I'm WRONG! Canon R7 for VR180 with RF-S 3.9mm Dual Fisheye Lens (1 Month Later Review)
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- Опубліковано 20 лип 2024
- I revisit the Canon R7 paired with the Canon RF-S 3.9mm f/3.5 STM Dual Fisheye Lens for VR180 filmmaking on Meta Quest 3 and Apple Vision Pro after a month of use. Discover what changed my mind and see the latest comparison footage. Was it worth the investment? Find out in this detailed follow-up review!
0:00 - I was WRONG!
0:30 - 4K VR180 Bad?
1:40 - 4K Fine Mode = 7K?
2:28 - Help from AI 🤯
3:20 - 8K Upload Issues on UA-cam VR
4:00 - Who you think your audience is VS. Who your audience really is
4:32 - 7K VR180 Timelapse Video Mode
6:09 - 10 Advantages of Canon R7 as VR180 Camera
7:10 - ZGCine V Mount Batteries for Canon
8:07 - YC ONION PINETA Pro monopole
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Absolutely agree with the point that resolution is less important than sensor quality. I have been watching hundreds of VR180 and VR360 videos on UA-cam. Many of them are 4K when you play them but the quality difference from the best to the worst is truly vast. I was going to ask you about this but then you posted this video. I am still waiting for a 60fps 8K VR 180 or 360 3D HDR video before I drop a lot of money on a camera though. I want high quality source material and drop the resolution for UA-cam myself if needed.
That will be blackmagic my friend - gonna be $$$$$$$$$$ lol. But hopefully it is worth the wait and money. I will have more info on the professional end as well soon.
@@hughhou I am thinking of something more consumer priced. 8K is just around the corner so I will have to be patient. I keep expecting VR video to get huge (again). Perhaps it will happen when Apple releases their consumer priced headset. Personally, I am hopelessly addicted going places and seeing things I never could otherwise. It's like being able to instantly travel to a random point in time and space. Imagine how much fun it will be visiting the lunar base in a few years.
If you are interested in a consumer 8K VR180 camera - there is one coming and I blur it out in this video but we are testing and and making the review / tutorial as well. So lots of on going project here happen at the same time.
Now it's all about delivery bitrate, and unfortunately nobody hosts video capable of getting anywhere close to what comes off a camera like the R5C 60fps 8k, so I don't think a better camera is what's needed right now. UA-cam could quadruple their bitrates and there would still be significant room for improvement.
@@ClarkFable Here's the thing though: UA-cam does host 4K VR 180 3D and 360 2D and 3D video but even though the format is the same the quality is hugely different. I have seen 4K video that looks like 8K video and also as bad as 1080p video (or even worse). Switching to a high quality stream is like a breath of fresh air. This implies sensor or video processing software that is capable of much higher quality video in the same exact video format. Hugh's comment implies that the best video quality currently comes from a professional 8K source which is then down converted to 4K, including color correction, before being uploaded to UA-cam.
I literally just bought this lens from bnh and came to youtube to see if there is anything new, really hope it's going to be positive video because that is exactly my setup (same gimbal also)
This is my plan with the camera. I have a shoot planned later this month and upressing is the way to go. The smaller rig and easier workflow is a bonus!
Nice! I hope to push out our tutorial soon for you for reference. Still a lot to learn after a month use lol. It is easy but not as easy as EVO point and shoot. To get the max dynamic range will need some manual skills and having a external monitor will help to shoot outdoor under the sun. Don't trust the small display for nailing focus (even auto) - check monitor first and stop the tempation to move the camera (so easy to move it but try not to)
@@hughhou those are all great considerations. I've pushed the R5-C RAW footage pretty far with upressing, sharpening, and solid compression. My new shoot is going to push VR in terms of narrative story telling.
Wow very nice! Can't wait to check it out!
It depends on what the client is going to do with it. I upload to UA-cam for fun but my recent client wanted me to make a VR video for them to put on an apple vision pro and they could show it to clients at manufacturing conventions.
So in that case I really needed the 8k FF sensor. As it would be played natively from the VR googles.
