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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

R2D2 wrote:

I shot quite extensively with the M6ii + EF 100-400ii +/- 1.4x iii.

For perched and flitting birds the R7 is a little better, but I agree with the other posters that for BIFs it's a LOT better.

I'd also expect the R10 to be quite good for BIFs (same DIGIC X). And you don't really need IBIS for birds.

R2

Thanks for your input, indeed seems people agree that the R7 is not that massive an improvement for static birds, which is really useful to know on its own.

Hypothetically, if you for some reason couldn't use anything but the M6ii for birding on some arbitrary occasion (say the R7 broke) would you be disappointed and know in advance that you'd miss a lot of good shots? Or would you be able to compensate somewhat through additional effort to compensate for the lesser AF?

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Canon EOS M6 II Canon EF-M 22mm f/2 STM Tamron 100-400mm F4.5-6.3
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