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M6 mk ii vs. R7 for the video

Started 9 months ago | Discussions thread
Larry Rexley Senior Member • Posts: 1,238
Re: M6 mk ii 4K Videos: They are Good

A Sharma wrote:

I own and enjoy both the M6 II and R7, but I've been using the R7 exclusively for stills (for birding mostly). Although I'm not much of a videographer, once a week I'm asked to shoot some training videos for a dog agility class, and I've generally used the M6 II mostly because of my greater familiarity with it. But today for the first time, I decided to shoot with the R7, using the same 18-150 mm kit I use for the M6 II. In addition to animal subject tracking, the oversampled image quality was distinctly better, which actually surprised me. Moreover, improved co-ordination between the lens IS and the R7 IBIS was noticeable. I didn't have much use for the 4k60p (vs 4k30p), but that might also be an advantage. That said, I'm pretty sure that no one in the class cares about the difference, since the videos are intended only for training purposes

Thanks for reactivating the thread and sharing your experiences. It's good to hear some real-world first impressions of the difference. Great to hear improvements with coordination of the 18-150 as well.

The M6ii is limited in 4k video by the speed (generation) of its processors, so it's not a big surprise the R7 would produce better oversampled video.

If they can put out more RF-S lenses for the R7, at least the counterpart to the EF-M 11-22mm f4-5.6 IS STM, the R7 would become much more tempting to some of us. The 11-22 is a popular vlogging lens for the M6ii and M50ii and kind of a staple zoom to go with the 18-150.

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Canon EOS M6 II Canon EOS M200 Canon EF-M 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM Canon EF-M 22mm f/2 STM Canon EF-M 11-22mm f/4-5.6 IS STM +21 more
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