Good point! Windshield wipers and filters? I don't know...Hard to drive a car without tires. Easy to use a camera without a lens filter.
Boom. Two analogies popped!
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Opinion: Canon’s mounting woes
- Thread starter Canon Rumors Guy
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I should say: me too. I bought an R in the first 'discount cycle' (in Australia anyway) a few months after it was released. Fantastic camera (for my needs anyway), and no significant complaints at all. Going strong, although I'll probably be in the market to update in the next year. I even quickly came to terms with the multi-function bar (I use it for 5x and 10x zoom). Happily adapted my EF lenses, and bought a few mid-price RF mount lenses (including a non-electric coupled 3rd party lens) since then. Definitely not hating on the R ...
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Much to do about nothing. You can use any EF mount third party lens with an adapter. Or you can use Canon EF glass that is more affordable than the RF lens. Outrage gets clicks on line. Scott Kelby who has written more books on digital photography than anyone else uses a Tamron 150-600mm on a Canon R6 mkII. He is also an award winner photographer. He could use any lens he wants, but uses an adapted third party lens.
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Although the R8 is out and better than the RP, it is still 50% above the RP price at USD1500. No brainer to get the RP as a second ff body.
Much has been made about the release price of USD1300 vs the R8 release price but 9 months later the RP dropped to USD1k and has been there or lower for almost 3 years now. I can't imagine that the R8 will follow that trajectory.
Another single purchase but Canon maintains a significant price lead where the cheapest Sony ff is A7ii @ USD1400 and Z5 for USD1300 (on special).
... and we all know that ff is "better" than APS-C from this thread
page #26 now
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The R's EVF, lack of IBIS and electronic level are my main points of criticism. And the reason why I'm waiting impatiently for a successor, R3 or R5 II.
Otherwise, a very good camera at a very good price and high reliability. It sure doesn't deserve the way it got treated by the Youtube Sony groupies.
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Although the R8 is out and better than the RP, it is still 50% above the RP price at USD1500. No brainer to get the RP as a second ff body.
Much has been made about the release price of USD1300 vs the R8 release price but 9 months later the RP dropped to USD1k and has been there or lower for almost 3 years now. I can't imagine that the R8 will follow that trajectory.
Another single purchase but Canon maintains a significant price lead where the cheapest Sony ff is A7ii @ USD1400 and Z5 for USD1300 (on special).
... and we all know that ff is "better" than APS-C from this thread
page #26 now
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The RP is around $600/£600 used, a real bargain if you don't care about 4K video.
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Agreed; I paid 612€ shipped for an ex demo camera from a German shop, less then 3000 actuations, invoiced with 36 months warranty from the shop. Real bargain, and perfect as a backup body. Never used for video as today, but I know its 4k is not on pair with competitors, and the DPAF doesn't work in 4k.
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sadly there is a reason it is at that price point.. the features listed cost as it is not just software, but hardware too. I wouldn't expect that feature set at the price point of the R. .well not for a while at least, maybe if they get the costs down.
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Well, the R wasn't inexpensive when it came out, Euro 3000+, at least in Europe. The most disturbing feature, at least for me as a frequent TSE user, was that ugly intrusive e-level. I'm convinced it could have been designed in a much more discrete way, without any cost incidence. Yet, I still like the R, it never let me down. This is for me THE important feature, with picture quality, of course.
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