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Canon R6 Mk II vs R5?

Started 4 months ago | Discussions thread
Ran Plett Senior Member • Posts: 1,051
Re: Canon R6 Mk II vs R5?

kentmcpherson wrote:

Yes I have and will someday but the teleconverter is $499 so it’s nothing to sneeze at.

I gotta say, spending an extra $1200 for a somewhat older camera just for the sake of cropping suggests that the $500 teleconvertor would be just a hair less helpful (1.4 vs. 1.6, roughly), but the $500 teleconvertor is more likely to retain its resale value, and be a lot more useful if you were to upgrade your camera down the road.

For example, all things being equal, if you tripod mounted an R5 (in crop mode) and R6 II (coupled with a 1.4x extender), you’d find the results quite comparable. So it would seem like the $500 option is a much better value.

OTOH, you have both options now, so for an additional $500, you can effectively shoot at 1120mm. Of course you may see some diminishing returns because the tighter photosites would give you effectively 1 stop less low light performance or heavier noise. There’s no such thing as a free lunch here.

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