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Will there be an R7 Mk II ?

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Chris Wolfgram
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Re: Will there be an R7 Mk II ?

Steve Balcombe wrote:

Chris Wolfgram wrote:

Steve Balcombe wrote:

As long as you are fully aware of the rolling shutter problems in ES mode, and you're satisfied that they won't be an issue for you, the R7 with a 100-500 is hard to beat, especially for the price.

Rolling shutter has not been an issue. But the 100-500 is not generally long enough for me, and IMPO, it's overpriced. I know... Actually, "I hear" it's a great lens. I rented one, and it sucked. But TBH, I have reason to believe mine had been damaged. Moving my "slow" RF 800 F11 though 👍

Obviously you can't ignore your own experience, but there is something odd here. My 100-500 is superb, and I shoot it wide open almost all the time. Many others report the same. It's even good with the RF 1.4x Extender, which I find remarkable - I've always believed that Extenders only work really well on the big whites, but that is no longer true.

On the price, BTW, yes it is expensive, but the EF 100-400L IS II lists at £2679 (widely available at £2449 and Amazon currently has a big discount to £2156. The RF 100-500 is £2899 so not that much more for a much newer lens with improved reach and performance.

Well, apparently mine had been subjected to a slam or drop, and it had a small cracked ring. I never noticed it. But after I sent it back, they tried to say that I caused it, and they had a photo of a very small, hairline crack, in a plastic ring in the piece that extends… like bushing or something. I contested that, and told them that it never got banged or dropped in my hands. They agreed it could have happened in shipping, and it would have been easy to overlook, so they dropped the charges. 
Anyway, that experience probably saved me $2900 🙂👍

Btw, at that time, all I had was the R5, and 500mm was definitely not long enough for most of my shooting. I did rent the 1.4 + 2.0 TC along with it, but that made it so slow, I might as well been using myRF 800 F11. In fact, I believe with the 2.0 it was an F13…. 1.4 was F9 I believe ? 
Anyway, I’d kind of like to try a “good copy” on my R7, and I suspect it would do way better than the damaged copy on my R5, but now I have the RF 600 F11 as well, which is great for closer stuff. Heck, the 600 with and extension tube has a MFD  of about 8ft…. And with the equivalent of 960mm I can fill the frame with Hummers, Kinglets, Butterflies, etc.

And really, if I had the 100-500, it would probably stay pegged at 500, 95% of the time, and that’s with at least the 1.4 TC on it. I just need reach a lot more than flexibility.

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