Hi Hugh, long time fan. Just pulled the trigger on our first vr camera with the r7 kit. Can't wait to start filming training content for the skilled trades. For my use it is perfect since I'll be staying in the 3-4ft sweet spot range. I remember you mentioned something about using a tool to up frame the video content from 30fps to 60fps. Could you possibly do a video about that. That 8k up rez is awesome from the 4k fine. Big fan love your work. I'm one of those people willing to download your videos. Thanks again!
Awww thank you! I will first stick to 30fps. If you have the time use Topaz for 8K up rez. It also does 60fps but I will reframe doing so as it take forever and it will has some artifacts. I will follow up with more tutorial soon.
Hi bro, I'm a filmmaker from India. First of all thank you so much for the video. I have a small correction in your term @5:05. It's not 14 stops, actually it's 14bit. Dynamic range is measured in Stops and Color depth will be measured in Bits. Converting RAW photos to ProRes will save it with 14bit color data not 14stops.
Thanks for the info! Lol, talk to fast there. You are 100% correct!
This is really great, Hugh-thank you!!! A question: what gimbal would you recommend for the R7/RF-S dual fisheye combo that would give maximum portability but still work well enough in this setup for run-and-gun shooting? Would a DJI RS 3 be adequate? I only shoot for my own personal (not commercial) travel recording, but I still want the best quality I can get for MQ3/AVP use.
I use the RS 4 (not Pro) at AWE. But for international travel - I will just use this for smallest size and portability and don't need that fancy external display: ua-cam.com/video/KF8DY2pVLWA/v-deo.htmlsi=gTS8Bw7MajGtXIf7 - also the light really come with handy as lighting does make night and day different especially R7 need a lot more light than R5 C as it is slower lens
Excellent stuff!! I can’t wait to get this lens. The 7k recording is that too an external device?
No I wish. It is photo technically. Timelapse video is sequence of photos link together into a video. With my upcoming tutorial - I will teach how someone can have less than 0.5 second or even faster internal to have video like timelapse. But technically it is timelapse. Video in 7K might need a new body unfortuntely. But again I have not tried those highend recorder yet so if someone find it out to do external ProRes RAW 8K let us know.
I am very glad about this, time to upgrade my old apc cannon! :) it’s great that all my lenses will still work!
Oh which APSC Canon you have? This one only work with R7 for now. R10 is not working just FYI.
It's a great video.
It's really good that portability has been maximized and even the price has become cheaper.
Good information and education!
I have a few questions.
1. Can I use RF-S 3.9mm in super356k mode on the R5c? If I use it, what is the difference between quality r7 and quality?
2. Would there be a lot of heterogeneity if I edited videos of R7 and R5c together?
3. How do you recommend it depending on the R7 and R5c usage except for the price?
No you can not use it on R5C - as stated on the original review here: ua-cam.com/video/z-xrZSimbYo/v-deo.htmlsi=cETWVVne5Z9MF5LE / Yes it will as it is 2 resolution. You can use AI to match R7 to R5 C as you see I did here. I do use Timelapse video with R5 C as that is native 7K and the quality is crazy good and it is RAW / 2 different cameras - I still use my R5 C daily for professional works. R7 more for personal fun.
You have been championing the R7 with the fisheye lens for forever now. I am incredulous that you are not sponsored by them!!
Nope unfortunately. Not big enough as a creator lol. I hope one day but for now, I am just a user as everyone else.
@@hughhou they must not realize you got that award! Keep at it! I believe in you hahaha and thanks for all the fantastic advice and tutorials. Supporting live from Philly. Hope to have you here sometime soon.
Awww thank you thank you!
I prefer him to stay unbiased & neutral. I'd rather subscribe to one of his courses or contribute to him some other way (eventually)...
Thank you for keeping the community informed! I appreciate all of your videos and have learned a lot from your channel 🙏🏼
very interesting indeed. It may worth to consider the R7VR setup. We have the problem with the R5C setup that it's very hard to shoot landscape VR and get everything sharp, especially objects like trees in the distance still look blurry in comparison to the visuals of a 2D video. Of course the FOV size and resolution is different, but even 8K without additional sharpening does not look good enough with the R5C 8K footage. It's much easier to shoot near objects and get some depth of field, so you cannnot focus in the distance anyway like in the music videos we do. But for landscape VR, e.g. relaxation content it's a different story. But nevertheless, it would be interesting to try out the R7VR setup just to see how close we get in terms of sharpness.
