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R50 arrived today in the UK

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PhotonCage Forum Member • Posts: 84
R50 arrived today in the UK
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The obligatory box shot...😁

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KevinRA Senior Member • Posts: 1,457
Re: R50 arrived today in the UK

PhotonCage wrote:

The obligatory box shot...😁

So if official UK stock - wondering why going down this road - when an extra £10 buys the R10 with all the extra benefits that brings?

https://www.harrisoncameras.co.uk/pd/canon-eos-r10-mirrorless-camera-body_5331c044

Or did you get a great deal on a grey import?

Anyway enjoy the new camera - always exciting a new toy

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L a r s New Member • Posts: 24
Re: R50 arrived today in the UK
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Nice. According to Amazon, I will get mine early next week.

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OP PhotonCage Forum Member • Posts: 84
Re: R50 arrived today in the UK
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KevinRA wrote:

PhotonCage wrote:

The obligatory box shot...😁

So if official UK stock - wondering why going down this road - when an extra £10 buys the R10 with all the extra benefits that brings?

https://www.harrisoncameras.co.uk/pd/canon-eos-r10-mirrorless-camera-body_5331c044

Or did you get a great deal on a grey import?

Anyway enjoy the new camera - always exciting a new toy

Purchased from Wex.

It was a difficult decision, but in the end size and weight won.

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OP PhotonCage Forum Member • Posts: 84
Re: R50 arrived today in the UK
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L a r s wrote:

Nice. According to Amazon, I will get mine early next week.

If you bought it for the size and weight (like me) you'll be happy.

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L a r s New Member • Posts: 24
Re: R50 arrived today in the UK

PhotonCage wrote:

L a r s wrote:

Nice. According to Amazon, I will get mine early next week.

If you bought it for the size and weight (like me) you'll be happy.

Those are the reasons. Backup camera for trips just in case and hopefully I will take some timelapses with it while using my regular camera for some photography.

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Claude Ganter Regular Member • Posts: 109
Re: R50 arrived today in the UK
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Got shipping information from B&H this March 16th for 2 R50 black bodies.

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CamerEyes Regular Member • Posts: 266
Re: R50 arrived today in the UK
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PhotonCage wrote:

The obligatory box shot...😁

Nice! Enjoy your new toy! And share images too please

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justmeMN Forum Pro • Posts: 10,706
Re: R50 arrived today in the UK

In the USA, the price difference between the R50 and R10 (with lens) is US$200.

RLight Senior Member • Posts: 4,426
Re: R50 arrived today in the UK
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Claude Ganter wrote:

Got shipping information from B&H this March 16th for 2 R50 black bodies.

Ditto on the two lens kit.

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justmeMN Forum Pro • Posts: 10,706
Re: R50 arrived today in the UK

Congratulations! Enjoy.

dwkdnvr Regular Member • Posts: 263
Re: R50 arrived today in the UK

L a r s wrote:

PhotonCage wrote:

L a r s wrote:

Nice. According to Amazon, I will get mine early next week.

If you bought it for the size and weight (like me) you'll be happy.

Those are the reasons. Backup camera for trips just in case and hopefully I will take some timelapses with it while using my regular camera for some photography.

I'm definitely curious as to whether it works with the RF100-400 that your gear list says you have. I'm wondering whether it is remotely sane to consider it as a secondary birding setup for my wife who struggles with larger bodies. The R10 would probably make a lot more sense, but the idea of the tiny R50 filling this role is attractive if a bit amusing.

L a r s New Member • Posts: 24
Re: R50 arrived today in the UK

dwkdnvr wrote:

L a r s wrote:

PhotonCage wrote:

L a r s wrote:

Nice. According to Amazon, I will get mine early next week.

If you bought it for the size and weight (like me) you'll be happy.

Those are the reasons. Backup camera for trips just in case and hopefully I will take some timelapses with it while using my regular camera for some photography.

I'm definitely curious as to whether it works with the RF100-400 that your gear list says you have. I'm wondering whether it is remotely sane to consider it as a secondary birding setup for my wife who struggles with larger bodies. The R10 would probably make a lot more sense, but the idea of the tiny R50 filling this role is attractive if a bit amusing.

Looks like it is out for delivery today (USPS from Amazon). Surprising that it made it to this mountain town so early. Of course no signature required so hopefully it will end up at the correct house.

