Canon EOS R5 and Canon EOS R6 (Page 3): WOW! Thanks...

JeffC Loc: NH, USA

WOW! Thanks

Genessi Loc: SoCal

billnikon wrote:

My friends in Florida wetlands have been using the R5 with great results on birds in flight. They have all paired this camera with the Canon 100-500. This lens has proven itself as a great all purpose wildlife lens. My only complaint would be that I wish it had the same range as the Sony 200-600.

You could always get the 600mm.

SuperflyTNT Loc: Manassas VA

one_eyed_pete wrote:

Jane, if reducing weight is really important you at least should look at MFT options. I have a Canon 80D and recently a Panny G9 (20 MP). You can save some weight with the Canon mirrorless bodies but the real weight is in the lenses. I love my Canon 100-400L but it weighs abt 47 oz versus the equivalent MFT Panny Leica 50-200 lens at half the weight (23 oz). For birding, the very sharp Panny Leica 100-400 (equivalent 200-800) is only 35 oz. Just an option to look at.

I have a G9 I’m selling because as great a camera as it is for many things the focus is just too slow for wildlife, especially BIF. I switched to an Olympus E-M1X which is huge for a MFT body, bigger than my D500. The E-M1 Mark III does almost as well with focus tracking and is considerably smaller.

Hip Coyote

one_eyed_pete wrote:

Jane, if reducing weight is really important you at least should look at MFT options. I have a Canon 80D and recently a Panny G9 (20 MP). You can save some weight with the Canon mirrorless bodies but the real weight is in the lenses. I love my Canon 100-400L but it weighs abt 47 oz versus the equivalent MFT Panny Leica 50-200 lens at half the weight (23 oz). For birding, the very sharp Panny Leica 100-400 (equivalent 200-800) is only 35 oz. Just an option to look at.

I second that recommendation. The M43 systems are the weight savers.

Capn_Dave

Rick Garside wrote:

I have been considering an R6, but was intrigued b... (show quote)

You are not going to find any great weight savings between the cameras. I few ounces is all. The auto eye tracking in the R6 is phenomenal and when you combine IBIS and in lens stabilization you can hand hold the camera in more instances then the RP and even the micro four thirds. The camera weight is nothing compared to the weight of a 600 mm lens. As far as more keepers way more photos are in focus than ever. Shooting at 20 FPS and not hearing your camera doing it causes more non keepers. At least with the mechanical shutter you can hear that although it is pretty darned quiet. If you are shooting stills or landscapes the R6 is good, but others are good too.

anotherview Loc: California

Ditto.

jerryc41 wrote:

Our opinions are fine, but read reviews and look for comparisons online.

one_eyed_pete Loc: Colonie NY

SuperflyTNT wrote:

I have a G9 I’m selling because as great a camera as it is for many things the focus is just too slow for wildlife, especially BIF. I switched to an Olympus E-M1X which is huge for a MFT body, bigger than my D500. The E-M1 Mark III does almost as well with focus tracking and is considerably smaller.

Thanks for the info. I haven't tried BIF yet. What lens were you using for BIF when you found it too slow to focus, curious.

SuperflyTNT Loc: Manassas VA

one_eyed_pete wrote:

Thanks for the info. I haven't tried BIF yet. What lens were you using for BIF when you found it too slow to focus, curious.

I was using the Leica 100-400. With the Olympus I’m using the 40-150 f/2.8 Pro and the 300 f/4 and I use them both with the 2x teleconverter. The slow focus in the G9 isn’t a problem with the lens. It’s because Panasonic uses contract detect AF which is slower than the phase detect everyone else uses.

squirrel1

Hi, question on the "upsize" to 40 megapixels. Does this really work? Sometimes I take a landscape picture and then want to crop out part of the picture. Afraid if the crop with be good quality.
Thanks

Capn_Dave

squirrel1 wrote:

Hi, question on the "upsize" to 40 megapixels. Does this really work? Sometimes I take a landscape picture and then want to crop out part of the picture. Afraid if the crop with be good quality.
Thanks

I really don't understand what you are asking? If you are asking if a photo will still be good quality after cropping the answer would depend on how much of the photo you cropped out.