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First results with the R10

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BirdShooter7 • Veteran Member • Posts: 9,127

First results with the R10

7 months ago

Yesterday I had my first real outing with my R10 and I thought I’d share my first impressions. Long story short, I like the camera and think it’s a great value for $1000 but I do feel like I am running into some of its limitations. This isn’t to say that I couldn’t get really good with it after having more than a day and a half with it but there are some limitations that I personally find a little frustrating.

The R10 is noticeably compact and light but doesn’t feel cheaply built or flimsy. I could appreciate a little larger grip but do find the camera comfortable enough to use happily with one exception so far. When I mounted the RF 100-500 L I immediately found that I have to sort of jam my fingers between the grip and the lens barrel and it’s not terribly comfortable, especially after an hour or two of use. If you have thinner fingers it might not be a problem for you but for me it was a little disappointing. The RF 100-400 and the adapted EF 500mm f/4L IS USM, on the other hand, felt just fine on the R10.

I do find the shutter release button a bit mushy and am finding that it’s taking some getting used to. I think this will be less challenging with more experience but it doesn’t have the feel of fit and finish like the R7, R6 and other more expensive models.

When setting the camera up I discovered that I probably should have spent a little more time with the manual before making my purchase. With my other R cameras I have found that I like to have the area AF with animal eye detection assigned to the shutter release and the center AF point assigned to the AF On button. As far as I have been able to determine, that’s not possible on the R10. You can assign AF to both buttons, but they will be the same mode. So far my solution has been to simply use the shutter release with the center point and animal eye detection. This seems to work fine, but I do miss the my usual focus method.

One annoying surprise from the day were several lock-ups. During the day I experienced about a dozen lock-ups when using the adapted EF 500mm f/4L IS USM and the RF 100-500 L. I was using a Sandisk 64GB UHS-1 Extreme Pro SD card. It’s an older card and I’d like to test the camera more with different cards to see if it is an issue related to the memory card.

So with those few little grumbles out of the way, I think it’s fantastic that Canon is selling a ~$1000 camera with such an advanced AF system and silent shooting in drive mode with very fast frame rates. Overall, I’m enjoying using the camera and have, most importantly, been happy with the results.

Here are a few photos from the first day, EXIF data should be intact:

This little raccoon somehow managed to get trapped in a dumpster and thankfully was easy to free.

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danferrin • Contributing Member • Posts: 730

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In reply to BirdShooter7 • 7 months ago

Good review. Great photos with excellent IQ. Looks like Canon has a camera here that’s going to meet a lot of peoples needs without breaking the bank.

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jayboo • Senior Member • Posts: 2,366

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In reply to BirdShooter7 • 7 months ago

Wonderful images, wouldn't expect any less when the name Birdshooter7 is attached to the post:-)

Good to hear your thoughts on the R10, thanks for the post, bet the racoon was glad you came along too!

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cocoanud • Contributing Member • Posts: 699

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In reply to BirdShooter7 • 7 months ago

Beautiful ! Thanks for sharing the images and experience with the R10.

Are these SOOC JPEGs by any chance ?

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OP BirdShooter7 • Veteran Member • Posts: 9,127

A few more

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OP BirdShooter7 • Veteran Member • Posts: 9,127

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cocoanud wrote:

Beautiful ! Thanks for sharing the images and experience with the R10.

Are these SOOC JPEGs by any chance ?

Thanks, I took them all in jpeg mode, faithful picture style and did further edit them in photoshop.

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GEwart • Contributing Member • Posts: 626

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These all look great! who needs an R7:-)

I like the bird image after the baby Alligator. It's superb. Is it a Night Heron of some kind? A great shot! Excellent you're getting these results tweaking jpeg's.

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Ian from Berks • Junior Member • Posts: 27

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Super shots, mine arrived with the ability to photograph in Jpeg, not Raw .

Not impressed , shame it's a dinky little camera

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Steve Fink • Senior Member • Posts: 1,652

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Ian from Berks wrote:

Super shots, mine arrived with the ability to photograph in Jpeg, not Raw .

