Holy crap!! Wow!! Nice shots!! That's so cool to find some wildlife there and fresh snow in July!?

about 30 mins earlier it was snowing very hard




Passed some friends along the trail








Jul 16, 2022 11:27 | #9181 Holy crap!! Wow!! Nice shots!! That's so cool to find some wildlife there and fresh snow in July!? jamganz wrote in post #19404053 ![]() about 30 mins earlier it was snowing very hard ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Passed some friends along the trail ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Jul 16, 2022 11:44 | #9182 Ordered the "R" - $1599 on sale right now - realized I "over bought" with the R5 - so it's being sold. I think the R will do just fine for landscape/astro duty. I'll pickup an R7 for dedicated birds/wildlife eventually
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jamganz Goldmember More info | Sorry, didn't mean to be misleading...took the shots during a visit in March. My wife and I walked quite a bit of the Rim Trail that day. We bumped into plenty of Elk...but no humans!
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davinci953 Senior Member ![]() 398 posts Likes: 306 Joined Dec 2011 More info | Jul 16, 2022 15:55 | #9184 markesc wrote in post #19405194 ![]() Ordered the "R" - $1599 on sale right now - realized I "over bought" with the R5 - so it's being sold. I think the R will do just fine for landscape/astro duty. I'll pickup an R7 for dedicated birds/wildlife eventually ![]() QUESTION: I want to do TL shots, the OLD way - me doing all the work on the computer, not this in camera crap. It's my understanding that the R does NOT have a built in intervalometer for us "old people" that just want it to take shot after shot, save the raw files to then work on later? My confusion is this: Do I need to buy an external intervalometer for $20-$50 (the ones where you have to program in number of shots, time between shots, etc) OR - Can I get away with a cheap $9 trigger that plugs into the camera, and just have the trigger button locked down, so, "in theory" once it's done with one shot, it automatically starts taking the next shot? My thought process is to simply set the camera in full manual mode: F2.8 ISO6400 10 seconds. Plug trigger in. Lock down button. Camera "hopefully" receives orders to take first shot, then, sees that trigger is locked down, and takes next shot after recording first shot... and to do this for 2-3 hours so I can take a nap and enjoy my backcountry noise free (which - I have a HUGE rant about Arches and noise... do we have a "rant" / "venting" thread ? I almost want to do a book: "HOW TO Visit Arches without destroying the experience for those around you" ![]() It's unfortunate that Canon didn't add the intervalometer function through a firmware update, and I never understood the reason that they left it out in the first place. I haven't done much time-lapse, but I use a wireless intervalometer on the occasion that I give it a go. Simply shooting frame after frame might not give you the result that you want, whereas with the intervalometer you can set the interval between frames after you determine the number of shots that you need.
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Jul 16, 2022 16:29 | #9185 markesc wrote in post #19405194 ![]() Ordered the "R" - $1599 on sale right now - realized I "over bought" with the R5 - so it's being sold. I think the R will do just fine for landscape/astro duty. I'll pickup an R7 for dedicated birds/wildlife eventually ![]() It's the rare photographer who backs down from a camera once he's bought it. Anything in particular when you say overbought? Maybe just more pixels than needed? I think you'll be happy with the R. Maybe a few days of getting used to different controls, but good image quality.
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patrick j Goldmember More info Post edited 6 months ago by patrick j. | Jul 16, 2022 16:30 | #9186 Taken with the RF 100-400, couldn't quite go all in on the 100-500 at that price. IMAGE HOSTED BY FORUM SERVER (1169109) © patrick j | THIS IS A LOW QUALITY PREVIEW. Please log in to see the good quality stuff.
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Jul 16, 2022 19:21 | #9187 It's like owning a fast car with nowhere to drive it. That's kind of the best way I can put it! I don't live by any wildlife, so no need for all of the speed; I'd rather pickup the R, and maybe the R7 if I move north.. or some prime lenses - There's nothing "wrong" with the R5, I just would rather free up some funds and pickup some other lenses. Also, I'm thinking the lower pixel density will be a step forward in terms of Astro performance per a paper I read by some ultra smart NASA scientist. 100% of my photos around town are on the tripod/slow process... patrick j wrote in post #19405317 ![]() It's the rare photographer who backs down from a camera once he's bought it. Anything in particular when you say overbought? Maybe just more pixels than needed? I think you'll be happy with the R. Maybe a few days of getting used to different controls, but good image quality.
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Jul 16, 2022 19:38 | #9188 Thanks for the reply! davinci953 wrote in post #19405308 ![]() It's unfortunate that Canon didn't add the intervalometer function through a firmware update, and I never understood the reason that they left it out in the first place. I haven't done much time-lapse, but I use a wireless intervalometer on the occasion that I give it a go. Simply shooting frame after frame might not give you the result that you want, whereas with the intervalometer you can set the interval between frames after you determine the number of shots that you need. Neil van Niekerk just did a tutorial on time-lapse that might be useful. I'm going through it now. https://neilvn.com …pse-photography-tutorial/ ![]()
