I have recently spent over a month in Costa Rica pushing the Canon R1 to its extremes. In this video I will talk about my honest thoughts of what I like and what I don’t like about this camera.
If you’d like to join me in Costa Rica or Alaska check out my workshops here: https://www.harrycollinsphoto.com/blog
Disclaimer: I am not sponsored in any way by Canon to make this video. These are my true honest thoughts.
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I’m coming from the eos R and I went with the R5m2 and I love my purchase
Thank you for this. I do not have the R3 , just a couple of R5's first gen., so I should be very happy with my R1. Taking it to South Africa this Spring and next year 3 weeks in Ecuador so glad to know you are thrilled with the low light performance.
I dont understand why everybody has a problem with precapture. If you dont need it, just dont hold the shutter button half pressed. Simply press on it completely to take a photo, thats all. Only when anticipating action, hold it half pressed. Problem sovled. Whats the big deal?
The R3 is better low light performer, you'd have to really pixel peep to see the difference though
R6 Mark III is a worthy consideration … stay tuned!
What's your take on the video capabilities of the R5 2 versus the R1
Excellent video and quality stuff here! Nice shout out to Ron too! Man I just want this for the R7ii
Lucky the top tier cameras allow you to save the settings on the memory card. That should be a feature for any Canon body imo. For sure that would be a major headache
Great information. I agree with you on this r1 because I came across the same issue. Thanks for sharing.
Nice compare and solid feedback. More of a sony shooter and using the a1ii/a9iii combo one thing i like and canon doesn't seem to have under control yet is trying to keep the layout of the buttons stable. The fact that the 2 sony 'flagships' have basically 100% same muscle memory demands is a feature. Its the same 'camera' in so many ways except for the effects the 2 different sensors provide. Switching between them becomes very fluid … I also think people should forget the whole one flagship concept clearly having one generic and 1 or 2 specific flagship in the lineup seems to be a the winning combo.
I am tired of the complaining. I hear more negativity than anything else. Always from wildlife photographers. I traded out of the r3 into the r1. Obviously I want the latest tech. It is mind blowing the progress for a low light beast. I now stop listening to the wildlife crowd. Focus on your art man. And stop bad mouthing the best camera across brands.
5:35 wow!!!! great video! thanks.
Thanks for sharing your experience 🙏.
Thanks for this is a useful review Harry. I own the R5 and the R5m2 but I am very tempted to buy the R1. It is probably mainly a GAS issue but its low light performance (a very common condition here on Vancouver Island) makes it a very attractive purchase. The second reason is the incredible reliability I always experienced with the many 1 series camera I owned. When on a trip in a very isolated area where the conditions are challenging you want to be able to rely on your gear. I never had any issue with the R5 or any of my 1 series cameras but got some ongoing intermittent faults with the R5m2. Perhaps these mysterious hicups is the price we have to pay to access the phenomenal capacity of the digital world but I must say that the main driving factor for me in buying a R1 would be the expectation that it is a reliable as a tank, just like the the 1dx series was.
Harry, beautiful places, beautiful movies and photos. I am a happy owner of the R3, and from what I have seen the R1 has more noise than it at high ISO, especially at Mechanical Shutter
I used the dual backbutton set up for focusing and had some focusing issues as well. Since I switched to only use the full press I do see a significant improvement over my R3!
I'm amazed at the fact, that you can push it up to 150K shutters in such a short time.
Crazy that these cameras are still freezing up and need a battery pull. My R6mkii does that occasionally and I figured they would have sorted this out by now. Especially on the high end cameras.
Yes, I had two Canon R3s and an R5 for sports and other genres of photography. Using the R5 for sports provided tighter cropping than the R3s, though the R3s were far superior to my previous two 1DX2s. In the end, I added two R5 M2s and sold my R3s and the R5. I kept my Canon R6ii as a backup or for a remote camera in sports, and it captures great photos like the R3 did. I love the R5 M2 Eye Control, not to be confused with eye tracking. The action menu programming works very well for AF tracking players handling basketball, soccer, and volleyball. Pre-continuous shooting is a game changer from sports to wildlife. Best decision I have made.
Brilliant shots and footage.
I wish someone would do a detailed review of the R1's video performance. It's mystifying that nobody has done one by now.
You can toggle Precapture, for video at least, via a button.
For photos I have it in the the Q-menu. Not the best but still "relatively" fast.
Is the video filmed with the R1 or a Sony?