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Thinking Outside the Box

For a photo enthusiast, nothing is quite as exciting as unboxing a new camera—particularly one as innovative as your new Canon EOS R. That’s why YouTube and Canon-oriented forums are inundated with “unboxing” videos as soon as a highly anticipated camera starts shipping. After waiting a very long time for Canon’s answer to the booming trend toward compact, fully featured full-frame mirrorless cameras, many of us have been eager to see what’s in the box, see what kind of accessories we have to enhance our shooting, and—finally—take pictures.

If you’re like me, the first thing you probably did when you first extracted your EOS R from the box, was attach one of the available RF-mount lenses, power the beast up, and begin ...

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