I have the RAW, friend, he most certainly is 😊

I'm sorry to hear the trouble. I have not upgraded my firmware to that version yet and don't recall having any issues making updates back when I was using my Sigma. I'd try to roll it back, hopefully it gets better!

​@@BeOkayPhotography Thanks

It renders detail beautifully for sure, I can absolutely tell the difference!

Hi! I say, if you can figure out how to work it and get good shots, that's all that matters! To me, working with any gear comes down to familiarity and compromise 🙂

That's an awesome story! I'm glad he overcame it! Just gotta do whatever you can to press on and find things that make you happy 🙂

I got it for birding for the most part, but you are so right about the macro-ish shots. I've taken some recent butterfly/wildflower photos that I absolutely love. The minimum focus is less than half of my of my previous lens. Very versatile indeed!

I loved my sigma because it allowed me to capture things I never could before, but you are absolutely right, the 100-500 performs so much better, wonderful lens!

Oh awesome! Going from 200 to 500 is going to be life changing for you for wildlife!! Congrats 🎉 Let us know how it goes!

@@BeOkayPhotography Thank you, and I will. I can’t find any videos about how an EOS R pairs with the RF 100-500mm. So I aim to make one. 😎

​@@TC_Connerthat's a great point. I only used the sigma on my R before I switched bodies. Well, two sigmas as I had the much maligned 120-400 for a bit before the 150-600C I'll sub and def watch when you put it out!

@@BeOkayPhotography Why that's awful nice of ya brother! Much appreciate the sub!

Hi, I would LOVE more light, but I just have no way of paying for more. The good thing is I can still get good shots on the R5 at 12800 or even 25600 if the conditions and my exposure are just right so it's definitely less of an issue with that body. I also find that using a lighter lens has made it much easier to go birding and shoot for longer, so weight absolutely matters if you're hiking around looking for subjects. More opportunities is the name of the game as far as I'm concerned! And finally, I was holding off on the 1.4x extender until later this year, but I went ahead and got one because I'm just a few miles from the path of eclipse totality here in a few days and wanted to get more magnification. I'm going to make a video on it soon! I'm excited to use the 700mm extended reach on birds too and am not too concerned with the f9/f10, if that helps guide you on the 7.1. When it gets too dark, I switch to shooting video at 1/120 SS anyway to adapt to poor lighting. Let me know what you end up doing!

Thank you so much for your response. Yes weight is an issue and more opportunities are preferable ie. I'm not getting shots with the lens sitting in the cupboard. I'm very tempted. Thank again. @@BeOkayPhotography

@@zih5903 I bet the IQ on that 500 f4 is amazing though, despite the size

@BeOkayPhotography yeah it's OK 😀

Belated congratulations on the acquisition. As you're very familiar with the Sigma, could it be that it's best to use with DSLRs. Maybe it's not optimized for mirrorless hence the pulsing issues and slow focusing at times? Would love to hear your thoughts. Thanks

For sure, subject matters. I've gotten some very close small bird photos recently with the lens as well. Wildlife is situational by nature so some days you have what is required, and some days you don't. I went ahead and got the 1.4x TC for the eclipse recently so I am now capable of 700mm which has been a very nice improvement. In most situations I encounter, that is plenty of reach for me! But 800+ is fantastic!

Hey! I sold this lens to MPB. I've sold to KEH as well, running an instant quote on each site is worth it to see who will pay out more for a given item 👍

That's awesome, I would have gone with an R7 if I didn't need full frame for my business. That crop reach is surely fantastic with this lens!

@@BeOkayPhotography You can pick up an R7 for around $1000 now new. Very very worth it. I have both the R7 and R5. I have the 100-500 glued to the R7 most of the time as I find the IQ to be fantastic and very similar to the R5. Video on the R7 is also very similar. Be on the lookout for something like Ebay/Paypal 24 month interest free deals if financing is an issue. If you got that, you'd only pay like $42 or so a month with no interest. I've been doing that for 6 years now.

