My love/hate relationship with the Canon R5 and what to do with the R5 Mark II.

About 2 months ago I sold my Canon R5 with a couple things in mind.  I knew there was a Canon R5II coming soon and the rumours looked like it might be a camera worth keeping my 500 F/4 II lens to use.  I also figured that Sony would need to come out with something similar in the near future and it is likely that one of those two options will decide what gear I will be using for the next few years.

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Tripods - A Long Journey towards Stability

For the last couple of months I have been doing a lot of research on better tripod solutions for what we do. I don’t tend to use a tripod often when doing nature/bird photography but I have been trying to slow down and concentrate a bit more when I’m doing landscape work. What I have been trying to do is find a good main tripod system that can easily go from video to landscape to wildlife use.

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