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? for those of you with both the R5 and the R7

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Adam2 Veteran Member • Posts: 7,615
Re: ? for those of you with both the R5 and the R7
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Chris Wolfgram wrote:

Which one do you mostly choose, and for what ???

That depends.  For hiking, the R7.  For everything else, the R5.

I've had my R5 for 1 year, and I've loved it. Especially since I got the RF 800 F11. I mostly shoot birds, and mostly small, perched birds.

Glad you like it.

So I rented the R7, just to see how well it would work for me. The answer was, fantastic ! 🙂 Put it this way, 2 days before I had to send back the rental, I ordered a new R7 of my own. I also ordered the RF 600 F11 so that I would have two complete setups, in case I dropped one on the rocks, or in the lake.

OK.

I could go on and on about the R7, and how I intend to use it.....

Please.

But here's the big question, when and for what will I ever use my R5 for now ? I feel like it might be a bit better for landscapes... Too bad I hardly do landscapes anymore ?

The R5 has less noise (about a stop), less rolling shutter, has better weather sealing, buffer, video, ergonomics, etc.

PS, I just saw that thread where someone said, "You just lost ALL of your gear in a catastrophe. What will you replace it with" ? Honestly, I'd strongly consider two R7's, another 600 + 800 F11, and the (overpriced) RF 100-500.

Maybe.

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