Is it worth upgrading R6 mk1 to mk2 for wildlife/birding/BIF?

steeldrake wrote:

I struggle to decide if i should spend a reasonably big amount of money to upgrade my R6 to mk2, I know the differences in specs but one thing really bothers me and if any of you have experience (or even can share example raws) on this, i would be happy:

I do lot of wildlife and BIF (birds in flight) with R6 and RF100-500, sometimes with RF1.4 extender. Still depending on subject and situation i often need to crop quite alot. Now 24 is not much more that 20 but i read a lot of info and experiences that the IQ and details are much better in mk2. Perhaps due to different AA filter or something similar.

So will you get a much better highly cropped image from Mk2?

I sometimes use Topaz gigapixel and it creates often anomalies in e.g. bird feathers. I also wonder if a more detailed original picture would generate less artefacts...

And finally if you have the experience, is the AF and animal/bird tracking really noticeable better in mk2?

Thanks for any help in the difficult question ;).

I use my R6Mii when my EF100-400mm M2 has enough reach. My R7 does the job otherwise. You can't go wrong with either of these two bodies. The 8mp difference is not a deal breaker unless you always heavily crop your shots.

The R6Mii is the best Canon camera I've ever used when it comes to image quality, and that says a lot coming from the R6 which produces gorgeous images!