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Welcome to reddit's home for discussion of the Canon EF, EF-S, EF-M, and RF Mount interchangeable lens DSLR and Mirrorless cameras, and occasionally their point-and-shoot cousins. We also sometime talk about other canon equipment such as printers. All questions and photographic experience levels welcome!
This is a subreddit for all things Canon! From the point and shoots, to the legendary DSLRs, to their printers & industrial equipment. Questions are welcome, however, try searching on Google before posting a question here. Please join our discord: https://discord.gg/nr7sr94. Rules are as follows:
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What will be the use case for this new gear? - Be sure to state what your specific photography goals are. "Just looking to get started" isn't a viable answer. If you are looking to upgrade, describe the limitations of your current gear setup that are convincing you that a new piece of gear will help to overcome those limitations.
Any info/product you're considering (and why) - If you are trying to choose between two camera bodies (for example), describe why you are considering those bodies, and any specific features that you need.
Budget. - This is a hard one for many because it always elicits that "but what if I'm missing out on this great feature if I only spend just a bit more" feeling (especially for new photographers). Rest be assured - if you offer a budget of $1000, 99% of the time, any recommendations you get will include the "if you spend $1100, you can get this" response. Don't fret much about that. Budget is important because we all have an amount that we just aren't comfortable spending (regardless of the "deal"). We need to know that number. Oh, and phrases like "that doesn't break the bank"/"cheap"/"easy on the wallet" aren't helpful.
Research that you have already done - It is super important that you describe (in detail) any information that you have come across that has either helped or confused you toward choosing new gear. For those who are brand new to photograhpy, it is recommended that you start by doing your own research. The DPReview.com buying guides are an excellent source for helping new photographers narrow down their choices. https://www.dpreview.com/buying-guides
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Does anyone know if transitioning from a cold AC area to a outdoor warm climate will damage my camera lens? I noticed that the camera gets foggy when that happens and just I can wipe it off but is there anything else that I can do? Also, will the forming perspiration damage my lens?
Hi. I have a canon EOS R10 (it's actually my brother's, but he practically doesn't use it), and I wanted to take pictures of the night sky. However, I found that the sensor is an aps-c so the focal length of the lens is multiplied by 1,6. So I found this lens, however I admit that I don't know very much and I would like to have opinions (or advice if you have any) on this lens (which by the way has EF-M and not AR attachment as canon eos R10, although in theory I already have the adapter). More than anything else I have not understood if the aperture of the lens remains the same indicated by the lens, or it must also be multiplied, counting that I would not want to exaggerate with the ISOs or have exposures so long as to obtain a sort of blur. The lens kit has a maximum aperture of f/4.5 so I was wondering if it’s worth buying this rokinon lens f/2.0.
I just recently purchased a Canon Eos R8. I had a m50 mark ii with a sigma lens. I do a lot of car photography and need a wide angle lens that will perform well. I don’t want to degrade my photo quality/ clarity. Is this a good alternative to the standard kit lens with the r8. I’ve never heard of this company and was just wondering if it’s a decent lens.
Thanks a ton in advance!
I have a 6D I’m shooting in low light. I realize I really need the red AF assist beam on the flashes. Yes I’m already using centerpoint only -> recompose.
What flash should I get? A basic function Godox seems like it’d be fine. Not interested in triggering other flashes and don’t care too much about pivots, range, etc.
Secondary question, using Magic Lantern focus peaking on the 6D is Live View only correct? Does it still function well with very low light?
Bonus question: is there a significant upgrade when it comes to low light AF performance on other bodies? (I know 6D autofocus in general is a poor point). What about in the move to mirrorless?
I am an enthusiast photographer that majorly is into photography and would switch to video mode once each month. I am looking for a good camera and have comaperd many cameras to m6m2 like the fuji and even went as far as compare the MFT series of camera. While going through KEH I was able to pick 5 lenses and a eyepiece for the m6m2 for 1500usd.
I am here for people's opinion and their suggestion as my budeget is 1800usd and would love to have their usefull input.
my criteria for a new camera:
no weight limit(I don't mind using heavy or big camera system due to past experience with DSLRs )
no MFT ( I checked many cameras from the MFT side and its just not my type)
I don't generally use the VIDEO feature that much that it becomes a deciding factor but a decent video feature is appreciated.
when I say that I have a budget of 1800usd it means that I cannot increase it over that. So I am looking for both a camera body and a decent lens.
I will try to communicate with everyone in the comment section.
btw I use as of now a eos700D/t5i.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel XS Lens: Canon EF 35-80mm f/4-5.6 III
Amateur photographer, gonna be in the path of totality and hoping to take some film pictures of the eclipse. I don't have a solar filter but I'll only be taking pictures during totality. I'm wondering what camera settings are ideal for me to use, and any other tips anyone may have. Thanks!
I've had an EOS R7 for a couple of months and have been playing around and figuring it out. My BIL and future SIL asked me to take engagement photos for them at sunset. I haven't played with settings in a sunset yet and warned them I am no pro, but I'd love any and all tips to help them come out well!
When I set up image.canon with my R6, it tries to upload every image I have taken. I just want to select certain images, not have everything uploaded, as it takes too long upload everything.
Any solutions appreciated.
Hello everyone, I'm looking for a good budget friendly lens for landscape photography. I want to upgrade from the kit lens. Any suggestions would be helpful. (EF or EF-s mount) (About 200-250 second hand)
On all my other Canon bodies, when I bracket exposures in manual mode, it maintains the aperture and ISO while adjusting the shutter speed, which is what I've gotten used to. On my R7, when I bracket in manual mode, it maintains shutter speed and ISO while adjusting aperture, which is not what I want. Do any of you know how to change this?
