got my r5 last week but have been busy with work so haven't really had a chance to use it. will post some initial thoughts in the members review thread later. here's a couple images from yesterday. both shot in crop mode with the 100-400II. Chickadee was in bright mid-morning sun. Crossbill is from around 5:15 pm I think, so maybe 3-4 hours before sunset in Western Washington right now.
both were slight crops for composition. resolution of chickadee is 4288 x 2859. crossbill is 4630 x 3087. i don't normally use flickr so I don't think you can view the full-resolution. happy to send jpegs over if anyone wants a closer look. i set sharpening slider to 0 in LR, apply a little sharpening with topaz denoise, and then a high pass overlay filter in areas with more detail in PS.
I previously used a 7DII. Can't really tell at first glance any difference between r5 in crop mode and the 7DII but admittedly these are the only two pictures i've looked at so far.
I'd like to add this morning's Backyard Safari with some comments about AF:
The problem with the normal eye detection AF is that if you have a flock of birds, it will pick one and good luck with it choosing the chicken that you wanted to track. Often it will just switch around unpredictably, even if you use a specific AF point to start. I found that a good antidote is using Zone AF, because it will do a great job tracking eyes as well, but it will stick to the zone that you specified. This was an issue with all the quail that invade my back yard at 8am every day like clockwork.
The eye AF will work even through the chain link fence. The rabbit far away was shot via Zone AF through a chain link fence about 2/3 way between my blind and the bunny.
The bunnies coming to lick the dew off my shrubbery are just too cute, but the AF won't lock on their eyes no matter what I try.
AF through chain link fence
Quail with Zone AF
Bunny licking dew off shrub
Daddy quail making sure things are kosher while kiddies eat
The Macbook Pro teetering on the verge of falling off the chair is making my palms sweaty!!!
stanj wrote:
I'd like to add this morning's Backyard Safari with some comments about AF:
The problem with the normal eye detection AF is that if you have a flock of birds, it will pick one and good luck with it choosing the chicken that you wanted to track. Often it will just switch around unpredictably, even if you use a specific AF point to start. I found that a good antidote is using Zone AF, because it will do a great job tracking eyes as well, but it will stick to the zone that you specified. This was an issue with all the quail that invade my back yard at 8am every day like clockwork.
The eye AF will work even through the chain link fence. The rabbit far away was shot via Zone AF through a chain link fence about 2/3 way between my blind and the bunny.
The bunnies coming to lick the dew off my shrubbery are just too cute, but the AF won't lock on their eyes no matter what I try.
I am seeing a magenta color cast in so many photos from these new cameras, I feel the R and other previous Canon cameras were more neutral in color. How do you guys feel about color with the r5?
numbertwo wrote:
I am seeing a magenta color cast in so many photos from these new cameras, I feel the R and other previous Canon cameras were more neutral in color. How do you guys feel about color with the r5?
I love the color tone from my R and R5. When my photos have a magenta cast it's basically because I was too lazy processing - mean, seriously, quail in the back yard...?
numbertwo wrote:
I am seeing a magenta color cast in so many photos from these new cameras, I feel the R and other previous Canon cameras were more neutral in color. How do you guys feel about color with the r5?
Magenta cast is basically a white balancing issue and largely will come down to monitor calibration of the photographer and viewer. I always proof on my iPhone before sending to anyone with this in mind.
stanj wrote:
I'd like to add this morning's Backyard Safari with some comments about AF:
The problem with the normal eye detection AF is that if you have a flock of birds, it will pick one and good luck with it choosing the chicken that you wanted to track. Often it will just switch around unpredictably, even if you use a specific AF point to start. I found that a good antidote is using Zone AF, because it will do a great job tracking eyes as well, but it will stick to the zone that you specified. This was an issue with all the quail that invade my back yard at 8am every day like clockwork.
The eye AF will work even through the chain link fence. The rabbit far away was shot via Zone AF through a chain link fence about 2/3 way between my blind and the bunny.
The bunnies coming to lick the dew off my shrubbery are just too cute, but the AF won't lock on their eyes no matter what I try.
A short burst trying to catching a hummer in flight. Not hovering.
I've never been able to do this before and get more than the first click in focus. I don't know if it was always me in the past or if my cameras sucked.
But I can tell you that I only wish I was as fast as the R5 when it comes to tracking, because... well... I suck. Hence the odd vert crops to try to hide my poor tracking.
Heavy(ish) crops with poor light somewhat back lit.
Canon EOS R5
EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM
ƒ/5.6 400.0 mm 1/3200 5000
ES mode
