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The following opinions have been automatically translated with Microsoft Translator. | Canon EF 400mm f/5.6 L USM Pros: Sharpness, Portability, L, Built-in Lens Hood, Image Rendering Cons: Nothing, least of all the 3.5 meters minimum focusing distance! Opinion: Taken used, of course, I have to say that the fame that precedes this optics is absolutely justified. It works very well both on 1Dx and on R6 and R7 with which it also becomes stabilized thanks to IBIS; To think that a project from 1993 still returns crazy photos on cameras 30 years younger, makes you think. For me it's one of those must-have lenses forever in life, like the 135 f/2. Niche optics, but of unquestionable quality! To date I've only used it at f/5.6, and frankly it's very little wrong. Many complain about the 3.5m minimum focus, but it should be taken into account that it is a 1993 project. Not only that, if we consider that much more expensive and recent lenses such as the 500 f/4 II (about 9000 Euros RCE), the 300 2.8 Canon's flagship for AF and detail (about 2000 Euros RCE), the famous 600 f/4, the 400 2.8 L is (RCE about 4000 Euros) all have 2.5, 3, Some 3.5, some 4.5 etc meters of MAF, I would say that the 3.5 of the 400 5.6 are absolutely in line with age and price. If you need more flexibility, there are zooms. That said, it's slightly longer than a 70-200 2.8, but thinner, which for a fixed 400mm is really a lot of rumble. Very fast af, it weighs as much as a 70-200 2.8 and I find the built-in lens hood very comfortable!! The lack of tropicalization for some might be a problem, but it is subjective, as everyone makes different use of it. Without a doubt it's an optics that I won't regret taking!! sent on April 29, 2024 |
 | Canon 1DX Pros: Series 1 and everything that goes with it Cons: Live view Opinion: Buy in 2023, found a practically new used opportunity with 15k real first shutter shots. I've always had a feeling for the 1 series, having already had 1d mark ii and iii I wanted to launch myself on the Dx. Well, I'm really happy with the purchase despite the fact that the world is moving towards Mirrorless. Immediately compared with my R6 and R7, I don't deny that there are cons compared to the R series, one of these is the AF point that you don't move as quickly as with the touch of the R, but for the rest, the 1 series are always the 1 series. File equal to the R6 if not a little less, but nerdy things more than real life, even if on the jpeg I prefer the one of R6, but the ISO seal is practically the same as R6, the quality of the file as well, 18 megapixels that bite badly, af and burst that do not make a bend NEVER AND I SAY NEVER!! Unlike R6 which sometimes (rarely but it happens) under particular conditions, does not recognize the "human" subject. In jpeg I arrive at the end of the card exceeding hands down the limits declared in the data sheet. The viewfinder feels like you don't have it since how bright it is! The ease with which you shoot is disarming, the robustness needless to say! The weight? Pure, it's heavy and certainly not an R to carry around, but safety is the reliability it gives you, they're priceless. You turn it on and KNOW it will turn on without any error message. If you have the ok of the fire SAI that it is in focus, there is no escape. The Af on the eye of the R's is fantastic, but those who, like me, use them for work, know well that on those rare occasions when they can't find it, they wander over the subject in search of the eye, and when they do, the accuracy suffers a lot. With the 1dx of course it can't happen and that's a good thing. The battery lasts no less than 4/5 thousand shots, compared to about 1200 of the R6; Basically with a 1DX battery I do 2 services. In those services where I am asked to send files in real time, I miss wi-fi, but you just need to know how to manage yourself to do everything very quickly anyway. In any case, CF cards do not facilitate the download of files on the move, but the 18 Megapixels of the 1dx, with a file of this quality, are really a pleasure to use from all points of view: they are not excessive, they are not very heavy and they have a quality that will not make you want any 24 Mpx or more machine at all. In fact, we are now able to zoom in by two or four times directly from the raw file, with a practically non-existent loss of quality. What disappointed me the most was the live view. Since 14fps is achieved with the mirror up, I knew I didn't have continuous autofocus, but I expected it to be faster in initial focusing. On the other hand, I have to note a certain slowness, a little tiring. On the video side we have a full HD of excellent workmanship, which with the right optics still bites a lot not making you regret a 4k. Of course you don't have the CLog, you don't have the 60 fps, but the files it churns out are fine for wedding, baptism, events such as 18th etc. Anyone who says you NEED 4k raw 444, 12bit 1Gbit/s, is lying, knowing they're lying. If you have to make movies it's one thing (and you don't take either the 1dx or Sony A4 etc), but if in the end the video goes on the TV even 4k 60", shooting an 8k raw it's like photographing your house cat with the 800 5.6. Want to have fun? Lifetime; do you NEED it? Certainly not! In the end I took it as a second body for R6, it ended up that for ease of use, reliability and the guarantee of the result it offers, it became the first body when I don't need streamlined portability at all costs. The Dx series, from 1 to 3, still offers the latest performance, unparalleled reliability and record-breaking longevity. sent on February 12, 2024 |
 | Canon EOS R6 Pros: Ergonomics, exceptional files, AF Cons: Nothing noteworthy Opinion: Purchased about six months ago for business use, I must say that I was impressed. I will not talk about how it works at 51,200 iso or how it recovers files taken 10 stops below. I use it for work and certainly not at -10 stops, but without a doubt the iso noise is not a problem for the R6, which holds up very well without worries at least up to 12,800. That said, we are in front of the same sensor as the 1Dx Mark III, and once you have it in your hands, it is not hard to believe it, just do some tests, take it out to work a little, to see the very high quality of the files it churns out, exactly like the 1Dx3. From my point of view the files are fantastic, a beautiful paste, a practically perfect color rendering and complexion, an ISO seal (12,800 safe) excellent. Coming from the series 1 I did not find major differences in the workability of the file, I found it very similar, so really good. Excellent ergonomics, I am a man of 110 kg and I hold it in my hand without any problem, without it being small or difficult to manage. The buttons are in the right place and practically all customizable. On the Dual pixel AF there is little to say, it hardly misses a shot. In short, excellent machine that I would buy again with my eyes closed! sent on May 02, 2023 |
