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Control Ring - Who is Still Using it?

Mr Roboto

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I was initially very excited to use this feature when it first came out with the RF lenses. I immediately purchased the EF-RF adapter with the control ring.

But I stopped using the control ring on any lens (adapter or RF) for 2 main reasons:
1) the ring is never in the same place
2) the ring gets moved inadvertently too easily (lost too many shots)

The ring on some lenses like the RF100-400 and RF100macro is located at the front end where the left hand would not normally be.
Perhaps if I only had EF mount lenses so that the control ring is only located on the adapter, it might have worked out.
It was a good idea but not practical IMO.

For those still using it, how do you have it configured to work for you?
 
I never got the adapter with the focus ring because I didn't think I would need it. I have been fine without it for so long. Also, $80 for the basic adapter is too much as it is for something that is just an adapter with feedthrough for electronic signals and I didn't feel like paying even more for the ring. Now others who find benefit from it would probably disagree but that's fine, everyone is different. I just ordered my first RF lens, the 100-500L and it should be in my hands early next week. I'll then have to play with it to see if I derive any benefit from it and if I can avoid the issues that you are listing.
 
With the 100-500 on the R7 my typical birding configuration is manual, spot meter, shutter on the main control, iso on the rear ring and appature on the lens control ring.

I almost never adjust appature in this use case and set to wide open at the long end.
 
Thanks, Sam and Lester, for the feedback.

I've tried using it to control aperture, ISO, and exposure compensation. My root issue may be due to my cameras never seeming to stay asleep which causes the ring to adjust settings while I'm slinging it around my shoulder. That's a different annoying issue - I'd rather not flip on and off the power switch every time I want to grab a shot.

So the control ring stays inactive. The three dials on the R5 and R6 are sufficient at the moment.
 
Thanks, Sam and Lester, for the feedback.

I've tried using it to control aperture, ISO, and exposure compensation. My root issue may be due to my cameras never seeming to stay asleep which causes the ring to adjust settings while I'm slinging it around my shoulder. That's a different annoying issue - I'd rather not flip on and off the power switch every time I want to grab a shot.

So the control ring stays inactive. The three dials on the R5 and R6 are sufficient at the moment.
Three wheels are sufficient for me as well. So I haven't found a good use on the R5/R5II. But it's handy on the R8.

I shoot mostly Auto ISO, so the ring is for EC. You can set it up so that it only works while the shutter button is half pressed.
 
Thanks, Sam and Lester, for the feedback.

I've tried using it to control aperture, ISO, and exposure compensation. My root issue may be due to my cameras never seeming to stay asleep which causes the ring to adjust settings while I'm slinging it around my shoulder. That's a different annoying issue - I'd rather not flip on and off the power switch every time I want to grab a shot.

So the control ring stays inactive. The three dials on the R5 and R6 are sufficient at the moment.

I agree I have the R6II and the third control wheel makes control much better; I find the absence of this on the R7 quite annoying, only topped by the video mode being combined with the power on-off, this is a major nuance.

Another little niggle with the cut-down R7 MMI is the lack of a dedicated magnify button on the R7. When doing tripod macro work I often need to magnify the image, but this is quite fiddly, seems one has to press the AF Point select quickly followed by the Info button.

I have not had an issue the the lens control wheel moving in-carry, but I have got into the habit of turning off when carrying. The reason for this is I find the viewfinder detector gets triggered by my arm wasting battery power. This may be something in my setup.
 
I agree I have the R6II and the third control wheel makes control much better; I find the absence of this on the R7 quite annoying, only topped by the video mode being combined with the power on-off, this is a major nuance.

Another little niggle with the cut-down R7 MMI is the lack of a dedicated magnify button on the R7. When doing tripod macro work I often need to magnify the image, but this is quite fiddly, seems one has to press the AF Point select quickly followed by the Info button.

I have not had an issue the the lens control wheel moving in-carry, but I have got into the habit of turning off when carrying. The reason for this is I find the viewfinder detector gets triggered by my arm wasting battery power. This may be something in my setup.
Yes, I often find that my battery had been drained significantly because my arm/clothing had activated the camera from sleep mode. I've read that some people put black tape over the viewfinder sensor to prevent this. But this seems like a silly fix.

I've tried different settings but haven't found a satisfactory solution. I'm so used to dSLRs that I never turned off so that they are always in-the-ready.
 
I had adapter with CR, after few days turned off and never used ring. Always accidentally turned left or right during photoshoots and made me angry. Also I don't use ring on the lens because same problem. Happy from 3 wheels on body, this is only right way to control everything (one of biggest downside of my prev. eos R).
 
I just saw this thread. It's funny that everyone kinda came to the same conclusion.

I've got my control ring set to Exposure Compensation (EC). I shoot a lot with a couple of triangle points set to auto, so EC is my most-changed setting. But I always keep a dial on the camera set to EC, so I just use that, like I've always done, and muscle memory puts me there.

I shoot on Flexible View mode now, mainly. That lets you toggle through which triangle point is active on a dial. Sometimes I'll switch to something else from EC and forget I did that. If EC isn't where I thought it was, I'll fumble around for the control ring. That's my biggest beef, that it's never in the same place, and/or it's awkward to get to. The adapter ring is particularly awkward. It's on the back-end flange of an extra-front-heavy lens.

So, short answer, no, not really using the control ring much.
 
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