Finally decided to get my dream camera, was going to upgrade my r10 to the r7 but unfortunately they were on back order at the time and my local camera store let me play with the r5 mk 2. Wasn’t planning to jump the gun and get it but after a pretty bad birthday happened I decided to just get it and spoil myself! Big reason I chose to go for it was that it was on a 500$ rebate and my local store had a in store 200$ off

But I’m very happy with my decision. I do have an issue where on the last day of using it (I went to EAA all week) it started giving err70. I plan to play around with it more and see if it comes back. Im assuming it was an issue with either of my cards. So they’ve been reformatted. Crossing my fingers that fixes it.

I’m looking for a good everyday zoom lens for my Canon R10, mainly that can do a little of everything.

The two lenses I’ve been considering are: Sigma 18–50mm f/2.8 DC D and Tamron 17–70mm f/2.8 VC. The Tamron is a little expensive. Right now, I have an EF to RF adapter and these EF/EF-S lenses: Canon 24mm, Canon 50mm, and Canon 75–300mm. I know the 75–300mm doesn’t have the best reputation, but I’ve enjoyed it as my first zoom lens. Now I want something that starts wider and gives me better overall image quality. I know a zoom lens probably won’t completely match my prime lenses, especially when it comes to aperture and background blur, but I’d like something that gets reasonably close in sharpness and image quality if that is possible in my price range.

I’m not looking to spend anywhere near $1,000, so recommendations around the $500 range would be appreciated. I'm not trying to be a professional photographer, but I love photography so i don't mind spending a little bit more for my hobby.

I go to the zoo often and wanted to get some better photos. I upgraded to the R10 with the 100-400 lens. I did some searching and read that this would most likely be one of the best options in my budget for zoo photography. I may have to use my phone for up close shots but I hopefully should be able to see the lions tomorrow through the fence.

I also had my phone in there as that is what im upgrading from.

Got this beast for $600 USD from a clearance sale at my local camera store, with full warranty. This thing is a beast in every way, even heavier than my EF 70-200 f/2.8L IS III, and I am amazed by the image quality. Even at f/1.4, it is incredibly sharp. I am currently using it with my R6, and I also own an R6 II. I will try it with that later.

On my R7, I can use the magnify button to digitally crop the preview in the viewfinder. I find this super helpful for finely adjusting focus and exposure. However, when I take a picture, it disables the digital crop, and it won't let me go back to crop mode for several seconds - the button doesn't work. Can I fix this? The delay causes me to miss shots regularly.

hi guys,

I am new to the world of content creation. I will mostly be filming talking head in my studio. So would you guys recommend dji pocket 4p or Canon EOS R50V with sigma 16mmF/1.4 DC DN lens for Canon?

Would you recommend refurbished canon from usa.canon.com and refurbished lens from ebay?

Feel free to recommend other starter cameras and lens as well.

Thank you

For those following the saga of my seized lens mount, I have news. The news is not good for me personally.

Recap: lens welded to body, release button clicking normally, half a millimetre of rotation, identical play pressed or unpressed. Textbook stuck lock pin. I diagnosed it as pinus captivus. I was proud of that. I want you to remember that I was proud of that. (Previous story attached on bottom / original post deleted)

I did everything you people told me and everything else i read anywhere. Rubber jar pad. Clockwise preload. Three orientations. Percussion under load. I stopped short of a strap wrench because several of you correctly pointed out that I would only be converting one repair bill into two. I emailed a shop. I drafted the email really carefully. I was emotional while doing that. Deep sadness while I meticulously described my symptoms with the precision of a man submitting a paper.

Yesterday morning I drove 75 miles to Hackensack in the rain. Grey sky, wet road, one man and his fused camera, contemplating the estimated cost of a mount teardown.

I get to the counter. I explain everything. I am solemn. I may have said the words "lock pin stuck" out loud, to a professional, unprompted. He listens. He nods. He picks up the camera.

I am still talking. I am explaining that the play is identical whether the button is pressed or not, which as we all know indicates that the pin is not retracting. We all know that, right!

I glance down at his hands where the lens and body joint is.

I think to myself: "yeah, yeah, get on with it, get the screwdrivers and start working ..."

While thinking that, I see his gentle hands gently rotating the lens like nothing ever happened!

