Using the R and R7 for shooting a conference

Rock and Rollei wrote:

R2D2 wrote:

Very nicely done! You definitely got lucky indeed with the (non-banding) lighting.

I was wondering if you have the RF 28-70 on your roadmap at all. It allows for a significantly higher amount of compositional flexibility vs swapping out a number of primes.

No it won’t take the place of the beautiful new f/1.2 primes shot wide open, but for event shooting it’s been a real game changer for me. A perfect complement to the 70-200/2.8.

R2

ps. R&R I’d put the same question to you too.

If it wasn't for COVID, I would almost certainly have it now. I'm still not shooting as many conferences as I was before

Yup, COVID sure put a dent in things.  It gave me a nice break though! 

and I'm quite enjoying semi retirement, of I'm honest.

That's the direction I was headed too, but I figured I'd persist for a while longer.  I still turn down more shoots than I go to.

But if I do get the numbers back up, it's a no-brainer. A stop saving over the f2.8 means a stop lower ISO, and if that means I can get away without using Deep Prime, that's potentially a decent time saving, with a pure Lightroom workflow. I'll typically shoot around 2000 shots, and aim to deliver 400 to the client, so it could be a decent time saving, even taking into account that the focal length range would only suit about a third of the images. And that's without considering the shooting flexibility of only really needing 2 lenses.

For event photography - well I can't imagine a more useful lens.

It's been a real game-changer for me.  That extra stop has increased my keeper rates substantially (I usually put that extra stop into faster shutter speeds to better control subject motion blur).  DxO is icing on the cake.

Yes, I do miss 24mm on occasion, but have made do.  Maybe I'll change out the 70-200 with the (upcoming) RF 24L on occasion, on my R6. The 28-70 I like to keep on the R5 (better grip, more cropping ability), plus for my stuff I use the 28-70 more than the 70-200.

Good discussion!

R2