Anyways looks like I will test it with the 100-400 next week. We took some Sandhill Crane photos yesterday and my fiancée was not happy with the slowness of her original R so I told her we will go back next week and she can use my R5 and I will use the R50. 😳😆

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dwkdnvr Regular Member • Posts: 263
Re: R50 arrived today in the UK

L a r s wrote:

dwkdnvr wrote:

L a r s wrote:

PhotonCage wrote:

L a r s wrote:

Nice. According to Amazon, I will get mine early next week.

If you bought it for the size and weight (like me) you'll be happy.

Those are the reasons. Backup camera for trips just in case and hopefully I will take some timelapses with it while using my regular camera for some photography.

I'm definitely curious as to whether it works with the RF100-400 that your gear list says you have. I'm wondering whether it is remotely sane to consider it as a secondary birding setup for my wife who struggles with larger bodies. The R10 would probably make a lot more sense, but the idea of the tiny R50 filling this role is attractive if a bit amusing.

Looks like it is out for delivery today (USPS from Amazon). Surprising that it made it to this mountain town so early. Of course no signature required so hopefully it will end up at the correct house.

Anyways looks like I will test it with the 100-400 next week. We took some Sandhill Crane photos yesterday and my fiancée was not happy with the slowness of her original R so I told her we will go back next week and she can use my R5 and I will use the R50. 😳😆

Definitely looking forward to the test. We're down in northern NM and Sandhill Cranes at Bosque Del Apache would definitely be one of the places we'd have both rigs going at once.

L a r s New Member • Posts: 24
Re: R50 arrived today in the UK

dwkdnvr wrote:

L a r s wrote:

dwkdnvr wrote:

L a r s wrote:

PhotonCage wrote:

L a r s wrote:

Nice. According to Amazon, I will get mine early next week.

If you bought it for the size and weight (like me) you'll be happy.

Those are the reasons. Backup camera for trips just in case and hopefully I will take some timelapses with it while using my regular camera for some photography.

I'm definitely curious as to whether it works with the RF100-400 that your gear list says you have. I'm wondering whether it is remotely sane to consider it as a secondary birding setup for my wife who struggles with larger bodies. The R10 would probably make a lot more sense, but the idea of the tiny R50 filling this role is attractive if a bit amusing.

Looks like it is out for delivery today (USPS from Amazon). Surprising that it made it to this mountain town so early. Of course no signature required so hopefully it will end up at the correct house.

Anyways looks like I will test it with the 100-400 next week. We took some Sandhill Crane photos yesterday and my fiancée was not happy with the slowness of her original R so I told her we will go back next week and she can use my R5 and I will use the R50. 😳😆

Definitely looking forward to the test. We're down in northern NM and Sandhill Cranes at Bosque Del Apache would definitely be one of the places we'd have both rigs going at once.

I think the tiny/low buffer of the R50 definitely makes it limiting for wildlife but we will see. I don’t take a lot of wildlife usually unless they run through my landscape. We can see the cranes near Monte Vista, Colorado which is somewhat close to us.

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Ali Senior Member • Posts: 1,969
Re: R50 arrived today in the UK
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PhotonCage wrote:

KevinRA wrote:

PhotonCage wrote:

The obligatory box shot...😁

So if official UK stock - wondering why going down this road - when an extra £10 buys the R10 with all the extra benefits that brings?

It was a difficult decision, but in the end size and weight won.

Same here. At this point for me, looking to approximate a replacement for the M6II, R50 is the only option. Even if the R10 were cheaper, it wouldn’t make the cut. For me.

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Ali Senior Member • Posts: 1,969
Re: R50 arrived today in the UK

Oh, jealous! Seems like in the US they didn’t ship any until today.

Enjoy!

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dwkdnvr Regular Member • Posts: 263
Re: R50 arrived today in the UK

L a r s wrote:

dwkdnvr wrote:

L a r s wrote:

dwkdnvr wrote:

L a r s wrote:

PhotonCage wrote:

L a r s wrote:

Nice. According to Amazon, I will get mine early next week.

If you bought it for the size and weight (like me) you'll be happy.

Those are the reasons. Backup camera for trips just in case and hopefully I will take some timelapses with it while using my regular camera for some photography.

