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I would definitely expect excellent performance with a 1.4x TC.  Based on Canon's track record with telephoto primes I don't believe they are going to put out a lens that doesn't perform great ...

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That is what the big f/4 lenses and f/2.8 lenses are for.  Definitely I expect top-notch image quality from a 500mm f/5.6L but a big part of it in my mind is that it will be as light as possible ...

The camera starts intermittently showing 00 for aperture when the lens is mounted and reporting communication errors.  Both times a couple of components were replaced including a PCB that ...

Lighter weight is an obvious one.  Also my experience with at least the 500 is that it seems relatively easy to break, they might be able to beef up some of the weaker points to increase ...

I don't think I have been taking photos in a situation where I couldn't see what I was looking at in the ovf so probably this advantage is a bit lost on me.  I did get a chance to try out an A7r3, ...

I'm not saying that you are wrong but how can you know it is accurate if you haven't seen the original.  Both shots do look very good to me.  It would be fun to see a side by side with a 5d or ...

Wasn't one of the big issues with the phoveon sensor that the colors would go all wild if you got the exposure off?  I can't remember the details as it has been a long time since I have read ...

And have fun photographing flying swifts with that phase one.

I am sure that is true for some types of photos but for other types some of those improvements really do help a good bit.

I agree, smaller and for me especially lighter gear is nice. There is definitely a point where I think things get a bit too small for me though. I find the Rebel SL series to be a smaller than I ...

It actually is a great sensor for what it is.

Sure if you are comparing uncropped images from each.  If you are FL limited it turns out a bit different.

I know that the latest molels of L lenses have made some nice improvements over the older models but the 24-70L and even the original 16-35L were pretty good lenses for a lot of types of ...

Are reviewers and vloggers really the masses?  I have spent the past 5 days walking around Washington DC in full tourist mode with all the other tourists and aside from cell phones by far the most ...

I have gotten tons of photos that I think look wonderful with the original 5d so I would say all the way back.  Of course it depends on what kind of photos you are talking about.  When I was doing ...

Do you represent what the masses want and feel?  Maybe Canon came up with the rebel line because that is what the masses wanted.  I'm no fan of the rebels either but I also know that what I want ...

My experience with Canon mirrorless is limited just to the original M so I expect things are better now but I was pretty disappointed with AF performance with my adapted lenses.  Mainly it was ...

F/6.3 would make such a lens much less interesting to me for that very issue.  I would be very surprised if Canon would allow PDAF at f/9 but you never know.

I found that lens to be tedious to use but the results are nothing short of awesome when you get everything right.