R6 II, R5 - Anybody use crop mode?

[marshwader]

Great train photograph! The atmosphere is quite threatening. All that ethanol!

 

[Dan_168]

Cutious about how using crop mode on these cameras compares to using a TC or just plain cropping full-frame.

I don't shoot in crop mode on any camera, whether is the 24MP or 60MP, I do my cropping in post processing. I also try to avoid TC as much as possible., if I have to use TC, it will be the 1.4X not the 2X, again that's on any system not just Canon.

 

[R2D2]

Cutious about how using crop mode on these cameras compares to using a TC or just plain cropping full-frame.

I don't shoot in crop mode on any camera, whether is the 24MP or 60MP, I do my cropping in post processing. I also try to avoid TC as much as possible., if I have to use TC, it will be the 1.4X not the 2X, again that's on any system not just Canon.

Yeah, I've never been a big fan of the 2x TCs. However I do find the RF 1.4x to be outstanding and it provides more detail than simple cropping.

R2

 

[Chris Wolfgram]

Cutious about how using crop mode on these cameras compares to using a TC or just plain cropping full-frame.

I had the R5 for about a year, and I almost had no choice but to use it in crop mode most of the time..... which dropped my mp's from 45, to a measly 17 ! That sucked. But even so, I was often not pulling my subjects up as much as I wanted too.... and 17mp didn't leave me a lot of room for cropping either.

The R5 is a fantastic camera for a lot of things, but my 32mp R7's are WAY better for the small, skittish birds I often chase. By default "always" in the crop mode, but twice the pixel density as the 45mp, R5.

Hi Chris,

There is no question that for the type of shooting that you mainly do—small skittish birds from a considerable distance—the R5 is not the best choice of camera from the Canon R lineup. However, for many of us, myself included, who are looking for the ultimate all-rounder, the R5 is a winner over and over.

For active hybrid shooters like myself who do not only stills photography, but also lots and lots of videos, especially in 4K120p format, nothing Canon offers can beat the R5. While the R3 has a stacked sensor and better AF it doesn't have the high resolution sensor that so many photographers want.

There are many reasons why after being 3 1/2 years old the R5 is still being favorably compared to class-leading cameras from other brands that are much newer. And now that its price has dropped it's even more attractive.

Cheers,
Rudy

100% Rudy. The R.5 is a fantastic all around'er

Chris,

By the way, I totally agree with your other posts where you say that what's needed is for Canon to produce a professional grade crop sensor camera.

I was in the Nikon world for many years before coming to Canon for the R5 in 2022 and I owned the Nikon D500 which is a pro-grade crop sensor camera that is fabulous in every way. An upgraded pro-level R7 would be a runaway success!

Rudy

Certainly it would be for the birders. I can't tell you how many folks I have run into who either used to own the R5 and now shoot with the R7, or "still own" the R5, but use it for other things. I wish I could have kept my R5 and still bought two R7's as well

And yes, an R7 Mk II would be incredible

 

[Messier Object]

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By the way, I totally agree with your other posts where you say that what's needed is for Canon to produce a professional grade crop sensor camera.

I was in the Nikon world for many years before coming to Canon for the R5 in 2022 and I owned the Nikon D500 which is a pro-grade crop sensor camera that is fabulous in every way. An upgraded pro-level R7 would be a runaway success!

Rudy

Canon has already produced a ‘pro’ grade APS-C DSLR like the Nikon D500, but there’s no sign so far that they will make a Mirrorless R-series one.

Peter

 

[John Sheehy]

And yes, an R7 Mk II would be incredible

Let's hope they can give us much faster pixel readout without increasing the read noise.

The current global and stacked sensors have more read noise than traditional sensors.