Hello

[davidl111]

I am new to RF Shooters, as I only recently learned about RF Shooters in the discussions of the announcement of DPReview's imminent demise. In any event, I am a keen amateur photographer, retired and living in Tucson, AZ USA. My interests include infrared (I had an R converted to full-spectrum, and prior to that used a converted 50D), B&W, railroad, landscape and travel photography. I am currently dabbling in bird photography, but at that I am a rank beginner.

I have been shooting Canon cameras since the mid-1970s, starting with an AE-1, and progressing to the T-90, then into autofocus with the 1 and 1n. I bought my my first digital SLR, the 5DII, in 2008, and my last dSLR was the 5DIV. I am shooting the R5, which was my first mirrorless camera, which I purchased in November 2020, R (infrared) and R7. I initially used my EF lens with the R cameras, but over the past 2 1/2 years have moved to RF lenses.

 

[Grahamk]

Welcome to the group. My Canon journey also started with an AE-1 which served me well for many years. I think I still have it stored away somewhere. Sad to see DPReview is about to disappear.

 

[Tim Mayo]

Welcome David and thanks for joining up here and introducing yourself to us all. We have seen a few new sign-ups from over on DPReview. It's a real shame what has happened and I can only hope that someone will change their mind and at least keep all of the in-depth reviews and forum posts online as read-only. It sounds like you have a long history with Canon. I'm sure that your knowledge and photography will be more than welcome here. Just let me know if you have any questions about the forum.

 

[MikeZ]

Agreed, it's sad to see DPReview disappear but welcome to the forum.