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R7 or R/RP for shooting my toddler?

Started 8 months ago | Questions thread
Alastair Norcross
Alastair Norcross Veteran Member • Posts: 9,874
Re: R7 or R/RP for shooting my toddler?

lightwriter wrote:

Distinctly Average wrote:

lightwriter wrote:

Distinctly Average wrote:

lightwriter wrote:

Hi there!

I have at the moment a Canon 700D with the kit lens, the EF-S 10-18mm STM and the EF 35mm f/2.

I'm thinking of buying into the mirrorless system, because I have a daughter with 20 months, and I want to be able to photograph her and take some videos where I can rely on the autofocus.

I know the R7 has IBIS and better video, but I'm no birder nor do I shoot sports. Are the R/RP better options for me or are they too long on the tooth?

Have you considered the R10?

I have indeed, but Canon's cripple hammer striked again in the left out IBIS...I would like to film some clips, and that's kind of a deal breaker.

Fair comment.,Sort of knocks out the R and RP too

Unless I'm wrong, and the IS built in the lenses is sufficient...

I think it's more than sufficient for video. In fact, the digital IS in my M6II works really well. I rarely use video, but when I have done on my M6II, I've been really pleased with how well the digital IS works for lenses that don't even have IS. I was at my niece's wedding last week. I had my M6II with 22 F2 and 56 F1.4, just for casual shots (the official photographer was using a pair of R6s). Neither of those lenses has IS. I was asked to film a special dance that a bunch of cousins had choreographed. I popped on the 22 (I had mostly been using the 56), switched the M6II to video mode, with standard digital IS enabled, and just went with the defaults (I'm no videographer). I was amazed at how good the result was. Not only was the video sharp, but it was also steady. The digital IS imposes a crop (it needs the edges to do the stabilization), but not a particularly drastic one. If you want the IBIS for video, I think you'll be fine with lens IS and digital IS. I would think IBIS will be much more important for stills, because you can't use digital IS for that. And if you're mostly taking shots of your kids, you'll want to use fast enough shutter speeds to freeze the action anyway.

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