Thank you! Even this setup will have the same issue to get everything sharp and focus. R7 is more for music video or doc with people - landscape actually R5 C is still a lot better if everything in focus in your concern.
When do you think they (Canon) will release the Vr180 5.2with Af and adjustable PD per the patents?
Prob not for a while as I did not see it in the plan. Just a patent they hold but not in production at all. Canon is like Meta, pretty advanced in VR lens development but the production won't catch up with R&D.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I have R7 and planning to get the RF-S 3.9mm lens. My question is on the metadata injector. After I use Canon VR utility and combine clips, LUT etc by editing in Shotcut and export the mp4 file. Then the final step of injecting Metadata for youtube VR - Does the Google Spatial Media Metadata Injector program help with this step? I do not see option for 180. Does the program still inject the metadata correctly?
I have ton of tutorial on this topic. I provide the free download link of VR180 Creator that Google do not support anymore but I do. So just use that it will works 100%
HuHu, thanks for the great videos! Can you please make a video with Canon R7 settings and how you realize the post-production especially with this camera setup? Thank you very much! With sunny greetings from Germany
Coming soon! I will need more practice for the tutorial. 1 month is not enough for me to make a masterclass lol.
Thank you very much for your reviews, advices, everything ! I wonder how this RF-S 3.9mm works on a Canon 6R markII...
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R6 M2 is a Full frame so prob not good :( I don't have R6 so I won't know
My biggest objection at this stage is that the downsampled 4k (from 7k) is only 30fps! If it was 60fps, i would seriously like to only go for the r7 with dual fisheye, but 30fps doesnt look good
Can you also include the teche 3d180vr in a future comparison with the canon r7? Also, does it work well with canon utility software stabilization? I am looking for a compact run and gun solution and going small and gimbal free would be amazing!
Yes it work 100% with EOS VR Utility 1.4 with advanced stabilization. Better result than R5 C as R5 C is an after tho and this one is kinda software and hardware work together. I will compared Teche in the next video with another upcoming VR180 camera.
Thanks for showing direct comparisons. It really is all that matters. Forget all the science and specs. The only thing that matters is what the result is.
Very glad you think so!
with i knew about this set up before climbing Mt Fuji with the R5C and dual fih eye lens lol
great video
Wow Mt Fuji - I wish I can go lol
@hughhou can the R7 shoot 4k @60fps in VR?
I wonder if the extra center sharpness is a bad thing for skin rendition.
Yes it can. BUT, I won't recommand shoot 60fps on this setup. Here is my reasoning: 1. 60fps is true 4K without oversampling a 7K sensor. Meaning it will look 4K and in 2024 - that is no good enough. / 2. You can always just upframe using AI to 60fps. 60fps has processing issue on UA-cam VR so that is another problem / 3. to answer your center sharpness question - you always want sharper lens but not digital sharpen in post like other camera. If you pay attention in the comparison - CALF actually look sharper and seems to have more details than R7 but there is artifacts on the focus chart - meaning will overshapren the skin. This is not what you want. But sharper lens (physical lens) just mean more expensive glasses and you want that 100%!
As someone who already has an R5C and loves VR and 360 stuff, I have been holding off on getting this lens as I wont do much work with it and I bought other things that I do use instead.
I also was upset than Canon is charging a monthly fee to use the software that goes with that lens, that is just WRONG.
I play with my Insta360 and Ambisonic Audio to get my fix (I have the Rode NT-SF1 and a Zoom F6)
But... the quesiton is. If you already had an R5C would you buy the more expensive lens and take the loss in auto focus, larger files, more work to crop tripod, etc or go buy a R7 and this lens instead?
If you have the R5 C, no you DO NOT need the R7 and this lens as it is APS-C. You are professional so R5 C is better options for you. This is for people can not afford R5C and the old $2000 lens. It is a entry level setup for Apple Vision Pro users. You are fine. Use your R5 C instead.
