p.15 #1 · Official Canon EOS R1 Images and Specifications
Mark A. wrote:
Jared Polin put up a new, 20-minute long video comparing the sensors of the R1 and the R3.
The video is oriented towards 'real world' use of these cameras, and delved into the 'high ISO' performance of both cameras.
p.15 #2 · Official Canon EOS R1 Images and Specifications
I didn't expect to see the R1 perform worse than the R3 in terms of dynamic range and noise performance, but it appears Fro is right, Canon had to make a performance vs. speed decision and sided with speed for the R1.
p.15 #5 · Official Canon EOS R1 Images and Specifications
Canon Price Watch Street Price for the Canon EOS R1 is now (i.e., January 18, 2024) only $5,700 USD instead of the MSRP of $6,300 USD. Not a bad price IMO.
p.15 #7 · Official Canon EOS R1 Images and Specifications
I am very impressed after my first few outings with the R1, fantastic color and clarity to the images and the gradations are just beautiful. Unfortunately I had to part with my RF 70-200 f2.8 which was traded in along with the R5, the R6, the EF 24-70 f2.8 II, the EF 100-400 II and the RF 50 1.8 to be able to afford the R1. I am pretty relieved to have so little gear to choose from now I must admit, although I am left with the 100mm as my longest tele. Luckily the R1 files hold up to cropping surprisingly good. All images were processed in Lightroom. Everything was shot hand-held, the image stabilization is terrific.
p.15 #8 · Official Canon EOS R1 Images and Specifications
The amount of clean and usable dynamic range is impressive! I really like how colors and detail can be retained from very dark exposures and dark areas of an image. It is equally nice to have such good exposure latitude in daylight with low ISO numbers.
R1 & 14-35 f/4 @ f6.3, 1/160s, ISO 4000, 3 stop underexposure, electronic shutter, RAW, Lightroom denoise strength 38 (set standard noise reduction both to zero), sharpening 25/0.7/25:
p.15 #16 · Official Canon EOS R1 Images and Specifications
Sage11 wrote:
Beautiful shots. I'm curious if you have detected any signs of rolling shutter when using the electronic shutter. Thanks.
Hey, not noticed any issues at all - shoot only electronic and the weekend covered around 4k shots - the only bad ones were 'user error'. Couldn't be happier
p.15 #18 · Official Canon EOS R1 Images and Specifications
David Stallard wrote:
Hey, not noticed any issues at all - shoot only electronic and the weekend covered around 4k shots - the only bad ones were 'user error'. Couldn't be happier
I haven't noticed any rolling shutter issues with my R1 yet either, but I haven't shot many fast moving subjects yet.
p.15 #19 · Official Canon EOS R1 Images and Specifications
I tried the R3 for the first time in June last year, and then the R1 rumours became super strong, so I held off - and preordered the R1 the moment I could. I've been shooting with it for a number of months now. Surely the sensor would be equal to or better, I thought...
I spend a lot of time in bars and clubs, really pushing the limits of high ISO and DR. The autofocus is back to where it should be - I was getting better results with my 1DX II vs. my R5 in many low light situations, but not running into any such issues here. The AF system delivers on the promise. The R3 was still a massive step up from the R5, but the R1 runs circles around it. It locks on perfectly when I'm shooting with fast primes and it tracks better.
I can't say the same for the high ISO performance. Not only was I getting cleaner images at 12800-25600 on the R3, but I had far better ability to push the shadows (and what I think is a bit more highlight recovery as well) on the R3. I've also got banding that I'm not used to seeing when I boost the shadows; if I need to push my images, I"m better off using the 1DX II, but the R3 images I still have on-hand seem to handle it the best I've ever seen.
My LP-E19s seem to drain to 1% reasonably quick, and then stay there for probably 70% of the battery's life. Not sure what's going on there. Could just be older batteries. Glad Canon stuck with them, though, as the LP-E6 farce is getting tiresome.
Not sure why Canon didn't keep the same screen as the R3. Battery life, perhaps. Fair trade, but I really did enjoy the higher resolution display on that thing.
For live music, flicker detect is still a problem in electronic shutter - I don't have to do anything with mechanical, but I end up with vertical bloom from the sensor in this mode - something I never had to deal with on thej 1DX and 1DX II. Shutter life is an interesting one - 300k clicks when using full mechanical can be up to two clicks per image due to live view. Rolling shutter/flicker burned me when trying to shoot a lightning storm handheld with pre-shooting. My next use case is shooting a video game event, where displays flicker at 360hz or 480hz, along with various sources of coloured LED lighting fixtures that do their own thing.
Other than the above, I'm getting much better results than I was with the R5. The resolution doesn't bother me - I'm able to go 1:1 with the R1's sensor and not feel like I'm losing out, something I didn't feel I could do as much with the 1DX's. I'll take the smaller raw files as they're much quicker to work with. The usability is exactly what I've been missing, too - lots of customisable buttons (still need to figure out how to easily swap from 1-point/spot AF to whole area tracking), a decent viewfinder again and a larger body that balances great with a 28-70 f/2... and illuminated buttons!
Still thinking of picking up a secondhand R3 for those ultra low light situations but not sure I can go back from the wonderful AF system now that I'm so used to it!
p.15 #20 · Official Canon EOS R1 Images and Specifications
Sage11 wrote:
Beautiful shots. I'm curious if you have detected any signs of rolling shutter when using the electronic shutter. Thanks.
I shot superbike motorcycle racing with the R1 last year and saw zero signs of rolling shutter. I only used e-shutter.
EvilZardoz wrote:
My next use case is shooting a video game event, where displays flicker at 360hz or 480hz, along with various sources of coloured LED lighting fixtures that do their own thing.
Have you tried the high frequency flicker detection feature? I've found it to be very effective (on a different camera model) but it can't really do any thing when you have multiple light sources flickering at different frequencies.
