R3 with 1.4 TC or R7

Neil Schofield wrote:

danferrin wrote:

I can’t see any way in which the R7 isn’t a better camera than the 7D2 is. I still have my 7D and 7D2, each of which I’ve taken thousands of shots with. I haven’t picked up either of them since getting my R5 18 months ago. I love the R5, but there are times when I want a little more reach or the extra stop of light I would gain by shooting without the 1.4x extender on Mt EF 100-400 mk2 lens. I pre-ordered the R7 early on the day it was announced. As far as I am concerned, I can’t see any ergonomic problems with switching between the R5 and the R7. I’ve shot with so many cameras that small changes in ergonomics don’t bother me.

Apart from battery life, add on grip, on board flash, ergonomics, weather sealing, but I know where you’re coming from, maybe we will have to wait 7 years for the R7Mll

Whilst the initial specs and ergonomics of the R7 came as a disappointment for me, I was looking for an ASPC R body to pair with my R3, I am sure that it will be a great body and sell well, I will take a view when it’s released and more in depth reviews are available, if it pairs well with the RF 800 f11 and gives a greater focus area, then that’s a big one for me

One area not covered in the thread is rolling shutter v R3 at fast electronic shutter frame rates, however 15fps on mechanical looks good, but again it depends on what you shoot

I personally think shooting with the R5 for 1/2 hour then switching to an R7 for in instant action shot will be an issue unless all I have to do is select which back button to use for focus. The thumbwheel joystick combo might be really great or it might be a compromise due to lack of real estate. Yesterday I shot a 4 or 5 second burst at 20 fps electronic shutter on the R5  of a heron in flight.  That’s probably a buffer lock up on the R7 at high frame rate but most likely doable in mechanical or reduced  electronic shutter rate with less shots to pick from.  Rolling shutter appears to be more of a problem than with the R5 but that is not yet fully determined. I wanted a battery grip for the R5, both for having two batteries and preferring but not necessarily having to have a large body.  If the R7 size necessitates needing a grip that extra price is probably about half of the extra it would likely to have cost to make a true 7d II replacement.   I have never felt there was  more difficulty in changing batteries quite quickly in a non gripped body vs changing them half as often with more downtime in a grip caddy. A crop sensor in an R6 body could have filled the 7d II replacement niche at less than than the R6 cost, though I personally would prefer the R5 controls for seamless switching.  The value pricing of the R7 makes it a great camera for those who don’t have the budget for a near pro body but want to get access to high speed sports shooting.

That’s a good point about the likelihood of the F11 lenses now having most of the screen available for focusing on the smaller sensors.  I would lean towards the  600 mm on a crop sensor but I I am sure the 800 mm would have advantages in some applications.  I wish those lenses had a shorter minimum focal distance for things like crabs and small bugs.

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