Canon EOS R5 Unite and Discuss!

clipper_from_oz wrote in post #19155652
Sorry to hear Ed!!....If they tell you what caused the failure I would be very interested to know what it was .

BTW...I was out today and my problem wasnt with the body it was with my 400mm f2.8 MKII. Because the R5 makes the EF400's IS stay active permanently regardless of whether the shutter button is half pressed or not it means I can always hear the IS going even if camera is not being used but is still turned on. Ive been able to live with this IS adjustment/movement sound permanantly working while camera is on until today when the lens started to make weird sounds like tin being tapped in rapid succession ! Real metallic sound and it went for about 10 seconds until I turned the IS off. Wasnt exactly a nice sound to hear for the first time and on a lens like this . It actually worries the hell out of me what the R5's constant "always active" communication with the lens IS is doing to the lens IS internals . And god forbid if I have to get the damn IS fixed on this lens...I recon I would be staring at at least $2k+ USD for an IS repair as Ive seen the IS part cost and thats nearly 1.5- 2k on its own ! Anyway at least you dont have to worry about cost as your covered by warranty although no compensation or cover for inconvenience

Hope everything works out ok

Cheers

I noticed it doesn't do this in IS mode 3. It stops after a few seconds.

Update: I just turned on IS on my 300 and woah that thing is whirling. I don't know if I like that. Is that good for the IS to working constantly like that? I'm joining the camp that wants Canon to allow us to control this feature.

Lexar is now having trouble dealing directly with customers due to the sanctions. Canadian sellers are fine though.

goalerjones wrote in post #19155537
CFE card reviews https://camnostic.com/​cfexpress-cards-comparison/

also added by the testing individual user name tiggy on FM: "The Transcend 512 card that just came out is pretty great, especially for the price. Testing is showing that it is a sprinter. It can take as many shots before buffer as any of the other cards. It is slower in clearing the cache afterward, but that's after 10.5 seconds of straight shooting at 12 fps, so most of us won't suffer that problem. It costs much less. The Transcend 512 is $0.64/GB versus the Prograde 650 at $1.04/GB versus the Sony 512 at $1.17/GB. To get that Transcend pricing in the US, you need to buy from MemoryC."

https://www.memoryc.co​m …ead-1300mb-sec-write.html

"Also updated since last discussed here: Lexar card failed and we discovered returning them is difficult due to Treasury Dept sanctions, according to Lexar. They claim this makes it impossible for them to provide replacement. I suspect this doesn't affect Canadians."

I'm using the Prograde Cobalt 325 card. I caught it on sale ($125 off). I figured one day I might use the extreme video and wanted lots of headroom on the minimum sustained write speed. I did not want to have the same experience as some of those other cards where video starts and then stops because minimum write speed drop below the minimum threshold. Here's some testing on those cards.

https://www.thessdrevi​ew.com …ss-sd-card-reader-review/

vk2gwk wrote in post #19155896
Is anyone using the R5 with a Samyang 14mm F2.8 Auto Focus UMC II ? And if so, any comments?

I have the Rokinon 14mm RF AF lens and I use it on my R6. Well that's two strikes right off the bat but if I can help, let me know. I haven't had it long and haven't used it much but it seems to work great. My understanding is that the Rokinon and Samyang are identical in every way.

Optiq wrote in post #19155994
I have the Rokinon 14mm RF AF lens and I use it on my R6. Well that's two strikes right off the bat but if I can help, let me know. I haven't had it long and haven't used it much but it seems to work great. My understanding is that the Rokinon and Samyang are identical in every way.

Thanks, Rokinon is the USA brand and the same as Samyang. - same product. Did you say you got an RF mount? I have only seen EF mounts advertised. But an RF mount woud e great - going to use it exclusively on my R5 anyway although still owning an 5d4.

Finally got out to take a few shots with the new R5... only snapped a few... wearing just a hoodie on the Lake Michigan shore in November... not a good idea lol.... here’s my first couple shots with the new rig..

CyberDyneSystems wrote in post #19155812
My R5 has arrived.
Surprised me a day ahead of tracking this morning during breakfast.
Just adopted a new rescue dog yesterday and my daughter is back in town, so only just now had the chance to even opened the box and input date and time, ( 11/22/2020 @ 2:22pm... weird. )

Mounting the EF 85mm f/1.8 to keep it portable while I mess around with settings. I've only just scratched the surface of the EOS -R set up, so this is still quite daunting and different. Still a little EOS-R here and a little !DX3 there, should help me out a bit.

Exciting!

Congratulation..
And I envy
Hopefully I make it to the cut for this month end.

venghous1 wrote in post #19156177
Finally got out to take a few shots with the new R5... only snapped a few... wearing just a hoodie on the Lake Michigan shore in November... not a good idea lol.... here’s my first couple shots with the new rig..

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Very nice! Benton Harbor?

vk2gwk wrote in post #19156076
Thanks, Rokinon is the USA brand and the same as Samyang. - same product. Did you say you got an RF mount? I have only seen EF mounts advertised. But an RF mount woud e great - going to use it exclusively on my R5 anyway although still owning an 5d4.

Yes, it is the RF mount. If I was going to use an adapter, I would have probably picked a different lens only because I'm not familiar with this brand. As identical as Rokinon and Samyang are, the Samyangs (also available as an RF lens) are cheaper.

I'm not as experienced nor do I use my camera as much as the general public on this forum but I'm happy with it and see no issue with it except maybe it doesn't take filters (no threads and hood is built in).

LJ3Jim wrote in post #19156252
Very nice! Benton Harbor?

Yes. Tiscornia Park... right off Silver Beach. St. Joseph

CyberDyneSystems wrote in post #19155812
Still a little EOS-R here and a little !DX3 there, should help me out a bit.

Yeah, I'll be coming from the 5DM4 so no break in ease from the R or RP... still, by January, my likely target date there should be lots more tech tips here and on YT to help my transition.

goalerjones wrote in post #19156352
Yeah, I'll be coming from the 5DM4 so no break in ease from the R or RP... still, by January, my likely target date there should be lots more tech tips here and on YT to help my transition.

Coming from 5D IV, it was a bit getting used to. I just skipped reading the manual and went straight to some YouTube videos, specifically the ones for bird photography set up since that's what I do 90% of the time.

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rndman wrote in post #19156199
Congratulation..
And I envy
Hopefully I make it to the cut for this month end.

Great shots!

Certainly seems to be working

SYS wrote in post #19156538
For anyone interested, I happened to stumble upon this product and decided to try it. After an incident that taught me the value of having the screen protector, I'm a big believer in it now. It arrived today, and I'm impressed by the precision cut and the ease of application without any air bubble residues. It includes two screen protectors each for the rear touchscreen LCD monitor and the top status LCD. It also threw in a ladybug and a spirit level hot shoe cap covers and a macro SD / TF card adapter. Not that I'm going to use any of these extras, but the ladybug hot shoe cap is kinda cute.

The rear touchscreen didn't lose any sensitivity, including the touch and drag focus, with the protector applied. I'm pretty happy with this find.

https://www.amazon.com …tle_o01_s00?ie=​UTF8&psc=1

Using the same exact one... have one of these on my R as well....