New Camera guidance

[raremom_2]

I was gifted the EOS Rebel T6 camera with the double zoom lenses that came with the “kit” about 9 years ago. I have been getting more into family, sport, and indoor/ outdoor concert photography and I feel like I am needing some an upgrade. 

Just looking for some recommendations on upgrades! Thanks in advance. 

[shadowsports]

Greetings,

I completely understand. It's a 10-year-old camera, 18 megapixels digic 4+ processor, 9 AF points and a max ISO of 6400.  There isn't one performance standard  that won't be improved with an upgrade.  

What are you not getting from your T6 and lenses?  What is lacking or what are you looking to improve?  

Do you have a budget for the upgrade?  

[raremom_2]

I don’t feel like it’s very quick when I’m shooting, and when I’m doing my indoor shows I feel it struggles to keep up with the constant changing from the backlighting. Just looking for recommendations right now before we set an actual budget since it’s something that it used all of the time. 

[stevet1]

raremom_2,

As far as recommendations go, the problem isn't going to be the lack of them, it's going to be a list of recommendations that is a yard long.

As Rick said, it would be helpful to know what you have to spend, or what you want to spend.

It doesn't do either party any good to recommend a $5,000 camera to you if you only have $500 to spend.

You might think about some of the things you want to see in a camera. I have a T6, and whenI went to upgrade it, I wanted a camera that had more focus points, had a faster burst rate, an articulating LCD screen, and a faster processor.

The T6 only has a Digic 4+ processor. Canon is now making cameras with a Digic X processor. The difference is night and day better.

So, some questions to start off with:

1) How much do you want to spend?

2) Do you want to stay with DSLR, or would you like to move to mirrorless?

3) Is weight an issue or a factor? The older I get, the more weight becomes a factor in my decision-making process.

4) is taking videos, as well as taking still photos, important? The T6 records movies in the QuickTime .mov format. You might want to look for a camera that records movies in the more generally accepted .mp4 format.

These are just some questions to get you started.

Steve Thomas

[SignifDigits]

So, I'm going to focus on "indoor shows" since you did.  First, before you consider a camera you might want to focus on your lenses.  If you have really nice full-frame EF lenses and are happy with the quality, then the smallest step up would be an cropped sensor RF camera with an adapter to put the lenses on.  This will almost prove dissatisfying to some degree and you can upgrade to RF lenses over time.   If, however, you are using EF-S lenses then you'll want to start from scratch and add RF lenses to your shopping list first.

In either case start by getting your focus (pun intended) on what lens or lenses you're going to get a camera to drive them.  Cameras come and go but a great lens can serve you 20 years or more.

Full frame RF will have better low light performance than cropped sensor RF.  IBIS (in-body image stabilization) will have better low light performance than non IBIS cameras.  IS (image stabilization) lenses will have better low light performance than non-IS lenses.  In general, and especially on full-frame, Canon L lenses will have superior image quality than non-L lenses.  On cropped sensor cameras using full-frame lenses you lose the corners of the lens, and that's where budget lenses usually are weakest.

Hopefully this gives you some ideas and you can start to research and then ask us more specific questions that might help us point you in a direction that will be most satisfactory to you.

For instance, if you're at distance and shooting indoors, and on a moderate budget I might suggest the R6 Mark II or Mark III and the RF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM.  The R6 is the lower end of the line with IBIS    If you had a bigger budget then the step up to the R5 Mark II and getting the RF 70-200 f/2.8 L USM Z would be a great combination.  If you're on a much tighter budget then the R50 or R10 with the RF 24-105mm F/4-7.1 Is STM (or, my second choice as I'd prefer a full-frame lens in case I ever upgraded to full-frame) RF-S 18-150mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM Lens might be a good consideration.

Budget and your shooting priorities will make a big difference in what is recommended.

[jrhoffman75]

Look into the R6 Mark III package with 24-105 f/4L lens.

https://www.usa.canon.com/shop/p/eos-r6-mark-iii-rf24-105mm-f4-l-is-usm-lens-kit