Sidwalkastronomy Loc: New Jersey Shore

Sorry auto correct. Just had eye surgery and didn't proof read. I meant intraoral, photos of teeth, before and after.
BTW it auto corrected again but I caught it. My ring light was a medical grade one from Lester dine.
Take macro of tiny things and have them figure out what they are.

JD750 Loc: SoCal

AH ok that makes sense. FYI Auto-miscorrect regularly messes with my typing too. ;)

Sidwalkastronomy Loc: New Jersey Shore

For dentistry we like 1:1 ratio so 100 works well. Different macros have different close focus points. You don't want to have to be 6" from a bee to take his photo. Look at your lenses as some you can get pretty close.

tgreenhaw

I went mirrorless when I wanted to get better picture of birds in flight. The new autofocus technology works really well.

Unless your gear is limiting you, why switch?

If you do, I would get something like the R7. Your lenses will work better than ever with an adaptor and the cvamera will have a familiar feel.

Picture Taker Loc: Michigan Thumb

You don't need to buy a Canon adapter, they have no glass, it just adapts yor connection and carries your electronics. Cost difference is great.

User ID

The cost difference MINOR. Get the Canon. This is not a big ticket item so no reason to chance it.

Theres a sadly common myth that theres no electronics, that its really just "jumper wires". NOT TRUE. There is a microchip and for very little $ difference you want Canons own chip, mainly cuz it will be "futureproof".

Theres one more good reason to get a Canon adapter but it will cost you more $ difference. If you get the Canon with the control ring you will quickly realize the extra $ for that ring is possibly the very best small amount you ever spent on gear.

The ring is great and you cannot effect any settings by accidentally turning it. You hafta hold a button on the body to make the ring active. Let go the button and it goes inert.

bdk Loc: Sanibel Fl.

IF you are happy with your cameras and you are happy with the results printed at 16x20. Then you may be disappointed going to mirrorless. Plus the longer you wait the more features will be added to your new camera. They are coming out with new things almost weekly.
as for me I loved my camera , I knew every button, knob menu , I couild change settings with my eyes closed.
but the quality of my pictures just wasn't up to the quality of the new cameras. I could afford it so I sprung for a new camera.
a year later I am still not comfortable with all the menus and buttons etc.

Picture Taker Loc: Michigan Thumb

"ID USER" Cost is in the pocket of the beholder, it was about $100.00+. We buy what we can afford, I love Canon but, but, to me the difference was worth it. I also bought a 4.5 f stop over a 2.5 f stop to save a thousand bucks.
I shoot at high f stops (not birds etc.). That is what make us have so many different pictures.
Have fun

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Amen.

User ID

You may be ready to dig into the memory modes, aka "custom user modes" etc.

TBH I dont use them cuz I never "set up" any automated features on my cameras for various purposes cuz I just dont ever have a need for such features. I tend to operate a 21st century camera as if it were a 1960s camera that has somehow acquired a terrific viewing system where the mirror and prism used to be.

But if, like most Hawgsters, you like engaging the available robotics, the memory modes are included to address the very legit complaints about all those menus.

I did set up the memory modes on my first camera that had them, and they were helpful at that time, worth the effort of setting them up. Then I "outgrew" them. But maybe youre at a point where its worth using them. If you frequently make choices or changes via the menu system, then those memory modes are included for *you*.

Other than the memory modes, most camera also have "Quick Menu" on a push button, and you can customize its contents to suit your needs. Also most cameras have a "My Menu" within the regular menu system, giving the user direct short cuts to things that otherwise would require digging thru multiple layers in the menu system.

So you have three separate ways to minimize wandering around in the Menu Wilderness:
Memory Modes.
Quick Menu.
My Menu.
All three were developed to address user issues about too much menu diving.

rbmcdill Loc: St. Louis, MO

I upgraded in August last year from my Sony A77II (DSLR) to a mirrorless full-frame Sony A7IV. The DSLR lenses do not fit the mirrorless without an adapter. I didn't need the new camera; I just wanted it. I agree that we don't need to grab the latest equipment, but when what outweighs the need, then we purchase. Knowing what I know now, I would wait until there is a good sale.