Cueman wrote:
Hello fellow Hoggers,
This morning I called into my local camera shop and made the decision to upgrade my 5D II and 5D III bodies for a new R7. Although I will have a basic run through of various settings when I collect it on Friday morning (the man in the shop uses both R6 and R7's) I am wondering if the kind people on here have any particular tips, hints, settings etc that they would like to share?
I'm guessing there is quite a leap in the technical features for an old 'un (68) to get his head around!
Off on a 3 week cruise around Europe and the Med on Monday so no real time to practice the finer points but will certainly try.
Thank you very much for any help and advice which you can offer.
Regards
Rob
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You are also going from full frame to crop sensor, so the biggest thing will be "wide angle" won't be so wide and for touristy things you may miss that. Interiors and general scenes in narrow European streets etc. But with long lenses you will have more "reach".
I use mine for birds. I also have the RP full frame, the smallest, lightest FF around. With the small light RF 18-150 that is a great small, light weight general "Walk around" rig. Note, when you put an RF-s lense on a FF R body it automatically goes to crop mode. but it works, the EF-s lenses will not even mount on an EF full frame body.
And I still have my EF bodies, 2 full frame and 3 crop sensor. I will be selling or giving some of those to family members.
The EF to RF adaptors work great, I have the plain one and the one with control ring so I can use all my EF lenses on my R bodies. But no adapter to go the other way exists.
What do you mean you want "settings"? The exposure triangle works the same no matter what the body. I use my cameras all on manual, except ISO which I have on auto with preset limits. Most of my "settings" are for birds so I use high SS, f-stops for depth of field suitable for hummingbirds to ravens, etc. etc. My second most common shots are macro-bugs and flowers which probably are pretty much useless for a cruise and tourist in Europe/the Med. But the wide angle & dim interior light ability will probably be important on the cruise.
What kinds of pictures do you usually take?
If worst comes to worst just put it on A or on Scenes and snap away.
Being used to full frame only I would have gone for a FF R body with adapter for my EF lenses and just carry over my usual settings from the EF full frame bodies.
I have the 24-105 L in RF. The EF 24-105L is my favorite walk around on my EF bodies if I am not after birds. So I got one in RF but it is bigger and heavier than the R7 or RP bodies and sort of defeats the small light thing for carry around. The RF 18-150 is the choice for that and I got one of those as a kit lenses with one of my R bodies. Its image quality is just fine for general images as opposed to my bird and macro shooting where I am after max detail etc.
Is there a particular reason you are going from FF to Crop Sensor?
Except for distance shots from the ship I would think a FF with great wide angle capabilities and low light for interiors would be the best choice. The R7 is very good in dim light but doesn't do wide angle as well.
Being used to the two bodies you have the obvious R body would be the R5 but at $4K just for the body that is a bit pricey. But it is FF which is what you are used to using. I am dreaming of getting one, a guy not far from where I was raised in Western Kentucky posts a lot of superb small bird shots done with an R5. However back there you are working in fairly dense woodlands where you can't see the birds and they can't see you until you are well within FF range for small subjects.