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I love my M6 ii but keep thinking the R7 may suit me better for birding

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Polisky
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Re: I love my M6 ii but keep thinking the R7 may suit me better for birding

davesurrey wrote:

I think you have identified your quandary yourself.

The R7 is a great camera if you want state of the art AF. I bought one to replace my 7Dii for tracking fast moving jets at airshows and it really is excellent for that. So it will also be great for your BIF.

I wouldn't want to use my Canon 100-400 Lii lens on the M6ii as the balance is all wrong IMO.

However I love the size of my M6ii and lenses for general everyday photography.

I don't believe one size fits all and so I won't get rid of either system.

As KevinRA says above the second hand price you'd get selling your EF-M system won't be great so I'd keep it if you can.

Just my thoughts.

I agree there will likely be some loss for selling the M system, but it would probably still fetch a decent share of the R7's price I reckon.

A second practical issue is that I don't how I would prioritise between bringing either camera in situations where it would be impractical to take both (think e.g. carry-on luggage with weight and space limits). Apart from occasions where I know I wouldn't be doing any wildlife photography, I am sure I would struggle deciding between the perfect family-oriented M6 and the more wildlife-capable R system.

How do you prioritise in those type of situations when you have multiple camera systems?

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