BebuLamar

Peer Pressure!

mikegreenwald Loc: Illinois

I couldn’t agree more.

ggenova64

Hi Ralph
Sorry to hear about your health conditions.

ggenova64

Hi David
I also shot with the Canon 5D Mark II and Mark IV. I made the switch to Sony Mirrorless 5N, A7 II (which I plan to convert to Infrared) and A7R III. The lens converters don't work very well. Not much lighter!

Jerrin1 Loc: Wolverhampton, England

I certainly would not move from a 5D mark IV to a Canon EOS R/RP. I was a Canon user for 23 years and could not understand why anyone chose Nikon over Canon. I then bought a Nikon D500 and realised Canon no longer produced a product which interested me. As a wildlife photographer, the EOS R/RP do not interest me in the slightest; and if I were still a Canon user I would have been disappointed. The new lenses may be brilliant, but they are also massive, heavy and few have stabilization.

steve49 Loc: massachusetts

No reason I can see.
You have top notch pro gear... and use it as well.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Vince68 Loc: Wappingers Falls, NY

Good answer.

pithydoug Loc: Catskill Mountains, NY

I'm with you on this. Waiting for the next and hopefully more function Iteration of the R. The reviews are just ok, no where close to the others. I think the first model was get their feet in the water of the mirrorless pond and get some serious feedback from the gear hounds. Hopefully the next pond will have fish, a few boats and some plants. :)

ggenova64

Canon is developing bigger and heavier lens, when the market wants lighter!

picsix

I too have been shooting with a Canon Mark IV. And for 20 years before that, all Canon. I have probably 5-6 beautiful EF lenses. I love to travel and my husband is my "sherpa," lugging all my heavy equipment! I love street photography and literally last week, bought a full frame mirrorless Leica. For sure it is a learning curve- for me anyway, with no auto focus. But I'm determined to figure it out!
So far, I love the feel of the smaller body- it's so much easier for me. I just finished a class where a few people had mirrorless cameras and they were great- I was definitely jealous. It is nice to see what you're shooting beforehand, and a lot of the new models have tilt screens, which is even better. But, it really depends on what you're using it for? It sounds like, for just a studio setting, what you have is great? If you want to move around a lot outside, street shooting, traveling, you may want to consider?

SonyBug

You shouldn't. Your friends are trying to use your validation for something that is in their heads. Just keep doing what makes you happy...

khorinek

I wouldn't say it is a "move up" I would say it is a move to the future. My Mark III and Mark IV sit idle most of the time since I moved to the Canon EOS RP. There are a lot of things I like with the EOS RP, such as, half the weight, Electronic Viewfinder (what you see is what you get), video is almost instant, just push the video button anytime and your taking video (with the Mark III and IV you need to switch to live view then push the video button. BTW, video on the EOS RP is as good or better than the III & IV. With no mirror movement, it is extremely quiet. I can shoot an Orchestra Concert and nobody will hear me. If you have the adapter ring you can use all the lenses you currently own. I recently purchased the RF 24-105 f/4 lens for one of my EOS RP's. This lens uses a third "ring" which I programmed to change my ISO on the fly. I can see what I'm going to get before I take the photo and if I feel the photo is going to be under or over exposed I adjust the ISO before taking the shot. This is a very nice and usable feature. I'm sure there are a lot more features with mirrorless I have forgotten to mention, but in the end, I wouldn't say moving from your Mark IV to mirrorless was a "move up" just a move to the future using the latest technology available.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

That's because he believes that it is the latest, greatest, and only way to go.
So you should also.

LFingar Loc: Claverack, NY

I have both the 5DIV and the EOS R, and while the sensor is essentially the same for both, the R, because it focuses on the sensor, is more accurate and consistent then the 5DIV. The R is also better in low light. The 5DIV can only focus down to f/8 which means that while my 100-400 L II with the 1.4x extender will auto focus it loses auto focus with my 2x extender. The R will auto focus at f/11 which gives me all my auto focus points with the 100-400 and 2x.
I have something like 7 L lenses and they all perform as well or better on the R then the 5DIV. With the R and adapter the overall length increases by approximately 3/4" and the weight decreases by about 4oz. Not even noticeable.
That said, in the studio environment where you state that you do most of your shooting, I don't see where investing in an R would be any distinct advantage over your current 5DIV.