Canon R7 For Bird Photography | Photographing Kingfishers | ADOBE Lightroom Workflow | Buffer & ISO

[@donaldwesson7398]

Thanks. Just a good ole fashioned review. All I need. Thanks

[@RichardBirchett]

Thanks very much for commenting and watching Donald, glad you found it useful. All the best Richard 👍

[@KGsPhotography]

Thanks Richard a really interesting watch. I have been trying out my RF 100-500 with the R5 this weekend. I have noticed there is a massive improvement in the focusing capability compared to when I had been using the 100-400 EF lens on the R5, I guess this is similar to what you have mentioned with the R7 and EF Lenses. Really pleased with the 100-500 so far 🙂. Cheers Keith

[@RichardBirchett]

Nice one Keith, I think your going to love it! So versatile and with the 1-5 zoom range it's great for most situations and the AF paired with the R system is superb! Cheers R

[@johndoe-nh9sh]

Great shots 👍When shooting birds like kingfisher which return to the same perch I choose a small AF point and position it on the perch, register that AF point, then set another button like AE-L to 'activate registered AF-point' so if the camera loses the perch pressing AE-L activates that small AF point and the perch snaps back in.

[@RichardBirchett]

Thanks John, and a great tip thanks very much indeed! They are such amazing birds to watch and photograph, I'll look in to registering some next time I head out. Cheers Richard 👍

[@robbieallcock]

Looks like a great addition to the bag Rich! Some great photos 👍

[@RichardBirchett]

Thanks Rob, it's great for the price and nice and lightweight! Hope you're keeping well mate. Cheers Rich👍

[@nsbhagwat]

Thanks for the video. Blue eared kingfisher at 8:00 was sweet.

[@RichardBirchett]

My pleasure and thanks for watching and commenting. All the best Richard 👍

[@richardpill8322]

Thanks Richard, very interesting. Look forward to seeing some action shots! All the best

[@RichardBirchett]

Cheers Richard, hope to get back down and nail some diving shots with it this week! All the best Rich👍

[@deerohdeer8000]

Again find this interesting even though I do filming more !! But I totally get for the price range you can’t go wrong with a R7!!! But also some great captures!! The best part of it all was to see the Browning Trail Camera behind you in your office there lol !!!! Cheers again Richard!👍👍

[@RichardBirchett]

Thanks Craig, your a star, not a photographer and you always support me and the channel which is awesome! Yep, thanks to you and your recommend for the trail cameras, they really are the best I've ever used. Cheers R 👍

[@dalepowell5368]

Been waiting for this one, as KFs are my main target and I have an R7 on preorder, for use with EF glass. The AF seems very impressive. The R7 will be a back up to my 5Div but I am really looking forward to that AF and 15 fps. Lovely images, thanks for sharing this.

[@RichardBirchett]

Thanks Dale, what a great target species they are, so looking forward to the changing seasons photographing them. I'm chuffed to bits with it so far and to have the EF lenses work so well with the 'R' system. The mechanical shutter is a bit noisy but I really only shoot in electronic now. My pleasure, best of luck with yours and thanks again for watching. Cheers Rich👍

[@VinceMaidens]

Did the same this weekend, funny enough with the 600 at 1344mm... If you can get them in frame, it's incredible

[@RichardBirchett]

Nice one Vince, such a great reach and if the stars align it all comes together, lol.. Cheers R 😀👍

[@chosenbydesign9007]

Thank you for the video and your tests with the R7, It is a wonderful tool to use. ( for the fellow with the freezing up anomaly; might be due to the contacts being not absolutely clean; this is from my personal experience using Nikon, Sony and Canon. a number 2 pencil eraser usually solved my issues. ) Also, beautiful images. Thank you for sharing it with us and the world.

[@RichardBirchett]

Thanks for the info on the contacts, a really good point and is often the problem with camera to lens communication. I'm really pleased with it and for the price it's a welcome tool in my camera bag. Cheers for watching and taking the time to leave a comment. Cheers Rich 👍

[@simeonbennettphotography]

Great video Richard 👏 👏 👏

[@RichardBirchett]

Glad you enjoyed it Simeon, cheers R👍

[@tintin69rr]

Nice one I just had my1st session yesterday with the kingfisher and a ef 500mm f4 is set up on a gimbal head on a monopod and after near 5 hours walking around local ponds and canals I managed 1 minute with a kingfisher before it flew off no dives but I did manage to check how stable I could hold that set up shooting bursts in raw and craw to try get the iso as low as possible I started off at 1/800 sec and around 3200 iso 1/600 at 2000 iso I managed to get down to 1/30 at 100 iso lol yeah a lot of unusable images but out of a burst of 41 images Managed one fairly decent shot coming from a R6 to the R7 the r6 low light capabilities has spoilt me where if I had held onto my old 7dmk2 straight onto the R7 I guess I’d be over the moon lol . Was yiu shooting in silent or electronic 1st curtain I was in1st curtain Look forward to checking out more of your videos 👍

