R5/R7 and RF100-500mm thoughts for those who use both

chrisis wrote:

tsinvest wrote:

I have used the RF100-500 on both my R5 and R7 and actually get great results with each body. I am referring to the longer end of the lens. Shooting birds at a distance, I think my results are equally as good with either camera. It would be interesting to see if others with these setups feel the same or do you prefer the 5 over the 7 or the 7 over the 5 with the RF100-500 lens?

I have both and, while the results are often quite similar, I do find that i tend to use different combos in different situations.

If the objects (usually birds) are way off then I do tend to prefer using the R7/Rf 100-500 L combo, as I find that the extra 1.6X “reach” of the R7 is very useful in those situations (and yes, i know the difference between angle of view and actual reach, and i know i can crop, etc., etc. but I suspect most people know what i mean).

If the objects are closer, even if they are quite small, then i tend to use the R5 combo, simply because I find I get better Bokeh/ Out of Focus backgrounds from that combo than the one with the R7.

One other factor is that my R5 typically hads a Battery Grip on it and so it’s much heavier than the same combo using the R7. That’s an issue if I am doing long walks, especially on sand (beaches) or going up hills.

Chris

The R7 has higher pixel density than the R5. So in those cases when you cannot fill the frame on an R5 at 500mm, the R7 results will be better.