How to best upgrade 80D

[ysal]

I own an 80D with bunch of lenses. I want to move up to a better body but can't afford to buy all new lenses. What are my options? Get a better Canon and get a lens adaptor? I do mostly bird and wildlife photography. TIA.

[stevet1]

ysal,

Here is a website that you can go to that will let you compare two cameras side by side, analyzing the pros and cons of each.

https://cameradecision.com/

Steve Thomas

[LeeP]

I suppose the first consideration would be whether you want a full-frame sensor or APSC.

From there it comes down to money.

I don't have experience with the R7--though by all accounts it's rather nice--but I do have experience with an R8. In the case of the former, the rumor mill says that either an R7 II update is coming or an R9 full replacement model is coming. Similarly, supposedly an R8 II is coming imminently or the R8 is being fully replaced by a retro-styled body. 

If you go with the R8, be prepared to take an extra, fully-charged battery or two because the R8 is a bit of a battery eater and it gets downright cantankerous when the battery level gets low.

[ysal]

These are the lenses I mostly use:

• EF 100-400mm
• EF 70-300mm
• Sigma 150-600mm DG OS HSM Contemporary
• EF 24-105mm
• EFS 24mm
• EFS 15-85mm

[SignifDigits]

I think I may have had a post deleted (or maybe I'm just a bit tired and conflating another post that I wrote).  In that post I think that I suggested that for $2,000 you could get a good used R7 and new RF 100-400mm in the $2,000 range as a birding/wildlife solution.  That RF combo would assure full frames per second.

Then keep the 80D and existing lenses for other purposes and/or use the lenses with the R7.

Or, if wanting to go full-frame if his lenses are full-frame and compatible to deliver the frame rates I'd suggest the R6 Mark ii in that price range.