Sorry for being late to the party, was out doing more testing in the field. First off let me start by I never get upset by someones opinion regarding the sharpness of my shots. I agree some do not have the same pop as the 1dx. Not making excuses but I have had poor light, excessive heat and I have to use DPP which I only use Lightroom. I did shoot everything in RAW then to DPP then to PS. On my Mac they look pretty impressive. I have never been one that likes the over sharpened look so I tend to back off on the sharping, personal taste.
Some of these shots are handheld at very low shutter speeds with extreme reach. the 2x plus crop mode, so I really do not expect the same level of sharpness with higher shutter speeds, better light, tripod etc. Honestly even my first pictures with the 1dx did not look great, they got better as I went. Same here, new camera and playing with many things and lenses, so could be some variation for sure.
However with that said this camera is really good. The AAEF is so good (awesome animal eye focus) I changed the name there I actually left my yard and used it in the field. It just looks on. I did not look at the files yet but on the screen they are nice. As far as tracking, I tracked terns today and absolutely no problem tracking them in flight. Whatever lag/blackout does not interfere with tracking at all. I have my EVF set to 120 fps, looks very nice.
My battery grip came in yesterday so I used today, it is very nice. I had no heat issues at all and the batteries still showed 62% on the new battery and 58% on the older battery, so not bad at all. I actually think getting the battery out of the camera helped with the heat, my own feeling nothing to test that.
This has in my opinion improved on everything with the EOS R. Do I feel it will replace the 1dx, no because they are just different tools. Both highly capable for my use.
I feel this was a very good purchase and I think many with like using it. I did not even try the video yet. Now on to looking at my shots from today
Aug 01, 2020 at 12:02 PM
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I actually left my yard and used it in the field. It just looks on. I did not look at the files yet but on the screen they are nice. As far as tracking, I tracked terns today and absolutely no problem tracking them in flight. Whatever lag/blackout does not interfere with tracking at all. I have my EVF set to 120 fps, looks very nice.