Not impressed , shame it's a dinky little camera

Of course it can do Raw and CRaw, see:

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Hoka Hey • Senior Member • Posts: 2,991

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Thanks for sharing this.

I was surprised that you got this camera. What use cases did you get the R10 for?

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OP BirdShooter7 • Veteran Member • Posts: 9,127

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GEwart wrote:

These all look great! who needs an R7:-)

I like the bird image after the baby Alligator. It's superb. Is it a Night Heron of some kind? A great shot! Excellent you're getting these results tweaking jpeg's.

Thanks, that’s a pretty worn Yellow-crowned Night Heron.

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Ian from Berks wrote:

Super shots, mine arrived with the ability to photograph in Jpeg, not Raw .

Not impressed , shame it's a dinky little camera

I’m not sure how it could only shoot jpeg, but for me, jpeg is all I really need.

It is a little smaller physically than I would prefer but it does get the job done for me.

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OP BirdShooter7 • Veteran Member • Posts: 9,127

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In reply to Hoka Hey • 7 months ago

Yes, I wasn’t expecting to buy this one either but curiosity got the best of me and I saw a deal on Amazon that I couldn’t pass up on a open-box unit so now I’m the proud owner of a R10. I am kind of thinking it could be a great camera to just keep mounted on my RF 100-400 to go alongside my R7 and 500mm f/4 instead of swapping lenses back and forth. If only the two cameras shared the same batteries. I’ll hopefully be giving both cameras nice workouts over the next week, hopefully there won’t be any serious regrets.

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BirdShooter7 wrote:

Yes, I wasn’t expecting to buy this one either but curiosity got the best of me and I saw a deal on Amazon that I couldn’t pass up on a open-box unit so now I’m the proud owner of a R10. I am kind of thinking it could be a great camera to just keep mounted on my RF 100-400 to go alongside my R7 and 500mm f/4 instead of swapping lenses back and forth. If only the two cameras shared the same batteries. I’ll hopefully be giving both cameras nice workouts over the next week, hopefully there won’t be any serious regrets.

Do you see any noticeable difference in low light performance between the two cameras?

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Maryarena • Contributing Member • Posts: 583

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Congrats on your new R7 and R10! Those are amazing photos you took with the R10! It seems like a great little camera. I'm still adapting to the R7 buttons. Soon you will be really familiar with the R10 too. Enjoy!

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Trivets12 • Regular Member • Posts: 252

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Just alter the settings?

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MikeJ9116 wrote:

BirdShooter7 wrote:

Yes, I wasn’t expecting to buy this one either but curiosity got the best of me and I saw a deal on Amazon that I couldn’t pass up on a open-box unit so now I’m the proud owner of a R10. I am kind of thinking it could be a great camera to just keep mounted on my RF 100-400 to go alongside my R7 and 500mm f/4 instead of swapping lenses back and forth. If only the two cameras shared the same batteries. I’ll hopefully be giving both cameras nice workouts over the next week, hopefully there won’t be any serious regrets.

Do you see any noticeable difference in low light performance between the two cameras?

Certainly want to know the differences when it comes Noise performance between the two cameras as well as compared to higher end models. I am surprised we haven't seen too many reviews yet addressing those specific things.

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Sweet shooting as always! Great technique can make up for a lot!

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OP BirdShooter7 • Veteran Member • Posts: 9,127

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MikeJ9116 wrote:

BirdShooter7 wrote:

Yes, I wasn’t expecting to buy this one either but curiosity got the best of me and I saw a deal on Amazon that I couldn’t pass up on a open-box unit so now I’m the proud owner of a R10. I am kind of thinking it could be a great camera to just keep mounted on my RF 100-400 to go alongside my R7 and 500mm f/4 instead of swapping lenses back and forth. If only the two cameras shared the same batteries. I’ll hopefully be giving both cameras nice workouts over the next week, hopefully there won’t be any serious regrets.

Do you see any noticeable difference in low light performance between the two cameras?

So far I don’t really have enough experience to tell. For whatever reason, I’ve had tons of distractions that have kept me busy early mornings and late evenings. Hopefully in the coming week that will change.

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