topic Re: EOS R7 and EOS R5 RF100-500mm RF70-200mm usmz-grainy, crappy shots in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

EOS R7 and EOS R5 RF100-500mm RF70-200mm usmz-grainy, crappy shots

Ceddy — Sun, 10 May 2026 21:39:50 GMT

Hi, I have a Canon R7 and R5 paired with Rf100-500mm and Rf70-200mm usmz, and I am struggling at getting good captures. I shoot wildlife and used to shoot with the Canon 6d mkii and Tamron 150-600mm g2, and produced very good (not professional grade but for my level, very good without editing) and now 90% of my shots are grainy, noisy. I know it's a vague question but any feedback on what could be happening, settings, etc.? I get it if I were at a high IS, low light, or blurred photos however it's grainy and not crisp on nearly everything I shoot. I was trying to upload some pictures for examples but my files are too big. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. If I need to upload some samples, I will try and resize some samples. Thank you in advance!

Re: EOS R7 and EOS R5 RF100-500mm RF70-200mm usmz-grainy, crappy shots

Peter — Sun, 10 May 2026 22:21:41 GMT

Use a file host, keep the metadata intact. Or just share some raw files.

Re: EOS R7 and EOS R5 RF100-500mm RF70-200mm usmz-grainy, crappy shots

Ceddy — Sun, 10 May 2026 22:42:08 GMT

It won't let me share a RAW file so I will try the other suggestion. Thank you!

Re: EOS R7 and EOS R5 RF100-500mm RF70-200mm usmz-grainy, crappy shots

Ceddy — Sun, 10 May 2026 22:49:33 GMT

Re: EOS R7 and EOS R5 RF100-500mm RF70-200mm usmz-grainy, crappy shots

Ceddy — Sun, 10 May 2026 22:53:32 GMT

shot at 1/1600th, ISO3200, 35mm focal length (which I don't get since I was on a 70-200mm), f7.1

Re: EOS R7 and EOS R5 RF100-500mm RF70-200mm usmz-grainy, crappy shots

shadowsports — Sun, 10 May 2026 23:24:12 GMT

Greetings,

Not sure where the 35mm focal length is coming from 🤔. Using a file sharing service as my colleague recommended will allow us to look at your RAW files more closely.

Initial thoughts. There's no reason to be shooting a stationary subject at 1/1600 of a second at an ISO of 3200.

Re: EOS R7 and EOS R5 RF100-500mm RF70-200mm usmz-grainy, crappy shots

deebatman316 — Sun, 10 May 2026 23:33:39 GMT

@shadowsports I think the OP might mean the 35mm equivalent. Once you apply the crop factor. Some EXIF programs will have a section that says “35mm equivalent focal length”. This often shows up when I use my EOS 40D. But it doesn’t appear for my EOS 5D Mark IV because it’s Full Frame. Which has a 1x crop factor.

Re: EOS R7 and EOS R5 RF100-500mm RF70-200mm usmz-grainy, crappy shots

FloridaDrafter — Sun, 10 May 2026 23:39:40 GMT

@Ceddy wrote:

It won't let me share a RAW file so I will try the other suggestion. Thank you!

I'm not putting words in Peters mouth, but I don't think he meant for you to post a Raw file here. As he stated, use a file host like Drop Box or some other file sharing site to post a Raw file. As mentioned, keep the EXIF data intact and make sure it is downloadable without us needing a password.

Newton

Re: EOS R7 and EOS R5 RF100-500mm RF70-200mm usmz-grainy, crappy shots

FloridaDrafter — Sun, 10 May 2026 23:46:02 GMT

@Ceddy wrote:

shot at 1/1600th, ISO3200, 35mm focal length (which I don't get since I was on a 70-200mm), f7.1

Here is the EXIF data for the owl you posted. Other than having heavy backlight, it doesn't look as bad as you describe. At least, it's what I would expect with the R7 and the apparent conditions 🙂

Newton

Re: EOS R7 and EOS R5 RF100-500mm RF70-200mm usmz-grainy, crappy shots

stevet1 — Mon, 11 May 2026 00:07:13 GMT

Ceddy,

I might ask what focus mode you are using. Is it single point, or something else?

