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R6 to R6 Mark ii. Worthwhile upgrade for portraits?

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José B
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Re: R6 to R6 Mark ii. Worthwhile upgrade for portraits?
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Joseph Chuan wrote:

Hello Everybody

i currently have had the R6 for the last year and a half. I really have enjoyed it and it has gotten great results. I have never handled yhe R6 mark ii but have the opportunity to upgrade it for about a $400 difference after I sell my R6. I usually shoot portraits and heavily rely on the eye AF. I don’t crop very much more so I print larger than 20”x30”. I shoot the occasional video and do some sports but have found the R6 ok for that.

For those of y’all who have had both, do you honestly think the upgrade will or will not be worth it? Is the stickiness of the eye AF much better? I usually shoot JPG and I heard the mark 2 has less of an orange cast. Anyway any info would be helpful. Thank you!

I only have the R6MKII. Here the price difference between the two was $300 so I went with the newer technology.

I shoot a lot of portraits too. Normally I shoot RAW + jpeg and favour the jpegs because I like them. I didn't know until I read a review and from your comment too that R6 exhibits an orange cast. Ummmm I think I prefer that the magenta-ish tint I used to have with my Canon DSLRs. Anyway, below are jpegs from the R6MKII in various lighting. No PP here except straightening the horizon and maybe a bit of cropping.

If I remember my settings correctly the first one is Fine Details, the second is Faithful and the last one is Portrait. Set to AWB-W.

Good luck in whatever decision you make.

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