Thanks a lot for the template!
You are very welcome. Try to cover all ground. Now working on Resolve solution as well so people do not need to have expensive Canon subscription.
What append when you put the 144° lenses on the Canon R5C ??? That can be cool right !
Canon maybe finish some day to allow that.
I actually demo it in my original review video here: ua-cam.com/video/z-xrZSimbYo/v-deo.htmlsi=6gXsK6fKOlDUPVNV - you got a very small sensor coverage that does not work
Hi, thanks for the great review! I just tried to upscale your source material to 8k 60 and get a processing rate of 0.05 frames per second with topas laps 3.
The result is great but the processing time is huge.
How fast do you upscale to 8k with topas labs 5?
I have a nvidia 3090 and amd ryzen 7950.
It is your gpu bottle neck as I have RTX 4090 - like 1.7 but it depends on the settings
@@hughhou Thanks for the info!
you're the G.O.A.T :-) very informative again.
I appreciate that!
I just bought the canon r7 with the dual fisheye lense. But after two days of testing I decided to send it back. But it is a tough decision. This is awesome tech. For me the video quality out of the canon r7 is just not enough. I is only useable after upscaling it with topaz labs, which takes forever. And the missing image stabilizer is a huge issue. You can not film handheld! A monopod or a gimbal is always necessary. This is really bad because the cameras small size is perfect for traveling. I will miss the oportunity to produce 144 degree 3D video - only after 2 days of testing. I really hope that the r7 II is coming very soon!
Do you know if Canon will update the R5 or r5C firmware to perform 4k fine for their Canon Rf 5.2mm f2.8 lens? Don't have the funds to buy a new camera nor lens. I have Canon R5 with the Canon RF 5.2mm f/2.8.
If you have R5 you are good - this is for people can not afford R5 and the RF 5.2mm both are more expensive. You don't need this.
About Sensor vs Resolution: Same reason I use a Canon M50 for a webcam and its better @ 1080P than my 4K Elgato webcam or Iris 4K webcam.
Actually same as 20+ years ago when we had point & shoot cameras and competiton had them releasing new models with higher MP (megapixel) constantly and because they artifically icnreased resolution and didnt change the hardware (sensor) all it did was give us larger images at worse quality that would look about the same once zoomed out to look the same as the older lower MP models.
Really good insight!
Could you use this lens on something like the red Komodo with the canon rf mount? It’s a super 35 sensor at 6k raw. I’m guessing that the canon and mistika profiles wouldn’t work, but I’m sure there are other ways to defish it and create a new alignment profile?
I actually do not own a Komodo. Is it Komodo full frame tho not APS-C or MFT? So it will not have full sensor cover if it is Full frame. But any one in the community has a Komodo can test for us? That will be greatly appreciated!
Thank Hugh Hou! I subscribed your channel and watched most of your video clips. I also watch this video clip and decide to buy it, and I bought R7 and the Dual Fisheye Lens. It is great. But, I have one problem when I upload my first 180 3D video clips into UA-cam. As soon as I upload my video clip, there is an error message " Processing abandoned ". The video clip was made by Adobe Premiere Pro with VR setting and my video doesn't used any copyright material. However, because of the uploading error, I couldn't any 3D video clips into the UA-cam. I suspect the UA-cam denied 180 3D video clip which is taken by R7. Do you have any idea? Thanks.
Mmmmm...that is strange. Never happen to me as you saw several R7 video on this channel already. Did you stitched the footage using EOS VR Utility into correct VR180 format? Did you use Premiere and set VR metadata to 180 and side by side? Have you tried download my VR Creator app that you can inject Google approved VR180 metadata? Here is my repacked Google Creator Tool: ua-cam.com/video/2GW7nb47rB4/v-deo.htmlsi=9pT9eenr2p3BfRIw&t=791
@@hughhou wow, thank you for your awesome and light speed response. I will try. I always watch your masterpieces video clip. Thank you!
Et bien si personne ne comprend pas ... Bravo pour ces démonstrations! 🙂
Frustrating how UA-cam doesn't always give you that 8K option on your footage. Can't figure out the method to the madness.
