| sent on May 25, 2024
Pros: Quality files.. light.. good simplicity of the menu.. Lots of features. Adapter EF/R .. really good autofocus.. touch screen really very responsive, like a high quality smartphone .. it also has the "focus stacking in camera" (final result only in jpg but saves the individual raw shots if you want to deal with the pc later) and the Pre-Burst in Raw and this is no small thing.. In addition, there is the Dual Pixel Raw which, combined with the crop of the sensor to bring the typical image closer to an APSC, gives you a file of almost 30MB but can only be used with slow shooting speed
Cons: Leaving aside the battery life. the feeling of fragility... the awkward position of some buttons and the aperture ring, the impossibility of storing raw continuous shooting and pre-burst both in M/AV/TV/FV and in the personal settings C1 and C2, (in fact when you turn off the camera or switch to another mode, you deactivate the function and you have to go back to the menu to reactivate it ..) The menu button is in an awkward position to recall which forces you to use 2 hands during crosshair programming. (it was enough to put it next to the trash button .. those who make machines do not use machines .. !) or the slow buffer. : the things that I consider most negative is the high and fast overheating of the machine .. and therefore also the warranty extension that was not made for the R8, so 2 years and then you hope ... and the curtain that even if it is there, does not close, a perfect idea to make the sensor gather dust every time you change lenses.
Opinion: After understanding the menu.. have customized it in the best possible way to be able to use it quickly (and you can do it with the possibility of customizing the trio of rear buttons and the 4 of the pad) The photographic result is remarkable .. the pre-shot is effective and does not distort the images, but sometimes there are lines on the tips of the wings that had moved quickly, it seems to be because of the Red out. The burst speed is remarkable. It does not have stabilization but this was known and the controls are not very comfortable. for example the autofocus lock button is uncomfortable and the aperture ring is very uncomfortable, but I imagine that you will get used to it, for now I have not succeeded.. The resistance to high iso is more than good.. With long telephoto lenses it needs the Battery grip that Canon has not provided, because by putting the SD card where the battery is, you would have to remove it to change the card. And so the contacts are different from any other EOS SLR camera. and this has also limited the third-party battery grip that exists but which only has the shutter button and to make it work it must be connected to the camera by a cable between remote control connection and battery grip and you have the advantage of the 2 batteries, since with one you have a really low autonomy and if you use a fluid viewfinder, Focus preview, screen etc etc gets really short. The focus is a huge leap in quality compared to for example an EOS 5 Mark 3 and the pre-shooting is remarkable and this must be emphasized ... Unfortunately it has some limitations and a couple of problems in my opinion immense.. The first is the write speed on the SD card which even with a Sony touhg of 300mb/s leaves the machine unusable for well over 10 seconds after each burst of about 2 seconds with pre-release .. So this is something that needs to be evaluated. While the second (for which I contacted canon who replied that they sell a lot .. so according to that principle the problem for them does not exist ..) is that the R8 overheats like a scare in a short time and freezes the camera .. And after that it becomes a fight between turn off and turn on and shoot, turn off wait , turn on and shoot. Day with 23/24 degrees at 16 after an hour two of the 4 red bars of the thermometer were on and the camera locked the image in the viewfinder and no longer clicked .. and under the screen the plastic was very hot... so I had to turn off the car and wait 10 minutes, then the 2 red bars disappeared .. while the white ones were still lit, I could use it for another 10 minutes. and the temperature rose again. then after about 1 hour and 30 minutes of use the battery ran out and I suspended the session. RCE from which I got it new told me to describe the problem in an email that Canon heard, because according to them it could be or not normal. The problem addressed in the topic entitled "Canon EOS R8 Overheats" suggests that such a powerful processor in such a small body is inevitable to overheat and if you use subject-finding focus or pre-shooting (as for example in birdlife) or dual pixel raw or even the fluid viewfinder, the temperature rises quickly, not to mention the use under the sun (Piedmontese not desert) In short, thanks to the r8 I discovered what makes a sensor or the camera overheat more generally: So in order I think of importance are :P burst, focus, high iso, dual pixel raw and smooth viewfinder .. To improve the problem, you can keep the screen door open or at least undocked. and avoid energy-intensive functions. moreover, with a fan that is applied instead of the screen that at this point must be left open, you can lower it quite quickly, but it is not comfortable. ! Then the curtain does not close when it is turned off and when you change the lens the sensor gets dirty easily Very easily. |
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