EOS-1D X Mirrorless - EOS-R Equivlent

[shadowsports]

Just a rumor, but an interesting one for sure.

https://www.canonrumors.com/canon-to-announce-eos-1d-x-equivalent-eos-r-system-camera-in-2021/

Make sure it has an articulating screen if/when it comes guys!

[Waddizzle]

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@John_SD wrote:

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@Waddizzle wrote:

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Nearly all of the professional action photographers I know shoot Manual with ISO Auto.  No one wants to let the camera control more than one leg of the Exposure Triangle.  And, everyone wants direct control over both SS and Av, so you let the camera handle ISO, especiallly under the widely varying light conditions you might experience when shooting wildlife or sports.

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Well, we don't generally deal with a lot of "varyingl light conditions" out in the Mojave. And at the tidepools, we are governed more by the low tide than we are the light, which has never given me a problem there, even at mid-day. I am not shooting sweeping ocean vistas at the tidepool. And I still wish I had an articulating screen for these environments, for obvious reasons. 

Very nice photo, by the way.

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Thanks.

I love having direct control over SS and Av so much that I shoot that way nearly all the time, especially handheld.  I have even given it a name, Exposure Priority, and save it as a custom shooting mode.  Instead of worrying about an ISO value, I dial in AEC if I need to control the final exposure.

I think you would find an articulating screen useful.  The biggest drawback to fully articulating is that it makes the camera wider.  For most my shooting scenarios, all I need is a tilt. Like said, I do like being able to “store” the screen.

[Waddizzle]

“Well, we don't generally deal with a lot of "varyingl light conditions" out in the Mojave.”

I forgot the most obvious cause of “varying light conditions” when shooting sports or wildlife. The variable aperture zoom lens.  My super telephoto zoom lenses do not have constant apertures.  As I vary the zoom, the aperture can vary by as much as 1/2 a stop.  

Using ISO Auto in M mode automatically corrects ISO for a proper exposure.  I do not need to adjust ISO as I change focal length, anymore.   I can devote my attention to the subjects, instead of operating the camera.

[RobertTheFat]

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@Waddizzle wrote:

“Well, we don't generally deal with a lot of "varyingl light conditions" out in the Mojave.”

I forgot the most obvious cause of “varying light conditions” when shooting sports or wildlife. The variable aperture zoom lens.  My super telephoto zoom lenses do not have constant apertures.  As I vary the zoom, the aperture can vary by as much as 1/2 a stop.  

Using ISO Auto in M mode automatically corrects ISO for a proper exposure.  I do not need to adjust ISO as I change focal length, anymore.   I can devote my attention to the subjects, instead of operating the camera.

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Well, yeah, but you said you prefer to keep the aperture and SS constant and let the ISO setting float. How do you do that with a variable-aperture zoom? Is the camera smart enough to realize that the lens can't meet the conditions that you set?

[Waddizzle]

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@RobertTheFat wrote:

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@Waddizzle wrote:

“Well, we don't generally deal with a lot of "varyingl light conditions" out in the Mojave.”

I forgot the most obvious cause of “varying light conditions” when shooting sports or wildlife. The variable aperture zoom lens.  My super telephoto zoom lenses do not have constant apertures.  As I vary the zoom, the aperture can vary by as much as 1/2 a stop.  

Using ISO Auto in M mode automatically corrects ISO for a proper exposure.  I do not need to adjust ISO as I change focal length, anymore.   I can devote my attention to the subjects, instead of operating the camera.

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Well, yeah, but you said you prefer to keep the aperture and SS constant and let the ISO setting float. How do you do that with a variable-aperture zoom? Is the camera smart enough to realize that the lens can't meet the conditions that you set?

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How?  Easy.  I just ignore the fact that I have a variable aperture zoom. 

The camera does not know, and does not care how the focal length is set.  All it knows is that it sees a change in aperture, and so it makes a change in ISO to bring the exposure back to 0 Ev.  If it sees a change in shutter speed, then it makes a change to ISO.  The OVF in the 7D2 in M mode seems designed to be used this way for action photography.

If the camera sees a change from the metering sensor, it adjusts the ISO back to a 0 Ev exposure.  If I want a -1 Ev exposure, then I dial in -1 AEC, and the ISO adjusts itself for that exposure just as it did for 0 Ev,  Again, I program the rear dial for AEC, and holding the [SET] button pressed for Av adjustment.  I save this as a custom shooting mode.  To me, it is exposure priority.