We pretty much figure out after many many testing. It is mostly codecs and bitrate related. We will make a tutorial soon but still no official respond from UA-cam.
@@hughhou I typically use H265 at 125,000 bitrate for UA-cam uploads. Should I go higher than 125? More testing needed...
No. 125Mbps is good and actually a little too high.
@@MikeVR180 FWIW, I use H265 at 100Mbps and it doesn't work for me. I'm stuck in 4k world.
🔥🙏Thanks for sharing 🔋🔋
You bet! Great and reliable products we love to support :)
How do we find your UA-cam vr feature videos?
It is on my home page here: www.youtube.com/@hughhou - the high views one (more than 100K+ views) are usually been featured by UA-cam at least once. As I am not a big creator, but being a niche creator does has advantage.
So, we're waiting for the next APS-C camera from Canon? 🙂 R7 came out mid 2022... so... when might we see something new to take full advantage of the new dual fisheye? 🤔 Thanks as always for the informative content Hugh! 🙇
Probably after R1 and R5 Mark II
So it the R7 the better by for quality or R5, I'm looking to purchase but I want the best one. I got confused on the comparison.
R5 still better quality but it is A LOT more expensive.
@@hughhou Thank you, I can afford it. I previously had the VUZE XR. I'm ready for better quality and I am impressed with the Canon R5c
Bottom line, Is this an upgrade over the EVO and K1 Pro? I have the EVO and contemplated a used K1 Pro for 800-900
Bandwidth and Dynamic range are more important than Pixel count in many cases, so I wonder if that applies here.
100% upgrade of EVO and prob K1Pro - Arguable with CALF as CALF is sharper but more compressed (and prob a little bit more expensive).
@@hughhou Thanks, I currently use Topaz to convert 6K 1" insta360 to 60fps 6K 360 VR and it is amazing so I was hoping to upgrade my 180 VR game and the Canon $5k kit was over my budget. I like this a lot and will most likely add buy it soon unless Insta360 puts out a 1" version of the Evo.
Have you tried the xreal phone/camera? Any good?
Yes I had in AWE 2024 - the quality is bad but it is for their glasses. I will try to reach out for a real review. The resolution is too bad and very compressed for phone video only.
@@hughhou ah interesting, thats a shame. Thanks for sharing your experience.
I have very limited experience to be honest. I hope I can get in touch with them to really deep dive in the engineering side of thing. It is not a ready product yet and there is no tell they will up the quality via software. I just don't know them lol.
L'erreur est humaine! ( errare humanum est) Hugh.! C'est grâce aux erreurs que vous évoluez! Et aussi tout un Honneur à vous Hugh pour le dire! Bravo encore! 🙂
where do you rent these from?
Here in LA.
If Canon could also add Instagram/Threads HDR protocol on the photos and videos, I'm in
Upscaling is all very well, but we've been here before so many times.Whilst upscaling 4K video to 8K may well be fine today, what about in the future when even higher resolution devices are out? Will 4K upscale to 12K as well as 8K does? Or 16K? I somewhat doubt it.
IF the footage you are shooting has a limited shelf life, and will be of no interest a few years down the line, then sure - shoot at a lower resolution and upscale it. But if you are shooting something that may well have potential value long into the future, then what you save in $ and effort today, will prevent you from being able to fully monetize it in the future.
I'm also extremely confused that you title this video "Canon R7 for VR180 with RF-S 3.9mm Dual Fisheye Lens", when the lens only has a 144 degree field of view, and you then go on to state that the lower field of view is an advantage because you won't capture the monopod stand.
Is 144 the new 180? Seems like a big compromise to me.
For 8K+ (16K) we will need to blackmagic upcoming camera - the professional options. Regrading FOV - 144 is a compromise as I stated there but it does also has advantage for people do not need full 180. We all know the disadvantage of lesser FOV - but I want to point out the advantage like higher PPD and hide the monopod. Again, more information for dissussion. So folks need that 180 degree - so 144 is not for them. But some folks don't really care and 144 is enough for them to trade off autofocus. I personally still use 180 degree.
Wink if canon has Kimchi as a hostage! =)) good news
Canon! Give me back my SHIBA NOW!!
