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dan the man p Senior Member • Posts: 1,201
Re: Canon M6 II with kits lens or Body only + buy a lens?

JustUs7 wrote:

I disagree. M6II won't make a noticeable improvement over the M50II for anything he shoots. You don't need 32MP and 14 FPS for family and travel photography. More and better lenses will.

You're not wrong. But 14 fps is a lot of fun playing at the pool with the kids. And the 30 fps raw burst? The kids love the action frozen with their toe just touching the water on a cannonball!

Also, the 32 megapixels handle just a bit more cropping when you’re limited to the 18-150. Not as much as some would believe, but there’s a difference.

I have kids and get plenty of excellent action shots with my M50. We have to be careful about recommending our own personal favorite instead of what's best for his use cases. My opinion is that it's a waste of potential to get the M6II with only the 15-45 lens. Yes, he can buy more lenses later, but how many good shots would he missing in the mean time? Also, even "good" copies of the 15-45 have poor IQ on the long end, where he'll want to be for portraits of his kids. They'll be soft with bland colors and low contrast. Probably worse than what he gets out of his G7X II. He'd be much better served to get that M50II kit with 15-45, 55-200, and add the Sigma 30mm like MAC suggested.

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