Parting Ways with the M6ii

R2D2 wrote:

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 😁

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.

It’s all a matter of “different strokes.” You’ve got your faves, and everyone else has theirs.

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Getting the evaluation process right is important.

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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.

That’s why I think you should have gone with DxO’s (full suite) Photolab 4.

^ yes, this -- it is a waste of resources to take every image through an auto process

It’s an excellent image editor in its own right, and you wouldn’t have to output to an intermediate DNG if you didn’t want.

my conclusion also

More and more I’ve been able to skip the (follow-up) Photoshop “step,” and just use the jpegs right out of PL4. It’s been a game changer for me. Not to mention the benefits of Deep Prime.

and like you, I'm getting there also

Plus I’m baffled why it takes overnight for your computer to convert the files. Maybe you’re just starting a batch and then going to bed (that way it doesn’t waste your time).

I'm using gen 11 i7 with ssd -- no issues here -- and my electric bill is peanuts

so here is my contribution to workflow. I learned this from Sports Illustrated and AP and Wedding Photographers who just took 2000 + photos on a shoot and had limited time.

1) Don't start processing with processing software until you cull.

2) Use Culling Software

3) If you don't say "wow" with culling software for viewing within three seconds -- toss the throwaway -- otherwise the throwaway will cost you time and storage

I use FastStone to cull which has a great magnifier that I can check for critical sharpness

Some Photo journalists use Photo Mechanic to cull.

Now, for a wedding photographer the set becomes 400-600 keepers out of 2000 in about a two - three hour culling process

for a basketball game the set becomes a few dozen out of 2000 where they cull like crazy at halftime and after the game because they only have an hour to publish

The problem is folks get hung up on every image -- recognizing great images out of the gate takes experience

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,

“Not that bad” (RP), and “Excellent” (M6ii) are on 2 different levels.

exactamundo -- I couldn't accept the RF 50 f1.8 -- not that bad -- because the lens needs stopped down to f2.8 for sharpness on the eyes and the bokeh is on the bad side

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!

agree -- I only use deep prime for m6II with the full version, PL4 Elite, when needed

I would HIGHLY recommend finding a way to fit DxO Photolab 4 into your workflow, no matter what camera you’re 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 saying…

Agree -- It's amazing with my RP

And BTW, beautiful photo of the wind turbines. Those gotta be bringing your cost per KWH down!

agree -- that 35-150 is nice on m6II

R2