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

Started 2 months ago | Questions thread
SR Hadden Regular Member • Posts: 292
Flash compatibility
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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

Canon has a new hotshoe and is in the process of making new flashes for it. The R5 has the old hotshoe and isn't compatible with the new flashes. Obviously there are many third-party flashes and something will always be available for the R5, but it seems worth mentioning given the kind of photography you're interested in.

If you can hold off for a few weeks, there will be new gear announcements coinciding with the Japan CP+ trade show.

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