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Optiq Senior Member More info Post edited 6 months ago by Optiq. | Jul 16, 2022 22:05 | #9189 I did something similar for similar reasons. I bought an R6 on release day. I liked it but it was totally wasted on me. I sold it along with the 24-105 F4 lens (which I wasn't crazy about) and replaced it with an R and a 24-240. Does everything I need and then some. I hope one day to go back to the higher end models (like an R6 Mark 2) but I only will if there's a need. I got caught up in the "frenzy" and thought I HAD to have one. My small but growing -=Flickr page=-
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jamganz Goldmember More info | Jul 17, 2022 11:00 | #9190 As I retreated to nature during the pandemic, I found myself getting into shooting birds again. I have been using the Sigma 100-400mm C with the R mainly for this purpose. While focus is easier to achieve with larger birds, I have found difficulty nailing focus on the smaller varieties. While the camera and lens would indicate focus achieved using AF, afterwards I would find that the results were just too soft. I found myself resorting to using manual focus almost exclusively. I don't know if anyone else experiences similar? Maybe it's the Sigma lens? Maybe user (me) in some cases? Just curious if anyone is facing similar? I am looking at the results of the newly release R7 and it has me contemplating getting that body for wildlife (I would keep the R). The advance AF and extra reach would be nice.
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jamganz Goldmember More info | Jul 17, 2022 11:15 | #9191 An example of shot that I used manual focus to ensure that best focus achieved (eye/body). Shots like this if I use AF the result is less sharp. Sorry, don't have a shot to show comparison. Just trying to demo what I am talking about. ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Jul 17, 2022 11:40 | #9192 My scattered thoughts: Optiq wrote in post #19405430 ![]() I did something similar for similar reasons. I bought an R6 on release day. I liked it but it was totally wasted on me. I sold it along with the 24-105 F4 lens (which I wasn't crazy about) and replaced it with an R and a 24-240. Does everything I need and then some. I hope one day to go back to the higher end models (like an R6 Mark 2) but I only will if there's a need. I got caught up in the "frenzy" and thought I HAD to have one.
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Jul 17, 2022 11:46 | #9193 Yeap! Keep the R, and get a crop sensor camera for the birds/wildlife...see how that lens behaves before considering changing it. I am still a huge believer in the "older" 100-400II, so maybe consider a used copy. Otherwise, birds will always be highly frustrating subject matter as they're always near trees/obstructions/things that will cause the AF to lock on to something OTHER than the bird!! jamganz wrote in post #19405618 ![]() As I retreated to nature during the pandemic, I found myself getting into shooting birds again. I have been using the Sigma 100-400mm C with the R mainly for this purpose. While focus is easier to achieve with larger birds, I have found difficulty nailing focus on the smaller varieties. While the camera and lens would indicate focus achieved using AF, afterwards I would find that the results were just too soft. I found myself resorting to using manual focus almost exclusively. I don't know if anyone else experiences similar? Maybe it's the Sigma lens? Maybe user (me) in some cases? Just curious if anyone is facing similar? I am looking at the results of the newly release R7 and it has me contemplating getting that body for wildlife (I would keep the R). The advance AF and extra reach would be nice.
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Jul 17, 2022 11:56 | #9194 Looks great!! jamganz wrote in post #19405625 ![]() An example of shot that I used manual focus to ensure that best focus achieved (eye/body). Shots like this if I use AF the result is less sharp. Sorry, don't have a shot to show comparison. Just trying to demo what I am talking about. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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jamganz Goldmember More info | Jul 17, 2022 12:53 | #9195 markesc wrote in post #19405639 ![]() Looks great!! Hope that helps... I also would not use a single case to judge if the R is good/bad with birds... For me personally, I usually give a camera a solid 12 months/20k-50k shots before I decide what it can/cannot do and in what cases. I think the other problem (not YOU personally!) is that far too many reviewers simply do not spend enough TIME with a camera/lens combination, and giveup too easily, which is why the 90d got all the negative press that it did... Agree with this. I probably took 30-40K shots over the past 2 summers birding with the R so definitely more than a wknd outing. I mainly use the center point AF, but used all focus options as a trial and error to eliminate any of those possibilities. I still love my R. Just looking for something that hopefully makes it a little easier (with a few more keepers of course!
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