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Re: It’s like they trying to wipe the M6ii off the earth
Larry Rexley wrote:
Photato wrote:
Larry Rexley wrote:
justmeMN wrote:
Canon are sticklers about not wanting excess inventory. Every quarter their financial documents include camera inventory numbers.
The holiday season is a good time for "out with the old".
Been mulling getting a 3rd M6ii body all week long... your post finally triggered the realization that this probably really is the last chance to get a somewhat 'new' M6ii with the chance to swap it out if something is wrong... silver M6ii refurbs are out of stock already. So I pulled the trigger.
I also realized that the M200 I have can't serve as a replacement should one of the m6ii's die.... doesn't have 4k video at 30 fps with dual pixel AF, and no mike input! One of my few Black Friday purchases was a second mike (Sennheiser MKE 200) and 2 Smallrig cold shoe plates for the M6ii's.
With 3 M6 Mark ii's, a white full-spectrum M200, a black M200, the entire collection of EF-M Canon lenses, 5 3rd-party EF-M mount lenses, and probably the world's only (DIY) EF-M 2x teleconverter tailored for a custom modded EF-M 55-200, maybe I'll be the last man standing in this forum, to turn the lights off a few years from now LOL.
Wait !
I know these decisions are totally personal but I'd rather buy so many other things before a 3rd body.
For instance, the RP body cost about the same and you can pair it with the refurb RF-24-105 lens for $120 and the RF-50 refurb is $80 !. Remember, these are native mirrorless FF lenses and can use your EF lenses too.
Cancel that order LOL.
I was tempted by the RP for a microsecond due to its price, but I have studied the feature set of the camera thoroughly before. Its 4k video is only 24 fps, not dual-pixel AF,
u r right on this - got myself in trouble with that one
and cropped (similar to the M200). Also the RP can only do 5 fps
4 fps
compared to the M6ii's 14 fps, I do use that at times. The M6ii overall has a much richer feature set. With DxO PL6 ISO shooting up to ISO 10,000 and higher is no problem.
true
And although there are a few well-priced lenses for R, I'm happy with the lens set I've built up on M, and it would cost a small fortune to replace it all with R.
for me, my $899 RF 24-105 F4 L and RF 85 F2 IS were the reasons for the RP
Only the R7 tempts me to move to R but the RF-S lenses aren't there and with 3rd party lenses locked out (at least for now) the pickins are slim.
R7 is tempting for wildlife reach and the RF 800 and RF 100-400 - that is it though