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Anybody using multiple M bodies to avoid lens changes?

Started Sep 23, 2020 | Discussions thread
thunder storm Forum Pro • Posts: 10,139
Re: Anybody using multiple M bodies to avoid lens changes?

R2D2 wrote:

I just didn't know if you'd need a pretty capable walk-around camera too.

Sigma 50mm Art + adapter on the R is a bit heavy, but the EF 35mm f/2.0 IS on the adapter is fine. An RF 50mm without adapter should be fine.

A second camera is also a bit annoying as you have 2 different cards, different numbers, your muscle memory needs to remember 2 different cameras, and to make it really interesting i need to buy a 470 euro walk around 32mm lens for it, making it quite an investment in total. It might set me back 1200 to 1500 euro in total, so just the RF 50mm will likely be more affordable and stabilized, at least on the R5.

Maybe later.

Maybe, and oddly enough, if AF performance is the same , i might even pick the M6mkII over the M50mkII. Since i have the R (and one day the R5) I won't use an M camera for speedlites anyway and I do prefer the flip up screen. Maybe someone upgrading to M50mkII or M5mkII will create the opportunity to get a used M6mkII + Evf for a good price?

But again, having a traveling option is nice, but i really don't want to have the EF 35mm f/2.0 always packed just for it's IS with a setup that should be light. Without IBIS it  will never be truly light weight.

So it might happen, but it's behind the horizon. March 2022 my bank account will be "almost below zero Kelvin" because of the purchase of the R5. Once i will give M some love again it might be 2023. Probably the M6mkIII + IBIS will be released. Or the M6mkII will be a bargain. We'll see. The price of the R5 gives Canon some time to put IBIS in their M bodies.

R2

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