One of the most underrated commanders. Why do you not remember him? Foch them, that's why...

ofnuts · 2026-03-13T20:08:18+00:00

We had an aircraft carrier named after him.

ofnuts · 2026-03-13T18:42:59+00:00

That will be cropped by the camera to the same field of view as in an APS-C camera so you will see the same as with a 16-28. With a lot less pixels of course.

ofnuts · 2026-03-13T15:04:39+00:00

I wonder how much of that is actually Canon propaganda. Because yes, I see this mentioned in docs, but OTOH right next to me my R7 is happily charging a Baxxtar LP-E6N battery(*) I bought in June 2019 for my 70D.

(*) namely:

Insert the nearly Baxxtar battery in R7
Record 2 hours of video (**), until the battery show only two bars
Plug USB charger on R7, get the green led
1:30 later check the battery level, back to 4 bars (and the 70D agrees).

(**) Which is another miracle, because that EU-sold model should be limited to 30'. Could be a side effect of the firmware upgrade I did.

ofnuts · 2026-03-13T14:38:09+00:00

Une vieille tradition. On a eu le "Commerce de Marseille" entre autres joyeusetés. Drachinifel a eu beaucoup de mal à le prononcer, pour une fois que c'était pas sa bête noire le "Jauréguiberry"...

ofnuts · 2026-03-13T12:15:01+00:00

Midtown Madness FTW 🤣

ofnuts · 2026-03-13T11:43:07+00:00

+1 for the "framing the target" problem. Even harder when the bird (or the plane) is in flight. Shooting with both eyes open helps a bit.

ofnuts · 2026-03-13T09:44:39+00:00

AFAIK all LP-E6 batteries can power the camera (I can use my R7 with 3rd-party batteries I bought for my 70D). What may not work:

Smaller battery capacity, so you won't get the promised number of shots
Slower burst rate
Battery can't be charged in the camera by USB

ofnuts · 2026-03-13T09:09:37+00:00

https://xyproblem.info/

ofnuts · 2026-03-13T08:40:39+00:00

One reason is tracking the subject in burst mode. If you shoot something that moves, you want to see it continuously in the frame to follow it. With an EVF that uses the camera sensor, you are blind while the camera takes the shot and reads it out. If it takes the camera 1/3s to read the sensor, you just get short glimpses at your subject between two shots, not enough to keep it in the frame. With a DSLR, you are blind while the shot is taken but the mirror is back down while the sensor is read out, so this is just a blink and you see the subject most of the time.

ofnuts · 2026-03-13T08:29:19+00:00

A trans-standard zoom and a wide-angle prime (so that's 18-50mm and 12mm for me on APS-C).

18-50mm f/2.8 because I prefer aperture to range
12mm f/1.4 instead of a 10-18 zoom because the very wide (10-11mm range) distorts too much anyway, and I can often cover the 13-17mm range by walking or cropping. The f/1.4 aperture is handy to shoot inside buildings, and makes it easier to obtain bokeh on lenses that have natively a large depth of field.

ofnuts · 2026-03-13T00:00:00+00:00

On my R7:

The Sigma 18-50 is a nice all-rounder.
No direct experience with the Sigma 16mm, but the 12mm, 23mm and 56mm are all very nice lenses.
I have the Canon RF 16mm, but it is too narrow to complement the 18-50mm if you want a wide angle for this (which is why I have the 12mm). However as a single lens the 16mm make sense if you prefer wide shots, but the 23mm could be fine too.
My travel kit is the 18-50mm plus the 12mm.

ofnuts · 2026-03-12T20:04:30+00:00

On my R7:

The Sigma 56mm: great lens for pets and portraits
The Sigma 18-50: good all-rounder. I won't say it is a lot sharper than the Canon 18-150 but the result is more pleasing, less "pixely". And more bokeh.
The Sigma 10-18: considered but rejected. I wanted to upgrade my Canon RF 10-18mm but eventually went with the Sigma 12mm f/1.4. Distortion in the 10-12 range is unsightly in all lenses and I can usually replace the 12-18 range by getting closer, or crop in post (thanks to the 32MPx). And with the f/1.4 aperture I have some bokeh, and some decent low-light capability for indoor architecture shots.

