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What impact does the Canon EOS R system have on your future M system purchases?

Started Feb 16, 2019 | Polls thread
thunder storm Forum Pro • Posts: 10,139
Re: What impact does the Canon EOS R system have on your future M system purchases?
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Abu Mahendra wrote:

What impact does the Canon EOS R system have on your future M system purchases?

It makes sense to have both systems.

Landscapes often go together with traveling and hiking. Thats why a compact form factor + wide angle go's perfectly together. The M50 will likely have a better dynamic range than the RP as the RP has the 6DmkII sensor, and the R will be to big (and eventually also to costly), especially with a RF wide angle lens.

first lens for M: ef-m 11-22mm

Another reason to have M is the 32mm f/1.4. The RF mount only has the astronomical priced RF 50mm f/1.2, using the adapter the EF 50mm f/1.2 is not sharp at wider apertures, the EF 50 f/1.4 belongs in a museum, the Sigma 50mm is way to bulky, the 50mm f/1.8 is good for the price, but only for the price, so basically there is no suitable 50mm.

second lens for M: 32mm f/1.4

The R is better for portraits, to my eye the R+adapter+EF 85mm f/1.4 or Sigma 105 f/1.4 is perfect, and without adapter RF 85mm f/1.2 will also be fine.

first lens for RF: EF 85mm f/1.4 OR Sigma 105 f/1.4 OR RF 85mm f/1.2.

second lens for RF will be a 70-200mm f/2.8, there are several very good options here.

last and third lens for RF will be the RF 35mm f/1.8 IS. This one is better than the 22mm f/2.0 of M, and on M there is already the 11-22mm for 22mm and large DOF. Needing a lot of light is often indoors, and in these indoor cases the size and weight factor is less important. The RF lens also has IS. Needing a lot of light goes better together with a full frame lens.

If you want to save some money you could buy the EF 35mm f/2.0 IS USM in stead of having both the 32mm f/1.4 and RF 35mm f/1.8 IS. It is not as good as both, but still it is not a weak performer and it will give you also IS on your M camera.

I think you will cover a lot of photographical needs with the best price-performance-usability ratio to have some lenses for the M system and some for the R. Having two cameras enables you to always have 2 focal lengths (or focal length ranges) available, and i think you can make several strong combination for a lot of situations eliminating the need for some zooms.

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