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Hi Kat, the autofocus works really well. No problems with it at all. I have used it on my 5D mark 3 as well as adapt it onto my Canon R8 and it performed on both of them really well. I created a focus stack using the Canon R8 with in camera stacking and the lens managed to keep up with the cameras 30 frames per second shooting and focusing speed! Check out MPB for a second hand version, they might have one in now. Make sure you get one with the tripod collar as you really need to keep the camera as still as possible.

@@benharveyphotography Thank you for all the info, as I would be adapting it to an R6.

Hello, good news - since making this tutorial I bought the 180mm Macro lens - I just released an entire video dedicated to it :-)

I do, I have quite a few recent macro videos on the topic. I wouldn't use a medium format and wide tilt shift lens for it though :-)

@@benharveyphotography sweet! i am planning on going to college for photography and videography. i really enjoy it as is all mine life. my parents were an are professional photographers and mom ran a business and still does pictures in her free time. only thing that makes things hard for me is my disabilitys autism and spd makes hard to go out to take pics and go to college but im am gonna go to a special program for autistic adults and gonna do this profesionally!!!!! im am 23 by the way

It would have been good to include other models in this review, but there are just so many out there and of course there are always new versions being released. I have been offered other tripods to review since making this video, but I had to decline them, as there are only so many tripod reviews one person can make!

Thank Louise, I remember you seeing the photos on the back of the camera with the water droplets on the butterflies eyes and your jaw was on the floor. Its a pretty impressive lens, and I don't know how I am so good at spotting butterflies, its my super power!

@@benharveyphotography it surely is 🙏

Hi. It was a long time ago that I made this video but I recall that I was using my 100-400 lens on it, which is circa 1-5kg. If the 200-600 is similar ball park then it will work fine. It’s important to note that I wouldn’t leave it unattended on the three small feet with such a heavy setup. It could support that weight fine when vertical, but if positioned at a slight angle it would topple over. It is a monopod after all.

Cheers Jim, you might have seen the images that I posted recently; which were actually captured after I finished this video. I am starting to get some results that I am really happy with.

I managed to find a second hand one from MPB and surprisingly they make different model numbers for different lenses and it is really difficult to find online which ones are compatible. It looks different to my 100-400 collar and I use them both so often that I would be so mad at myself if I turned up on location and I forgot one and couldnt mount it on a tripod!

Without knowing which DSLR body you are going from and what you shoot, it is difficult to comment on whether you are going to achieve the results and performance on a brand new mirrorless camera with adapted lenses. Ok the basis that you are extending I am going to assume you are shooting wildlife or something that needs more reach. Honestly if you are going mirrorless then get a native Canon lens like the 100-500 and buy the R5 mark 1 if you need to save some money. The upgrades on the r5 and minimal compared to the mark 1. If you need a long lens that doesn’t have a fast aperture they make a 600 and 800 f11.

One extra comment. Having a relatively compact mirrorless camera with an adaptor, then an extender, then an EF lens is going to result in a very long, front heavy, unbalanced and odd looking setup that I personally wouldn’t enjoy using (I recently used a mirrorless camera with an adapter and extension tubes with the 100-400 L lens and although optically it was great it was not a pleasurable experience. So before you pounce on buying the R5ii have a think about what you intend on shooting with it and what the best tools for the job might be.

I didn’t tackle focus stacking in this video, but since I have been stacking with this lens using my Canon R8 and getting some fantastic results. I can imagine the resolution from the R5, stacked with the 180mm would be amazing!

​​@@benharveyphotographyfor stacking I use my MP-E65. And yes it's amazing

Thanks for the feedback. On reflection I am not sure what my summary would be, as it would depend upon budget, whether you shoot stills only/video or hybrid, if you like ball heads etc. I think that a conclusion would be a helpful end to the video though, agreed.

I would say that the partial extension of the legs is less intuitive as it’s not as easy to grip a carbon fibre leg and twist - but it works. The officer part is actually getting all the legs to partially extend to the same length.

