biglouis
Well-known member
Currently shooting Fuji - moved to the system for wildlife but got sucked into using the bodies for all my work (also own the GFX50R but that is another story and not relevant to the R5/R6).
Also, right off the bat given some of the discussion above, based on years of struggle and experience, Panasonic's DFD focus system sucks for wildlife and is the main reason I left m43rds after almost ten years of continuous use (as my interest in wildlife shooting began to eclipse my other photographic interests).
OK, so the R5 and R6 are beautifully specified cameras and woohoo!!!!! have 12/20 fps speeds which are great for wildlife - which Nikon still seems to be wilfully ignoring in their mirrorless cameras. And, sorry to insult people but another advantage is that they offer the first real competition from Nikon/Canon to Sony which I just don't like (personal thing, I admit).
However, I am not in a hurry to go Canon mirrorless for two reasons. Firstly, no fast native RF wildlife glass. Couldn't Canon have at least given us a RF 500/5.6? Secondly, the price.
In the UK the Canon R6 is over GBP 1,000 more expensive than the recently introduced X-T4 (which as a Fuji user makes more sense for me to consider). I would be seriously thinking about switching and using adapted EOS lenses if only the R6 was priced accordingly. I do not think an extra £1K is worth is for a full frame sensor.
But I'll definitely look with interest on reviews by wildlife photographers using both bodies and never say never.
Just my two cents
LouisB
Also, right off the bat given some of the discussion above, based on years of struggle and experience, Panasonic's DFD focus system sucks for wildlife and is the main reason I left m43rds after almost ten years of continuous use (as my interest in wildlife shooting began to eclipse my other photographic interests).
OK, so the R5 and R6 are beautifully specified cameras and woohoo!!!!! have 12/20 fps speeds which are great for wildlife - which Nikon still seems to be wilfully ignoring in their mirrorless cameras. And, sorry to insult people but another advantage is that they offer the first real competition from Nikon/Canon to Sony which I just don't like (personal thing, I admit).
However, I am not in a hurry to go Canon mirrorless for two reasons. Firstly, no fast native RF wildlife glass. Couldn't Canon have at least given us a RF 500/5.6? Secondly, the price.
In the UK the Canon R6 is over GBP 1,000 more expensive than the recently introduced X-T4 (which as a Fuji user makes more sense for me to consider). I would be seriously thinking about switching and using adapted EOS lenses if only the R6 was priced accordingly. I do not think an extra £1K is worth is for a full frame sensor.
But I'll definitely look with interest on reviews by wildlife photographers using both bodies and never say never.
Just my two cents
LouisB