Equipment recommendation for young aspiring photographer
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10-27-2024
01:23 PM
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10-29-2024
09:18 AM
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Danny
I’m hoping to get some recommendations on equipment for my son. He is developing a passion for photography and I want to start getting him his own gear. He has been taking pictures for his high schools athletic teams, a semi-professional lacrosse league and other athletic teams and has started talking about dreams of making photography a career. Currently, he’s using my 6D Mark ii with a 70-200 2.8 lens.
I would like to get him started down the path of mirrorless, but I’m not sure where to start him. Ideally I’d like to be in the $1,500 range for his first camera, but I don’t know a lot about the R series cameras. Any feedback is greatly appreciated.
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10-27-2024 03:04 PM - edited 10-27-2024 03:09 PM
Hi and welcome:
Given your son is currently using a full-frame camera and lens, I would recommend sticking with that format, and within the R-series the most suitable candidate would be the EOS R6MkII.
For a quick review of the R6II from a sports photographer:
Electronic shutter frame rate is both a benefit and a challenge, the solution is not to use the maximum 40fps, but a lesser one, which will still far outperform a DSLR, but will not generate so many almost identical images and avoid rolling shutter.
You can get one, refurbished from the Canon store. These are new and overstock, new but open box, demo or show models normally but 'good as new' and with a Canon one-year warranty.
Shop Canon Refurbished EOS R6 Mark II Body | Canon U.S.A., Inc.
You can get a refurb adapter: Shop Canon Refurbished Mount Adapter EF-EOS R | Canon U.S.A., Inc.
cheers, TREVOR
The mark of good photographer is less what they hold in their hand, it's more what they hold in their head;
"All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow", Leo Tolstoy;
"Skill in photography is acquired by practice and not by purchase" Percy W. Harris
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10-27-2024 04:59 PM
Thank you for the info. Do the EF lenses perform well on the R cameras with the adapter?
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10-27-2024 05:05 PM - edited 10-27-2024 05:22 PM
Absolutely! I agree with the statements of the sports photographer in the video I posted and I am confident you will get the same feedback from my colleagues who use the EF 70-200 f/2.8 as well.
As an aside, I would recommend he watch some of the videos from sports photography from Brigham Young University - they are extremely instructive. Here is an example:
While I don't shoot sports much myself, there are some similarities between my major genre of wildlife and sports.
Here are some examples:
Legacy Lenses with the EOS R6 MkI: EF 100-400L MkI... - Canon Community
Legacy Lenses with the Canon EOS R5 - 1: EF 70-300... - Page 2 - Canon Community
Just make sure you get a Canon EF-RF adapter as some 3rd-party adapters have issues.
cheers, TREVOR
The mark of good photographer is less what they hold in their hand, it's more what they hold in their head;
"All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow", Leo Tolstoy;
"Skill in photography is acquired by practice and not by purchase" Percy W. Harris
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11-23-2024 10:59 AM
Thank you for your responses and the resources to explore the camera. Based on that I ordered him a R6 Mark ii today. I think it will carry him for quite awhile. I’m looking forward to watching him grow as a photographer and seeing how far he is able to go.
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11-23-2024 11:34 AM - edited 11-23-2024 11:35 AM
Greetings ,
I'm skimming the post, but did you also get him a EF to EOS R adapter so he could use the existing EF 70-200 with the R6 mkII?
Edit- I see that Trevor mentioned it.
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11-23-2024 12:20 PM
I did get the adapter. After some research it looks like the 70-200 should work really well with the camera using the adapter.
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11-23-2024 02:01 PM
Excellent news! Make sure he uses a lens hood.
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