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Nikon D850+500 PF or Canon R5+100-500 - better for birds?

Started May 29, 2021 | Discussions thread
jwpvb
jwpvb Regular Member • Posts: 124
Re: Nikon D850+500 PF or Canon R5+100-500 - better for birds?
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Great analysis but I think your “personal bottom line” is strongly biased because it is hard to part from 25 years of Nikon experience – same here for 35 years!

I separated your comparison to two: Lenses and Camera.

Overall, comparing apples to apples, both Nikon and Canon have excellent lenses. Yes – Canon still has to come out with additional RF lenses to cover the range.

My last two Nikon cameras were D850 and Z7 with the associated F2.8 zoom lenses. I shoot mostly wild life (including BYF) and “Wild Cars” on the race track. The Z7 was a great disappointment for shooting fast moving objects - the EVF flickering and the slow focusing were made it almost un-usable. So I got the R5 and after a few tests I quickly sold all my Nikon gear (at a great loss) and have been using the R5 with continues success. Yes – it hard to teach an old dog new tricks and as the dog gets older (75 now) it just takes a little longer. To me, trying to work with two different systems, eventually compromises the performance of both (may be some people can), not to mention the need for two camera bags.

So here is my question to you: Other than the benefit of having some Nikon lenses that Canon does not have yet, what can the D850 (or Z7) do that Canon R5 cannot?

 jwpvb's gear list:jwpvb's gear list
Canon G7 X II Canon EOS R5 Canon RF 35mm F1.8 IS STM Macro Canon RF 70-200mm F2.8L IS USM Canon RF 100-500mm F4.5-7.1L IS USM +2 more
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