Concerning camera gear, I've been waiting for this since the pandemic struck
Ohhhh yes,
ALL sigma lenses are now in my purview, and that feels WONDERFUL. Maybe one day I'll go sony if they produced a body that I want and exclusively place a 35-150 on it. Z5ii is fantastic but also does not have access to sigma ff lenses. and its not compact. My canon loyalty was rewarded with the weak RFS line, no re-release of my beloved 22f2, expensive AF lens prices, and the 1400.00 covered up busted optics 50 1.4 ripoff debacle. Life is too short to keep waiting on canon anything. Get the tools you need/want and get your work done. Fin.Having worked my way though college in a pro-level store back in the big peak of photography as a hobby in the late '70s and early '80s, I've been waiting for a return to that "normal" ever since.Concerning camera gear, I've been waiting for this since the pandemic struck
You still use a 5d3? This was the first digital camera I really fell in love with when it came out, got one of the first copies available 2012 in Germany for a trip to Norway. A perfect allrounder for social, landscape, macro and shooting action with a tele lens (birds, in particular puffins in flight on that trip), the then new AF system was a huge leap from the 5d2. Very useable colors just right out of the camera, that was a big contrast to my wife's Nikons and drove her nearly to change to Canon. I used that camera for ten years before I traded it in for an upgrade, and it wasn't easy for me to say goodbye to this great, robust and ergonomically well-made workhorse. The catalogues of some of my artist friends who frequently call me to photograph their exhibitions still feature many images shot with that camera, and these images still look very good. Never had much issues with its not so brilliant DR, because I shot slide film for many years before I went digital, so I was used to meter a bit more carefully.
Maybe we will get lucky and a new EMP super weapon will make digital technology unusableHaving worked my way though college in a pro-level store back in the big peak of photography as a hobby in the late '70s and early '80s, I've been waiting for a return to that "normal" ever since.
If it's the RF 35 f/1.8, the one I had was also soft and I sent it back the next day. The EF 1.4 was great in R5, so i don't think it's 45mp
I looked up buggy cameras and apparently this simply is not a Canon only issue. My use cases with my R5ii, so far, have shown it to be far superior for fast action photography than my old R5. The local camera stores I’ve contacted have indicated few returns and complaints on the R5ii. Because most companies now multi source IC chips and other components to avoid supply chain problems, I wonder if some R5ii cameras have mother boards components that don’t “like” firmware 1.0.3. If so, there may need to be a mother board swap or a major retesting of firmware with all combinations of mother board logic components. As cameras improve, the software hardware complexity goes up.
I looked up buggy cameras and apparently this simply is not a Canon only issue. My use cases with my R5ii, so far, have shown it to be far superior for fast action photography than my old R5. The local camera stores I’ve contacted have indicated few returns and complaints on the R5ii. Because most companies now multi source IC chips and other components to avoid supply chain problems, I wonder if some R5ii cameras have mother boards components that don’t “like” firmware 1.0.3. If so, there may need to be a mother board swap or a major retesting of firmware with all combinations of mother board logic components. As cameras improve, the software hardware complexity goes up.
Hmm. If it was the tripod you'd get telltale wiggles on the stars. If you're focusing manually then it's clearly not the AF! If you're unable to get a focused image with MF even zooming to 10x/using the focus assist then presumably the lens has been knocked/damaged/become misaligned? Unless there was some temperature issue, but that seems unlikely in the circumstances.
"misaligned focus group", that´s the words I've been looking for in my initial post. I didn't mean AF specifically. Yes, that might it...
Now, that´ve mentioned it, I started thinking. I once had a temperature issue with the 35mm F1.8. It was in Galveston in 2023. We came out of a restaurant which was cooled down to 59 °F. The outside temperature was still at 100°F (during the day it was 111°F) and the lens immediately fogged up inside once I left the restaurant. It gave me a couple of interesting shots, but I ultimately switched to the RF 85mm F2. Interestingly, the 85mm wasn't affected by the temperature change at all. This might have been case here, too. I took the pics from the doorstep of our vacation home. So the lens very quickly went from inside temp to outside temp... I don´t know the difference exactly, but there probably was a 10°C difference.
I do the same. I rarely use the lens at F1.8, usually I stop down to 2.2 or 2.8. For me, 2.8 is the lens´ sweet spot.
I did the same thing. Went with the S9 to replace my M62. Using real time LUTs in both video and stills. Which Canon refuses to do with the R50V. Canon USA says that they prefer users to use their picture profiles with still images. I refuse to go that route. Even though Adobe LRC mobile now alows you to apply your LUTs from the "Profile" icon.While I adore my R5 (and 5d3, hate the r62), I just bought an s9 after pitting it against a a7c and z5ii - the last 6 months full of research. This body proved I can get the core photo + video features that i wanted in a small body, without getting stuck in crop.
I took the s9 out last night for the first time - and had a joy of time using something...well different, and full of features canon will never*(?) give you. My shooter friend is going sony for other reasons - zv-e1 because he is focusing on small form factor, high quality/cinema video and AF. He also has a r5 and r8- so that says something there. The canons lens jail has pissed us off royally. The sigma BF inspired me to seek out a small FF body to get that Iq jump I always knew I wanted vs. canon crop. (That said, my m50 and m62 have treated me very well and will not be retired.) I can move the histogram anywhere i want on the screen, overlays for multiple ratios, and a metric ton of ui/function options. Nice! Even the way that you can change the size of your focus point with the control wheel is nicely done.
The S9 basic design isn't great at all, but the features are sublime. In comparison, my m62 has been in a smallrig cage for a long time- and i immediately bought one for the s9 to solve its abysmal handling otherwise. And aside from the lens hood, its the same general size profile as the m62 with a smallrig cage and a 11-22 for example. Man I love that setup, the cage makes it into a different experience.
I'm not building out a new system - the goal / my use case was a SMALL ff walk around 50mm. See I've been stuck shooting my 50 1.4 at 2.8 for over 10 years....wider than that and it becomes very unreliable. Well..now I am shooting at 1.8 and everything is sharp all the time, and easy access to luts/ lumix labs to cut down my editing times and shoot directly towards moods. Also to be able to try out lenses- sigma especially - that I simply did not have access to as a canon shooter. I did not go with sony as the a7c does not fit the design I was looking for (m62 /sigma BF) style body.
I can concede that L mount has its own lens selection issues - however the smugness of canon and the direction they took with the long overdue 50mm 1.4 guaranteed that another OEM was getting my money. Having access to all sigma glass was priority, and hopefully the tammy 35-150 will get a L release someday. But for now the goal was reached.
That all being said, I freed myself from canon lens jail.
