p.7 #2 · Official Canon EOS R1 Images and Specifications
Ruffo wrote:
If someone told me in 2009 that the 1DmkIV would have the highest pixel density of any 1-series body for the next 16 years, I would not have believed them.
Maybe Canon needs to bring back the 1.3x to help their cause. I sure wouldn't mind it as I thought it was a happy medium.
p.7 #4 · Official Canon EOS R1 Images and Specifications
As a birder it immediately puts this camera in the "last in line" category for me. So Canon has pushed the birders to the R5II. Then, they did not put the AF from the R3II in the R5II.
So, what to do? I protest with my wallet.
Not upset in the least, but not spending my money on any new Canon products.
Now I have extra money for some nice trips, and the fun for me starts trying to find a good used camera body for my two loved Canon EF lenses.
As usual Canon has done me a favor, thanks Canon.
p.7 #5 · Official Canon EOS R1 Images and Specifications
From dpreview:
"Fun fact: the R1 includes a little mystery window in the lower left corner on the back of the camera. A Canon representative told us it's reserved for a future feature but doesn't do anything at the moment."
p.7 #8 · Official Canon EOS R1 Images and Specifications
snapsy wrote:
Just watched through this. Canon's new Action Priority feature looks like it will be very compelling for sports photographers. The camera appears to follow the ball to the correct player convincingly, like it actually "understands" the sport. Almost cheating, haha.
The relevant discussion is around the 9-10 minute mark.
p.7 #9 · Official Canon EOS R1 Images and Specifications
Someone sent me this link to Fro's video. For anyone not understanding all the disappointment about the R1 and it not being a flagship should watch this video as Fro does a good job explaining why:
Jul 19, 2024 at 12:34 PM
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p.7 #10 · Official Canon EOS R1 Images and Specifications
artsupreme wrote:
Someone sent me this link to Fro's video. For anyone not understanding all the disappointment about the R1 and it not being a flagship should watch this video as Fro does a good job explaining why:
Didn't watch the whole half hour , eye controlled af looks pretty good though
p.7 #11 · Official Canon EOS R1 Images and Specifications
That has been the best demo I've seen so far and action priority looks very promising. Basketball and Volleyball are such fast actions sports to shoot and while the R3 does a great job, the trust level with subject tracking needs to be higher which this looks to improve. Yeah the 1D was point and shoot and for the most part it nails the shot with little mental effort, but this new AF with pre-shooting should hopefully make it easier to trust AF is thinking ahead of what I see.
Other thing to note, Fro was shooting with an external monitor which I think is harder and AF was doing great.
p.7 #12 · Official Canon EOS R1 Images and Specifications
AmbientMike wrote:
Didn't watch the whole half hour , eye controlled af looks pretty good though
When I owned the R3, I used eye control a fair bit while shooting cheetahs in Tanzania and I found it to work really well. One thing I did was to make it a point to do additional performance/refine calibrations for the same calibration number based on the different lighting situations. To be clear I didn't need to do it all the time... it was something I did if the lighting was something I did not have recorded before. The big negative I found using it was that it drained the battery a lot faster.
p.7 #13 · Official Canon EOS R1 Images and Specifications
AmbientMike wrote:
Didn't watch the whole half hour , eye controlled af looks pretty good though
That's okay, all anyone really needs to watch is the 12:00-14:30 minute mark if you are still defending this camera as being a flagship instead of an R3mkII.
p.7 #14 · Official Canon EOS R1 Images and Specifications
garyvot wrote:
Just watched through this. Canon's new Action Priority feature looks like it will be verry compelling for sports photographers. The camera appears to follow the ball to the correct player convincingly, like it actually "understands" the sport. Almost cheating, haha.
The relevant discussion is around the 9-10 minute mark.
That's pretty darn impressive and I could see this being a big appeal to someone who shoots sports.
p.7 #15 · Official Canon EOS R1 Images and Specifications
That has been the best demo I've seen so far and action priority looks very promising. Basketball and Volleyball are such fast actions sports to shoot and while the R3 does a great job, the trust level with subject tracking needs to be higher which this looks to improve. Yeah the 1D was point and shoot and for the most part it nails the shot with little mental effort, but this new AF with pre-shooting should hopefully make it easier to trust AF is thinking ahead of what I see.
Other thing to note, Fro was shooting with an external monitor which I think is harder and AF was doing great....Show more →
I'm not a sports shooter but I was super impressed with the basketball mode he was using. Finding the next player with the ball way faster than a human can pan over and get a point onto the player that just received the pass. Those team sports with so many players overlapping each other have always looked very difficult to shoot.
And yes, when he is recording the EVF he is shooting from the rear monitor and not up to his eye so it is certainly more shaky to keep the camera aimed at the player and hold it stable.
p.7 #17 · Official Canon EOS R1 Images and Specifications
robert_in_ca wrote:
When I owned the R3, I used eye control a fair bit while shooting cheetahs in Tanzania and I found it to work really well. One thing I did was to make it a point to do additional performance/refine calibrations for the same calibration number based on the different lighting situations. To be clear I didn't need to do it all the time... it was something I did if the lighting was something I did not have recorded before. The big negative I found using it was that it drained the battery a lot faster.
I wear glasses so on the R3 I didn't find eye control accurate enough especially to the corners. Plus your glasses have to be pretty much flush against the rubber eyepiece to really make it work. If they improved upon this with firmware I'd like to see that passed down to R3.
p.7 #18 · Official Canon EOS R1 Images and Specifications
robert_in_ca wrote:
When I owned the R3, I used eye control a fair bit while shooting cheetahs in Tanzania and I found it to work really well. One thing I did was to make it a point to do additional performance/refine calibrations for the same calibration number based on the different lighting situations. To be clear I didn't need to do it all the time... it was something I did if the lighting was something I did not have recorded before. The big negative I found using it was that it drained the battery a lot faster.
This is good info, thanks for sharing. On my R5, I've found eye tracking to be pretty poor when it comes to big cats. I've set my camera up such that I typically use the joystick to get the focal point close to what I want to track before engaging the eye tracking. I'm hopeful that the eye control on the R52 will speed up that process. I wish Canon would take a break from all the sports mode and add some wildlife modes
