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Revisit, M usage with FF?
Mar 18, 2022
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Ladies and Gents,
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This has been hashed before... Bringing it up now that we have more capable R bodies... For those that shoot both FF and crop via the M, how do those fit?
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I'll start and say M is my fun, R is either when I want certain results, or certain lenses.
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It used to be the M6 II did much better AF, 4K obviously, the R5 and R6 changed this. Also, we now have more non-L RF glass which makes things like the RF 50mm f/1.8 and RF 16 compete directly with the EF-M 32mm and EF-M 11-22.
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What's interesting is somethings haven't changed... Despite the non-L RF glass, the M remains a significantly more compact system, and more affordable system. Yes, Canon made a better argument for the R with cheaper lighter RF glass, but things like the RF 24-240 just doesn't bring the size and weight down far enough to compete with the EF-M 18-150, the 22 pancake still stands alone in terms of price/size/punch. The RF 100-400 is more affordable, lighter for telephoto on FF, but it's not a EF-M 55-200 in terms of footprint. Granted there is more light and reach, but the use case is completely different (due to footprint) despite the same audience target.
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One might say those are just a few examples, except they are arguably in my eyes some of the most important ones.
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Things get interesting when you consider that although you can match say an EF-M 11-22 married to a M6 II vs say an RP + RF 16mm, take in two something else, or consider the capabilities of the RP vs the M6 II? Granted the RP will probably get refreshed this year, but my bet? R6 sensor. 20MP... VS 32MP? Yeah.
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Canon has an interesting article on crop vs FF here...
https://snapshot.canon-asia.com/article/eng/full-frame-vs-aps-c-camera-which-should-i-choose
I might agree with it; when dealing with long lenses, the crop has an advantage. When dealing with wide or shallow? FF does. And when comparing new crop sensors (M6 II) vs old FF sensors (RP), sometimes newer crop does better than older FF.
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Anyhow, going to open it up to the audience as I see the M6 II platform as a programmable PowerShot that you slap lenses on.