Originally posted by BigMackCam Agreed. In fact, with my Hasselblad HV, it's not possible to input the focal length for non-native lenses, so when I'm shooting those I have to disable stabilisation - and it rarely, if ever, causes me any problem... though I do sometimes have to shoot at higher ISO settings than I would with my A7 MkII with stabilisation running...
Furtunate that these days high ISO is good even on crop cameras.
Regarding this EOS R camera, there are 3 things that interests me:
1. Eye af. As I understood from internet, Canon said that they will update the firmware in late October and eye af will be available in Ai Servo also (Ai Servo is the equivalent of AF-C). At the release of the camera the eye af was available only in AF-S.
2. EVF - as much as I like mirrorless cameras, EVF gives me headaches. Except the EVF from A9, the other EVF from mirrorless cameras that I've tried didn't worked for me. Nikon and Canon said that their EVF are better than competition so this will be the first thing that I will test as soon as the EOS R will be available for rent.
3. Adaptors - if the af won't suffer when the adapter is added, then this is going to be a real benefit for the ones who have a lot of EF lenses from their DSLRs. I mean, with the adapters I will have that ring which is programable (I can change aperture, ISO, etc.) and I will also have ND filters and polarising filters with any lens mounted on camera.
I admit that for the moment I rather see this camera as a second camera for my 5D Mark IV rather than a replacement but I'm also waiting too see the other model that Canon said will hit the market in a few months.
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Originally posted by Rondec Well, you can actually shoot f2 and f1.2 lenses at other apertures than f2 and f1.2. I mainly use image stabilization with wider angles when I'm shooting landscape and want to drag my shutter a bit -- say shooting a waterfall at 1/8 second or a night scene and trying to keep iso as low as possible.
I rather use a light tripod or a monopod in those situation, but again, I understand your point of view.
Originally posted by Rondec As to why those lenses don't have stabilization, I think they are probably big enough and complex enough without sticking stabilization in them. And most non-telephoto primes have not traditionally been stabilized either.
I don't think size or complexity of the lenses have to do with adding or not image stabilisation. The examples than comes to my mind are 70-200mm lenses (the f2.8 and the f4 versions). Canon has them with and without image stabilisation and there are identical in terms of size and optical performance.
Canon added stabilisation in the new released 85mm f1.4L lens and I'm waiting to see if the new 135mm f2 will have IS also.