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Honestly, would you buy ...

Started Jul 21, 2020 | Polls thread
YWG Senior Member • Posts: 1,364
Re: Honestly, would you buy ...

jwilliams wrote:

Honestly, would you buy an R, RP or R6 over the new Nikon Z5 camera if primarily a stills shooter with no existing camera gear or brand loyalty?

I have a hard time seeing why one would spend the extra money on the R or R6. Is the RP cheaper enough to forgo IBIS, AF joystick, 2 card slots, and better EVF?

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So, put all loyalty aside and look from the perspective of a first time buyer.

If I was coming in fresh from compacts or phone, I'd probably balk at the price of big cameras. That would likely drive me to a budget APS-C DSLR or mirrorless.

Realistically, coming in now after shooting a few different DSLRs and mirrorless cameras, I know I want a jack of all trades camera. This covers off hiking, travels, social snaps, action, events and whatever may come my way. I remember years back preferring to run a FF and APS-H combo of DSLRs. One for image quality and one for high burst rates and CAF performance. Eventually I settled on a flagship APS-C DSLR as a do all camera.

So the R, RP , Z5 don't have the AF performance, CAF burst rates I'm after. I would lean towards the R6 but, the AF performance is yet to be deeply reviewed. R6 is actually what I had hoped to have seen in one of the 5D iterations to present 1D level specs in a lighter body. Nikon D850 got in theory close to this but you need to attach the battery grip to get the higher voltage to drive things to max burst rates.

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