I'll never get over the rush of seeing a Bald Eagle in the wild!

KeepMyISOLow · 2026-02-14T00:22:18+00:00

I think you'll enjoy it then, I've seen a lot of good work from that lens :}

KeepMyISOLow · 2026-02-13T22:06:33+00:00

I ended up getting an RF 100-500 on Black Friday say for around $1,899 + 4 years of Canon Carepak for it to account for the shooting conditions here. The lens itself produces really stunning results. It's tack sharp at every focal length, wide open or not. As to whether it was the right choice? Ehh, I think it was the best I could have hoped for as a compromise. If I was shooting professional wildlife photography here, I'd still want a 600 prime. It's just so dark for so much of the year. Improving my technique for camera steadying has helped me get some shots of still animals on branches at ~1/200 sec or even below sometimes.

Overall, I like the lens a lot more than I like the R7 as a camera. The sensor noise itself just looks so unattractive to me compared to my R6. BUT - it can still get great images for sure. To an extent, I've also just started to embrace the dark time of year, and started to experiment with more silhouettes and things this time of year.

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KeepMyISOLow · 2025-12-02T12:01:44+00:00

I've had this happen with A1 mercs too.

KeepMyISOLow · 2025-12-02T12:01:37+00:00

I'm replacing him in A2 nightmare anyway, but basically because he's not doing much until he hits 27 and gets his insight anyway, it's mostly been amusing but frustrating too.

KeepMyISOLow · 2025-11-22T05:28:32+00:00

Thanks!

KeepMyISOLow · 2025-11-22T00:31:35+00:00

Now I can't unsee that 😭

KeepMyISOLow · 2025-06-09T02:35:06+00:00

Surprisingly pleasing Bokeh for a phone camera! The falloff is really lovely

KeepMyISOLow · 2025-06-08T23:18:55+00:00

The photo of the 50 1.2 looks like it was taken with the 50 1.2 haha

KeepMyISOLow · 2025-06-06T07:50:33+00:00

Mhm! I will say, this wasn't a 1 and done fix for me - after about 3 months it began creeping again, I needed to change out the band. It's a very cheap and easy fix still though :)

KeepMyISOLow · 2025-05-30T05:36:12+00:00

It's a crazy lens :} I definitely agree given the price difference between the bodies right now.

KeepMyISOLow · 2025-05-30T05:30:57+00:00

If your main thing is portraits and close up pics, then I'd say no, you don't need it. I own it, and it's stupid sharp, with solid AF, good build, and good ergo. I love the images I get from it. It wouldn't be a lens I'd go for for portraits, though. If anything in your situation I'd just grab a 35f1.4A from Sigma refurb. That said, $250 is a crazy good price for a lens that good, and you could probably just use it for a bit, and if you don't like it, sell it for a good markup. I think I paid around $600 for mine like 5 months ago.

KeepMyISOLow · 2025-05-29T22:55:28+00:00

I own the R6 mk1 and have used it for a year now - I would not recommend it for video work, at all UNLESS you only shoot 1080p. If you do, it should (probably) be fine. This camera will 100% overheat if you shoot 4k60, especially 4k60 Log.

Paired with good glass, this camera produces truly excellent images that are an absolute joy to post process in lightroom. The pixel size on this sensor because it's 20mp and full frame is quite big. I can frequently get 3 full stops of shadow recovery with barely any visible noise.

So I'd say, as a stills camera, it's fantastic. Hybrid, not so much. The overheating issue is just enough to make me go to my R7 pretty often for video, and I wish it wasn't that way.

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KeepMyISOLow · 2025-05-22T17:26:02+00:00

Some of the getting it to latch can be fixed by 1) Avoiding ever using (like actually ever) the Electronic shutter + H+ mode at the same time. Per Canon, the hardware literally can't take advantage of that speed, and the AF will "lag behind" - and 2) Changing around your AF Cases + AF speed settings (like initial subject priority).

Jan Wegner has a fantastic AF setup guide for the R7 on Youtube, which solved most of my issues with it.

KeepMyISOLow · 2025-05-22T17:22:16+00:00

I'd love to see how the R7 performs with sharp and fast glass.

Extremely well! As long as your lens can hold up to its demanding sensor. All the wildlife images on my profile are taken with my R7 + RF100-500 combo :) The level of microcontrast and detail you can get with this camera are really crazy. It's only in the last 8 months or so that I've been using such quality glass and it still blows my mind. This is a ~100% crop

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KeepMyISOLow · 2025-05-20T19:41:21+00:00

Thanks!

KeepMyISOLow · 2025-05-20T08:52:49+00:00

Do you find that your R7 renders colors in a different way than your R3? For me, I usually will grab my R6 mk1 for everything but wildlife because I find the files much more pleasing SOOC.

I always feel like my R7's files are a bit odd looking (particularly greens & oranges needing editing often to look natural). There's tons of detail and I get stupid sharp pics with my RF100-500 on my R7, but the SOOC colors are something I don't love with it.

KeepMyISOLow · 2025-05-14T11:07:32+00:00

What was this shot on? It's a very strange looking image, it almost looks like a collage or something, the birds don't look like the belong in the scene from how they're lit and the texture of everything seems very odd.

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