? My flashes would never fire in electronic - I always have to use first curtain.
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The old R5 and any R6 / R8 will not work in electronic by design. Not sure about R5 II - that would be very nice if it did.
 
A_S said:
Did you have this problem with the R5? My flashes would never fire in electronic - I always have to use first curtain.
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davidy233 said:
Is that not the case with the R5 mk1 too - I struggled to get my R5 to work with on camera flash while photographing the presentation of the trophy at the Dunhill Links golf (had never used it with on camera flash before) - Camera was in electronic mode because camera's at pro golf tournaments now have to be silent. Obviously this didn't matter for the trophy lift - someone said to me switch your camera to mechanical shutter and it worked - I found it odd as my R3 had always fired a flash no problem in electronic shutter mode.
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What I'm experiencing with the R1 is new. The R1 will only fire my flash with "Silent Mode" off which results in the camera making a beep and a fake shutter sound. It's firing the flash in electronic shutter mode, but why add the sounds? I can't find a way to switch the sounds off. I wanted to use the flash shoe to control a remote cam for an event this evening, but not with the beeps so I held the remote in my hand instead. I'll look again in the morning.
 
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have you actually contacted your local canon cps rep? They will either tell you the settings you need to change or will file a bug report. I doubt many others on here will have R1 at this time
 
TimHughes said:
What I'm experiencing with the R1 is new. The R1 will only fire my flash with "Silent Mode" off which results in the camera making a beep and a fake shutter sound. It's firing the flash in electronic shutter mode, but why add the sounds? I can't find a way to switch the sounds off. I wanted to use the flash shoe to control a remote cam for an event this evening, but not with the beeps so I held the remote in my hand instead. I'll look again in the morning.
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Interesting, I’m literally just heading out with my R1 but when I’m home later I’ll try mine and see what it does
 
A_S said:
Anyone know what the ETA/normal lead time is on Panamoz getting new kit? I am really in need of a 70-200 as my 2005 F4 has finally given up the ghost and i like the idea of being able to use TCs with the new version.
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I ordered the R1 last Monday at 11:15am and it was delivered at 3pm on the Friday
 
A_S said:
Anyone know what the ETA/normal lead time is on Panamoz getting new kit? I am really in need of a 70-200 as my 2005 F4 has finally given up the ghost and i like the idea of being able to use TCs with the new version.
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Yup similar experience for me, order for a lens placed on Thursday and delivered following Monday. First class service.
 
Re my question - it was about when they will have stock not delivery time.

No stock of the new lens yet but it’s available and in stock on Wex
 
A_S said:
Re my question - it was about when they will have stock not delivery time.

No stock of the new lens yet but it’s available and in stock on Wex
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Send them a message?
 
TimHughes said:
What I'm experiencing with the R1 is new. The R1 will only fire my flash with "Silent Mode" off which results in the camera making a beep and a fake shutter sound. It's firing the flash in electronic shutter mode, but why add the sounds? I can't find a way to switch the sounds off. I wanted to use the flash shoe to control a remote cam for an event this evening, but not with the beeps so I held the remote in my hand instead. I'll look again in the morning.
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I'm not sure if this helps, however I'm still getting used to the R5 mk2 (having eventually given up the old 1Dx mk2 mirror slapper) and I tried flash this morning with a relatively old 600 RX with the camera in silent mode and the flash worked fine.

Happy to try some other tests to see if it's different from the R1 and indeed if you want to borrow my 600 RT to try it out you're very welcome as I've got 2 and they're hardly used.
 
TimHughes said:
What I'm experiencing with the R1 is new. The R1 will only fire my flash with "Silent Mode" off which results in the camera making a beep and a fake shutter sound. It's firing the flash in electronic shutter mode, but why add the sounds? I can't find a way to switch the sounds off. I wanted to use the flash shoe to control a remote cam for an event this evening, but not with the beeps so I held the remote in my hand instead. I'll look again in the morning.
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Have you switched off Beep under the Wrench menu?
 
George said:
I'm not sure if this helps, however I'm still getting used to the R5 mk2 (having eventually given up the old 1Dx mk2 mirror slapper) and I tried flash this morning with a relatively old 600 RX with the camera in silent mode and the flash worked fine.

Happy to try some other tests to see if it's different from the R1 and indeed if you want to borrow my 600 RT to try it out you're very welcome as I've got 2 and they're hardly used.
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OK I've done some more extensive checks, and managed to replicate what Tim is saying I think.
I'm assuming the menus for the R1 and R5 mk2 are pretty much the same, and I've managed to get rid of the shutter noise by doing the following..

Red menu no 6 shutter silent function set to "off"
Shutter mode "electronic"

Wrench menu beep enable set to on and then options all set to "minimum"

This seems to work?
 
davidy233 said:
Have you switched off Beep under the Wrench menu?
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I was also thinking this.
Even back with the old DSLR’s silent mode shut off the flash.
But as soon as I buy a camera I go through all the menus to stop it making any noises
 
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LongLensPhotography said:
have you actually contacted your local canon cps rep? They will either tell you the settings you need to change or will file a bug report. I doubt many others on here will have R1 at this time
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I hadn't contact CPS in a while. Personal CPS accounts here have been deactivated. I need to re-register with the company details then transfer the data from the old account. What a fuss.

