Looking at Canon EOS R kits

MikeJ9116 wrote:

KEG wrote:

MikeJ9116 wrote:

KEG wrote:

MikeJ9116 wrote:

If I were you, and based on what you like to photograph, I recommend waiting a little while longer to see if Canon releases a RF mount APS-C camera. The RP and R are not good for moving targets and especially BIF. Their AF systems aren't up to the task and their burst rate is abysmal. The R6 has adequate AF and burst rate but its 20mp sensor means you will need longer, heavier, more expensive zoom lenses to get the reach you will need for a full frame camera. APS-C's 1.6x crop factor and pixel density would much better suit your needs and I expect Canon's first R system APS-C camera be basically be a R6 with an APS-C sensor and a lower price.

This Arctic Tern, it travels from the antartica to the countries around the nortern pole at the start of summer, a travel distance of over 30k kilometers or around 20k miles. It is one the fastest and most agile birds out there.

As you see it is actually flying and the image of course was taken with EOS RP.

Even a blind squirrel finds and acorn every once in a while. The problem with the RP, and R, is poor AF and a terribly slow burst rate (especially in servo mode) makes the keeper rate when shooting moving targets very low.

Poor AF compared to what? My EF 70-300L has insane fast AF and I generally have found zone af working best and even though RP has low fps I actually have found it at least to be on par with Fuji X-T1.

I also have no reason to believe that R should do any worse.

And in the end lest not forget I have disproven your wild AF claims in the past.

I own the R and find it is just not up to the task of shooting moving targets. The faster they move the more frustrating the task becomes. Especially in servo mode. The X-T1 is a 2014 camera and isn't all that great as a comparison, IMO. The R and RP are very capable cameras if they are used within their capabilities.

What AF claims have you disproved?

You seem to have a long experience of not getting AF to work, anyways, the point you where making THEN was wrong, your point now is even less so.