7D Mark ii to EOS R?

Rock and Rollei wrote:

TemperedGlassPhoto wrote:

Hello,

Recently I have been seriously considering buying the EOS R as an upgrade from my 7D Mark ii. I'm not very knowledgeable when it comes to truly understanding the different specs. From what I can understand the EOS R is a good bit better than the 7D Mark ii I have and use. So I'm here looking for advice.

Situation-

I recently started my side photography business. I am most likely going to do primarily portraits (Senior Pictures and Families) along with some product photography (friends with small businesses of there own). I also love just doing landscape and street photography as purely a hobby. Business isn't booming by any means but my full time job allows me to have a little extra cash for nicer gear if I can decide if it is worth upgrading.

Two of the main features, besides the better Mega Pixel count, that really draws me to the EOS R is the tilting screen and the fact that with a mirrorless I can pretty much see how the picture will look before I take the picture.

Another concern is that I already have a few EF lens. They are a mix of Canon and Tamron. I believe from what I've already read that the Tamron lens will work with the adaptor.

I know the R5 and R6 are out there but unless I really start to ramp up the business, I can't see any reason to make that price jump.

Any help I can get with my personal dilemma would be greatly appreciated and thank you for your time in advance!

I've been using an R for over 2 years now - it does portraits, product photography and conference work on the paid side of my photography, and landscapes for fun. It doesn't do the sports photography that the 7D II still does better.

Even though I still had my 7D2 I still never pulled it out of the bag for BIF. I always used the R. If I was making money and depended on getting results then yes I would have used the 7D2.

R with 100-400 II and EF 2X

But I've recently bought an R6 that does the conference side even better, and also does the sports stuff, so the 7D II's days are numbered.
For your indicated uses, the R is great - more suitable than the 7D II, and you don't need the better AF of the R5 or R6 IMHO.