Come on, Hugh. Anyone who knows Canon and/or the r7 for video knows what 4k fine means. Many cameras oversample video these days. I knew this from day one on r7. Also, the Canon R5 4kHQ is downsampled from 8k, so there is a similar thing there. I don’t have a r5C so I don’t know if the 4kHQ is there or not, but all one needs to do is like. Just remember to enable high data rate to get 4kHQ to show in the menu or watch a few videos on the r5/r5c.
Now I need to decide if I want to buy that lens for my r7. Oh, I even own the Topaz upres video software as I got it as part of a bundle. And I own Apple Vision Pro, too.
I just need to determine how much additional stuff I need to make decent spatial video on my r7. If I had a $ amount, I could make a quick decision. Thanks.
Lol, many people are SONY shooters here in the community. Honestly I only shoot with Professional camera - RED, Canon C series and SONY Venice. So I have no idea the world of oversampling until I try the 4K Fine mode. So that is the mistakes I made. An honest mistake as I always go for the 60fps lol. But yes. R7 Fine mode is well know. In fact, one of the R7 owner here in the community point out my mistakes on my original review!
@@hughhouOk, that makes sense. I’m going to have a lot more time on my hands come January 2025 so I think making spatial videos that can be viewed on the AVP (since I own it) would or could be worthwhile to make a little extra cash.
Yes, there are 2 new cameras are coming before 2025 :)
So what exactly happens if you put this on an R8 set in 4k aps-c crop? I'm guessing no autofocus and maybe not even aperture control. But the bigger dual fisheye ain't supported either but it seems to work and have aperture control. It's stupid they don't "support" these things on their other bodies. But if you stick these on the other bodies when you happen to already own those, it'd be super useful info to know what you get. There has to be a huge group wondering such things. Or even putting this one on R100 for time lapse stills. Etc etc. That'd be a useful video for every owner of R8, R10, R50, R100. What can you do with some effort with these dual fisheyes on those bodies. They'd sell more of the lenses. Like they added the R6 ii but not R8 to the other. Dumb.
I will try to go to a Rental house and test all those. But it is software level not support on those body - it is more than just Lens in VR.
So I kinda assume aperture and maybe even focus would function on this one like aperture works on 2.8 fisheye on R8. Then if you can handle alignment in a video editor you're good.
It's hard to see much desire in 140 degrees either way. But maybe if you get aperture control on R8 it'd be worth seeing in 4k 60 crop.
If one wants true to scale are you just including a 40 degree black circle and don't plan to look around in VR. Otherwise if the 140 fills the regular 16x9 4k or whatever things would always have to look big.
Thanks for pointing out the whole up to 30p thing they mentioned was just an oversampled deal and 4k 60 works. It's really weird they didn't bother explaining that because no one wants to watch 30p in VR. Two weird aspects it kinda sucks they have. It'd have certainly been better just doing 180.
Id just get the 2.8 and plop it on the R8 if I had a second R8 to keep the other one open. Ugh, still wishing for a decent option I guess. Why on Earth hasn't GoPro just redone what they had on the 3 with that 3d sync deal. Now bigger 8:7 sensor and max lens mods getting you at least 180 circles. They could plug this hole decently themselves pretty easy. Just kinda annoying that they had it on the 3.
I remembered that you said 30fps and 4k just would not cut it in 2021. Now it is 2024. Love your channel but it is clearly another canon sledgehammer. I guess 144 FOV is nice for a 3D camera but not a VR camera.
Yes 4K won't cut it in 2021 (and 8K won't cut it in 2024). But this is technically a 7K sensor camera. The ISP is not fast enough to get you 7K video (in favor of overheating resistent, battery life and not looking like a R5) but the oversampling can get you 8K if you want to use AI. But more importantly, UA-cam disagree with us and only give us 4K now on all VR180 video on browser. So... I was wrong back in 2021 (UA-cam / Google actually push 8K and back down as their users are not ready for it yet). For future proofing - get 16K HDR if you can for AVP. But the general public will stay at 4K VR180 SDR for a while especially now Apple and Meta are making a CHEAPER version of their headset!