Elton Reservoir - 12.1.21
Over the last few days I've been setting up the new acquisition to the camera bag, the Canon R5 mirrorless camera, too so say it's a little complicated is a bit of an understatement but at least there's continuity with some of the familiar Canon menus but still loads of new features. Anyway with a forecast of some sun this morning I'm going to give the R5 with it's full frame and 1.6 crop sensor modes a bit of a run out, but not too many images thou as I'm still awaiting delivery of the not so available mega expensive 128GB CFExpress cards.
It's a great morning and probably the best light I've had in a long while, a quick scan I see the Scaup is still present sat amongst the Tufties but a little way out in the reservoir along with all the other suspects, hopefully I can get some images whilst it's still relatively quite.
I've provisionally setup the camera with settings I've previously used on the 5D4 and before that the 7D2 but there's still a load more I'm not used to so it's going to be a bit of a learning curve. The first setting I'm unhappy with is the histogram in the view finder, although it's translucent I find it quite distracting during composure and I can't find the setting to turn it off !
The AF eye-detection is incredible quick locking on to the eye and not letting go, a massive improvement over the 5D and 7D AF systems, another feature I quite like is the MF button enabling me to change to custom settings for BIF at a single press, previously you had to press and turn a top knob which was way too slow. Lastly the ability to shoot at 12fps and above for action shots is a big bonus and lacking on the 5D.
In conclusion, this isn't intended to be a camera review which there are plenty already on the likes of YouTube by users far more experience than me, more a record of my encounters and experiences. Anyway below are some images from the morning of the long staying Scaup and a Little Grebe that was active mainly showing me its backside until it eventually poping up struggling with a small Perch.
Until the next time, stay safe
Scaup
Little Grebe
Tufted Duck - male
Tufted Duck - female
Coot
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