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Initial thoughts on moving to the R3 from Canon DSLRs

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Falxon
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Re: Initial thoughts on moving to the R3 from Canon DSLRs

davev8 wrote:

10-12 years ago I started doing some semi-professional work with corporate clients (events, headshots, the usual), as well as covering some small bands. I bought into the DSLR ecosystem with the 40D, then the 7D, and finally the 5D3 and 7D2, which are my current cameras. I also acquired quite a fair number of L glass and started to care more about critical sharpness. I also got a 100-400L and started doing some birding

If this was the MK1 100-400 that lens was borderline on being sharp enough at best

a friend of mine had one and he never got good results with it unlike some other lenses he had

Yeah, it's the mark I.  I have not had a chance to test it on my R3 yet, but I am really curious what the results will be.  They certainly won't be worse than my results on my previous bodies, but I know that lens is not ideal.

I'm holding off before committing any more money to lenses for a while yet, as my eyeballs are still bleeding after paying for the R3.  That said, I've been researching between the EF 100-400 II and the RF 100-500 quite a bit.

I have not owned a teleconverter in decades, but I know that they are a lot more convenient on the 100-400 II and with "only" 24MP will not have a huge impact on sharpness.  I have seen people saying that the 100-400 II is sharper with the 1.4 than the 100-400 I without it.  Plus the EF option is way cheaper and would work on my 7D2 which I'll likely keep around for some bird stuff.

 Falxon's gear list:Falxon's gear list
Canon EOS 7D Mark II Canon EOS R3 Canon EF 100mm F2.8L Macro IS USM Canon EF 70-200mm F2.8L IS II USM Canon EF 500mm f/4.0L IS II USM +13 more
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