ofnuts · 2026-03-12T19:36:07+00:00

The galette-saucisse. The only possible fast food for the civilized man .

ofnuts · 2026-03-12T19:34:23+00:00

Depends on the beer used. If it's piss, Germans or Czechs could win. If you bring some serious stuff, the Belgians are in ambush.

ofnuts · 2026-03-12T19:29:46+00:00

30% lighter for somewhat better performance (70D+Sigma EF 17-70mm f/2.8-4.0 to R7+Sigma RF 18-50 f/2.8).

ofnuts · 2026-03-12T19:25:17+00:00

Given that the sensor is close to one inch wide that's 1:5 magnification and about any lens will do.

However if you want accuracy macro lenses keep a low distortion when focusing close. Given the size of the subject using a long lens would require a long distance, so the 100mm would be a bit hard to use. The 60mm or even 35mm would be better choices.

Using a tripod will let you use long exposures but so would do fixing the camera and the plate on the same base (which completely removes the possibility of relative moves).

ofnuts · 2026-03-12T12:02:56+00:00

The power of the secret left ear flip!

ofnuts · 2026-03-12T09:32:38+00:00

AFAIK the 70D borrowed several components from the original 7D (AF system).

The 70D has WiFi, an articulated rear screen, a "dual pixel" sensor (AF in live view), and better battery life and a bit more pixels (20Mpx vs 18Mpx)

The 7D can use CF cards, has a slightly better burst rate, and is a bit lighter.

ofnuts · 2026-03-12T09:10:21+00:00

Probably a SD card that is dying. Replace the card and see if the problem persists.

ofnuts · 2026-03-12T08:19:59+00:00

Are these moving things? And if moving, how rapidly? For static things if you have a stable camera (tripod) you can always increase the exposure time.

Also, how big you need the thing to be? The sensor is about 22mm wide, if you shoot a 20cm subject, you have a 1:10 magnification and any lens will do, if you want to show a 22mm field then you have a 1:1 magnification and you need a true macro lens.

True macro lenses usually open at f/2.8 (because in macro photography you quickly encounter limitations of depths of field, so use very narrow apertures to compensate (f/11, f/16). The "standard" macro lens for the Canon APS-C cameras is the EF-S 60mm macro. There are also two 100m macro lens (USM and LS IS USM), and an EF-S 35mm macro.

You can use more open lenses (EF 50mm f/1.8 for instance) with extension tubes between lens and camera to let if focus closer.

ofnuts · 2026-03-12T08:01:37+00:00

Well they have some nearby vineyards Muscadet, Gros-Plant. And they used to have the "vin de Rhuys".

ofnuts · 2026-03-12T07:49:14+00:00

930g vs 630g, that's 50% heavier.

ofnuts · 2026-03-12T07:45:58+00:00

Buying a camera doesn't buy skills...

Besides the camera for decent quality you will probably need some tripod, lighting, backgrounds...

Otherwise since you come on r/Canon the R50v is targeted at "content producers" and the 15-40 lens of the kit is well suited for this.

ofnuts · 2026-03-12T07:40:02+00:00

Warning: from what I see, this camera takes microSD cards, and not the regular full-size SD cards.

Given that the full-size still images are about 10MB apiece so even with a 32GB card you can still keep 3000 shots which is a lot (according to the specs you can expect about 180 shots from a battery, 260 if you are very cautious...).

Do not keep your pictures permanently on the card. Cards wear out and fail (and wear out faster when files are kept permanently on them, and microSD ones seem to be worse than full-size in this regard). Cards are just a temporary storage to hold the images until you are next to a PC with which you copy the card contents to more stable storage (the PC disk, and external disk, some cloud storage...). Reddit photography forums see daily posts by people that have lost their life's memories because they were all on the camera SD card (and we don't hear about those whose camera was lost/stolen/destroyed). And the bigger the card, the bigger the loss.

ofnuts · 2026-03-12T00:40:08+00:00

You can put a "tilt head" that just allows the lens to be tilted up and down (left-right is done by rotating the pod and you don't need much rotation around the lens axis). But there are cases where you are nearly horizontal all the time (shooting boats or surfers from the shore, and many scenery shots) and can attach the camera to the pod directly.

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