Canon R7 body vs R10 bundle

[shikwada1]

Myself and my wife started looking for a good camera to take on our camping/overland trips to nature and wildlife parks. It would mostly be used for wildlife photography, landscape stills and nature macros with ocassional family and gathering photos as an extra.

We have been eyeing the Canon R10 bundle with 18-45mm lens for a while, with the idea to later get a 100-400mm lens extra.

One of our local shops have recently started a sale where the R10 and bundled lens is selling for 1089 usd (R20k zar) and the R7 body only is selling for 1470 usd (R27k zar).

We deem the R10 combo to be a good deal as they are normally priced at 1300+ usd and the R7 body normally 1750 usd.

Question:

Would it be worth it to consider the R7 body over the R10 combo? As we would then have to buy a short lens as well.

Any feedback or experiences would be greatly appreciated.

[kvbarkley]

There is also the R7 combo with the excellent 18-150 mm RF-S lens.

https://kenrockwell.com/canon/eos-r/compared/r7-vs-r10.htm

[Tronhard]

Hi and welcome to the forum:
The R7 body is the current top end APS-C camera, and has a bigger capacity battery, In-Body-Image Stabilization that will assist with hand-holding. It works in conjunction with RF or RF-S lenses to add to their image stabilization.  Both the R7 and R10 offer excellent face and eye tracking for people and animals.  

If you intend to shoot wildlife, these features would be an advantage.  Canon currently have a combo of the R7 with the excellent RF-S 18-150 IS USM lens.  That would give you an all-in-one solution to general photography.  Canon Refub cameras may actually be new but over-stock, new but open box, demo or display models, but are 'good as new' and backed by the Canon warranty.  This combo is just now out of stock, but you can select to be notified when it is back in.  Shop Canon Refurbished EOS R7 RF-S18-150mm F3.5-6.3 IS STM Lens Kit |

I would recommend this combo, and in the future you can pair it with the RF 100-400 lens, which will work really well with the body.  The following is a review of the R7:
Canon EOS R7 review: HANDS-ON first-looks and a later review:
Canon EOS R7 for PHOTOGRAPHY review: IN-DEPTH vs Fujifilm X-H2 

I would recommend avoiding the highest frame rates of 30fps as it does suffer some focusing issues, but if you limit the frame rate to 11 or 15 fps, you generally be OK.

[stevet1]

shikwada1,

For me, I decided that if I am ever able to buy another camera, it will be the R10 with the 18-150mm lens.

I like the lighter weight, but the clincher for me was that it uses the same battery as my existing T8i, so I won't have to invest in new batteries.

I read a review of the R10 that said, it's a camera that you can just throw it in a bag and go.

Here's a website where you can compare two cameras side-by-side, and see which features might appeal to you more:

https://cameradecision.com/

Steve Thomas

[Ron888]

Two thoughts:
If you buy the R7 and just need a basic short lens,the 18-45mm is available for super low prices used.All the ones i've seen for sale still look new and unused.
If you buy the R10 you may not be missing out on much. IMHO the extra Megapixels arent a big deal. One of my  previous cameras had the same Mpix as the R7. I have an R10 now and dont miss the extra resolution at all.
The IBIS could be useful to you. Or not.
Personally i dont think it's a big deal.If you buy the RF100-400mm lens in future,that will have good IS built in.It really depends how much convenience you want to pay for.

[p4pictures]

I have used the EOS R7 and own the EOS R10. I found that for my needs the EOS R10 with the RF-S 18-150mm kit lens is a brilliant combination and even though it lacks the in-body IS I do not find this a limitation as most lenses have optical stabilisation. Since you mentioned ZAR pricing - I'm assuming you are in South Africa where I think that Canon also sells the EOS R10 with the RF-S 18-150mm lens as a kit and this would be ideal. The EOS R7 does have more megapixels, but this makes each pixel smaller and less sensitive to light. It can mean that in poor light the images are not as clean as those from cameras with less resolution, though this might not be such a problem for landscapes in South Africa. 

[SophiaJenkins]

Thank you so much for the information.