Decisions, Decisions, Decisions! EOS R5 Mark II vs EOS R6 Mark II for Australia trip

[JFG]

Hello everyone,

I just purchased my airline tickets to Australia.  I'll be leaving on 9-19-24 returning on 9-30-24.  So, I'm deciding whether to bring my R6 Mark II or my new R5 Mark II 🤔   I don't want to bring both as I like to travel light.  One camera body and two lenses maybe three. So I'd like to get your opinion on what camera body I should bring. 

A. R5 Mark II  or  B. R6 Mark II.  

What say you all ?

[ctitanic · Accepted solution]

Both are good cameras and nothing will go wrong if you take any one of them. That said, if you take the R5 Mk2 you need to think about storage space. Files produced by this camera are twice bigger than the ones produced by the R6 Mk2. In 10 days you may collect few GBs of images. Consider taken with you a backup external HDD, even if you pick the R6.

There are other things to be considered when traveling like the risks of losing your camera. Considering that you may want to take the cheaper of the two.

[Tronhard]

Good for your for coming to my neighbour: the land of Oz - it's a great country to visit!   You may be pressed for time as it's about the same size as the continental USA!  Which parts are you visiting?

The good thing is that Oz generally has a lot of light, especially as they hit spring, so you should not have issues with low light performance.  TBH, I would take the R5II for the unique features it offers.  Just bring a bunch of batteries!

[JFG]

Hi Trevor,

I'm looking forward to visiting again after 10 years.  I imagine a lot has changed!   Spring in Australia should be nice.  You'll be only a hop, skip and jump away.  😆   

[JFG]

Trevor 

I'll be in Melbourne 3 to 4 days than taking a flight to Sydney.  I'm thinking of doing the blue mountains, visiting the Melbourne and Sydney zoo.  Do you have any good suggestions?  Let me know.

[shadowsports]

Joe ,

R5II all the way.

[ctitanic · Accepted solution]

Both are good cameras and nothing will go wrong if you take any one of them. That said, if you take the R5 Mk2 you need to think about storage space. Files produced by this camera are twice bigger than the ones produced by the R6 Mk2. In 10 days you may collect few GBs of images. Consider taken with you a backup external HDD, even if you pick the R6.

There are other things to be considered when traveling like the risks of losing your camera. Considering that you may want to take the cheaper of the two.

[jrhoffman75 · Accepted solution]

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@JFG wrote:

Hello everyone,

I just purchased my airline tickets to Australia.  I'll be leaving on 9-19-24 returning on 9-30-24.  So, I'm deciding whether to bring my R6 Mark II or my new R5 Mark II 🤔   I don't want to bring both as I like to travel light.  One camera body and two lenses maybe three. So I'd like to get your opinion on what camera body I should bring. 

A. R5 Mark II  or  B. R6 Mark II.  

What say you all ?

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The only caution I would offer is be sure that you are tot ally satisfied that the brand new camera (R5) is fully reliable compared to your older camera. "Infant mortality" problems exist in any new device.