Get R now, wait, pass, or switch?

Great Bustard wrote:

Ed Rizk wrote:

Great Bustard wrote:

Ed Rizk wrote:

I still want your 6D2 and lenses.

Ewwww! Are there people who actually want a 6D2?

Why not? I've seen the pictures you take with it.

Funny you mention it! I haven't been posting pics much since I got the even the 6D, much less the 6D2. But, your compliment is appreciated!

Well, go back to the 5D then, and post some pictures.

I like the 6D. The 6D2 would give me an articulating screen and better AF.

Exactly so. It's funny, 'cause the 6D "should have been" what the 6D2 is and the 6D2 "should have been" the R. In my opinion, at least.

The R will come down to the same price soon enough. I'll get one then.

That's the plan.

Technology is very interesting. I don't crave it for its own sake, though.

Indeed. Why do I want the R? Smaller and lighter than the 6D2

Do you think it will make that much difference?   With the monster lenses, it's still pretty big.    My 60D kit is smaller enough to make a difference, but it's not a game changing difference except with the 55-250 vs the 6 with the 100-400.

(before the 6D2 came out, I said that a camera that split the size of the SL1 and 6D would be perfect, and, well, that's the R)

I want to swap my APSc gear for the SL2 with the smaller wide and prime lenses and a super zoom for travel by plane.    I don't worry about size when traveling by car.

, better AF (although I'm very happy with the 6D2 AF) to include eye AF,

I have a nystagmus.   That eye AF would just freak out with me.   I love the idea of focus down to -6 EV, though.

more base ISO DR (assuming it's pretty much the same sensor as the 5D4), and IBIS. Whoops! Strike the last one.

If the next one has IBIS........

Anyway, is it worth $2K for that, assuming that's the price of a refurb after tax? Dunno. Might be smarter to wait for the next-gen. Truth be told, I'd swap my entire kit for an R + 28-70 / 2, which would be a great move since that costs more than my whole kit.

That's what is interesting about the R.  The technocrats rave about the lenses that could be created for the shorter flange cameras, but the lenses have never materialize before.  Now we have lenses that are better enough to make me actually care whether I have mirror less or not.    I can't wait for the ultra wide RF lenses.