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5dmkii to a mirrorless Canon

Started Mar 26, 2021 | Questions thread
RDKirk Forum Pro • Posts: 16,545
5dmkii to EOS R = Satisfied

Mr Grease wrote:

I have been a 5dmkii and L series lens user for over 10 years now and I have recently thought about going over to a Canon mirrorless.

Looking at the R5 and R6, the specs look great, but the current prices for those are a bit much for my liking, so I was thinking about getting the RP.

The reasons for the RP are:

My photography is street, urban, abstract and close up work (for e.g. textures), so I want good detail and the RP interested me for being lighter than the 5dmkii.

I can't remember the last time I took photos inside and I don't do sports or portraits.

The DP video review for the RP says its ok for enthusiasts and the Dynamic Range isn't that good, so that kind of worried me a bit.

I know the 5dmkii is a few years old now, and owning a Fuji X100F, I am starting to notice the Fuji in some situations produces a better quality image. So, would the RP be any better in regarding detail and quality of images compared to my 5dmkii?

I will be keeping my EF lenses for the time being (24-105 f4 being my most used lens).

I upgraded from 5DII to EOS R over a year ago, before the R5 and R6 were released. For my retail portrait work and theater work, the EOS R has been a fine upgrade.

Image quality is better than the 5DII and performance is better by nearly all measures (battery life being the only relative limitation). Focusing is far superior for portraits.

Shooting stage productions, being able to ride exposure and focus point through the EVR is a whole other world of sophisticated workflow. It changed my life. I'd never go back to a DSLR for theater work.

The R5 is certainly a superior camera...at a much greater price. But for what I do, the R5 would not make me a dime more profit.

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