Beautiful shot Bobby...the perfect light and the low angle takes it over the top. You guys in CA are so lucky to have this population of Mandarin Ducks. I've only seen them once in S. Korea.
It has been beyond silent in the great white Midwest with frigid temperatures and daily snow. I ran into about 12 turkeys while hiking the other day and the R5 was performing with great aplomb in the 9 degree (-13 C) temperatures. This camera continues to amaze me with its IQ and IBIS while hand holding a monster lens and the low resolution images don't do it justice. The detail on the beak and some of the snowflakes in the RAW file are something to behold.
Almost all of my photographs are of birds, so I can't really provide useful impressions of other types of photography. Having said that, the R5 for me, is superb. It is by far the best camera I've owned from the Rebel series, to 50D, 70D, 80D and 5D IV. An additional bonus for me was using my EF lenses by way of the Control Ring Adapter. My 100-400 II seems sharper on the R5 than on the 5D IV, perhaps because of the Animal Eye Auto Focus. I may eventually dip into the RF lens selection, but for the foreseeable future, I've got all I need with my other EF lenses.
The photo of the Mockingbird (shown above) was an average crop for me of the full frame. However, below is an extreme crop of just the Mockingbird's head to give you an idea of sharpness and "cropability." I've also included a Capture One screen grab showing how much crop from the full frame that I did to produce the headshot. Also, virtually all of my photographs are taken in cRAW which produces a file about half the size of the full RAW version...certainly saves on hard disk space with no noticeable (to me) loss of quality.
Hope that helps, and PM me if you need any more information.
JeyB wrote:
Hi Tom. Do you use in your standard workflow any kind of sharpening/denoising with Topaz after the full raw development with C1? Thanks a lot.
Best regards
Hi Juan...
No, I don't use any sharpening/denoising software outside of C1, and even within C1, I find I don't need to do much of that beyond the default C1 settings. I think that is due primarily to the R5's capabilities and the fact that the birds I photograph are usually shot somewhere in the range of 400-1200 ISO.
However, I've tried the trial version of the Topaz Sharpen AI and DeNoise AI just to see how well they could rescue a few of my high ISO shots and found them to be very good products.
Hope that answers your question, but feel free to PM me if you need more information or have any additional questions.
No, I don't use any sharpening/denoising software outside of C1, and even within C1, I find I don't need to do much of that beyond the default C1 settings. I think that is due primarily to the R5's capabilities and the fact that the birds I photograph are usually shot somewhere in the range of 400-1200 ISO.
However, I've tried the trial version of the Topaz Sharpen AI and DeNoise AI just to see how well they could rescue a few of my high ISO shots and found them to be very good products.
Hope that answers your question, but feel free to PM me if you need more information or have any additional questions.
Thank you very much for your answer and kindness. Despite being a Sony shooter since 2019, I find the R5 to be a true great camera. The photographs in this thread speak for themselves.
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Now that is one happy little friend right there.
That first image reminds me of what I probably looked like the day my R5 was delivered at my front door.
