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Buy R5 or R6 mark II and wait for R5 mark II

Started 2 months ago | Questions thread
axlotl Senior Member • Posts: 2,273
Re: Buy R5 or R6 mark II and wait for R5 mark II
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Circle6 wrote:

Currently, I'm an olympus shooter, but as a portrait photographer I know I need more...everything as I level up in my photography. I mainly shoot lifestyle, portrait, headshots, and moving into boudoir photography later this year. I do not shoot weddings or video, but since I photograph people low light, autofocus, and picture quality are super important. I watched as many videos as possible and it points to the Canon R5 being heaven-sent. But should I just buy the R6 MII and spend the extra money on lenses and wait till the R5 MII comes out, or just jump on the R5 right now and just get one strong lens? I don't have a massive budget, so it would be an investment to step up and charge more.

Also, I know it's not the camera that makes a person a good photographer, I just want to be able to give my clients the best quality I can offer with the least amount of retouching and stressing about getting the shot or not.

Thanks and I appreciate the feedback

HI, For your stated usage just one lens should do the job quite well. Either the RF 24-70 f2.8 L or at a lower price the RF 24-105mm f4 L.

Nobody knows when  an R5 Mk2 is coming and if it does what capabilities it will bring.

The R5 is one of the best cameras you can buy and you can have it now and know it is a very well tested product which will serve you well for many years. I decided not to get an R6.2 as the price was not all that much less than an R5 but the pixel count certainly is less.

Andrew

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