R6 with EF 100-400mm II and TC EF 1.4x III for wildlife?

JohnMoyer wrote:

,XN_Stein wrote:

bodeswell wrote:

XN_Stein wrote:

Hi,

Would like to get a R5, but don't really have the budget for it. 🤣I would like to ask if anyone had used the EOS R6 with the EF 100-400mm II and TC EF 1.4x III for wildlife before. May I know how is the result? Will this combination be long enough for most shot?

Do you already have the lens and teleconverter? If so buying an R6 may work out well as long as you don’t have to crop much. If you don’t already have the EF gear I would suggest looking at the R7 and RF 100-400.

Hi, I already have the EF 100-400mm II and EF 1.4x III teleconverter 🙂. I am thinking to get either the R6 or R6 Mark II. Probably, easier to get the R6 as it has ready stocks. The R7 is indeed very tempting too, but I already have the M6 Mark II which is another great camera. I am currently looking at full frame options instead.

I hope my experience and speculation might be helpful.

I went from EOS 80D to EOS R5 and I use the EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM with both the EF 1.4x III and the EF 2.0x III. Both work better on the R5 than they did on the 80D. Even my ancient EF-S lenses work better on the R5. Canon DPP has "digital lens optimizer" for the lens and extender combination.

For me, with less budget, I would get the R7 instead of the R6 for the kind of photography that I do. If I did not need the IBIS, I would get the R10, but I am old and shaky. I often use the R5 in 1.6x crop mode for better autofocus on small birds far away and for me the R5 is the equivalent of having both a full frame and a crop camera.

Osprey with fish, hand held from automobile window, panning, processed with Canon DPP, EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM +2x III, F/11, ISO 1000, 1/664, 800mm, distance about 55 meters, at Lake Thunderbird in Norman, Oklahoma, October 18, 2022

Thank for the sharing. Really glad to see that the EF 100-400mm II is performing so well on the R5 🙂