I'm definitely curious as to whether it works with the RF100-400 that your gear list says you have. I'm wondering whether it is remotely sane to consider it as a secondary birding setup for my wife who struggles with larger bodies. The R10 would probably make a lot more sense, but the idea of the tiny R50 filling this role is attractive if a bit amusing.

Looks like it is out for delivery today (USPS from Amazon). Surprising that it made it to this mountain town so early. Of course no signature required so hopefully it will end up at the correct house.

Anyways looks like I will test it with the 100-400 next week. We took some Sandhill Crane photos yesterday and my fiancée was not happy with the slowness of her original R so I told her we will go back next week and she can use my R5 and I will use the R50. 😳😆

Definitely looking forward to the test. We're down in northern NM and Sandhill Cranes at Bosque Del Apache would definitely be one of the places we'd have both rigs going at once.

I think the tiny/low buffer of the R50 definitely makes it limiting for wildlife but we will see. I don’t take a lot of wildlife usually unless they run through my landscape. We can see the cranes near Monte Vista, Colorado which is somewhat close to us.

Yes - the buffer means you likely have to shoot jpeg, which might ultimately be unacceptable.

BirdShooter7 Veteran Member • Posts: 9,127
Re: R50 arrived today in the UK
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dwkdnvr wrote:

L a r s wrote:

dwkdnvr wrote:

L a r s wrote:

dwkdnvr wrote:

L a r s wrote:

PhotonCage wrote:

L a r s wrote:

Nice. According to Amazon, I will get mine early next week.

If you bought it for the size and weight (like me) you'll be happy.

Those are the reasons. Backup camera for trips just in case and hopefully I will take some timelapses with it while using my regular camera for some photography.

I'm definitely curious as to whether it works with the RF100-400 that your gear list says you have. I'm wondering whether it is remotely sane to consider it as a secondary birding setup for my wife who struggles with larger bodies. The R10 would probably make a lot more sense, but the idea of the tiny R50 filling this role is attractive if a bit amusing.

Looks like it is out for delivery today (USPS from Amazon). Surprising that it made it to this mountain town so early. Of course no signature required so hopefully it will end up at the correct house.

Anyways looks like I will test it with the 100-400 next week. We took some Sandhill Crane photos yesterday and my fiancée was not happy with the slowness of her original R so I told her we will go back next week and she can use my R5 and I will use the R50. 😳😆

Definitely looking forward to the test. We're down in northern NM and Sandhill Cranes at Bosque Del Apache would definitely be one of the places we'd have both rigs going at once.

I think the tiny/low buffer of the R50 definitely makes it limiting for wildlife but we will see. I don’t take a lot of wildlife usually unless they run through my landscape. We can see the cranes near Monte Vista, Colorado which is somewhat close to us.

Yes - the buffer means you likely have to shoot jpeg, which might ultimately be unacceptable.

Jpeg works for me, here’s one from the R10

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BackToNature1 Senior Member • Posts: 1,771
Re: Limited for what, Not for it's main Purpose.....
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L a r s wrote:

I think the tiny/low buffer of the R50 definitely makes it limiting for wildlife but we will see. I don’t take a lot of wildlife usually unless they run through my landscape. We can see the cranes near Monte Vista, Colorado which is somewhat close to us.

At this price point, nobody would be expecting nearly as much as opposed to a R7 and above. So I think the buffer size in context to wildlife really isn't that important. Plenty of folks shoot wildlife at 1 FPS. With far less cameras.

So since most companies are abandoning Bridge cameras, that would force me and I suspect others, to replace theirs with these type cameras. So my expectations with the advanced AF systems would be as a greatly improved casual walkaround camera for wildlife. Which is why I am looking forward to all the initial images from those getting the early units.

I have mentioned in the past that Canon also need to do a mirrorless version of the EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS II USM Lens. Seeing how on a cropped body, that should in Canon land I think 480mm. It would also give one a decent casual fast enough lens for basic wildlife on FF. My though process has always been to have both a cropped body and a FF one. With the coming R8, along with the 3 cropped bodies, Canon has done that.

Surely a R50 can easily replace these type images from my outdated Bridge Camera. Which has only a 1 inch senor with a max optical 400mm reach and I still crop those images a Ton.

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