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Sell the R5 and get an R7 and R? Crazy?

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KevinRA Senior Member • Posts: 1,456
Re: Sell the R5 and get an R7 and R? Crazy?
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Lovely shots!

I've thought about this too - the R7 is potentially a 1.4X extender in terms of reach....  but one key benefit with the R5 in wildlife is you can still make very good crops at 17MP in high quality pixels - and with prime lenses even if one normally throws the edges away, when wildlife then comes much closer (or closer than expected!),  you don't then crop off wings, legs, tails etc.  The R5 also makes framing (and then cropping) birds in flight easier.

I also think to get the full 1.4X TC reach effect of the R7 over R5 the technique and conditions need to be absolutely perfect and with top quality lenses - otherwise the gain is less.  Less rolling shutter is a R5 benefit - and ergonomically those three rather than two control wheels is a plus for me - I miss the 3rd control wheel on my R10 - even the M6II has 3!   And when one can fill the frame - the better noise and performance comes in on the R5 - for example low light work on closer and/or larger subject.

I'd not sell my R5 - but would not buy a 2nd one right now as far too pricy.

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