 | Canon EF 135mm f/2.0 L USM Pros: Incredible optics, becomes stabilized with the current Mirrorless Cons: Management of a fixed 135 Opinion: Purchased in 2023, it is a lens that I have always craved and I have always waited to buy. I recently made the transition from Reflex to Mirrorless and I decided to make this purchase too. Obviously used. One of the most comfortable things about Mirrorless technology is the stabilization of the sensor, which gave me the opportunity to start seriously exploiting many fixed lenses by specifically choosing non-stabilized ones. I must say, that despite the project is from 1996, this perspective behaves very well even with modern machines (R6-R7), returning absolutely exceptional results. Precise focus, incredible sharpness, crazy colors, wonderful blur! From my point of view this perspective has no flaws, and what once could have been (lack of stabilization), with modern machines is solved beautifully. In fact, for those who use Mirrorless, you will obviously find a stabilized optics. The only real complication is the fact of being a fixed 135, not easy to manage in all situations, but this applies to any fixed lens. It must be said that we are faced with an optics intended for the portrait par excellence and, in my opinion, especially for half-length and close-up shots, even if in the whole figures it still manages to detach the subject from the background in an incredible way. The cleanliness of detail and the clarity of the images are really excellent, as well as the color rendering even in very difficult situations and with precise casts; The complexion is always very precise and the shades of color returned perfectly. Reading some other opinions around the web, some complained about the minimum focusing distance, but I find that 90 cm for a 135 mm is more than enough for the use for which it was built. In short, I was absolutely enthusiastic about the choice I finally managed to make, finding myself an incredible and moreover "stabilized" optics. Even on the R7 (32 megapixels on APS-C), it does not suffer at all from the density of the sensor (which for example the 24-105 L a little bit does) returning fantastic images! On the R6, instead, we are at poetry! As for the use for sports activities and action photography in general, I found the autofocus very fast, but its focal length makes it preferable for more indoor than outdoor use; If I had to photograph a volleyball game I would definitely choose it, for an 11-a-side football match I don't know. But in any case it is simply a matter of choosing the focal length, because for speed of focus and image rendering you go with your eyes closed. sent on May 01, 2023 |
 | Canon EOS R7 Pros: Very complete machine, has practically everything. Cons: APS-C (not necessarily a cons) Opinion: I'm slowly switching from Reflex to Mirrorless, and my first purchase was an R7; I state that I only use EF / EF-s optics with adapter. There is not much to say, from the point of view of color science a remarkable step forward has been made with mirrorless! That said, it is a machine that has practically everything: latest Digic X processor, 4k 60P video without time limits ne crop, C-Log 3, FHD 120P, 32 Mpx (for those interested in resolution), Af Dual Pixel 2 with human and animal eye recognition, 15 fps with the shutter and 30 without (which are then used little because of distortion), focus stacking directly in the car, fully touch articulated monitor, all customizable, double SD slot that can be set as you want, excellent grip even for larger hands (with my hands, the ring at the top falls perfectly where the thumb rests and I find it very useful), IBIS, HDR photos and videos, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, NFC, HDMI 4K 60p output, tropicalization... In short, everything. The only drawback, if you can say so, is the fact of being ASP-C; but it must be said that if it were Full Frame it would cost at least double; in fact, the R6 Mark II (€ 2,989 Canon Store) has many features already present on the R7: I refer to the video department that has the same Bitrate, the same C-Log 3, same AF deriving from the R3 as the R7, 4K video deriving from 6K as the R7 etc. We are talking about a very complete machine, from every point of view, with a burst with mechanical shutter second only to 1Dx3 and a buffer that in C-Raw exceeds 100 Raw without problems (!!!), while in Jpeg you get to exhaustion card (with fast cards). Being APS-C it can mount any lens without any reduction; if you put an APS-C lens on a Full Frame Mirrorless sensor, the camera will decrease the image resolution accordingly to compensate for the 1.6x factor of the lens. The fixed lenses not stabilized are a wonder: I have a 50 1.8 Stm and an 85 1.8 that seem on the tripod, both in photos and videos, with an excellent color rendering and detail! While with stabilized ones the IBIS works differently, compensating only for what does not do the goal. I'm finding myself very well, even if with the electronic viewfinder I still argue a bit, but if you are interested in buying an R7, for me you will not be absolutely disappointed. A different examination must be made for the high ISO that I no longer consider a reference value, especially given that in 2023 there are software that reduce noise in an embarrassing way. While the dynamic range is excellent in any situation, the high iso seal is typical of an APS-C, certainly always a span above APS-C of 2-3 years ago, but do not think that you cry miracle even with R6 or R5, which will have yes and no a stop of real advantage on R7. Up to 6400 you shoot as a few years ago with 5D3 to 3200 and so on, this for Raw and low illuminations; Jpeg are always very clean because the machine intervenes well in noise reduction, even at iso pushed. That said, on gloomy days, but always during the day, you can shoot at 12800 without too many problems if you need it; in the evening the speech changes, but also for Full Frame of any brand. sent on February 09, 2023 |
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