R7 vs R6 vs R5 vs R3

Archibald wrote in post #19429199
Tough choice between the RF 100-400 f/8 at the long end, and the heavier RF 100-500, f/7.1 at the long end.

the 100-500 is more a matter of weight than money, but so far I have been impressed with the RF100-400, it is not the EF100-400Lii or the 100-500 but it is nice and light which at this time is more important

Perfectly Frank wrote in post #19429227
Maybe something like this. Looks like the wheels are large enough for rough roads, and can be bought in various configurations.

I was going to buy this to carry my gear at air shows. But I decided not to, since military air bases often have restrictions on what you can bring in.

https://www.amazon.com …88-bca2-8997e41410bb&th=1

too bulky, I have a luggage 2 wheeler that I use to lug coins to the bank and my Tamrac Pro12 will sit on it and I can stand my chair on it with a bungie cord... I will try that tomorrow or the next day

I converted a Milwaukee packout case to be both a seat and gear storage. I have added a 2nd packout to this for parts/batteries/cables​, etc and it didn't add that much more height.

Jeff USN Photog 72-76 wrote in post #19429229
too bulky, I have a luggage 2 wheeler that I use to lug coins to the bank

Whoa, that a lot of coins!

Perfectly Frank wrote in post #19429240
Whoa, that a lot of coins!

I typically get 2 $500 boxes of halves, that is 2,000 half dollars, this week I have 4 boxes coming in. I go through them looking for silver, often I find nothing but a couple times I found several hundred dollars worth of silver then I return the halves that I don't keep to different banks with coin counters

So I get a half worth $12 for 50 cents

Jeff USN Photog 72-76 wrote in post #19429246
I typically get 2 $500 boxes of halves, that is 2,000 half dollars, this week I have 4 boxes coming in. I go through them looking for silver, often I find nothing but a couple times I found several hundred dollars worth of silver then I return the halves that I don't keep to different banks with coin counters

So I get a half worth $12 for 50 cents

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That's an interesting hobby and way of making money. I bet it's fun when you discover an old coin.

I don't buy coins but I always check my change. Within the last 6 months I found a 1936 and 1923 wheat penny in my change.
They were in fair condition and not worth anything. But it was kind of exciting and made me feel like a kid again.

A few years ago I found a 1909 wheat penny in a parking lot. But not the VDB type. That's the oldest coin I've found.

Jeff USN Photog 72-76 wrote in post #19429246
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I typically get 2 $500 boxes of halves ..... I go through them looking for silver
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I did that as a kid in the 1970s, with my Dad. . How fun! . But we'd only get one or two rolls at a time, never anywhere near $1,000 worth.

We would almost always manage to find a Franklin or two in each batch, but that was decades ago when Franklins weren't very old. . I don't think that Franklin findings would be as frequent these days.

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Jeff USN Photog 72-76 wrote in post #19429246
I typically get 2 $500 boxes of halves, that is 2,000 half dollars, this week I have 4 boxes coming in. I go through them looking for silver, often I find nothing but a couple times I found several hundred dollars worth of silver then I return the halves that I don't keep to different banks with coin counters

So I get a half worth $12 for 50 cents

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Interesting. Out of curiosity, why return to different banks? Do they limit you to what they will cash out? I can only imagine the questions you get walking in with a rolling case of coins. "Did you rob Foxwoods?"

ct1co2 wrote in post #19429295
Interesting. Out of curiosity, why return to different banks? Do they limit you to what they will cash out? I can only imagine the questions you get walking in with a rolling case of coins. "Did you rob Foxwoods?"

You should never return to the bank that orders your coins for you as it is a service to customers and they get upset if they have to deal with the returned coins.

I have 10 different banks with multiple branches with coin counters, about 20 different counters. I spread the returns over the banks since some have decided that they lose money handling the coins. By spreading the wealth they don't notice a pattern.

This past week I got 8 40% Kennedy's, about $3 each, and 8 90%, 4 Kennedy's 2 Franklins a Walker and a Booker T Washington commemorative each 90% costs $12 for silver value if you get them at a store but finding them they are 50 cents each.
I started with $2,000 about 8 years ago and still have the same $2,000 except for the silver coins I kept and replaced the 50 cents each.
I have found about 250 90% coins and 800 40% over the last 10 years. You feel like Indiana Jones as you look for the holy grail.

here are last weeks finds.

Jeff USN Photog 72-76 wrote in post #19429300
You should never return to the bank that orders your coins for you as it is a service to customers and they get upset if they have to deal with the returned coins.

I have 10 different banks with multiple branches with coin counters, about 20 different counters. I spread the returns over the banks since some have decided that they lose money handling the coins. By spreading the wealth they don't notice a pattern.

