'What can they possible do to make an even lower end EOS R?
They released the pretty much best lenses of their entire lineup and only a mirrorless 6d to use them... and now they release an even worse mirrorless camera?
It is REALY time for a professional EOS R, not another toy... what else are these high end lenses made for? Instagram posts with a 3000$ lens attached to a toy camera?
I'm one of those that bought this 'toy R' camera for my photography business. I have none of the new RF lenses and cant see myself getting any soon, except perhaps the 35mm IS.... wich looks nice and compact...
I think this is probably the best camera I have ever had...not that this says much in itself in that my first FF Canon was a 5d2 and then the 6D, both of which I had for about 4 years respectively - so some may point out that I don't own the real 'professional' Canon bodies that are made for the Pros's and so I may not really now what I'm talking about, and they may have a point of course...
But as a working commercial photographer doing mostly portraits, architecture, interiors, industrial and some event photography etc etc, both of these cameras served me well with almost all my pics nice and sharp and well exposed. I also don't have any of the fast expensive L lenses much sought after by the 'Pros' ..yet l have never had a client complain about my image quality ito sharpness, DR, highlight recovery or Bokeh etc etc...
My
workhorse lenses are the 17-40 L, not my favorite but good enough for work, the 24 TS which is one of my favorites, and a 70-300L which works well for portraits, events and industrial photography. The rest of my lenses are the common and garden variety non 'L' EF lenses like the 40mm F2.8, 50mm F1.8, and 100mm F2.8 macro that I use a lot for portraits as well. The lenses I use most for my personal work is the 40mm f2.8, the Tamron 35mm f1.8 and the 70-300L for my once a year excursion to the KNP.
I have also had the 6D2 briefly but I found the R to be much improved and better suited to the way I Iike to use a camera especially ito AF convenience.
Most of my fellow commercial photographer friends work with 'older' cameras but on the other hand almost all the keen amateurs I know have the latest and the greatest and have a lot of
angst about noise, DR and fast lenses etc...
What do I like most about the R? Its got a dual axis spirit level which helps enormously with architecture and interiors and it can connect with my I pad so that my clients can see what I'm doing without touching my camera. The grip is really nice and I like that its got a flippy screen which also works well when my camera is on a tripod, which it is mostly when I do commercial work. It also works seamlessly with my EF lenses, in fact my 'keeper' rate for sharp in focus images is even better than before and I like it that MF is so easy and that I can use a focus point right up into the corners and edge of the sensor. I also like it that dust is hardly a problem and that I can use all my old batteries on the R. The silent shutter is nice to have and also the C-RAW which saves a ton of HD space.
And yes this sensor with its 30mp is much nicer than the one on my 6D2 with good recoverable detail in the highlights and also in the shadows and the images are good enough at higher iso's...
Enclosed an image from a recent visit to Lesotho. Iso 2000 and printed on a 610x450mm paper with 20mm borders...made with the R and the Tamron 35f1.8 set at 1/90 f3.5 and moderate NR via topaz dnoize...I could probably have skipped the NR because at this A2 size it would not have been visible. The print looks fabulous with tons of detail and no noise visible...but how many of us ever print this large?
The point I'm trying to make is that we live in good times with really nice choices over all the brands and what we have now probably far exceed what we need.