So I wasn't going to upgrade my wildlife lens, then black Friday came, and I got the 100-500 refurbed for the same price as the 200-800 which hadn't been released yet. I shoot any kind of birds too, including small ones 🙂

For me, this is the best lens I’ve owned. It light, weather proofed, and sharp. The min. focus distance allow for some amazing macro-ish shots. At 100mm, you can shoot good landscapes too. Wide open and sharp at 7.1 does sometimes bring in some high iso or noise that is so easily resolved these days with software. It ridiculously versatile and a great hiking lens! I don’t want to carry TC, tripods , or even monopods most of the time. Personally just I don’t want to carry anymore weight. I shoot the R5 today am very curious to see what crop modes Canon will give us in the R5 ii or even R7 ii. I’d like more reach “ in camera”!

Sounds interesting, message my IG @be_okay_photography and we can chat about it, thanks!

Maybe you watched at a lower resolution, I have the original files, and it's tack sharp 🙂👍

I think that'll be my next purchase, perhaps later this year. I bought a refurbished R6 as well when I picked up the 100-500, Canon's black Friday deals were truly fantastic, so I need to wait a bit. Definitely heard great things about the 1.4x with this lens. I would have gotten the R7 if I didn't need full frame for my various paid work. I miss that extra crop reach haha

@@BeOkayPhotography I think that's a good choice. The TC definitely exceeded my expectations, at least with RF 100-500, and I prefer the combination to the 800 mm F11 prime or the new 200-800 mm F6.3-9. Since the minimum focus distance (0.9m) is preserved, you also get a nice macro option. The only negative is the fact that you can't collapse it below 300 mm because of the physical design, but I tend to use it at full zoom anyway. Good luck with it.

​@@wellingtoncrescent2480 I'd heard about the odd design that removes wide end of the zoom, but like you said, 95% of the time I'm using the long end anyway so I don't think it'll keep me from eventually getting the TC. My Sigma may as well have been welded at 600mm except for a handful of exceptions 😂

@@BeOkayPhotography You're right; I don't find it limiting when using the lens, but it also keeps the lens from collapsing fully when I put it in my camera bag. It's a minor inconvenience, but I had to replace my camera bag to allow for the extended length.

Fair criticism of Canon's system. But 6.3 is hardly FAST by comparison. My R5 and R6 both have amazing low light capabilities so I'm not too concerned. Going back to a 95mm front element seems crazy now after going to such a smaller form factor. I can leave my tripod in the car now on most hikes which is a big deal for me. The Nikon is as heavy as the sigma I just got rid of, I'm glad it works for you, but for just a few hundred more, I got a step change in image quality and auto focus capabilities. The internal zoom is really cool.

You’re taking about a one third of a stop difference… plus the Canon is way lighter. On top of that, the Canon is slightly sharper throughout the whole zoom range than the Nikon.

This was just a sample he used to show the bokeh in both the foreground and background and to show the image quality heavily cropped. This image worked well for that purpose.

🙌 I greatly appreciate such kind words!

Great point, struggling to hold up a big heavy lens is going to eventually overtake even the best IS.

Using the RF 50 1.2 lens hood on the 100-500 is also good. The rig with a battery grip at one end and the smaller lens hood at the other means the whole caboodle fits in a backpack without reversing dismounting or any other faff.

I bet that extra reach is awesome on the R7! I make my money shooting real estate so I avoided the crop body even though I'd love to shoot with an R7. You know, I had to do some comparison when you said that, but that "Cooper's" was just too big to be a merlin. BUT I haven't seen a merlin in person (for certain anyway lol) so I'm still doing some looking at my images. Thanks for the heads up!

That 200-800 was tempting, but I saw that refurbed L go down to the exact same cost, and I couldn't resist! 600mm is great, ngl, but I think I made the right choice 🙂

@@BeOkayPhotography I saw in another review that when you actually compare the 200-600 sony and the 100-500 canon, to get the same field of view as 500 on the Canon you have to go 525 on the sony so in reality you're losing only 75mm reach. Though I don't know about the tamron / sigma ones

​@@jcloiseauyou know I'd seen somewhere about the sigma actually being closer to 550mm, along those same lines. I can't find that info anymore, but it sounds like there is definitely something to variation in focal length and angle of view between manufacturers.

The thing about reach is, when you need it, you need it.

​@@alansach8437that is a tough fact to argue with lol, I'm with you. It is the only thing I'm not happy with. However, I will lose some shots from lack of reach and gain some others through the stabilization and AF improvements. Just a choice of compromise that'll play out in the field 👍