topic Re: What to Purchase in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

What to Purchase - EOS R5 vs R6 vs R6 Mark II vs R

Pasar — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 14:13:16 GMT

A’m currently owning 5d mark iv wishing to shift to mirrorless camera..i cant go for r5 am am thinking about r6, r6 ii and eos r as far as image quality is concerned! Looking at megapixels on eor r versus the other two options gives me headache…kindly assist me which one i should buy to get quality pictures? even if its not mentioned above

Re: What to Purchase

Tronhard — Sun, 18 Aug 2024 18:29:54 GMT

Hi and welcome to the forum:
I would recommend you read the following and ponder on the questions it poses:
Considerations for Buying Camera Gear

The major ones are:
Budget $value
Do you intend to stick with your current lenses or go for RF units? If so, does your budget include optics?
What subjects you shoot?
What you will produce!
What you are prepared to carry

Also what EF lenses do you currently have.

Re: What to Purchase

Pasar — Sun, 18 Aug 2024 18:34:50 GMT

Am flexible when it comes to budget, i onw several EF lenses i heard they work perfectly fine with R series using metabone adapter so am gona keep them..i mainly shoot potraits and little weddings

Re: What to Purchase

Tronhard — Sun, 18 Aug 2024 18:49:51 GMT

What do you produce - social media posts, digital display, small-medium prints, large detailed prints to frame.
This is critical to the question of sensor size.

Re: What to Purchase

March411 — Sun, 18 Aug 2024 19:05:51 GMT

Hello Pasar,

Either the R5 or the R6 MkII will serve you well but as Trevor noted one may be better suited then the other depending on what you plan to photograph. The R6 MkII 24.2 megapixel sensor and the R5 has a 45 megapixel sensor. My personal experience is that the R6 performs better in low light and higher ISO's over the R5. So when I am planning to hike in the woods or in the city with a lot of shaded areas I grab the R6.

The R5 I use for sports and portraits as I find the AF is fast and sharp. Many times I go to print and the larger MP allows for bigger print size. Don't get me wrong, I use the R5 for wildlife when the time is right but prefer the R6.

And your EF lenses should work great as long as they are not dated/old. The Canon adapter works perfectly with Canon and 3rd party EF mount lenses. In my opinion the EF-EOS R adapter is the way to go, the Control Ring adapter design is fiddly and difficult to find easily as it sits right on the camera body. I own both and very rarely use the control ring and keep all the adjustments on the camera body at my fingertips, I've missed shots attempting to use it. .

Re: What to Purchase

Tronhard — Sun, 18 Aug 2024 19:22:09 GMT

I agree with colleague, Marc. If you don't need 45MP, then forego the R5 and get the 24MP R6II, which has at least one stop better dynamic range. Unless you are going to do very large, detailed prints, then 24MP should be fine.

Re: What to Purchase

Pasar — Sun, 18 Aug 2024 20:03:28 GMT

Mostly social media posts

Re: What to Purchase

Pasar — Sun, 18 Aug 2024 20:05:04 GMT

Thank you soo much

Re: What to Purchase

Pasar — Sun, 18 Aug 2024 20:05:32 GMT

Thank you….much appreceated🙏🏼

Re: What to Purchase

March411 — Sun, 18 Aug 2024 20:20:52 GMT

For social media posts the R6 MkII will be a good solution and the video is pretty good, an added bonus. I say that but I have only played with it a couple times and always focus on shooting stills.

Re: What to Purchase

Tronhard — Sun, 18 Aug 2024 20:53:20 GMT

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Re: What to Purchase

TomRamsey — Sun, 18 Aug 2024 22:52:42 GMT

I think you'll get quality pictures from any of your choices as long as you have the skills to do so and decent lenses. Each camera has differences that you need to look at and see what is right for you. I just recently purchased an R6 Mark II because it was right for me. It my first Canon, though I have been doing photography for several years. My main interests are wildlife, nature, and landscapes. Why the R6ii for me? First I was drawn in by the 200-800 zoom (still waiting for it), then which camera to use with it. Well, the low light ability, autofocus, weather sealing, IBIS, and good dynamic range were three important factors. For wildlife the low light ability, IBIS, weather sealing, and excellent autofocus are big. Of course for landscapes dynamic range is huge. I have other 24 megapixel cameras and it is just a sweet spot for me. That 24 megapixels on a full frame sensor means bigger pixels than cameras with more megapixels, and that adds to better dynamic range for the most part.

You need to look at what you shoot and decide what fits best, and again, they are all going to work ok, but but look at all of those features and see what is right for YOU.

I took the photo below this morning during twilight, it wasn't a real colorful morning, but I think the camera's dynamic range represented nature pretty well:

Re: What to Purchase

Pasar — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 00:08:46 GMT

thank you so Much,now i think i have got a picture of what camera am going to buy