It's a hearsay/QC variance. TDP samples of the 24-105STM and RF100-400 look awful. Yet the copies I have(I sold 24-105STM once and repurchased) are nice enough that they're up to EF 24-105L mark 2's level in my "limited" experience.
Was my photo of the Kingfisher complete cr*p because it was taken with a 5DIII camera without a touch screen, which doesn't even flip, the processor is an antique DIGIC 5+, only 22 Mpx and no bird eyeAF and no dual pixel AF? And it can do only 5 fps.
Thanks, but I was being ironic in showing that the features missing from the R100 and lamented were not present in the main jobbing pro and enthusiast camera of ten years ago. The price of the 5DIII was then $3500. The photos I take today are no better than then.
And the irony is that the R100 will be capable of the same image today for 10% of the camera body price.
I think you bring up a good point against the "it needs a touch screen for smartphone users argument".
Well, I guess those who buy the EOS R100 will not mainly use it as a wildlife camera. or for difficult subjects. But kingfisher shots are nevertheless possible, though, of course, easier with a 5 DIII.
Bryan tests Sony lenses on the Sony A1, so the resolution is 50 MP (sony) vs. 45 MP (Canon)
You don't need those buttons and wheels, or changing focus points or megabursts for birds in flight. We all managed without them. For example,I used to use a 5DSR regularly for birds and dragonflies in flight. That camera has 5 fps and a buffer of only 15 for RAW. You don't do BIF by changing the focus points. Here's a selection of dragonflies in flight from the 5DSR posted on CR in the past. And I'll follow up with some birds. My keeper rate used to be very high, it's now very low as I bin so many from high speed bursts and it's less fun.
Same. As frame rates have gone up, keeper rate as a fraction of shots has gone down (a lot). The real question is has the number of keepers per outing/day/trip gone up. Mine has.
So has my need for storage gone up! Like you, I dive into the latest technology and really enjoy it and am among the first to buy. I do find the number of shots I now take problematic as I only keep the very best few shots and I spend too much time choosing them and discarding the very many that are almost identical in quality and composition. I suppose more discipline is required in taking fewer in the first place but if your camera takes 20-30 fps and has a big buffer the bursts are difficult to resist.