[@RichardBirchett]

Lovely to hear your experience so far with the R7, and to get a sighting of the Kingfisher in the end makes it all worth while.The R6 would obviously be far better in low light and the R7 is noisy at higher ISO's but I love the camera and it works well in most situations and the extra reach is a nice to have, as it the large MP sensor.I was shooting all electronic and haven't even used Mechanical on my R7 or R3, maybe I should give it a go. Thanks again for subscribing and leaving a comment it's always appreciated. Cheers Rich👍

[@tintin69rr]

@@RichardBirchett I had bad rolling shutter with bird in flight on the r6 which put me off it’s just the noise on the r7 is much louder I’m just hoping canon get the R7 mk2 right make it a pro level apsc with a stacked sensor and back to r6 button layout with the 3 wheels 🤞🤞🤞

[@RichardBirchett]

@@tintin69rr let’s hope so, I’m enjoying the R7 but it obviously has limitations but for most part I like it and for the price it’s pretty decent. Cheers R 👍

[@Rob.1340]

Thanks Richard. Don’t shoot cannon but still interesting. The eye tracking looks great. Thanks again. All the best. 👍📷😎

[@RichardBirchett]

Thanks Rob, so impressed with the new tech from Canon and I'd imagine others are with their Camera manufacturers. We are spoilt these days! Cheers Rich👍

[@andygray7776]

Really useful video, thank you Richard. I am hoping to get an R7 as a backup camera to my R5 and to give me a bit more reach on occasion. I like your office set up, if you happen to remember where you got them could, you let me know where you got the risers underneath your computer monitors?

[@RichardBirchett]

Thanks Andy, Really glad you found it useful. It's a great camera for the money and quite a bit inside and since the latest firmware update 1.5.0 has really improved the AF and a few of the bugs, did a video on it recently. Of course, it's all Ikea including the monitor supports. Cheers Rich 👍

[@andygray7776]

@@RichardBirchett Thanks Rich. I’ve got a local Ikea so I’ll check them out! I’ll also watch your video on firmware, 1.5.0 👍

[@RichardBirchett]

@@andygray7776 No worries Andy, best of luck and I hope the firmware makes a difference. Cheers R

[@craigmaisfield3247]

Great Review mate.

[@RichardBirchett]

Cheers mate, hope your keeping well👍

[@deegreen3351]

Some good shots there, R7 seems to have great AF functions for its price. Maybe be worth trying the Raw Burst/Pre shooting mode for perched birds, see if that’s any good? Cheers

[@RichardBirchett]

Hi Dee, great point and I'll give that a go this week all being well, still getting use to the functions but quite impressed so far despite some limitations! Thanks again for watching. Rich👍

[@carolineanderson5326]

Hi Richard. Another Great video. Impressed with the eye tracking through the reeds. Out of curiosity, as I have an R6, what settings do you use for eye tracking?

[@RichardBirchett]

Hi Caroline, thanks very much for watching and I am so impressed with the animal eye AF! I have it currently set to Case mode 2, keep tracking the subject ignoring possible obstacles, but I do have some other manual settings for certain situations. Thanks again Rich👍

[@user-kk9cw]

Look forward to seeing further results. Looks like ISO1200+ noise becomes an issue (back of one kingfisher in one shot in particular) would be interested to see if Topaz sorts that out. Overall really enjoyed video thank you. J

[@pauldavidesposti6957]

I've recently learned what a poor job Lightroom actually does with Canon RAW/cRAW files. Using DxO PureRAW 2 makes a huge difference and removes a significant amount of noise before you even start processing in Lightroom. The only drawback (other than the price) would be file size since DxO converts to DNG and can triple it or more.

[@RichardBirchett]

Thanks for watching J and for the question regarding noise. Topaz has cleared it up really well and I'm impressed how it processed it in the resulting image. Really appreciate the comments. All the best Rich 👍

[@RichardBirchett]

Haven't tried DxO P/R yet as they don't have it for the R3 or R7 yet which is a pain. Agree L/R is a bit poor when it comes to C-RAW. Cheers for watching Paul 👍

[@pauldavidesposti6957]

@@RichardBirchett Actually it's been updated, for the R7 at least which is what I've been shooting with (thought it does seem to have a different algorithm for every body/lens combination, so they may not have upadted for every possible combo yet). It works very well, I would say even better than DeNoise.

