-= Canon EOS R owners unite! Post photos and discuss.

digital paradise wrote in post #18950523
Nice work Ansel.

Thanks. Winter and black and white go together. (even if it isn't winter yet.)

avondale87 wrote: Gorgeous little wrens. I particularly like the lower one. Looks like you were on the grass with her. Very nicely photographed.

Thanks Richard, she was on a high, grass covered sand dune level with my position. Didn't have to lay down!

LoneRider wrote in post #18941555
New lens, mandatory cat picture...

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Nice photo.
Did you sit on the cat's head?

robamy wrote in post #18942509
Using the little flippy screen, handheld

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2htu​VrN Looking for Oysters by A & R Photography, on Flickr

Excellent photo, going home with dry clothes too

Can someone who has used the 100-400ii with the 2x iii please tell me how it performs on the R.

mccamli wrote in post #18950668
Can someone who has used the 100-400ii with the 2x iii please tell me how it performs on the R.

I will try and get out with that combo next week. It is the worst time of the year for BIF around here. Nothing in the air. I can do some stills.

mccamli wrote in post #18950668
Can someone who has used the 100-400ii with the 2x iii please tell me how it performs on the R.

Very well. Don’t have any shots to share, just messing around in the back yard, but it’s as good or better than it was on my 5D4. AF is slow but not horrible. Sometimes needs some help getting in the ballpark, but otherwise it works. Not going to be a BIF setup.

Edit: I should probably not make a comment re BIF. I don’t do BIF. Maybe it works. My presumption is you need faster AF, but maybe once you’ve locked on, it would track ok.

digital paradise wrote in post #18950709
I will try and get out with that combo next week. It is the worst time of the year for BIF around here. Nothing in the air. I can do some stills.

Thanks, I suspect stills is the way to go with the 2x

randy98mtu wrote in post #18950710
Very well. Don’t have any shots to share, just messing around in the back yard, but it’s as good or better than it was on my 5D4. AF is slow but not horrible. Sometimes needs some help getting in the ballpark, but otherwise it works. Not going to be a BIF setup.

Edit: I should probably not make a comment re BIF. I don’t do BIF. Maybe it works. My presumption is you need faster AF, but maybe once you’ve locked on, it would track ok.

LOL, I'd pretty much written off BIF and then you edited your response and gave me some hope! I'm guessing your initial comment is on the money... But you never know!

How is the quality of the 2x compared to cropping the image from the bare lens?

randy98mtu wrote in post #18950710
Very well. Don’t have any shots to share, just messing around in the back yard, but it’s as good or better than it was on my 5D4. AF is slow but not horrible. Sometimes needs some help getting in the ballpark, but otherwise it works. Not going to be a BIF setup.

Edit: I should probably not make a comment re BIF. I don’t do BIF. Maybe it works. My presumption is you need faster AF, but maybe once you’ve locked on, it would track ok.

I hope it worked better than on the 5D4. The 5D4 can't AF @ F/11 max aperture.

mccamli wrote in post #18950720
Thanks, I suspect stills is the way to go with the 2x

LOL, I'd pretty much written off BIF and then you edited your response and gave me some hope! I'm guessing your initial comment is on the money... But you never know!

How is the quality of the 2x compared to cropping the image from the bare lens?

It is a sharp lens. I have only tried this out with the 400 DO II and have crisp results. I don't see why the 100-400 would be noticeably worse with it on. I'm pushing the limited BIF I have had with the DO at F8. With the 100-400 at F11 will probably be a tougher ride. Rob's 400 2.8 must be sweet but I'd have to go to the gym more than 3 days a week.

Trvlr323 wrote in post #18950725
I hope it worked better than on the 5D4. The 5D4 can't AF @ F/11 max aperture.

The 5D4 would AF in LiveView. I took the combo to Alaska and got some great shots!

Trvlr323 wrote in post #18950725
I hope it worked better than on the 5D4. The 5D4 can't AF @ F/11 max aperture.

My 400DO II and 2X was pretty bad on the 5D4 and 7D2. In AI Servo initial AF was awful when a tracking even something as big as plane. I had to keep pumping the BBF hoping it would kick in. When/if it did it made me wonder how well it tracked. For stills the 5D4 snapped in. The 7D2 has a a bit of a delay.

The R far better. My second day out and this is the closest a bird came to me. It came into focus pretty quickly.

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randy98mtu wrote in post #18950736
The 5D4 would AF in LiveView. I took the combo to Alaska and got some great shots!

I never tried it in LV. I was never a big fan of it. I'm an old school viewfinder person. Maybe I should have tried it.

digital paradise wrote in post #18950738
My 400DO II and 2X was pretty bad on the 5D4 and 7D2. In AI Servo initial AF was awful when a tracking even something as big as plane. I had to keep pumping the BBF hoping it would kick in. When/if it did it made me wonder how well it tracked. For stills the 5D4 snapped in. The 7D2 has a a bit of a delay.

The R far better. My second day out and this is the closest a bird came to me. It came into focus pretty quickly.

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Yeah Zenon. I remember discussing this with you at length. I never really use the 400DOII with the 2x on the 7D2. It just sin't reliable enough. I have no problems with the same combo on the 5D4 though. The real problem with using big whites on anything other than a 1Dx or 1DxII is the voltage delivered by the battery. One might be able to make a case for favouring AF on the 5D4 or the R depending on their use but performance is really more similar than different with big whites. I find the combo works well on the R but I get faster acquisition on the 5D4. Af aside the challenges of using the combo for BIF are more fundamental. At least for me. Geese and herons and similar slow moving birds with predictable flight paths are fine but beyond that I'm reaching for an OVF.