Hello, I wasn’t paid anything to make this review by Zhiyun. Plus I would have to declare it, as that’s the rules of RUclips (sponsored videos). But I was sent the gimbal to keep, and I could say whatever I wanted without their say, which I did at the end of the video. I hope that this is helpful, let me know if you have any question on the gimbal. Thanks. Ben.

Hi Tim, my extension tubes don’t allow autofocus - if your do and they are reliable then that might be a better option that adapting. Lots of options luckily!

@@benharveyphotography Mine do, fortunately, but it did cost me for buying brand native ones! All relative of course, cheap when compared to a lens but expensive when compared to the cheaper alternatives. And of course not every lens works well with extension rings.

Hello. I understand that the R50 is a cropped sensor camera which means that this will not longer be a proper wide angle lens, it will actually be 26mm. So as long as you take this into account you will be fine. F2.8 is reasonably fast, but it is not incredible in low-light and you might be better off getting a wider and faster lens from Sigma now that Canon have allowed them to make autofocus lenses for cropped sensor Canon mirrorless. It all depends on which focal length you wish to shoot your images at. I hope that this helps.

Hi Keith, it has areas of padding that rest against your back and shoulders which are padded (in layers) and allow air to flow between them. I have been using the bag all summer and I would say that it does a good job of being breathable. It’s comfortable also.

Thank you Gordon, much appreciated and thank you for helping me spend my money as always. I joke, but not everyone knows a Gordon with all the answers. Annoyingly I had already edited and published this video by the time I created some of my best images with this lens (stacking images and slightly better compositions). But I will follow up this video with a tutorial on focus stacking when I get the chance. I think I have captured some of my best macro images this year.

@@benharveyphotography definitely, and you also now know about the first IS lenses. It'll be interesting if Canon ever makes another 100+ macro lens, as it's been a long time. I remember the Canon and especially Nikkor lens catalogues in the 80s had so much variety.

He never invites me!

@@cameralabs I think the "Gordon and Ben" channel could have some legs ;-)

I assume that most normal people don’t want to have their day started by a 3:45am alarm clock - but you are welcome to join me. Bring the Aeropress?!?

@@benharveyphotography ha ha, you know me, I'm more a sunset than a sunrise person!

Yes absolutely. Dust it off. Depending on what macro subjects you have available to you, I shoot a lot of insects etc in the spring/summer and then switch to water droplets, autumn mushrooms etc and then if I am lucky some frozen bubbles and snow flakes in the winter months. If the Nikkor lens is manual focus then I am planning on making a focus rail/manual focus stacking tutorial in the near future also.

I can certainly see how using a cropped sensor camera is going to benefit here. It’s also good to see that camera companies are creating telephotos with closer focusing capabilities - making them more versatile tools.

That must have been a tough decision. I checked on MPB in June/July and they didn’t have a single one in stock! Luckily Parks Cameras had one used. I get the whole purging of gear, it is necessary sometimes. I am not sure if Canon will make a new version of this, but I know they will charge an arm and a leg for it!!!

@@benharveyphotography I must confess that I recently bought an f2 135mm prime.

@StephenCotterell another incredible lens. I have the EF version and love it.

Just to put it out there, I am not advocating that anyone switch to mirrorless. Only if it makes sense for what you shoot I still use my Canon 5d mk3 with my EF glass because I prefer the way that those larger heavier lenses balance on a larger camera body. Another minor but relevant point is that I don’t switch off my DSLR. It just goes into standby and the batteries last a really long time. That way it is always ready to shoot. I switch off my mirrorless Canons to save the battery life all the time, even when I am just holding it. If however you shoot video, like I do, then mirrorless is an obvious choice due to reliable continuous autofocus to film yourself to make these videos.

Tell me the total weight of that setup and I will see if it can work. I have put a full frame camera with a 35mm f1.8 on this gimbal before and it worked fine.

