Boredom_boy

I moved from a Sony a7rii to this Eos R, purchased for 128,000 yen or $1150 usd. Overall a bigger camera, but doesnt feel any heavier. I find it easier to handle, and with the battery grip its alot more maneuverable and useful to me. While with my A7rii I was changing batteries after (or during) every shoot, I find that I can go a few days with the Eos R. With the control ring adapter, my EF 70-200 f2.8 is (first gen) is astonishingly fast and accurate in comparison to when it was mounted on the sony with the mc-11 sigma adapter. UI wise... this camera is a breath of fresh air. The touch screen AF and shooting is amazing, especially with the articulating screen. Interestingly, im finding adapted EF lenses to compare against sony FE favorably with this camera, and the RF lenses are just a whole other level. While I always felt like I was compromising with any Sony lens (get this, but lose this), the RF lenses give me a total package. Granted, the system (as of June 2021) has not developed entirely yet and still has room for mid-high level sub $1000 lenses, adapting EF fills the gap, and native RF is worth the price difference often. The loss of IBIS (image stablization) is not the best, but RF lenses mostly have IS (image stablization) built in thats better than my a7rii, and often ive found lens stablization better. Another plus is down the road if I upgrade bodies, lens IS and body IBIS work together giving olympus like performance or better (which is the best stablization there is really). A large downside to this camera in comparison to my a7rii is the loss of fidelity, going from AA filterless 42mp to 30mp with AA. 12mp is alot, and unfortunately its not significantly more than the Eos RP with 26mp. What it is though, is enough for professional work. Often the gatekeeping of MP is around the 30mp mark. So, in the end, I love this camera. It reminds me of my canon d10 that I used for over a decade (6.3mp), except its ergonomics and technology are far superior. Im glad canon gave me a reason to come back, as ive found it very refreshing.

Used on a sony a7, this lens was not really living up to what I wanted as a toy lens. Its not clear enough to be a fun 50, and its not wild enough to be a good toy lens. My other issue was the focus ring is just too difficult to turn, as I often find im moving the whole camera when im trying to focus due to the force required. While I like a tighter ring so there no slop in focus, this was unfortunately too much. When the lens worked however, it worked well. Shooting in native 35mm mode gave me some fun mechanical framing, and when cropped down I still had about 18mp worth of resolution depending on the shot. This is a fun portrait lens. When you want slightly blurry textures (as in not crystal clear, but clear enough to resolve a face without making it look like plastic) this lens gives a great shot. I found even with the tight focus ring I was able to focus on objects in motion and get fun photos, and with the DOF being so thin, amazing out of focus backgrounds (and great bokeh in natural non direct lighting situations). Unfortunately, I feel that theres better options out there (canon fd 50mm f1.4, or even the 1.2), so I had to dock some stars. I got my copy for 50 sgd (singapore dollars), which was around 38 usd at the time. If you can find for under 70 usd, give it a try.