George said:
OK I've done some more extensive checks, and managed to replicate what Tim is saying I think.
I'm assuming the menus for the R1 and R5 mk2 are pretty much the same, and I've managed to get rid of the shutter noise by doing the following..

Red menu no 6 shutter silent function set to "off"
Shutter mode "electronic"

Wrench menu beep enable set to on and then options all set to "minimum"

This seems to work?
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Thanks! I did switch off beep but didn't know about all the options there.

davidy233 said:
Have you switched off Beep under the Wrench menu?
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Yes, but as above there are options to take care of too.

Phil V said:
I was also thinking this.
Even back with the old DSLR’s silent mode shut off the flash.
But as soon as I buy a camera I go through all the menus to stop it making any noises
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Thanks!
 
Had my R1 a week and today was the first chance I had to go out with it - quite a few different settings to the R3 which took a bit of working out, drizzly rain. cold and dark but was determined to at least try it out (lot different to my usual subjects - not used to things being so still lol - waiting for the new racing season to really put it through it's paces)
 
David Stallard said:
Had my R1 a week and today was the first chance I had to go out with it - quite a few different settings to the R3 which took a bit of working out, drizzly rain. cold and dark but was determined to at least try it out (lot different to my usual subjects - not used to things being so still lol - waiting for the new racing season to really put it through it's paces)
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what do you think so far?
 
TimHughes said:
I hadn't contact CPS in a while. Personal CPS accounts here have been deactivated. I need to re-register with the company details then transfer the data from the old account. What a fuss.



Thanks! I did switch off beep but didn't know about all the options there.



Yes, but as above there are options to take care of too.



Thanks!
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Is it the case that silent mode disable flash. But using electronic shutter which is inherently silent does not.
 
TimHughes said:
what do you think so far?
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Hey Tim, trust all is well ;-)

Well - only used it for a few hours this morning, must have looked very odd sat beside a zoo enclosure for nearly an hour adjusting settings / trying / re adjusting - originally I thought like many others "ohh it's just an R3 mkII" but very happy to say it's not, it's way better, the AF is so snappy / sticky, Personally - very very happy with it, can't wait for the racing season to start again so I can really play.
 
David Stallard said:
Hey Tim, trust all is well ;-)

Well - only used it for a few hours this morning, must have looked very odd sat beside a zoo enclosure for nearly an hour adjusting settings / trying / re adjusting - originally I thought like many others "ohh it's just an R3 mkII" but very happy to say it's not, it's way better, the AF is so snappy / sticky, Personally - very very happy with it, can't wait for the racing season to start again so I can really play.
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All good here, put your 200-400 to good use again yesterday :) I skipped the R3 so the R1 s a big step up for me. I have the eye control working, but not yet ideal. I'm not completely following the manual for how to adjust it so I might try running it through a gen ai to see if that can make sense of it.
 
Most of the recent chat here is about the R1 (understandably), and not much about the R5 mk2 (which is why I'm not sure why there aren't individual owner's threads like we used to have).

I've now given up the size and weight of the 1 series bodies but it seems to me that the mk2 is fairly close in spec (apart from cross hair af points ) to the R1, and I wonder if anyone has both, I'd be interested in comparisons in the real world particularly with regard to the autofocus which in my limited trials with the R5/2 is light years ahead of my old 1Dx mk2.

Anyone? Thanks!!
 
George said:
Most of the recent chat here is about the R1 (understandably), and not much about the R5 mk2 (which is why I'm not sure why there aren't individual owner's threads like we used to have).

I've now given up the size and weight of the 1 series bodies but it seems to me that the mk2 is fairly close in spec (apart from cross hair af points ) to the R1, and I wonder if anyone has both, I'd be interested in comparisons in the real world particularly with regard to the autofocus which in my limited trials with the R5/2 is light years ahead of my old 1Dx mk2.

Anyone? Thanks!!
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The R1 is 1115 pretty light compared with the 1DXM2 1530, almost halfway to the R5M2 is 750. Just saying... I'm also curious about the R5M2 so following this one.
 
With the availability of eye-control for moving the AF point and pre-shooting that activates with a shutter half-press, is back button focus still necessary?
 
TimHughes said:
The R1 is 1115 pretty light compared with the 1DXM2 1530, almost halfway to the R5M2 is 750. Just saying... I'm also curious about the R5M2 so following this one.
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Aye, Tim, it's an interesting one...at my age a few grams makes a hell of a difference!!

One thing I'm struggling with, on the mk2 Dx I could assign one back button to the same settings except for AF area and another to the same except I changed the area which meant I could swap immediately from spot to larger area and I can't find how to do that in the mk2 menu, although there are a large no of options now available.

Seems I have to go more of a rigmarole to do that.

Any ideas?
 
TimHughes said:
With the availability of eye-control for moving the AF point and pre-shooting that activates with a shutter half-press, is back button focus still necessary?
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Good point, but I'm not yet convinced of the accuracy of eye control, I need more time with that. Assume it's the same with both models (ie R1 and R5/2)
 
TimHughes said:
With the availability of eye-control for moving the AF point and pre-shooting that activates with a shutter half-press, is back button focus still necessary?
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I don’t have eye-control, but I would imagine some would still prefer BBF.

Does AF Servo operate in the same way?
 
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