p.2 #2 · What is your Canon Family Tree / Genealogy? Here is mine:
jcolwell wrote:
I switched from film to Canon digital through the early 2000's. At that time, I was shooting mostly Pentax 35mm, some Contax 35mm, lots of Fujifilm MF, and a little 4x5. I still shoot film, with a Canon 7 rangefinder, a pair of EOS 7 (Port & Starboard), and the first EOS camera; the Canon 650. These film cameras were all purchased within the last ten years, and so they both pre-date and post-date the conversion to digital.
Here's my list. * indicates the Canon cameras I still have.
Canon EOS 1DX
Canon EOS 1D Mark IV
Canon EOS 1D Mark III
Canon EOS 1D Mark II n
Canon EOS 1D Mark II
Canon EOS 1D Mark II
Canon EOS 1Ds
Canon EOS 5DS *
Canon EOS 6D *
Canon EOS 6D
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Canon EOS 5D
Canon EOS 5D
Canon EOS 7D
Canon EOS 40D
Canon EOS 30D
Canon EOS 30D
Canon EOS 20D
Canon EOS M6 *
Canon EOS M5 *
Canon EOS M3
Canon EOS SL2 *
Canon EOS SL1
p.2 #3 · What is your Canon Family Tree / Genealogy? Here is mine:
burningheart wrote:
... The day the 5D appeared in Calgary I rushed to the store to test it with some FD glass. I had the Canon Lens Converter FD-EOS (1.26X) but the store manager was reluctant at first til the staff who knew me as a regular customer piped up. Outside I went with the FD 800 and FD 400/4.5 tests were what I expected and I left the store with 5D in hand. Over the next few years I sold off some of my FD lenses and started to grow the EF lenses.
That's similar to my transition, but I started a bit earlier. I started selling off my Pentax and Contax 35mm gear (not most of the lenses), after getting a 20D, then a pair of 30D. I didn't sell my Fuji GW670II and GSW690II until after getting the 5D. Then, I migrated into the 1D/1DS series, and I was in the fast lane. I still have most of my old manual focus lenses.
p.2 #7 · What is your Canon Family Tree / Genealogy? Here is mine:
It's so complicated. I used Nikon for about 25 years and Canon only since the EOS 3 and 1vHS. My first DSLR was the 1Ds 23 years ago. That was the first of 6 1Ds series and also 1D II and 1DX. In the 5 series I had the Mk II, and have 2x MK III, a MK IV, and 5DsR. I also have almost all of the xxD bodies starting with the 20D, through the 90D, but not the 40D or 60D, and also 7D not 7D II. There was some kind of 10MP Rebel, that I bought but used once. Most all of those bodies are around in the closets or old camera bags if not thrown out.
in the R5, R7 and R5 II. But since the 5D IV I started renting spare bodies most of the time instead of buying 2-3 of them. I'm not counting Sony or Nikon bodies of course.
p.2 #8 · What is your Canon Family Tree / Genealogy? Here is mine:
FT-QL - used for a lot of years
Some obscure point and shoot from Olympus
Elan II
10D
several rebels and xxD bodies including the 30D, 40D, 70D and 80D
7D
7D II
1D II
5D
5D II
5D III
5D IV
R
R5
R7
Also had a 1D III somewhere in there, but had autofocus issues. Later on, I bought a used 1D IV, but never really used it.
As it stands now, I have the R5 and R7, and I still have my 10D, the DSLR that started my entire digital SLR journey.
Canon probably loves people like me.
Eyeing up the R5 II but I'm waiting to see what the next rendition of the R7 brings.
These cameras today are just soooo doggone good. I have a few slides (yes, slides) from taking pictures with the old Canon FT QL at the Cleveland 500 race that they held at the Burke Lakefront Airport (road corse, Indy cars). Prefocused, manual exposure, panned - horrible images compared to what I can get with the newer DSLR bodies.
p.2 #9 · What is your Canon Family Tree / Genealogy? Here is mine:
5D2
5D3
5D4
7DMK2
1DMK4
All of the above are gone. Wish I would have hung onto the 1DMK4.
Own the following.
5D Classic
EOS R
R6MK2
R5
The R6 might be going down the road. On the fence with it.
p.2 #10 · What is your Canon Family Tree / Genealogy? Here is mine:
rico wrote:
Geoff, as a long-time Canonista, your opinion about the R1 interests me. The only compelling Canon bodies for me at this point are the R1 and 1DxIII
R1 is a great camera. I really enjoyed using it. I had borrowed it from CPS along with the RF 100-300/2.8 and 2xTC.
I think the ergonomics are great and the innovative controls like the trackpad on the AF-ON and the dual stage push on the AF-ON are features no other brand has. I'd prefer the size of the R3 over the R1 but at least the R1 kept the weight reasonable compared to the Z9.
The EVF is the best out there...there is nothing this good. The Sony 9M EVF is really good but the R1 is just a bit more natural looking and doesn't degrade as much during active AF.
AF is the best Canon has and really, really good.
My only downside with the R1 is the lower resolution compared to the flagships from Nikon and Sony.
I wish they could make an R1 with a 45MP+ sensor in it. If Canon came out with that and some new RF big glass like a 400/2.8TC then I'd have a serious look at buying some new Canon gear.
p.2 #11 · What is your Canon Family Tree / Genealogy? Here is mine:
arbitrage wrote:
The EVF is the best out there...there is nothing this good. The Sony 9M EVF is really good but the R1 is just a bit more natural looking and doesn't degrade as much during active AF.
