Evaluation of my decision to upgrade to a Canon R5
Feb 20, 2022 22:21:47 #
Great pictures. It seems they upgrade the mirrorless cameras faster than you can keep up with it. I will probably wait until they have the R20 in a 1D body before I buy a mirrorless.
Feb 21, 2022 06:17:27 #
cactuspic
Loc: Dallas, TX
jim quist wrote:
Great pictures. It seems they upgrade the mirrorless cameras faster than you can keep up with it. I will probably wait until they have the R20 in a 1D body before I buy a mirrorless.
Thanks Jim. When the improvements are significant enough in the areas you push your camera’s capabilities and when the camera otherwise meets you performance needs, you will go mirrorless. You are right. The advances are coming quickly
Feb 21, 2022 07:54:49 #
Feb 21, 2022 09:21:58 #
great shots. I have the RP but hope to upgrade down the road.
Feb 21, 2022 09:23:37 #
I have had all the Canon bodies leading up to the mirrorless. I have the RP and love it for many reasons, including excellent images. I may go to R5 or R6 later this year.
Feb 21, 2022 10:52:03 #
I agree. If you shoot anything that moves, the AF is a game changer. A friend of mine calls it cheating! This weekend, I shot a bunch of sequences of my dogs running towards me in the snow. This was always a difficult task with the 5D IV. I used a RF 24-105 4L and EF 135 2L. Almost every shot was a "hit." The 24-105 had a little higher hit rate which wasn't surprising since the 135 came out in 1996. The 135 did produce more exquisite images. (also expected) Eye detection produces far more precisely focused images than the 5D ever could. I also don't have to concentrate on aiming a focus point. Just hold the shutter button down, keep the subject somewhere in the frame and you're good to go.
Feb 21, 2022 11:03:21 #
With considerable satisfaction with my 5D Mark4 and 5Dsr ( for macro) ....you just presented me with my 1st reconsideration. The ducks are fabulous. My question is simply are you using your former quality lenses on the new mirrorless. If so, are they viable or have U replaced them to go with the R5?
Thank you and U made a very good decision.........
Bruce
Thank you and U made a very good decision.........
Bruce
Feb 21, 2022 13:33:53 #
The EF lenses work very well on the Canon mirrorless with the Canon adapters.
Feb 21, 2022 13:36:07 #
cactuspic
Loc: Dallas, TX
AntonioReyna wrote:
I have had all the Canon bodies leading up to the mirrorless. I have the RP and love it for many reasons, including excellent images. I may go to R5 or R6 later this year.
Thank you Antonio. I have not shot the RP or R6 so I can't comment. As to the R5, it is a truly wonderful camera.
Feb 21, 2022 13:45:12 #
I am debating whether I will upgrade to R5 or R6, mostly due to the amazing autofocus and the IBIS in body. But I really like my RP. I believe that my EF glass works even better on the RP than on the dslrs.
Feb 21, 2022 13:49:28 #
cactuspic
Loc: Dallas, TX
berasner wrote:
With considerable satisfaction with my 5D Mark4 and 5Dsr ( for macro) ....you just presented me with my 1st reconsideration. The ducks are fabulous. My question is simply are you using your former quality lenses on the new mirrorless. If so, are they viable or have U replaced them to go with the R5?
Thank you and U made a very good decision.........
Bruce
Thank you and U made a very good decision.........
Bruce
Thank you Bruce. I am using a bit of legacy lenses and newly developed lenses. The ducks were shot with the RF 800mm f11 lens which sell for about $1000. This lens had no EF equivalent. I replaced my EF 100-400mm L zoom with the RF 100-500L zoom and also my EF 24-70L with the R24-105L. My primary macro lens remains a Sigma 180mm 2.8. and still use the Canon 65MPE. With an adapter, the EF lenses work at least as we as they did with my DSLRs if not better. I used the 100-400 quite a bit before I replaced it. It focused faster and more accurately with the R5.
Feb 21, 2022 13:50:34 #
Feb 21, 2022 13:52:59 #
Feb 21, 2022 13:59:54 #
cactuspic wrote:
Thank you Bruce. I am using a bit of legacy lense... (show quote)
Can you tell me your thoughts on the RF 100-500 vs. the EF 100-400L II other than the extra 100mm? I'm considering the swap. TIA.
Feb 21, 2022 15:53:46 #
cactuspic
Loc: Dallas, TX
MountainDave wrote:
Can you tell me your thoughts on the RF 100-500 vs. the EF 100-400L II other than the extra 100mm? I'm considering the swap. TIA.
I believe that the image stabilization gets you an extra stop with the 100-500 over the 100-400 II. I had no way of testing, but I believe it acquired focus a tad faster. The benefit of the extra 100mm becomes close to 150mm with a teleconverter. The 100-500 is exceptionally sharp at 500mm. I had a 500mm L 4.0 IS version 1 telephoto that I loved and shot with for years. As I am getting older, I wanted to test how much I would be losing by using the zoom at 500mm instead of the prime. Testing three separate distant objects with my R5, I was shocked when the zoom beat the prime in each test. Not long before, the prime had been cleaned and tested by Canon. For me the added benefit was that I could sell both my older zoom and my 500 prime, exceed my prior quality at 500, and avoid carrying a tripod for the most part. You get an added stop due to the in body stabilization in the R5 for a total of 6 stops of stabilization. Hope that helps.
Irwin
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