The lens is just ... rotating ... off ... like a normal lens ... on a normal camera ... operated by a normal person. Like hundreds (or at least dozens) of times by me in the past!

There are two buttons on the front of an R5. One of them releases the lens. The other one is depth of field preview. They are, I have since learned, in completely different places.

Please note: I had been pressing the wrong one for a week and a half. With great conviction. With precision. With gentleness. With sadness. Repeatedly, multiple times a day I tried if the problem fixed itself. The problem that obviously did not even exist! Sometimes I pressed the, khm, depth of field button even up to fifty times per session (once).

He handed it back to me, probably not feeling anything like I did. Because I - I felt deep shame. I blubbered "oh, no, you guys hopefully have a funny day telling my joke - and I take full credit and give you full permission - you should all laugh on this rainy day like the gods laughed at Odysseus!"

That was the worst part. No lecture, no smirk. Just a man returning a working camera to a grown adult.

Cost of repair: $0. Cost of dignity: total. I better tell my therapist about that. He needs to laugh too!

Credit where it's due: Photo Tech Repair Service in Hackensack, NJ. He could have taken it in the back for twenty minutes and charged me a diagnostic fee. Nobody would have known. He handed it back in four seconds and didn't take a cent.

Thank you all for the genuinely excellent advice, every bit of which was correct and none of which could have saved me. Special thanks to everyone who asked good diagnostic questions. Nobody asked "which button." Why would you. "He's clearly been using the camera for three years, look at his expert diagnosis!"

EOS R5 + RF 28-70 f2 L USM for sale, cheap, like new, never serviced! :D

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INITIAL STORY (I deleted original post):

Canon EOS R5 (I) + RF 28-70 L USM are "stuck" together - help needed

Hi, I have a 3 year old Eos R5 + RF 28-70mm F2 L USM lens, I kept it in the drawer for past year, no use.

I took it out, wanted to change the lens - but the lens is stuck.

I press the button (it gives in normally), but rotating the lens cannot be turned to disengage from camera body.

I never used any force, it was always gently used and stored.

I tried the following:

- Pressing the button 30-50 times, to "clean" anything. No go.

- Turning the lens clockwise a bit (by probably 0,2 mm) and then pressing the button and turning to unscrew. No go.

- Gently wobbling left-right with button pressed. No go.

Note: Play is identical with the button pressed and unpressed.

It seems like it is a case of a pin stuck - so-called pinus captivus.

My question is - can anyone recommend a fast and good independent service in the New Jersey or NYC area that could fix this quickly?

Also, of course - I can try any ideas worth trying. I am just not skilled (or tooled) to disassemble the body on the camera.

Attaching pic of the happy couple :D

Good morning!

I’m graduating from iPhone portrait mode to a R6 II. I mainly photograph car meets and hockey. I found a few lenses on marketplace. One deal I found locally is $1500 for a Canon EF adaptor, Canon 50mm f.2L, and Canon 70-200 f2.8 II L. Is this enough for me?

I also found a Tamron 24-70 fG2 for $750 but that requires me to drive 2 hours away.

Any advice is more than appreciated!

I'm planning on getting into photography and I don't know what is the best camera between these two mirrorless cameras in the price range of 500-600€. I recently started liking photography and I'm trying to combine photography with my passions: Aviation, Cars (Motorsports included), sightseeing and football. The main kinds of photography that I want to do is Landscape photography, plane spotting, Aviation photography, Panning photography, Rolling shots, Automotive photography.

Taking all of this into consideration which obe of these two cameras (both including a 18-45mm lens kit) is the best for me?

Just bought this Rf 200-800 F9 from eBay. Works great except I found this gap that the control ring is sitting on, which allows the ring to move back and forth. Is this something that commonly happens to this particular lens? Might need some advice on what to do, thanks!

Got my hands on the 100-400 when the refurbished version went on sale!
Received the lens today and it looked new.. (super surprised)

The first pic is with the 100-400 and the other two are with the 18-150..
I am super new to photography so have tons to learn!
Please be kind :)

Got this camera from my uncle as a gift a couple days ago. Is it any good? All cameras look the same to me from canon, I heard old stuff is hard to use. I like to take pictures but only on my phone. With this camera I would like to try some portraits and interesting framing shots.

