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A Very Weird Lens Problem. My Canon 24-105 F/4 L Story

A Very Weird Lens Problem. My Canon 24-105 F/4 L Story

Thomas Fitzgerald
Canon, Gear

I wrote a blog post a long time ago about one of my biggest regrets, photographically speaking. This was the fact that I sold my Canon 5D Mark II and 24-105f4L lens. I always loved that lens, and I really regretted selling it. As I had moved on from Canon at the time, I never went and re-purchased it. But, for the past two years now, my main camera has been a Canon R6II and for the most part, I’ve been loving it. However, I had only been using the kit lens that came with it, the 24-105 F4-7.1. Which is a fine lens in its own right. But still, I longed for my old friend, or at least the updated version. Finally, a couple of months ago, in a sale, I was finally able to get the RF24-105 f/4 L. Unfortunately my reunion wasn’t as happy as I had hoped. In the end, I was quite disappointed, but there is a twist in the tale here.

An Interesting Week for Cinema Cameras. Thoughts on the Canon C50, Nikon ZR and Fujifilm GFX Eterna (and iPhone 17Pro)

An Interesting Week for Cinema Cameras. Thoughts on the Canon C50, Nikon ZR and Fujifilm GFX Eterna (and iPhone 17Pro)

Thomas Fitzgerald
Canon, Editorial, Fuji X-Series, Gear, Nikon

Last week was a very interesting week for those who want to shoot video professionally. We saw the launch of 3 cinema cameras. Well, four if you count the new iPhones. At IBC in the Netherlands, Canon, Nikon and Fujifilm announced their new cinema cameras. For Canon, it was a new form factor and price point for their cinema lineup, and for Nikon and Fujifilm it was their first entry into this space.

Thoughts on the Canon Powershot V1 (And R50V) and the resurgence in Compact Cameras

Thoughts on the Canon Powershot V1 (And R50V) and the resurgence in Compact Cameras

Thomas Fitzgerald
Canon, Gear

Ever since it was released in the Asian markets a few weeks ago, I’ve been quietly obsessing over Canon’s new Powershot V1 compact camera. The original launch was somewhat muted here in the west, with no-one really getting their hands on it apart from a few Japanese photographers and filmmakers. Now that Canon has officially launched it worldwide, we’re getting more details and coverage, and I have to say, I really like what I see.

Thoughts on the Canon R7 and R10

Thoughts on the Canon R7 and R10

Thomas Fitzgerald
Canon, Gear

I just wanted to share a quick few thoughts on the new APSC RF mount cameras that Canon announced yesterday. It had long been rumoured that Canon would expand the RF range to include APS-C cameras and now that they have, the transition to mirrorless is nearing completion for Canon. But there are a few interesting things about these cameras specifically, and the expansion of the range, and I wanted to say a few quick words on the subject.

Adobe Finally Added Camera Matching Profiles for Newer Canon Cameras including the Eos R5 and EosR6

Adobe Finally Added Camera Matching Profiles for Newer Canon Cameras including the Eos R5 and EosR6

Thomas Fitzgerald
Canon, Lightroom

I’m not sure how I missed this, but there was an issue with Lightroom and Camera Raw for Canon shooters that I had been reporting on for some time, that has finally been resolved. For some reason, Adobe hadn’t been adding camera matching profiles for newer Canon cameras. Specifically they hadn’t been adding profiles for cameras that used the .CR3 file format. Thankfully, Adobe has started addressing this.

What is going on with Adobe and Canon? (And concern about the quality of Adobe’s profiling)

What is going on with Adobe and Canon? (And concern about the quality of Adobe’s profiling)

Thomas Fitzgerald
Canon, Lightroom

There’s something going on with Adobe and Canon regarding Lightroom and Camera RAW that I am a bit confused about. So, basically, over the past little while, Adobe has stopped supporting camera matching profiles for Canon cameras. There have now been around 10 models that Adobe hasn’t released camera matching profiles for. I did some research on this, and apparently, a post (now deleted) on an Adobe forum over a year ago (from an Adobe rep), claimed that they were having issues with the CR3 format, but frankly, I don’t buy this, especially as over a year has passed.

Capture One Updated to 13.1.2. Canon R5 and R6 Support, New Film Simulations for Fuji Medium Format Cameras

Capture One Updated to 13.1.2. Canon R5 and R6 Support, New Film Simulations for Fuji Medium Format Cameras

Thomas Fitzgerald
Capture One, Canon

Capture One has released an update to the software of the same name. The new version of Capture One 20, 13.1.2, is mainly a bug fix and new camera support release. Of significant note is support for the Canon Eos R5 and R6, as well as preliminary support for the Sony A7SIII. Also listed is new film simulations for Fuji Medium Format Cameras.

Video: Capture One Quick Edit: US Capitol Building - Fixing a Dull Photo

Video: Capture One Quick Edit: US Capitol Building - Fixing a Dull Photo

Thomas Fitzgerald
Canon, Video, Capture One

This is the first video of a new series called “Quick Edits”. In this video, follow along as I edit a photo of the US Capitol Building in Capture One Pro. I wanted to try doing super short screencasts of editing just one photo. I know people often don’t have that much time to watch a longer video and so I wanted to keep them to 5 minutes or less. I often find that I learn the most just by watching what others do, and so that’s what this is.

Eos RP - Capture One vs Lightroom Follow Up (And Custom Lightroom Profile)

Eos RP - Capture One vs Lightroom Follow Up (And Custom Lightroom Profile)

Thomas Fitzgerald
Canon, Capture One, Lightroom

A little while ago I wrote a post about the Canon EOS RP and how the RAW files were looking in Lightroom compared to Capture One. I had noted that RAW images from the camera looked pretty flat in Lightroom and that for some bizarre reason, Adobe had not supplied camera matching profiles for the camera (or a number of recent Canon models) and if you opened the same image in Capture One they had much more impact before even doing any editing. At the time I was working with RAW files I downloaded from DP Review, and so couldn’t share my results. Since then a reader has kindly sent me some raw files that I can use, and so now I can show you what I mean.

Canon Eos RP Raw files Are Impressive In Capture One (Compared to Lightroom)

Canon Eos RP Raw files Are Impressive In Capture One (Compared to Lightroom)

Thomas Fitzgerald
Capture One, Canon

Every now and then I like to download camera samples from DP Review to see how various cameras look, and how they perform in different software. (Because I’m a bit of a nerd for such things). I was recently having a look at raw files from the Canon Eos RP and I was looking at them in Lightroom and I though, these are kind of “meh”. Then I opened them in Capture One, and the difference was night and day. It was so significant that I though to myself, “what’s going on here?”