If I own the R8, is it worth getting the R7 as an extra body for wildlife?

[bessad]

Hey all, I currently have an R8 and I love it. Bought it for travel and own a bunch if the staple primes and also the new rf 28-70mm and I recently purchased 100-400mm. I'm loving that lens at the moment and use it for birding but mainly some local surfers that I've been sending the pics to. I'm wondering if the extra megapixels and reach would be beneficial to purchase the R7 and keep as a secondary, primarily for wildlife. I'm interested to hear everyone's opinion.

Thank you!

[ebiggs1]

"I'm wondering if the extra megapixels and reach would be beneficial to purchase the R7 and keep as a secondary, ..."

Most of my photography career I has both FF and crop cameras. The 1 series, until recently and although not well known was basically a crop camera (1.3 ratio) with a few model exceptions. Plus I had a whole series of Rebels. The "extra reach" you refer to is largely an inner web myth. Oh sure you can find a comparison between certain crop and FF cameras that may support it but generally not. The problem is you have to use the exact same lens in exactly the same situation and under the exact same conditions.

You can test this yourself by shooting a image with each model and then crop the FF image to the same 1.6 size in post editing. Most of the time there will be no to very little benefit to either.

If you want an R7 that is fine go buy one but get it for a different reason.