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R6 VS R3 Which camera is better?

Started Dec 15, 2021 | Discussions thread
KariP
KariP Veteran Member • Posts: 6,451
Re: Very good and the best ...
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This discussion (of ours)  and showing some images was perhaps a waste of time. Trying to see from a random  5mp jpeg  image which camera is sharp, is not a very fruitful method. And you wanted to know if R3 is really better than R6 - in the first place.  Of course iR3 is a better camera, but from some uncontrolled  test shot you can not see if R3 is somehow "sharper" because it is not.

R3 has extremely more "gadgets" - like AF points that you can control with your eye movement, GPS, much faster fps , better video systems, longer lasting battery and so on  - if you can use and need all that, it is absolutely worth paying some 4000€ more. R3 is a very great camera to make good photographs or videos  - of course all that depends on the user of the tool.

I'm not a professional making photos of  fast motorsports or things like that or doing reportages in jungles or war zone. To me resolution that  a good 20mp sensor can give is good enough - for printing clean and sharp A2 size images.  R5 could be a little better (perhaps i could use 30-50% wider  printing paper) - but i do not need 45mp sensor and i do not want to buy a huge professional printer or order bigger prints from a professional. R3 and R6 are both on the same resolution (20-26mp)  level. R5 is arguably better for landscapes - if you make huge prints. Possibility to crop more is not a quality thing IMO.

Dynamic range is very important for my personal style and in my surroundings - there are no great differences between R6 , R3 or R5. In tests noise levels do not differ much and they all have usable high ISO  level - i very rarely shoot with higher than  ISO 6000. Who does?

And of course R3  has a lot of status value - R3 with a lens like RF 28-70f2,o  L  will surely make an impression  to everyone who knows !

Comparing 6DMkII and R3 : usability is different and gadgets, video ... 6D sensor can  not produce the same DR or high ISO quality  or low noise level in shadows as R3 (or R5 or R6). Just ask yourself what you need and what you can use in your own personal photography /hobbies/style - then you will know what is the best camera (for you to use) It can be 6DmkII and you will save a lot of money

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I started SLR film photography in 1968. Now two systems: Fujifilm X-H1 + X-E3 and Canon FF gear 5dMkIV + R6

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Canon EOS 5D Mark IV Fujifilm X-E3 Fujifilm X-H1 Canon EOS R6 Canon EF 50mm F1.4 USM +13 more
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