deciding between a R5, R6, R7 and R8. which would you recommend?

[bonelso2]

i’m a concert photographer and wedding photographer. i’m upgrading from my 6d mark ii.

i’m looking for something that’s excellent in low light & high motion. i don’t do much videography. 90% photography.

please also drop some lens recommendations that won’t break the bank but give me high quality.

thanks!

[johnrmoyer]

What lenses do you already have? EF lenses work really well on R series cameras with the Canon adapter.

https://www.canon-europe.com/pro/infobank/which-camera-which-features/ 

[shadowsports]

Greetings,

I think the important considerations here are budget and what lenses you currently own as John asked.  

Of the 4 cameras you mentioned, the R6 has the best low light performance by a small margin.  If all four of these cameras are on the table, I would look at the R6 mark II over the original.  

The R5 Mark II is going to be announced in 5 days.  It goes on sale at 6:00 a.m. eastern.  Us West coasters will need to be up at 3:00 a.m. 😄

So if you have the budget, I'd say R52, R5 or R62.  Keeping in mind the R62 and R52 are going to have slightly improved AF and subject tracking.  The output from any of these bodies would be more than adequate for wedding photography. I would not consider the R7 or R8 If I were a wedding photographer.

[kvbarkley]

The R7 is probably not the best in low light - teeny tiny pixels - but it has the awesome auto-leveling feature.

For low light comparisons, check out Ken Rockwell's reviews he shoots the same image at every ISO.

[p4pictures]

I've been fortunate enough to have hands on experience with all the cameras you mentioned. For low light you want less density of pixels on a sensor so they are physically larger in area. I would pick the EOS R6 Mark II or EOS R6 in this respect, especially if you are using EF lenses from your EOS 6D Mark II with the adapter. My experience is that the very high pixel density of the EOS R7 can show limitations of less than stellar DSLR lenses on the adapter. The 32MP of the EOS R7 would be 80MP on a full-frame sensor with the same pixel density.

Given that the EOS R6 was replaced by the EOSR6 Mark II and one of the big changes was AF improvement in terms of acquisition and hanging on to subjects then it would be natural selection for your application. EOS R8 does share much of the EOS R6 Mark II capabilities and sensor, but you will loose the IBIS, long battery life and compatibility with your existing LP-E6 type batteries, joystick, and dual card slots to name a few.