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formula1·Formula 1byEtnaphele

DOFD getting a little help

Poor Lawson didn’t bend the knee, got lied to from his own team. Must feel nice!

I honestly didn’t follow anything around 4-car teams, but are there specific rules in place? We never saw much between Ferrari and Haas or Merc and Williams, because they are more far apart in terms of performance, but RB is doing it since years. I ask without part taken, don’t want to stir any controversy and am just curious :)

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Canon knows no shame: drab paint job for an old point and shoot for a crazy markup

Canon pulls a Leica and releases a “graphite grey” version of the PowerShot G7 X Mark III for the 30th anniversary of the PowerShot series. It looks to be around 400€ markup, so 40-50% more than the already difficult to find normal version. A couple of accessories won’t save it from being a shameless cash grab on a 6 years old camera that they were going to discontinue.

Canon knows no shame: drab paint job for an old point and shoot for a crazy markuphttps://www.canon-europe.com/press-centre/press-releases/2026/02/canon-celebrates-30-years-of-powershot-with-powershot-g7-x-mark-iii-30th-anniversary-edition/Open linkView original on lemmy.world

Canon releases two ultra wide angle L lenses: RF 14mm F1.4L VCM and RF 7-14mm F2.8-3.5L FISHEYE STM

Canon just released the highly anticipated compact 14mm 1.4 targets astrophotography, architecture and video:

  • high price of 2500€ in Germany
  • compact body same as other VCM series, with additional integrated hood (50% length of Sigma 14mm 1.4)
  • rear gel filter holder
  • weight under 500g (less than half of Sigma 14mm 1.4)
  • very advanced optical layout, lens elements, materials and coatings

Top to bottom a halo astro lens, I would expect reviews to confirm excellent coma control. Vignetting seems low from what I’ve seen so far.

For action, creative architectural and underwater photography, Canon translated the EF 8-15mm F4L to mirrorless: the RF 7-14mm F2.8-3.5L is fisheye zoom lens:

  • diagonal from 12-13mm to 14mm
  • circular between 7 and 12mm
  • integrated filter holder (same as EF-RF adapter)
  • STM motor (like 10-20mm, still fast due to focal length)
  • 1900€ in Germany

Well, Canon serves now the wide angle mirrorless market pretty well. What I would like still, is a 12-24mm F2.8L with similar performance to the 15-35 F2.8L and a lower end 1.8 UWA.

https://www.canon-europe.com/press-centre/press-releases/2026/02/ultra-wide-and-unconventional-two-new-canon-l-series-lenses-for-uncompromising-creative-freedom/Open linkView original on lemmy.world
coffee·CoffeebyEtnaphele

Hario transparent plastic dripper cracking

Dear coffee juice estimators, I’ve had this V60 02 dripper for 3,5 years and some hairline cracks have been building up all over the cone. At one point, a bigger horizontal crack appeared and a short time ago a bigger vertical one took off while pouring - I really heard and felt the plastic creaking. It has almost never seen the dishwasher, mainly only rinsing and hand washing.

I’ve used this V60 regularly, more often in the last year than the years prior, but I wanted to ask if someone experiences the same degradation with other colors of plastic? I have two AeroPress devices that are like new, one being older than this dripper…

It looks like a very poor material choice, but maybe it’s due to the crystal clear transparency.

Close up:

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Canon RF 45mm ƒ/1.2 STM: review roundup

Dear Canoners, I tried to round up the - in my opinion - most relevant reviews on the RF 45mm ƒ/1.2 STM lens.

Complete reviews:

First impressions:

In German:

In Japanese:

  • Asobinet: Part 1 2 3

Sample galleries:

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Let’s talk focus stacking

I began dabbling with it lately and - inspired by this comment - I though about diving deep in this topic and try to understand this function that works in a pretty cryptic way. Canon documentation says: trial and error -.-

The main questions are:

  • how many steps do I need?
  • how wide should each step be?
  • is in-camera stacking any good?

I used it a couple of times with my R6II and never got anything deleted when the in-camera stacking gave an error: it created a final JPEG with only a selection of the stack pictures (this behavior is very good I recon) and didn’t delete anything- maybe on tbe R10 it works differently?

I got a very nice JPEG out of one of my first tries, but I couldn’t say I learned how to do it consistently:

My aim is to set up a small guide with some tips and reference values (ideally find out the correlation between aperture value, focal length, focus distance and the resulting step size): do you have any hints, failure or success stories? Let’s discuss :)

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photo_editing·Photo EditingbyEtnaphele

What is the one little thing you hate about Canon cameras?

Do you have a pet peeve or a detail that bothers you about a "feature" of Canon products? It would be fun to hear what irritates you - mainly small things that the company can't seem to be willing to address, as anything more would probably trigger a change of system :) Try to be specific!

I'll start: the impossibility of importing pictures to a Folder instead of the Photo app in the mobile Camera Connect app for iOS and iPadOS.

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pluribus·PluribusbyEtnaphele

Question/speculation on episode one [SPOILER]

I’m trying to wrap my head around the following:

::: spoiler Spoiler what caused the first general seizure in the first episode? Were all already infected and acted normal until that point in time? Or the “virus” was already in each human but not yet activated but in some selected individuals? :::

I didn’t watch nor read any commentary, so I don’t know if there is a plain explanation already clear to everybody :)

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What is your favourite "secondary detail" of Canon cameras?

We are now spoiled for choices on camera equipment and each manufacturer offers excellent cameras: is there a little detail - apart from macroscopic features that lead the decision making - that you appreciate on Canon cameras?

I'll start: the smooth outer shell without sharp edges! I really find it cumbersome, on some other cameras, how the viewfinder bump or other features stick out of the camera body and catch on things while taking it out of a bag, for example. The very streamlined and smooth design of my R6 II was a nice plus I never thought of enjoying :)

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