Warming Up

Spent last night fine-tuning the settings of the Canon R5 and I see myself getting more out of it compared to yesterday. The Sigma telelens combined with the RF-EF dapter seems to have issues with AF. I learned there are likely two issues, first AF pulsing and second a desync between the body image stabilization and the built-in lens one. Before trying out further I’ll update the firmware of the Sigma telelens, yes lenses have firmwares these days - what a time to be alive, and disable the body image stabilizer.

Canon · EOS R5 · 600mm · ƒ/6.3 · 1/2000s · ISO 200

This morning I captured this beautiful kestrel, one of the five I photographed earlier. They have left their nest by now and I can see them roaming around the village and the fields nearby. I think this is one of my top five shots since I started taking pictures. A pity I did not use f/8 for maximum sharpness. The Canon R5 is so versatile and I was able to get so much out of the RAW. I added the source picture at the end of this post for reference. This feels like black magic.

Canon · EOS R5 · 600mm · ƒ/6.3 · 1/2000s · ISO 200