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kakomu wrote:
I’ve been hemming and hawing on this. I’d really like to get the R8, but honestly, I don’t think it adds much that I want or need. Aside from weight, the only other thing I want is the ability to transfer photos to my phone. I’ve grown to loathe editing photos on my laptop, but I’d love to edit them on my iPad or iPhone. The RP does that. I really want to take the photos I take and send them to my wife or friends.
The R8 is better when pushed to the extreme, but I’m not an extreme photographer, so I’ll probably get the RP and save a few hundred dollars, money that could help buy me a 35mm f/1.8, 15-30mm or 100-400mm. Once I unload my SLR kit, I can round out the kit, I suppose....Show more →
At the risk of sounding like we are piling on, I would encourage you to reconsider the R8 / RP decision. As Ron says, the R8 is assembled from Canon's A-list parts bin. It's not just the AF, but the sensor that is greatly improved as well.
The RP has the sensor from the 6D Mark II. This sensor has very limited dynamic range by modern standards, and you will really struggle with noise if you ever need to lift the shadows much, even when shooting at low ISOs. (Bizarrely, the shadow noise from this sensor is not only worse than its contemporaries, but worse than even older models like the 5D Mark II, in my experience.) AI denoising software can help rescue these images, but it's an additional workflow step and should not be needed at low ISOs (or in your terms, non-extreme photography).
In any case, if cost is of the utmost importance, it's not a deal breaker since there are ways to deal with this in post, but it is at least another data point to be aware of.
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