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How should I resolve my birding GAS?

Started 5 months ago | Polls thread
Larry Rexley Senior Member • Posts: 1,238
Re: How should I resolve my birding GAS?
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User1303423862 wrote:

StevenSHH wrote:

User1303423862 wrote:

Hi Stephen. I get what you're saying, and I would like to go further with my photography. The value of secondhand M series cameras and lenses is good at the moment, and the 2 RF zooms plus nifty fifty I have would make a reasonable 3 lens kit. I could aspire to the 35 f/1.8 IS or 16mm without too much extra financial strain.

On the other hand, the M series is a lot of fun and I'd miss that lightweight 'good enough' setup with it's wider variety of affordable lenses. I have an old, heavy Sigma 18-50 f/2.8 that is pretty good in low light, in combination with my Viltrox speedbooster too.

Thanks for your thoughts.

M6 Mark II is not bad, but if you are really serious about birding - get the R7 , sell the R, maybe with M6 and other lense

R7's crop factor helps with reach and the AF is just next generation stuff.

Good Luck!

I know the R7 is state of the art for AF, but I'm reluctant to sell my M gear and get locked into a system using heavy full frame lenses or rehashed M lenses (at higher prices) with no native third party options to provide price competition and wider choice.

I like advanced tech, but hate being led by the nose.

I'm with you... I once calculated how much it would cost for me to move to 'R' and get 'similar' bodies and a comparable lens system. I shoot with 2 m6ii's and 2 M200's, and 14 lenses plus TCs and speed boosters. The 'upgrade' cost is well over $10,000!! I have spent less than $5000 on my entire system to date. The upgrade cost seems insane and it would be a far larger, heavier system - to get images that would be almost no different than what I get today with 'M' and DxO.

Sure the autofocus of the R7 is state of the art, but the M6ii and even M200 autofocus is also excellent for 95% of my uses. That extra 5% is not enough to warrant such a vast price difference.

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