It’s like they trying to wipe the M6ii off the earth Locked

Photato wrote:

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, and cropped (similar to the M200). Also the RP can only do 5 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.

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. 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.

You are right, but in your case I saw the RP option as a complement to your M setup, not a replacement. Lets say to use the RP only in specific cases like portrait, so you can have the best of both worlds, not so much for video, tele or macro which the M6ii would be superior there.
Another good option for $400 would be to get the DJI SC2 Combo gimbal which comes with the Video transmitter and the focus/zoom motor. IMHO that would more bang for the buck than the 3rd M6 body.
Other examples are the new Tokina 600mm reflex lens, or the well regarded Sigma EF 100-400 lens.

In my case the 3rd M6ii body is purely a backup so that I can shoot with 2 M6ii cameras on most shoots for years to come, even if one of the 3 bodies fails or develops the 'forget date/time' issue.

The 'cheap' telephoto combos I use (modded EF-S 55-250 IS STM + 1.5x teleconverter) gets me the reach I need for daytime shooting with quality that is good enough for me. For astro Moon and planets I use a Meade ETX-125 scope on a SkyGuiderPro mount, on a heavy-duty Meade tripod. That works beautifullly with the Viltrox 0.71x speed booster, giving me a 1350mm f11 scope that can shoot the full disk of the Moon or Sun (with filter)

I shoot RAW and process using DxO PL6. I'm very happy with the IQ I'm getting - I don't see moving to FF in general or to the RP in particular as much of an upgrade in IQ. I'm getting great, sharp results with the Canon, Sigma, Laowa, and Rokinon primes.

The Canon EF-M 11-22 is also great, and the other EF-M zooms are 'good enough' for what I use them for. The zooms are certainly good enough for very good 4k video even wide open, and stopped down about a stop at their wide ends, they also give good still images.