This past week I got 8 40% Kennedy's, about $3 each, and 8 90%, 4 Kennedy's 2 Franklins a Walker and a Booker T Washington commemorative each 90% costs $12 for silver value if you get them at a store but finding them they are 50 cents each.
I started with $2,000 about 8 years ago and still have the same $2,000 except for the silver coins I kept and replaced the 50 cents each.
I have found about 250 90% coins and 800 40% over the last 10 years. You feel like Indiana Jones as you look for the holy grail.

here are last weeks finds.

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I never knew (or had totally forgotten) there was a Booker T Washington coin!! What a find that was!!

I picked the R3 because it's good for action and it's the only R-series camera to date that has a fixed vertical grip, enabling it to share the battery with my 1DX-cameras. The LP-E4N and the LP-E19 can be used in any of them.

apersson850 wrote in post #19431525
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I picked the R3 because it's good for action and it's the only R-series camera to date that has a fixed vertical grip, enabling it to share the battery with my 1DX-cameras. The LP-E4N and the LP-E19 can be used in any of them.
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You will most likely find that due to that higher capacity battery, the R3 will focus much more quickly and responsively than bodies with smaller batteries, when using truly huge supertelephoto lenses. I'm talking about lenses like the Canon 600mm f4, Sigma 300-800mm f2.8, and the like.

For "little" lenses like the various 150-600mm f6.3 lenses out there, it won't make any significant difference.

But if you have a truly huge lens, with proportionally heavy glass elements that need to be moved rapidly to achieve focus, then the LP-E10 / LP-E4N battery will majorly outperform the little batteries in the lesser cameras. . Even if you have a grip with two fully charged little batteries, it won't hold a candle to the bodies that use the LP-E10 / LP-E4N battery.

This is a fact that I seldom see discussed when comparing various bodies to 1 or now 3 series bodies. . Makes me wonder if maybe there aren't many people here on the forum using truly huge lenses for things like birds in rapid, erratic flight.

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Tom Reichner wrote in post #19431652
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You will most likely find that due to that higher capacity battery, the R3 will focus much more quickly and responsively than bodies with smaller batteries, when using truly huge supertelephoto lenses. I'm talking about lenses like the Canon 600mm f4, Sigma 300-800mm f2.8, and the like.

For "little" lenses like the various 150-600mm f6.3 lenses out there, it won't make any significant difference.

But if you have a truly huge lens, with proportionally heavy glass elements that need to be moved rapidly to achieve focus, then the LP-E10 / LP-E4N battery will majorly outperform the little batteries in the lesser cameras. . Even if you have a grip with two fully charged little batteries, it won't hold a candle to the bodies that use the LP-E10 / LP-E4N battery.

This is a fact that I seldom see discussed when comparing various bodies to 1 or now 3 series bodies. . Makes me wonder if maybe there aren't many people here on the forum using truly huge lenses for things like birds in rapid, erratic flight.

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The truly huge lenses are too heavy for me, in fact my 60-600 that I used to have was too heavy for me...

Jeff USN Photog 72-76 wrote in post #19431873
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The truly huge lenses are too heavy for me, in fact my 60-600 that I used to have was too heavy for me...
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It is almost too heavy for me. . But not quite, so I can handhold it. . At least I can now ... probably not in another 10 years.

But my 5D4 with its little battery has no trouble powering that lens. . The elements that need to move for focusing are probably half the size and weight than those in my 300-800mm, so any old body will focus track just fine with it.

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Since it's orienteering that's my main action subject, and that I can come pretty close to, my biggest "large" lens is the EF 300 mm f/2.8L IS II USM. Occasionally, I want more range, but that's pretty rare, and it's also so that in these cases there's action on multiple distances, that I use lenses like the EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM then. An extender on the 300 mm is another option.

apersson850 wrote in post #19431975
Since it's orienteering that's my main action subject, and that I can come pretty close to, my biggest "large" lens is the EF 300 mm f/2.8L IS II USM. Occasionally, I want more range, but that's pretty rare, and it's also so that in these cases there's action on multiple distances, that I use lenses like the EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM then. A converter on the 300 mm is another option.

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When you need more range than 300mm, an extender on the 300 f2.8 is the best option!

(some people call them converters but Canon officially calls them extenders)

Both the 1.4x and 2x tele-extenders work incredibly well on the big f2.8 lenses. . That's really what they were made for - for use on super expensive, fast, long lenses. . That is where the extenders really shine. . In fact, the whole reason I chose to buy a 400 f2.8 years ago is because of how well it works with the extenders, with zero loss in image quality and zero loss of autofocus speed with the 1.4x.

People who think that image quality takes a hit when you use an extender are not using a 1.4x on a 300mm or 400mm f2.8 lens. . Using that extender on a proper lens, and you get no compromise at all when it comes to IQ or AF.

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