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R8-no ibis vs. R6 MKll - Ibis

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Foskito
Foskito Senior Member • Posts: 1,406
Re: R8-no ibis vs. R6 MKll - Ibis
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VanDyck wrote:

gipper51 wrote:

I have the R6II, and I will say IBIS is lovely to have. It's great if you have (or plan to acquire) older glass that doesn't have IS, and in the long run could save you money as you can buy the non-IS versions of lenses for cheaper prices. For example, I found I could handhold my old 70-200 that didn't have IS down to about 1/15th of a second at 200mm. That's pretty impressive. You can snag that lens for a song these days; much cheaper than the IS versions.

This is a compelling point especially for walking around and capturing hand-held shot!.

As nice as IBIS can be, we've obviously survived without it up to this point. I wouldn't call it a "must have", but now that I've got it, I'd rather have it. Kinda like my heated mattress pad in winter...I could survive without it but why?

That said, if it came down to the choice of the R8 plus a couple of lenses you want vs. just the R6II body only, I'd vote for the R8. It looks like it will be a fantastic camera. Plus most of the RF lenses have IS built-in.

I'm seriously leaning towards the latter option. I don't shoot events and would mostly use a tripod. A small light weight RF prime may be a good balance option for hand-held shots in my case

I'll toss out a third option to consider: a second hand R6. Use prices have dropped considerably since the R6II was released. You could find a clean one for only a couple hundred $$ more than the R8.

That has crossed my mind as well, and no pun intended, is still a consideration.

Many thanks for your thoughtful recommendations!!!

The R6 is 20mp and the R8 sensor -the same as the R6ii- is better in all aspects. Also the R8 has superior video features.

Besides IBIS I don't see why I would choose an R6 over the R8 even for the same money 🤔

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