[@RichardBirchett]

@@pauldavidesposti6957 Thats great news, I purchased it when I got the R3 and it didn't have the update, lol... then my licence ran out so waited until it was updated! will have to give it a go again. Cheers R

[@noelchignell1048]

Interesting video Richard, have you experimented with heif files at all ? I've heard that they're almost as flexible as raw/craw but much smaller so it would give a much better buffer but still pretty decent for editing Thanks Noel

[@RichardBirchett]

Hi Noel, another great point and I haven't but I will do at some point very soon, it's not a format I have used before but looking forward to trying it. Thanks for pointing it out for me. Cheers Rich 👍

[@noelchignell1048]

@@RichardBirchett article explaining file formats/compression en.canon-cna.com/pro/infobank/image-file-types/#:~:text=HEIF%20files%20are%2010%2Dbit%20files%2C%20which%20means%20they%20can,up%20to%204%20trillion%20colours. eosR7 user manual (page 943 shows burst rates for each file format) cam.start.canon/en/C005/manual/c005.pdf

[@-WhizzBang-]

Good video. I am using the Sigma 100-400mm, and I was thinking about the R7, but I am worried about quality and performance loss using the adapter to fit the Sigma on the R7!

[@RichardBirchett]

Thanks very much ,for watching, are you currently able to use the Sigma 100-400 on the R7? Not sure if you can use the EF to RF with a Sigma mounted. I can check if it helps? Cheers R

[@-WhizzBang-]

@@RichardBirchett I don;t have the R7 yet. But from what I have read, it is fully compatible with EF and EF-S lenses using the Canon adapter. I have seen a few videos with people using EF Zoom lenses on the R7 and they seemed to work just fine!

[@-WhizzBang-]

@@RichardBirchett I am currently using the Canon 90D, and I love it. But the 30FPS constant shutter speed, the fast AF Tracking and the built in photo stacking for Macro photography is what appeals to me the most for the R7. My favorite types of photography are Wildlife, Macro and Astro Photography, And the R7 has the same 32.5 MP sensor as the 90D, so I wouldn't have to worry about lower resolution

[@RichardBirchett]

@@-WhizzBang- I know you can use the EF lenses but you’ve said can you use a sigma 100-400 lens and didn’t mention Canon? Not sure if you meant canon. Cheers R

[@RichardBirchett]

@@-WhizzBang- sounds great, I’m sure you won’t be disappointed with it for Astro, not heard of people testing it for Astro but with a great sensor I’m sure it will be great. Cheers R

[@stephenburch9178]

It would be interesting if you could try the pre-capture option for a Kingfisher diving off the perch. For such a fast moving subject there must be a strong possibility of rolling shutter effects given the R7's limitations due to its relatively slow sensor readout speed. I'm not clear what effect the camera orientation would have on this. Would portrait or landscape offer the better chance of success?

[@RichardBirchett]

Great point Stephen I will have to check out that file format. Regarding the rolling electronic shutter, most people are likely to choose the mechanical shutter for action. At 15 fps, the frame rate of the mechanical shutter should be "fast enough" for most people. Unfortunately, the mechanical shutter is also loud for a mirrorless camera. A bit more investigation and testing is needed. Thanks for watching. Cheers R

[@stephenburch9178]

@@RichardBirchett In general I'd agree about using the mechanical shutter for action. However I think the pre-capture option forces use of the electronic shutter. I'm still waiting my R7 so can't be sure though! Any week now, I'm told....

[@RichardBirchett]

Indeed, fingers crossed you get it soon! I’ve heard there is quite the wait. Cheers Rich

[@stevemurnan1702]

I think the file format for precapture isn't a standard RAW file that can be processed directly by LR or any other package. A friend of mine has an R7 and there's some sort of pre processing or jpeg conversion from what he was saying. The OM-1 can shoot 120fps without AF or 50fps with eye AF and standard RAW or jpegs. They call it Procapture and it works really well. It's one of those features on a camera that you think is a gimmick until you use it. I wouldn't buy a camera without it now. It's good to see Canon shooters have the option of this with the R7.

[@RichardBirchett]

@@stevemurnan1702 thanks very much for your reply Steve, I was replying to 2 of your messages the other day and they disappeared, any idea what happened? Cheers Rich 👍

[@craigferguson6395]

Might be KZbin but those do not look sharp at all. I would have binned them. Considering the glass you are using these look poor but as i mentioned that might be down to youtube.

[@RichardBirchett]

Might very well be KZbin, we’re you watching in FHD/4K. I was happy with them on screen and once printed but appreciate your comment Craig. All the best & happy Christmas 👍

[@colintraveller]

What made you go for the R3 .. and not a Hasselblad dare i say .

[@RichardBirchett]

Used Canon for over 36 years now, had lots of EF glass so seemed the obvious choice really. Plus the menus, and I’ve always got on with them. Didn’t have endless money to completely switch and buy all new lenses so was the cheapest option.

[@jonathansmithies]

Why did you buy the R7 when you already own the R3?

[@jonathansmithies]

Nevermind, your previous video just answered my question 😉

[@RichardBirchett]

Thanks Jonathan, all the best Richard 👍

[@Jessehermansonphotography]

R7 is a great option. Even compared to the R5 and R6 mk I. R7 AF is superior to those. I’ve owned all 3. What a great backup camera and my main camera. Cheap and really shines on the 300mm f2.8 Mkii