60D owner for 10 years deciding whether to buy R6 mark 2 or R7?

[kodiakak]

I do a lot of wildlife photography Bears Birds and I'm in the field. I tried the R8 a good camera but battery life small buffer inadequate evf what's the deal breaker. I have a lot of money tied up in Canon lenses so I'm sticking with Canon for me the choice was either R6 Mark II or R7. Only hesitation is the full frame crop factor on my 400 mm lens. can I compensate with an extender? Zoom in photoshop?

[deebatman316]

If the R5 was an option in 2019 I would've gone the RF Mount back then. The only R series cameras were the original R, RP & Ra (Astro version of the original R). The battery life wasn't very good. But it has gotten better though. My uncle still owns his EOS 10D from 2003. That was his first digital camera and it predates the EF-S Mount. He still has his EOS 630 from 1987 along with the EF 70-210 F/4 AFD & EF 50mm F/1.8 AFD lenses. He still has first gen EF lenses. Those are 2 out of the 8 available lenses at launch in 1987. My dad still has the EOS 650 the very first EOS film body. Along with the EF 35-70mm F/3.5-4.5 lens. I still can't believe that there were only 8 lenses at the release of the EOS system. L lenses wouldn't appear until later on. The EF 100-300mm F/5.6L was the first L lens for the new EOS system in 1987.

[shadowsports]

Hi Guys,

Trevor, glad my recommendation has your support.  Means a lot.  I believe the OP's stated budget is below this threshold.  My hope however is the R62 is within his reach.  Lets see what he comes back with.    

[Tronhard]

Well... Does the budget line account for selling the legacy gear - my recommendation assumes this is a possible scenario

[kodiakak]

Thanks for the old lens compatibility with mirrorless camera information. I will probably purchase at least one of your recommendations. Dan

[deebatman316]

If you do plan on using EF lenses use the EF-RF Mount adapter. Stick with the Canon mount adapters. 3rd Party Mount adapters cause all sorts of problems.