Steve Thomas

Re: EOS R7 and EOS R5 RF100-500mm RF70-200mm usmz-grainy, crappy shots

FloridaDrafter — Mon, 11 May 2026 00:32:03 GMT

Steve, for the posted image the OP is using Spot AF in Servo with animal tracking and eye = auto.

Newton

Re: EOS R7 and EOS R5 RF100-500mm RF70-200mm usmz-grainy, crappy shots

Ceddy — Mon, 11 May 2026 01:44:38 GMT

Would that be a realistic issue that could be causing my "grainy" appearance is that I have my shutter speed too high?

Re: EOS R7 and EOS R5 RF100-500mm RF70-200mm usmz-grainy, crappy shots

Ceddy — Mon, 11 May 2026 02:08:15 GMT

Oh, wait, I posted the wrong example, this was the R7 with rf100-500mm. I do have the 70-200 with a 1.4tc on the r5, with grainy results as well. ugh...my questions remain the same, however.

Re: EOS R7 and EOS R5 RF100-500mm RF70-200mm usmz-grainy, crappy shots

Ceddy — Mon, 11 May 2026 01:47:14 GMT

Ok, I am very amateur in the photography world- so all of that is totally greek to me, so I will do what I can. Can you see the picture at all that I uploaded? I was able to re-size the photo.

Re: EOS R7 and EOS R5 RF100-500mm RF70-200mm usmz-grainy, crappy shots

Ceddy — Mon, 11 May 2026 01:50:09 GMT

Thank you for the encouraging words, however, maybe I will need to add a different example. I am thinking maybe Shadowsports addressed my concern also by stating that I am set at 1/1600th on a static object.

Re: EOS R7 and EOS R5 RF100-500mm RF70-200mm usmz-grainy, crappy shots

Ceddy — Mon, 11 May 2026 01:51:09 GMT

Should I not be doing that?

Re: EOS R7 and EOS R5 RF100-500mm RF70-200mm usmz-grainy, crappy shots

Ceddy — Mon, 11 May 2026 01:55:39 GMT

Should I not be using those settings together? Is OP mean operator? I am so NEW at this!!!! Thanks for your input and time!

Re: EOS R7 and EOS R5 RF100-500mm RF70-200mm usmz-grainy, crappy shots

Ceddy — Mon, 11 May 2026 02:12:01 GMT

Servo, spot auto focus

Re: EOS R7 and EOS R5 RF100-500mm RF70-200mm usmz-grainy, crappy shots

deebatman316 — Mon, 11 May 2026 02:42:03 GMT

@Ceddy which 70-200mm lens EF or RF. Is this the F/2.8 or F/4 version of the lens. Also is this the Canon brand mount adapter. Adding a teleconverter you loose light and you add extra glass. Teleconverters aren’t that great. It takes a performance hit to the lens and AF system. The lens will focus slower and you loose light. Ie a 1.4x teleconverter you loose 1 stop of light. If an EF version are you using the Canon brand teleconverter. Also which model of it are you using. I believe Canon made 3 versions of the 1.4x & 2x teleconverter.

Re: EOS R7 and EOS R5 RF100-500mm RF70-200mm usmz-grainy, crappy shots

Waddizzle — Mon, 11 May 2026 11:36:59 GMT

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Initial thoughts. There's no reason to be shooting a stationary subject at 1/1600 of a second at an ISO of 3200. “

I always photograph stationary wildlife at high shutter speeds, especially the small ones. Many times they are still because they are frozen with fear, and are quivering or micro shaking. I suspect the high ISO is a side effect from the lens.

To the OP, Ceddy. I suggest that you stop using Spit AF. Using it doesn’t cause the camera to focus more accurately. What it does is reduce the size of the focus area the camera uses. This increases your odds of missing focus.