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

SMP_Homer wrote in post #18969950
We have room!

I recommend you fly into Antigua... don't leave the airport, and ask one of the red hat guys you want a flight to Montserrat, and he will wheel you to the right line....
and then you get to fly in a small plane, it will look like the pilot will try to land on a postage stamp, but in actuality, that short runway with a cliff at both ends is long enough!

You reminded me flying to the BVI in the nineties in a Short Skyvan, a plane whose genes are closer to a pickup truck. A King Cab for a few passengers and baggage storage in an open bed in the back!

MatthewK wrote in post #18968187

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Today I finally determined exactly why the EOS R's AF isn't suited for my birding photography (600 III and w/wo 1.4 TC), which most often occurs in brushy/wooded areas where you have complicated backgrounds. I was going to make a quick video, but I didn't have a tripod, so use your imaginations for now

For this example, pretend there's a clear shot of a bird on a branch ~10 meters away, nothing in between me and the target, and the background consists of other trees/branches/vines/e​tc a few meters further (like my Cardinal shot here). If I start at MFD and AF on the bird, the camera locks on with no problem... but, if focus is well out past the bird and I try bringing focus back in, the camera sticks to the background, and no amount of pumping the AF-ON will convince it otherwise. The only thing that changes its mind is racking the focus ring back to MFD or closer than the target, and trying to AF again. Thus, if I missed focus or happen to be focused out further, most likely I have to intervene in order to ensure focus, and by the time I get done fiddling around, the bird had moved or left completely.

This behavior caused me to miss a lot of shots this past fall while shooting small warblers up in the trees, where there were too many opportunities for the AF to hit on something unintended while trying to track the birds.

Since I now also have the EOS-R for birding (with the 400DOII+extenders), I will be dealing with this also, although it is not new to me. I have been shooting the 400DOII with extenders on the Sony A7RII by means of the sigma mc-11 adapter, and it has also been an issue: manual aid necessary to get the focus in front of the subject, because when past the subject, it will not find focus anymore.
This is a programming issue mainly I believe, because firmware updates on the Sigma MC-11 as well as on Sony bodies other than the A7RII (which no longer receives any support) have greatly improved things, and it appears that the 400DOII is now "as native" on the Sony A9 with the latest firmware.

So for those hoping to use their EF big whites on the EOS-R for a bit longer, it will depend on how much Canon can improve on their sensor based AF, and how much of this improvement they can slipstream into the EOS-R. Personally, I decided to go for the EOS-R over a Sony A9, because I have not come to grips with the colors of the 400DOII on the A7RII, and have been getting some lens aberrations in bright light that make me think that the lens is not tuned properly to the Sony sensor cover glass. Color is one of the most important things in birding/wildlife, and I decided to leave my Sony A7RII for the Loxias, that dó produce great color on the Sony body. Your shot with the 600mm does have great color also i.m.o.

So I tried stacking extenders again on the 400mm f2.8 Mk III. It just does not work, at least with the settings I use. I tried all combos with no luck. The strange thing is the manual focus ring will not turn at all with the stacked extenders (like the lens is dead). Now it I stack the extenders on the 400mm DO II the manual ring turns. The 1dx Mark II does work with the f2.8 and stacked extenders, including the manual ring but using live view.

I assume it is a communication think with the new MK III lens with the R.

Not a big deal as in real word I would not use this much but curious if it worked. Any thoughts? Maybe a setting I have on or off vs the 1dx?

I should add, I use the MK III extenders 1.4x + 2x with a canon 12mm the between

I love how you can see the droplets of water on the second one. Great Captures!

The opposite of a wild creature. They actually seek out people looking for a handout, so pretty easy snapshot to get, he was standing on my outside rear view mirror.

Just got home. Took about 36 hrs. The joys of flying standby. Thought I'd post a little summary in case anyone is going some day. In Tokyo we stayed in an area called Otsuka. APA hotel chain and this one was opened a month ago. $52 CND a night. It was a little tight but new and clean. Had a 52" TV but 98% in Japanese. It has a restaurant which you had to pay for meals (we never ate there) and SPA which was included in the price. Two short blocks from the train station. It was super easy to get around on the trains and subways.

Another with the hall. Otsuka was as an awesome quiet neighbourhood with restaurants, shopping, etc. The best part was just around the corner from the hotel was the Broseley Craftbeer and Pub. Owned by a Japanese fellow who was around 30 years old. Piped the blues out of the speakers every night. Bonamassa, Clapton, BB King, etc. We ended our days there. Had the smoothest saki I have ever tasted. It was called Tomizu which was brewed from the same village (same name) were he is from.

I should add. Almost 37 million people in Tokyo. We saw what appeared to be one homeless person. No begging. We estimated kids as young as 8 years old going to school on trains and subways by themselves. That part reminded us of Switzerland.

Octopus on a stick.

People fanning incense in themselves at Buddhist temple.

Tried a little panning. The train is a little blurry because it was pretty slow so I used a slow shutter speed.

There is a new firmware for the R firmware 1.6.0

https://www.usa.canon.​com …subtab=download​s-firmware

Also for the RF 24-105

https://www.usa.canon.​com …usm?tab=drivers​_downloads