RLight wrote:
My coffee mug is empty, but I feel like writing, and, I've got some oatmeal to consume...
Regarding the former M6 Mark II and what I feel is the best use case for it:
Travel Photography
When dealing with the unpredictable, you want to have more lenses on you, not less. And, when traveling, you want to travel light. Likewise, everyone wants good quality of special occasions which traveling usually is a more special occasion.
The M6 Mark II makes for an excellent traveling companion. During my business trips the M6 II and the native EF-M lenses do well in luggage, the M6 Mark II does well in image quality, and it's such a fun system to shoot with.
exactamundo!
We can tell you miss it!
Whether you find yourself in the deserts reaching for a wide angle lens, in the cafe reaching for a 22mm or 32mm for food and street photography (with some decent bokeh capability), the 55-200 or 18-150 for creative reach needs, say visiting a local venue or native wildlife, the M system has you covered in terms of the lenses it offers for this sort of use case.
Where the M6 II fails?
Absolute bokeh or image quality on demand.
cough... maybe for its native zooms, but not for primes
let's read what Bryan at the Digital Picture says about the m32 F1.4
"It always helps to compare a lens against one of the best to know how well it really performs. The Canon EF-M 32mm f/1.4 STM Lens vs. Canon EF 200mm f/2L IS USM Lens comparison is quite revealing. In that comparison link, I selected f/1.4 for the 32mm lens and stopped the impressive-performing 200mm L lens down to f/4 to illustrate how good the 32mm lens really is. I see a slight contrast difference in this comparison, but there is little resolution difference and both lenses equalized at f/4 shows the EF-M 32mm f/1.4 lens performing similarly to a lens costing over 12 times more."
Look to more professional systems with fast zooms (which finding fast primes for the M isn't the problem, the Sigma trio has you covered).
add the siggy 56 and siggy 16 to the m32 and the trio is great
Absolute portability. Even though small, lenses equal a bag of some kind, usually. You can backpack with an M for example, but, it lacks weather sealing, and it's footprint can get large for that use case depending how many lenses you drag along. This is where I might kindly suggest one look at the M's brother, the G1X Mark III. For family shooting I recommend going out with just the camera, and one lens extra in tow at most to simplify things.
with one lens setup, you would go with the G1XMark III, and I can accept you found it better than the m6II + 15-45 combo...
for me, depending on the walkabout, I would go with either the
m6II + m32 (the size of this combo is small enough that I think of this combo as the size of carrying one EF/RF lens).
or the small RP + RF 24-105 F4L
or take both
The "duo" comes recommended. But perhaps that's where the G5X Mark II does better than that as it's low profile, doesn't attract attention and has a more versatile single-lens solution.
well IQ starts to diminish on these point and shoots.
think iphone 13 pro instead
Tips:
Lenses pairing for given events. For example, Travel, the 11-22 and 32mm f/1.4 are staples.
this is where I'm going --those two with the m6II are the two
I like to add the 55-200 to make a "trio"
though light, there has been reported some shutter shock on that one that would scare me away - see link
Canon EOS M6 Mark II - Analysis of Shutter Shock | Canon News
where you can cover most creative needs between width of the 11-22, bokeh and macro of the 32, and reach of the 55-200 myself though.
for me it is the the 55-250 stm as the third lens but I'm looking at the new 100-400 for my RP
I think too often folks get hung up on only carrying one camera. Well, if the camera goes down, then the lenses do no good
This is where the RP duo with the M6II comes into play - RP is small enough
So my go to IQ bag will carry
M6II + RP
11-22 + 32 (for bokeh) staples as you said +
RF 24-105 F4L + RF 100-400
two small bodies, 4 lenses
maybe add my toki 10-17 fe as # 5 lens
and the iphone 13 pro
The "duo". That 18-150
I'd not go there
when paired with the 22 make for a no bag solution where you only swap the lens when light runs out, or bokeh is desired.
the 22 is nice and small, but my priority is on using the 32 first and foremost, and if I need 22, use the 11-22
glad you haven't given up
I think it is important you continue to seek the best. The R3 is amazing if you can afford it.
but for your small carry, IMO, those point and shoots occupying 70% of your time without bokeh is an issue that the great M6II + M32 could solve.
Happy shooting!
