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You kids with your new toys (Keeping my RP) ...

Started Jul 31, 2020 | Discussions thread
007peter
007peter Forum Pro • Posts: 12,933
Agree, no point Wasting money (if) you dont shoot 4/8K for a Living
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If you don't shoot 4K/8K video, spending $2500/$3500 for R6/R5 seem rather meaningless. There are only (3) still improvements:

  • Animal Eye AF for birding is very useful
  • Faster FPS, as both EOS-R / RP are SLOW for action
  • IBIS

I tend to crop heavily shooting wild life, so a lower resolution 20mp is a no go for me. 26mp RP and 30mp EOS-R buy me more room (resolution insurance) to crop and isolate the bird. Sadly both older camera struggle in C-AF with poor FPS. So neither R/RP/R6 offer a compelling solution.

  • I can use a lower price $1499 Canon R7 with 32mp APS-C sensor from 90d/M6ii. Hopefully it'll come with IBIS and animal eye AF like the newly released Nikon Z5

Lastly even if you shoots video for a living, you can't use either R5/R6 reliably for wedding. Key moment when Bridie walking down an isles to her saying YES can take as long as an hour depending on the brides, the unforseen delays etc.., you can't afford to have camera overheats & shutdown @those critical moments. I'm not sure R5 / R6 fits anywhere. Overheating prevent them from being a reliable camcorder for the videographer, low res of R6 make a poor choice for photography, higher resolution 45mp R5 seem overprice comparing to a whopping 61mp Sony A7R4.

R5/R6 are fine cameras, but they're not the "Revolution" as quoted from canons hype machines.

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