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M6 mark II to R7 or R6

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Re: M6 mark II to R7 or R6
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vijaydpr wrote:

R2 - Thanks for sharing your experiences, and great photos BTW, especially love the water skiing ones.

Thanks.  It was this shoot that convinced me that the R7 had the same guts as its FF brethren.

Spot focus with Servo AF is exactly what I use for baseball on the M6 ii. My main problem is one of technique, and it's that I have a hard time keeping the spot on the face and following any action that's moving laterally across the frame. (I use the touchpad to control spot location.) I resort to zooming out to make the tracking easier, but that wastes pixels when I crop back in during post-processing to get the compositions I want.

Yup, sports are tough!  You’re using the best techniques that you can with that camera (M6ii).

When I can keep the spot on the face, the keeper rate is pretty good. I guess what I'm looking for is subject detection that works well enough that I am freed from having to move the AF point myself, and thereby keep the framing tighter.

Well, the R7 can free you from needing such tight control over AF point placement.  It’ll pick up the Eye/Face (anywhere in the allowable area) and then track it as you either recompose or move with your subject.

Having said that, I do always recommend following the subject as closely as possible, trying to keep it in exactly the same spot in the frame.  Otherwise you can get subject motion blur, even with fast shutter speeds.

If you have an opinion on the relative strengths of subject detection on the M6 II vs. R7/6, I'd love to hear them.

The R7 is definitely next generation, however if you can use perfect technique with the M6ii, it can keep up with the newer cameras.

Thanks again for the helpful response you've already provided.

Vijay

Best of luck with your hunt!

R2

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