EF 135mm f/2L USM is one of my absolute favourite lenses. For almost 20 years I have felt that putting it on any EOS camera made me try harder with my photography, and raise my game to do the lens justice. What’s remarkable is that this lens has been in the Canon lineup for so long. …
When I first saw the EOS R camera, it was fitted with a lens that I instantly thought was huge, and completely opposite to the idea that mirrorless cameras would mean smaller lighter camera bags. That lens was the RF 28-70mm F2L USM. Fast forward to 2022, and the lens is not any smaller or …
Last weekend saw the start of The Photography Show in Birmingham, UK. I was there delivering talks on the Canon Bitesize stage each day. On the Sunday I recorded my EOS R5/R6 AF setup talk so if you couldn’t get there, you can now watch the presentation. The video is a capture of the slides I …
Saving camera configuration to a memory card is one of the most useful features for all EOS R5 owners that’s added in the firmware 1.3.0 update. I’m pretty sure that many people who have the EOS R5 and primarily shoot stills will look at the great new video related capabilities with a little bit of a …
EOS cameras with clean HDMI output are ideal for live streaming to online platforms such as Youtube, Facebook and Twitch. The combination of large sensors, high sensitivity and lens quality means you get great pictures quality. But not all cameras make it simple or even possible. If you want to feed the video signal from …
Full-time manual focus is an EOS system feature that has existed since the earliest film EOS cameras. The idea is that once the camera has focused on a subject you might want to slightly move the focus yourself. What is full-time manual focus? The idea of full-time manual focus comes from the early days of …
Canon’s RF 85mm F2 Macro IS STM lens has replaced my oldest EF 85mm f/1.8 USM lens, which provided nearly 30 years of outstanding continuous service. The mirrorless revolution is spreading through my camera bag at a pace, with a new RF lens replacing my long lived and beloved EF 85mm f/1.8 USM. I’ve had …
EOS R6 and EOS R5 have amazing autofocus capability and I wanted to configure my EOS R6 autofocus controls to provide me with direct access. Here’s my custom buttons for EOS R6 / R5 AF. When the cameras first came out I thought that I’d simply move my extensive custom settings from the EOS R over …