I just purchased this lense, I almost exclusively shoot in manual. With this lense there seems to be like a delay or lag when I turn the focus ring which causes me to focus in past my subject and then over correct in the opposite direction. So to focus I find myself having to creep in super slowly. I did a test where I turned it quickly and the focus didn't change at all, like whatever sensor is reading the rings movement just didn't catch me turning it that quickly.
Has anyone else had this issue? Is this a faulty lense? Is it just a shortcoming of this canon lense?
I am barely an intermediate shooter so I don't have much experience to compare to. But this certainly isn't the case with the kit lense.
Hi guys so I want to start photography for hoby and a small business. And I saw that Canon 70d is a nice beginner camera. So I found one but it has 37k snaps. So is it still usable?
Not trying to be a cheapskate, just genuinely curious because I've seen the 100-300mm L ef lens retails only for around 50-100$ and is around 20-30 years old. Thanks!
So definitely user error but… the full vs infinity-3m switch on my Tamron 70-200 is really throwing me off. I feel like mine is programmed backwards. So I was taking a random photo of a bird and on infinity everything but the bird is in focus, over and over again.. when switched to full the bird is in focus. Keep in mind I’m on 200 and the bird is 20 feet away at least. I have my camera set to animal tracking and one point af but even at expand af it’s missing the subject and focusing everything else. Any insight is helpful. To my understanding infinity should’ve been the best option for me.
Anyone know a way (on a reasonably current Mac) to extract the in camera JPEG preview from a CR3 file and save it to a separate file? I'd like to compare it to my post-edit image. Will DPP do this? I'm pretty sure Lightroom won't. Perhaps there's some command line tool that will pull these out, or perhaps I need to write one. Where/how well is the CR3 format documented? Looks like there's enough detail on Github to write code that pulls out the JPEG preview, but I'm hoping someone else has already done the work before I blow a day on this.
I have a 5d Mark II, a 580ex II Speedlight and a 420ex Speedlight.
I am having trouble getting them all to talk together. I want to use the 580 as master on the Mark II and the 420 as a slave. but no matter what i can not figure out how to get that setup to work. i even set the 420 as master on the camera and the 580 as slave and it did not communicate that way also.
Do i have an incompatible system? did i just buy the 420 for no reason? what about optical slave. i have read the manuals but im just at a loss. it did not work out the way i thought it would.
Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for your time.
Hey I've been debating on what to upgrade now, I just want to say that my budget is pretty tight so mirrorless is not an option sadly. but I have an old canon t3 which I got a good deal on a while ago and I've been enjoying it a lot. I found myself doing a lot of bird photography lately {and the woods in general when the snow will go away already) but yeah I picked up a 55-250, which is decent but I find I want more reach.
I've been looking at upgrading my body since its pretty dated. I have my eyes on a 7d mark 2, seems like a good camera for what I want, and for a lens I'd like a sigma 150-600mm I think, which one would you chose ? thanks :)
Other lenses I have are the 50mm sigma 17-50mm and a kit lens
Hello everyone, I have a Canon Rp with the RF24-105mm, I can see that the pictures are relatively good, but the video recordings are really unwatchable, and 4k is cropped. I paid €900 for the Rp with the kit lens (new) and was thinking about switching to the R6 Mark I, but I'm undecided about the R8.
I'm planning to upgrade from an old camera of mine and these two seem to fit the budget but I still can't decide which one to choose. I do photography exclusively and want a camera that'd be good for that and both of them seem very good for my use. But at the same time I've heard that the r7 has af issues and stuff like that so I kinda need some help
I uploaded my custom picture profile whilst in manual mode, no problem saving there. But as soon as I go into custom settings mode, the picture styles just disappear. I tried to upload my picture styles whilst in custom mode, which worked, temporarily. As soon as I switched back to manual from custom settings and switched back, the picture style would disappear. Same happens if I were to turn off the camera.
Been looking to get into photography lately; more specifically for portraits, scenery, street shots, and at home webcam usage. Currently my plan is to get the RF50mm F1.8 for portraits, the RF16 F2.8 for scenery and street, and the RF28mm F2.8 for webcam usage for about $800 total. There's also the RF24-105mm F4-7.1 for $400 if this is a better idea instead. Is this a good plan or should I look into zoom lenses too/something bigger (like 85mm or something)?
Hello, I got some problems with sticky aperture blades on my powershot g16. I disassembled the whole camera but cannot open the lens unit without breaking something. Additionally there are two ribbon cables on the side, which prevent to pull parts apart. Because they got angled connectors which I cannot not get through a tiny hole without damaging them. Anyone has an idea how this could be possible ? Otherwise I will sacrifice the camera just to have a look inside. At the moment the shutter only opens sometimes…
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Been looking at the Eos r but is it still good. I have also been looking at the eos r6 mk1 but they are kinda hard to find atm.
Hi, my Canon M6 suddenly not turning on. Upon checking the shutter or sensor curtain is closed. It hasn't happened before. I tried basic troubleshooting but it doesn't work.
Found a canon lens online, seller is legit with many good reviews, but can't find info on this lens ANYWHERE else. It's listen as a 70-300mm L lens (not sure what mount it is, but assuming EF). Can someone please tell me what this is worth and how old it is? Listen as 130$ usd. thanks in advance! pictures below.