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R6 to R6 Mark ii. Worthwhile upgrade for portraits?

Started 3 weeks ago | Questions thread
Alastair Norcross
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Re: R6 to R6 Mark ii. Worthwhile upgrade for portraits?

Joseph Chuan wrote:

Canon Guy,

Thanks for the comment. I do believe you hit the nail right on the head. $400 is a lot, relative to the entire price of the camera and I think that the mark 2 although better, may not be that much better for MY needs. I'm just really curious to know the difference in the eye AF. That feature as been a revolution for my photography and I never thought I'd be so dependent on it. I guess I can't really see it being that much stickier to the subject in what I do, but that's why I wanted to see what other people had experienced.

Joe

I have the R6II (for about ten days now), and am very impressed with the AF. However, for portrait photography, I found my EOS R to work really well with eye detect too. And the AF in the R6 is a considerable step up from the original R, even with the firmware update that improved the eye AF on the R by quite a lot. Where the improvements in AF with the R5/6, and now the R3/7/6II really show up is in tracking for fast action. I would think that the AF on the R6 would be more than good enough for portraits. Unless your models are constantly running towards you, zig-zagging, turning around, running away, and back again, you probably won't notice any difference. The reviews I've seen comparing the R6 and R6II AF emphasize the stickiness in situations that involve a lot of movement, and turning away and back again.

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