R2D2
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Re: Parting Ways with the M6ii
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Larawanista wrote:
R2D2 wrote:
Larawanista wrote:
I am in general parting ways with my M6 Mark II and all lenses...
It sounds like you've made a well-reasoned decision.
Nearly all of my paid gigs (a passive but lucrative source of income for me) is now leaning towards corporate portrait and product photography, for which the RF system again is superior.
It's a natural move for any photographer shooting more and more paid gigs, IMHO.
FF mirrorless can definitely give you more options and more capabilities.
On the personal fr
ont, my priority is family travel photography as we are now able to resume some degree of domestic travel and likely some foreign travel by the next quarter of next year. This means mirrorless FF assures me of “no-hassle” photography under any lighting condition (as we love visiting night markets to feast on street food).
Here is where the vast majority of experienced travelers prefer a much more compact (and less expensive/intrusive) system. I really don't see anything that the M6ii + DxO couldn't deliver on (hey, now I'm sounding a lot like MAC! )
The grass is much, much greener with my R6 and the just ordered 50mm 1.2 đ
A great pairing! Before you posted this I was going to advise you to not rely too heavily on the (cheapo) RF 50 f/1.8 for serious stuff... I have one.
Good luck with your new roadmap, and be sure to stop back whenever you can!
R2
Thank you.
Itâs all a matter of âdifferent strokes.â Youâve got your faves, and everyone else has theirs. Getting the evaluation process right is important.
It's part of the reason I liked and eventually disliked the images from M6ii. I did the math on amount of resources, including time, consumed on running raw files on DxO PureRaw. While it does not freeze my desktop (far from), it still is responsible for higher power consumption. And it still means working on the DNG files later.
Thatâs why I think you should have gone with DxOâs (full suite) Photolab 4. Itâs an excellent image editor in its own right, and you wouldnât have to output to an intermediate DNG if you didnât want.
More and more Iâve been able to skip the (follow-up) Photoshop âstep,â and just use the jpegs right out of PL4. Itâs been a game changer for me. Not to mention the benefits of Deep Prime.
Plus Iâm baffled why it takes overnight for your computer to convert the files. Maybe youâre just starting a batch and then going to bed (that way it doesnât waste your time).
Portability is of course still slightly to the M series camp. But the RP with 50mm 1.8 isn't that bad in terms of portability as well,
âNot that badâ (RP), and âExcellentâ (M6ii) are on 2 different levels. Â
https://camerasize.com/compare/#815,829
I can shoot up to ISO6400 without having to run the file on DxO PureRaw afterwards. That is not doable with the M6ii, not even with the 1.4 lenses.
With Deep Prime you can!
I would HIGHLY recommend finding a way to fit DxO Photolab 4 into your workflow, no matter what camera youâre shooting. If you think Deep Prime is amazing with the M6ii, just wait until you see what it does with those big beautiful FF files!! Just sayingâŚ
And BTW, beautiful photo of the wind turbines. Â Those gotta be bringing your cost per KWH down! Â
R2