What about the smoothness of the R1 EVF when shooting? I noticed that the R3 viewfinder was great and natural until you start taking bursts and it slightly gets less smooth than just looking through it. It was set at the highest 120hz smooth setting.
My favorite film camera of all time was the Canon EF. It was the only Canon camera to feature a vertical-travel Copal metal shutter, and it allowed AE exposures up to 30 seconds. A cool camera for the mid 70s. My favorite DSLR was the 6D which I still occasionally use today.
p.2 #13 · What is your Canon Family Tree / Genealogy? Here is mine:
Well, I moved to Canon after Minolta left the market and broke my heart. Could not see my way to using Sony.
Canon 30D
Canon 40D
Canon 5D - Still use but about to be sold now that I have a Leica SL and a Leica SL2. This has a replaced focusing screen since I used a ton of manual focus adapted lenses on it.
Canon 7D - Still use but also about to be sold. This was a back up cropped body that saw little use over the years.
Canon 7D MK II - Still use and plan to keep using it for wildlife work.
Canon 5DSR -Still use but not sure if it gives me much of anything over the Leica bodies
Canon R5 MKII - Recent buy will be my main wildlife and action camera for now.
Buying the R5 MKII and the two Leica bodies this year were my first "new" bodies since getting the 5DSR when they first came on the market. I tend to keep my gear a long time.
p.2 #14 · What is your Canon Family Tree / Genealogy? Here is mine:
I started my career shooting Nikon film bodies and transitioned to Canon after shooting medium format. My list consists of the systems below. At this point, I'm content with my kit and don't feel the need to transition to mirrorless because I mainly shoot on a tripod and don't see much of need to change systems and lose my as# buying R lenses. However, I've always liked the Contax 645 system and might take another look if I want to shoot some film.
p.2 #15 · What is your Canon Family Tree / Genealogy? Here is mine:
EOS Elan
5D2
1D2
1D2N
1D4
1DX
I don't remember the years.
I never had enough money to keep my cameras. I always sold or traded to get newer ones.
They worked well for me.
I never had to support myself with my photography. I was lucky for the work I got.
p.2 #16 · What is your Canon Family Tree / Genealogy? Here is mine:
I was a Pentax guy most of the film era. Dabbled with one or two Canon film cameras later on, but quickly settled on Contax as my preferred brand. Then entered digital seriously with a Canon D30, the 3-mp one, after I saw a photo journalist use one at an event I covered as a journalist. From there, it think it was 10D, 20D and 5D. Later I added a 1D (I think) and the 5D went on to other iterations until I discovered bird photography and the 1DX line became my main tool, together with the 7D line. Ditched all that for the R5 and R6/R6II, but actually the main kit has become the Olympus OM-1 II, with Canon being my secondary setup.
p.2 #17 · What is your Canon Family Tree / Genealogy? Here is mine:
Started with a Nikon FE (aperture priority film), then Canon the rest of the way
Elan IIe
20D (around the year 2000)
40D
Picked up a 1D just for fun - what a tank!
5DII
5DIII
5DIV
R5
R52
R3
p.2 #18 · What is your Canon Family Tree / Genealogy? Here is mine:
My uncle had a Canon film camera of some sort back in the mid 1960’s which got me interested in photography. I got a Minolta SR7 for Christmas in 1966 when I was 14. A few years later I upgraded to a Nikon F Photomic FTN for the TTL metering. Had my own darkroom and was immersed in the hobby for about ten years until life intervened. I barely touched a real camera for decades after that.
Fast forward to 2003. My daughter was in a school play and I tried getting some shots with the crappy Sony point and shoot we had at the time. No go. I remembered back to the utility of having a real camera and bought a Canon 10D. It was great but would have been even better if it’s crap autofocus could have actually handled the 24-70 f/2.8 L I bought with it.
20D after that which was awesome followed by a 7D which was even better for my kids’ sports. Then a 5D and the joy of full frame. Later a 5D Mark III in 2013 for full frame plus great autofocus. Loved that camera and still do. Finally succumbed to mirrorless with an R5 Mark II in 2024. Wow!
p.2 #19 · What is your Canon Family Tree / Genealogy? Here is mine:
1971 Canon FTb
1995 EOS 50 - wish was sold before 2003
2003 EOS 10D - sold
2005 EOS 5D - sold
2007 EOS 40D - sold
2008 EOS 5D Mark II - wish was sold before 2018
2009 EOS 7D - sold
2009 EOS-1D Mark IV - wish was sold before 2018
2014 EOS 7D Mark II - wish was sold before 2022
2015 EOS 5Ds R - wish was sold before 2024
2022 EOS R7
2024 EOS R5 Mark II
2024 EOS R1
Wish I sold all my pre-2006 EF lenses before 2018.
Would've loved to re-fleet them with RF L lenses such as
p.2 #20 · What is your Canon Family Tree / Genealogy? Here is mine:
Reading these I don’t feel quite so bad
The tragedy for me is not letting go
Case in point…
Bought a further 8 5L boxes yesterday to add to the 50+ boxes ( mostly 9L, 16L )
All are filled with camera bodies and camera lenses
Way way way too much!!!
The good news is I’ve pretty much stopped buying (new years resolution)
The bad news is what the hell do I do with all this I’ve amassed
The tragedy is I just tend to use my phone these days - deciding what “ real”camera” to use is too stressful. So I don’t
If I could snap my fingers and go back several years when all I had was a digital compact - nothing else. Life seemed so simple back then.
But forums and eBay is a truly addictive mixture.
All fun and games until you end up like I have with 60-70 boxes rammed full of perfectly good fully working gear.
I still have most of my old manual focus lenses.