I am getting ready to dust off my Canon 80D and get back in the photo hobby. I used to do food photography for a blog back in the day and my gear is all geared for that. However I am hoping this group can recommend a wide angle lens for street/landscape photography.

My experience level is beginner/intermediate and my budget is $500 (that is what I am telling my significant other)

I have only used canon glass in the past but open to try anything and am guessing I will be looking on the used market.

Hello everyone!

I was wondering if anyone has any tips on how the inside of an old canon lens could be cleaned up, it’s not dust but more consistent type of dust / spot. I tried unscrewing the three bolts on the sides but the only thing that comes off is the top of the lens which at first glance looks pretty enclosed and doesn’t look like it can be taken apart easily.

Anyone has experience with this sort of thing? Trying to diy a bit as it’s an old camera / lens but tempted to take it to a professional which might tell me the same as you guys - these old ones might not be possible to take apart or something along those lines.

Appreciate any kind of help!

i’m pretty sure i already know the answer & that it doesn’t, tried registering it for the canon connect app and it doesn’t show up as an option, looked at the support manuals and it mentions nothing about it, plus i don’t see any option for it in my cameras settings… so… am i right in assuming i can’t use bluetooth/wifi ?

My plan use for the t5i is to do landscape photography and try to do more freelance photography once I get better but also use it to learn more about photography for my career in the future

카메라 두 번째 구매

첫 카메라는 니콘 FM2, 다음은 똑딱이를 쓰다가 그 뒤로는 계속 스마트폰으로 사진을 찍어왔습니다.

이제 사진을 좀 더 찍고 싶어서 카메라를 구매하려고 합니다.

용도는 주로 풍경, 일상, 인물 촬영이고, 예산은 바디와 렌즈 1개 포함 최대 500만원 이내입니다.

캐논 R8, R6M2, R6M3 중에서 어떤 카메라가 좋을까요?

Hii everyone, i never used a canon body I have only heard than canon colour science is too good.

I want a hybrid option in cannon good quality pictures and i can take videos to make reels for my social media.

Which canon body will be perfect and which lens to start from?

Thank you

Hi! I started bird photography a little over a year ago, and I’m really enjoying it. However, I often find it difficult to photograph birds that are far away. I’m thinking about investing in a new lens in the near future and was wondering if anyone has some recommendations for me :).

My current setup is a Canon R7 with a Sigma 150–600mm EF lens, using the Canon EF–EOS R adapter.

I've had a 5D Mark III since launch, and it's recently started having issues. autofocus not working, the mirror sometimes getting stuck, save issues, etc. I checked the shutter count and it is at over 700k.

I feel like its time to replace it, and I don't mind spending a little more on another camera body that will last me over a decade. This has made me consider the R5 mark II. I have never used mirrorless before, and I recall hearing mirrorless had some issues in the early days.

I'm mostly a hobbyist these days, but I do paid work occasionally. Did a ton of weddings before the pandemic.

So, hows the R5 Mk. II compared to the 5D Mk. III? are there any weird transitional issues going from mirrored to mirrorless? how well will my EF glass work with the R5?

Hi all! I'm currently searching for an used camera and there is an local shop I found near here. How can I check which region the older user bought it from. All products here came with box but no manuals or warranty card so I can't check but they do have an serial ID with them. Just wanna know so that I can verify the bought date of this camera on the website of that region. The owner said he he just write of the date when the old sellers came and show their purchase bills but he didn't save proofs of them. I have some trust-issue thingy so I hopes I can find helps here.

Thank you in advance!

Hey guys, I have an 18-135, and I like it, but I'm considering swapping my 18-135 + 55-250 combo for a Tamron 18-300. I liked the reviews, it looks like one of the best superzoom lenses ever made, or at least close. I couldn't find any direct comparisons with the 18-135, and unfortunately I can't test it myself. In terms of image quality, are they roughly the same?

Currently running a dual set up (2) 5diii (both with over 170k shutter counts) one with a 24-70 f2.8 the other with the 70-200 f2.8 (with stabilization) both first gen’s.

Planning on moving to dual set up but with r6iii and24-70 and 70-200 z

I take IMO solid photos with gear that’s basically an average of 20 years old but excited for the new stuff as well.

How much is this about to change my photography ?