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Useful and not-so-useful photography features 17 July 2021
Camera makers include features designed to make their products more accessible to beginners and easier for enthusiasts to operate. In the 65 years I have been using cameras I have found some of these...
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Photography in the lockdown-4 Canon R5 with RF 85mm f2 19 July 2021
The RF 85mm f2 lens has proven to be a worthy companion to the R5 body, combining very high sharpness across the frame with a stabiliser and half macro close-up capability. It is very handy for the...
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Photography in the lockdown-5 Lorikeets in flight 23 July 2021
These rainbow lorikeets visit our house daily for a little snack so they are accustomed to being in close quarters with us. Today I attempted to photograph them in flight. This is actually more...
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Canon R5 with Rf 100-500mm Update - which is better, crop or 1.4x extender ?...
New holland honeyeater crop onlyThis is an update on my previous post on this subject whichyou can read here.I have been running many tests on static and moving subjects of different types.The...
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Another look at compact cameras 19 August 2021
Canon G1X.3 pano stitched in PhotoshopThere has long been a market for compact devices which can deliver good quality photos.This has largely been taken over by smartphones. In the do-or-die race...
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Carry bag for Canon RF 100-500mm with RF 1.4x extender and R5 mounted 21...
One of the reasons I have been less than enthusiastic about using my RF 100-500mm L lens with the RF 1.4x extender has been the lack of a fully satisfactory way to carry the kit.But the LowePro...
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Canon Powershot G1X.3 Auto panorama function 24 August 2021
Some Canon Powershots including the G1X.3 offer in-camera auto panorama function. I was not overly impressed with this function in my first G1X.3 three years ago. But recent testing with my second...
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Some thoughts about compact cameras 8 September 2021
Banksia serrata. Canon R5 with RF 35mm f1.8Over the last few years most camera makers have been moving their products upmarket to differentiate them as much as possible from smartphones. They have...
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Canon RF 100mm f2.8 L macro lens. The incidental pardalote and the future of...
Spotted pardalote. Canon R5 with RF 100mm f2.8 L macro lens. Very heavily cropped, see original belowI was out photographing wildflowers with my recently acquired RF 100mm Macro lens a few days ago....
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Canon RF 100mm f2.8 L macro lens initial user report 19 October 2021
Blandfordia nobilis Christmas bells. Climate change in action. Christmas bells are now flowering in OctoberOne of my interests is photographing flowers, mostly native wildflowers on Sydney’s...
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Canon RF 16mm f2.8 STM lens User review 24 October 2021
RF 16mm f2.8 at f3.5 on EOS R5 Manual focus at 5mWith advent of the RF mount Canon appears to have gained newfound enthusiasm for innovative approaches to the range of products they design and...
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Canon RF 100mm f2.8 L Macro IS USM lens user review 28 October 2021
This flower ball was waving about in the wind in shade near the end of the day. I hand held the R5 with the RF 100mm L Macro using High+ drive and Servo AF at ISO 25600. Remarkably one can make decent...
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The new Select Subject and Select Sky functions in Adobe Camera Raw and...
This is the first image which I used to experiment with the Select Sky command. I did not expect much due to the extreme complexity of the boundary between foliage and sky. Much to my amazement I...
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Why the Micro Four Thirds system will fail 6 November 2021
Sandstone bridge This is an easy shot to make on a full frame camera with a single Raw capture and a few adjustments in post processing. The very high subject brightness range would be more difficult...
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Canon EOS R5 Managing some obscure menu items 10 November 2021
Extra terrestrial artefact in the mangroves ? One of the mysteries of life, camera menus being another. Canon menus are generally easy enough to navigate. However even after a year with the R5 I...
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Canon RF 35mm f1.8 Macro IS STM lens Two year user report 24 November 2021
Boronia serrulataHow time flies when you’re having fun. I realised recently that I have been using Canon full frame mirrorless cameras and the RF 35mm f1.8 Macro STM lens for over two years.So I...
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Canon RF 100mm f2.8 L macro lens Focus shift: Is it real ?
Grevillea buxifolia hand held RF 100mm f2.8 L MacroReleased in 2021, The Canon RF 100mm f2.8 L Macro is one of the best lenses I have ever owned. It renders superbly sharp images across the frame...
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Thoughts about Canon's RF lens strategy 5 December 2021
Spangled Drongo R5 with RF 100-500mm L + RF 1.4x extenderThis post is speculative. I have no inside knowledge of product development processes at Canon or any other camera/lens maker.However since...
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Canon EOS RF System Which standard zoom ? 5 December 2021
The RF 24-105mm f4-7.1 STM works well for many subjects although getting a soft background can be difficultAs Canon fills out the RF lens catalogue buyers are presented with some interesting purchase...
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Canon RF 100-400mm f5.6-8 IS USM lens User review 5 December 2021
Hey is that the new RF 100-400mm ?Canon has taken he opportunity offered by the new RF mount to introduce a series of lenses each of which offers something desirable to users when compared to that...
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