That's unfortunate. USA still has silver for free. Is free silver membership worth becoming an American?
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Worst of Canon 2023: It’s Unanimous
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I had noticed he didn't write any new articles, but didn't know he retired. Let's hope someone else wants to test like he did!
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We must also accept the fact that the average reviewer cannot afford buying or renting several lenses in order to judge a lense in a more reliable way. LensRentals' advantage was that they often owned many units of the same product. So, they could even assess sample variations which the "normal" reviewer cannot do.
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Roger had a good article many years ago of how quality control of every individual lens is too expensive. However, he did note how good copy variation with Canon had become with the 100-400mm II. It took his personal enthusiasm about lenses for Lensrentals to do those tests, and he mentioned somewhere on Fred Miranda with some wistfulness that he was no longer in a position to be able to do that with Lensrentals. A great loss to us enthusiasts.
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It occurred a bit more in low light (i.e. the bird was in the tree (shade) and backlight by the sun), but other times it was cloudy overcast when the focusing was a bit off. It was not off by much and I will likely keep the lens. I wish I knew others that could give more input.
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I always enjoyed Roger's columns from LensRentals. His insights will be missed.
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another reason i can surmise, from one of the youpube videos, is the coatings on the lens. it may wash-out in some of the harsher high-contrast lighting conditions. i don't know how true that is, but it intuitively sounds right.
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It's very true. I know some companies allow lenses to be borrowed for review, but if allowing the same person to test more than one is something they would consider reasonable, wouldn't it already be happening? I don't know if five is even enough?
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Canon USA store is selling a refurbished R100 with a 18-35 mm kit lens for $329.
For someone on a limited budget or looking for a first camera for a child or themselves it would still be a step up from a cell phone. Sometimes a basic camera is all one wants and needs.
My first camera was a Nikkormat 35 mm film camera that my father gave me as a child. Wished I would have kept the camera....
For someone on a limited budget or looking for a first camera for a child or themselves it would still be a step up from a cell phone. Sometimes a basic camera is all one wants and needs.
My first camera was a Nikkormat 35 mm film camera that my father gave me as a child. Wished I would have kept the camera....
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I'll have to agree to disagree. My reference points are the RF 800 f/11 and the RF 100-500. Hearing what other brands are doing is occasionally academically interesting I suppose.
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The R100 was designed to be sold very cheaply at a profit. The intro list price is only the starting point. The fact that it is already at $329 on refurb (which is typically indistinguishable from new) makes the point. Canon will sell buckets of them and the vas majority of buyers will be quite happy.
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In USA, it must be the safest choice (as far as Canon R goes) for the first camera bought by the parent who is not convinced the child will stay interested in photography or avoid braking it. Many kid's probably complain it's not R7 or better and the parent probably say's "if you don't destroy it and still want a better camera in x years, we'll get you one."
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Okay, the camera should probably have a touch screen. Nevertheless, in a world of improving technology and rapid product obsolescence, lowest price is a woefully under-appreciated feature. Also, how strange am I for almost never using in-camera charging?
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Maybe I'm a bit over-careful, but I never use in-camera charging. The risk of damaging the camera with a suddenly faulty battery is real, though rather improbable with reputed brands.
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There are very few ‘fully decoded’ 3rd party LP-E19 batteries, the ones that are will be very close in price to the 1st party ones. Batteries that aren’t fully decoded will not charge in camera and likely need a custom 3rd party charger for regular charging.
Having said that, the LP-E19 is infuriatingly dumb, so the charger has to do the heavy lifting for charging safety. The LP-E6 ones have more built in safety features.
I pretty much exclusively charge batteries in camera nowadays, it’s just too convenient! Another bonus is that I can use a power bank to charge it when away from
home as well. When the weather clears up here I want to spend a day in an observation hut, being able to work of a power bank should greatly improve the experience with my R8 and its puny LP-E19
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