Trade my Canon 6dii for Canon M6ii?

R2D2 wrote:

BonnieSueM wrote:

I currently have a 6d ii and some decent EF glass. I am toying with the idea of selling my camera and some lenses (24-105 f/4, 16-35 f/4 and 100-400 i) and buying an M6 ii. While I really like my 6dii and I'm satisfied with my photos, the camera combined with the glass seems bigger and heavier every year.

My own experience parallels Ken's. I sold my DSLR's and most of my EF lenses and now my everyday camera is indeed the super compact M6ii. In short, it's just a joy to use. Very light, very fast, and yet very capable. (I have the R5 for wildlife)

I find myself reaching for my m100 with the 22mm more and more. Photography is my hobby and I mostly take photos of landscapes, nature, macro, some astrophotography, wildlife, but not a lot of bif.

For landscapes and astro you'll want to keep the ISO low to make up for the FF difference (in noise). OTOH the M6ii's increased MP and crop factor will be really nice for your nature, macro, and wildlife shooting.

I rented an m6ii when I was in Hawaii last year and liked it except for the removable EVF. The main advantages for me with the m6ii seemed to be smaller size when combined with ef-m glass, better autofocus, faster shutter speeds.

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I did try focus stacking and it seemed to have potential, but I didn't use it a lot, so I'm not sure how much I will end up liking it. Main advantages of the 6d ii for me seem to be a hot shoe, easy geotagging, and better quality lenses. I do have the adapter, but I don't see me using most of my FF glass on the m6 ii.

Evaluate each one and see what it might offer. But I agree, these EF-M lenses are so pleasant to shoot with!

I'm thinking that if I get a m6ii, I would just leave the EVF on all the time, buy some kind of cage with a cold shoe and a light cube for macro.

I really like the SmallRig products. Very well built and quite reasonably priced.

I found this Small Rig plate with cold shoe on Amazon that looks interesting.

For lighting my macros (with LEDs), the best solution I've found is this LED panel...

Aputure Amaran AL-F7 from B&H

Very high LUX. Adjustable output (and color temp).

LED panel. Has 1/4 x 20 standard tripod sockets for mounting.

I use two of them. Note: I shoot handheld almost excludively.

Flexible arms (from eBay) attach to my 100L's tripod foot

That's a nice macro set up!

So, what else should I be thinking about? Thanks!

The 70-300ii might be a good lighter solution than the 100-400.

It will be hard to give up the old 100-400 dust pump, though. I sat outside today scaring the birds at the feeder comparing it with the 70-300. I'm just not using it often enough to keep it.

Holler back with any questions!

R2

Thanks!