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Future of Canon M Series - Invest or Sell?

Started Feb 27, 2021 | Discussions thread
nnowak Veteran Member • Posts: 9,075
Re: Future of Canon M Series - Invest or Sell?

pa100r wrote:

nnowak wrote:

pa100r wrote:

thunder storm wrote:

pa100r wrote:

thunder storm wrote:

And the best lens for this job was used. Great sharpness, great compositions.

Thank you!

I used to shoot an acrobatics competitions with a wide variety of cameras and lenses from EOS 100D + Canon 85/1.8 to EOS R + 70-2002.8L, and this combo: M6mkII + Sigma 50-100/1.8 is simply the best for the job.

Actualy i've sold my EOS R and all EF lenses.

Really? I can imagine the R would do a bit better job at higher ISO values. Even at f/2.8 I think it's one stop better compared to the M6mkII at f/1.8.

Don't get me wrong, EOS R is great camera, i was pretty happy with it, but M6MkII is cheaper, lighter and much more fun to use.

It might be cheaper and more fun, but it is not much lighter. You Sigma 50-100mm f/1.8 and EF 70-200mm f/2.8 IS L II both share the exact same weight of 1490 grams. the M6 II body may be quite a bit lighter than the R, but the total setup is only 10% lighter. To save 10% in weight you are losing almost 40% of your zoom range and giving up stabilization. If you had a spare few thousand dollars sitting around, the RF 70-200mm f/2.8 L paired with the R would be the lightest option by a pretty big margin (16% / 318 grams lighter than the M6 II setup).

There always is better camera and better lens. I think my setup is just good enough for me:-) I've found that i can survive with less of zoom range and without the IS.

I personally battled with this issue for a while.  The original non-OS version of the Sigma 50-150mm f/2.8 is a great size and optically quite nice up to 125mm, but lacked stabilization.  The EF 70-200mm f/2.8 IS L II had IS and was optically excellent, but was much larger and the focal length didn't work as well for me on crop (this was years before the RF mount launched).  I simultaneously owned both, but neither was ideal.  The need to occasionally shoot video confounded the situation.

I spoke about weight in general: except the Siggy (which is almost have killed my back and arms after 6 hours of shooting) there is plenty of lightweight prime lenses.

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