Hi Glen, I can see how this could be annoying, my friend Jamie lost one of the straps on the back of his and would have to buy the kit to replace one (but at least that is an option). I have not had this issue with the drink holder or the tripod holder. I have mine looped through two of the black loops on the bag, mine is set at the bottom of the back in the middle (not the side) and I find the Velcro to be very strong. The tripod folder is only large enough to hold one of my tripod feet though, whereas some of my other bags hold two feet or all three; this is more of an observation rather than a problem as one tripod foot still stops it from sliding out. This tripod is strapped back to the bag using the two supplied buckle straps. I hope this makes sense.

It will depend on what DSLR you are coming from, but the newer mirrorless cameras have much better focusing capabilities and faster frame rates etc. If you want to compare EF and RF lenses though you need to compare like for like. Therefore your EF lenses adapted might out perform a new but clear RF lens. I have a Canon R8 and now I can use EF lenses to do in camera focus bracketing for macro, so there are benefits to having a newer body, with or without native lenses.

If you are referring to the Canon 5d mark 3, it was released in 2013 - legendary camera.

Glad you found it helpful :-)

Hi Dave, this is a goof question and one that I will tackle in more detail in a future macro video - but I am shooting at F2.8 on the 100mm macro lenses to create a non-distracting background. If I had a clean background, say a blue sky and I was shooting upwards, then I could shoot at F8, but at these levels of macro the insect would still not be entirely in focus. So assuming that you have to work with the situation and create as least-distracting background as possible then you use a wide aperture to do so. If you want the entire subject to be in focus then you have to focus stack (if your camera allows it and the subject stays still) then you should many images at different focus planes and blend them together in photoshop or Helicon focus. I am going to make a video about that in future - but there are quite a few online already. I hope this answers the question!

Excellent. Enjoy Norway and of course enjoy the new camera bag!

Yes it, when he was younger.

Thanks Pete, this sounds interesting - i shall research it. Much appreciated

Hi Rick, thanks for sharing how you navigate the land, and yes I agree getting lost does create a fun challenge and could make for more interesting videos perhaps?!? The issue I have is that I fit photography around my family and work life, so I generally have to be back to breakfast or in time to start work - unless I am lucky enough to have blocked out an entire morning to explore a location (which is rare for me). Other full time landscape photographers would be able to take this approach though and perhaps yield better results.

@@benharveyphotography I fully understand you have to work around your commitments, which you do very well considering the quality of your videos. Maybe, rather than heading out in an area you may get lost in, how about asking for something to photograph which you then have to try and find an area where you may be able to complete the challenge? Just as an example, shoot a lone oak tree with a sunrise behind it etc? You'd have to then find the shot!

Hi Ben, the South Downs National Park has public rights of way running through them, and you can wander off the path enough, providing that you don’t jump fences or scare off live stock. This is kind of my point with using this or another app, as they provide you with the reassurance that you are not tresspassing - all of their public routes are clearly indicated.

Thanks Jimmy, that sounds easy enough! Does it indicate where all of the public footpaths are, I am trying to avoid tresspassing!?! I know that it navigates using public footpaths but does it indicate where they are like the OS maps (solid green lines) to make the routes clear? Thanks.

@@benharveyphotography hmm no, I don’t think it does actually. I’ve been looking for a OS maps-similar app for here in Sweden actually, it seem better 👍

Well spotted Brandon, someone else spotted this in the comments and I admitted that I missed it. Having a double centre column is quite unique to that tripod, but it was never that stable fully extended.

@@benharveyphotography oh haha sorry! I looked around for it so I didn't double up on it, but I guess I missed it

No problem. Thanks for pointing it out. I want the review to be fair.

Cheers Brian, in comparison to me getting lost in a woods, your potential for getting lost in the dessert is a bit more serious! I have always been a cyclist, I rack up about 80 miles a week with my work commute, but some of the hills where I live!!! I might borrow an e-bike, I know it is cheating, but I could get further.