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A true nobody-wins solution!Sounds like you should just sell both and buy Sony
Heh...she held a Sony recently and said, "No, I'm sticking with Canon".Sounds like you should just sell both and buy Sony
You're right! No built-in TC for me and she doesn't get to use her beloved 100-500.A true nobody-wins solution!
If only the ‘Big Three’ had joined the L-Mount Alliance!
Dave, what's happened to the lens hood ? Personally I always keep it on, also, the 150L really needs the 1.4x Teleconverter to shine.
For carrying, put the lens hood (96 g) on (reversed) and one still has an extraordinarily small package.
The 600 f/4 TC is worth it. The built in TC is extremely valuable as a photographer, in part because of how good it works at 840 mm. It delivers the best TC images I’ve ever been able to get and it does so at a fair distance. And don’t dismiss the lens’s usefulness for shooting people as well as wildlife.
I have Z8 and R5 love both but I have a feeling R1 R5II is going to smoke anything from Nikon or Sony, I still kind of think R5 is still a little better at focusing than Nikon (At least that's what it seems like to me)She really wants the R5 ii so “happy wife equals happy life”. If I get that for her, then she’s OK with me getting a 600 f4. That seems like a pretty good deal to me
Interesting take and what is the basis for your claims? I doubt that it will "smoke anything from Nikon or Sony" and at best the R5II may offer parity or a slight improvement. Yes, I've always felt that the four-year-old R5 had better AF than the Z8/Z9 and it may have more to do with the dual pixel AF design more so than anything else. Nonetheless, the Z8/Z9 have very good af (and in some situations are better), and the larger buffers, longer battery life, real time EVF display (instead of a slide show), more (and adjustable) FPS, better video AF, better astro, and lack of RS - not to mention the array of long lenses - are reasons that the Z8/Z9 are and will likely continue to be better than the Canon offering.
My claims are zilch lol and your probably 100% right, I guess my claims would be from the rumored specs so maybe I need to stop watching YouTube videos. But as far as focus goes as I said (could be just me) but not really much in it IMO as Nikon is great also, But truth be told if I had to choose one it would probably be Nikon considering lenses and I still think Nikon has the best files coming out of camera.
Yeah, that's what we've decided to do. Maybe someday Canon will have the lenses I'm looking for and we can be on just one system. As I said before, I have no problem with either body (R5 or Z8). I also want her to be happy, so I'll get her the R5ii.
. And I'll stick with Nikon for now.
Folks will say anything on YT to gain clicks. It’s likely that the R5mkii will provide significant improvements in the areas mentioned and will undoubtedly be a fine body. For my primary photography interests, Canon has neglected the lens segment. Had they not, I never would have made Nikon my primary equipment. FWIW, I still like the Canon files the best of the three majors; they take care of highlights better than Nikon and their color is better than the yellow green mess of Sony.
I like canon cameras but due to my wife using Nikon I went with that Thinking I could use all of her hand me downs. Now years later she uses an iphone and I have two Z8 and four z lenses, 24-120f4, 100-400z, 400f4.5z and the 600pfz as well as both TCs. I’m a happy guy! I would prefer to stay on one system and having 2 z8s both programmed the same way is great. With my gear I can go from 24mm to 1200mm in a pinch but I love the 600mm range for birds.
For clarification around the jpg in precapture, the 11mp is only if using 120/fps. Otherwise it is 45mp but still jpg.
A happy wife, a happy life. Choices in life can be a *****...
