Re: Upgrading Photo Team Gear - Seeking Canon Mirrorless Recommendations
Your requirements in shooting sports, compared to the marketing dept. requires different gear. For one thing any sports that swings a tool will have rolling shutters issues with the R6 (too old, would not purchase) and the R6II etc. In sports such as golf, baseball, lacrosse, etc., you will have weirdly curved bats, sticks, clubs such as You can go to mechanical shutter with the R6II and eliminate this issue but you would also need version II or newer EF lenses or RF lenses to get 12fps in mechanical shutter. The R5 Mark II has a much faster image sensor and pretty much eliminates the rolling shutter issue. The R3 also eliminates this issue. Price wise, the R5 Mark II is $3900 + $410 for the grip ($4310) and the R3 is $4,400 right now, I would buy R3 since you stated the higher resolution was a hassle. I would certainly buy a R3 for each photographer and probably the R6II for a second body. The R3 and R6II have pretty much the same auto focus system. Unfortunately I have not handled the R6III so don't know how much better it is as far as rolling shutter, its readout speed is not much faster than the R6II. It is a 32MP sensor vs the 24MP in the R6II. I would add extenders for the RF 100-300 f/2.8, both are very sharp on that lens.
I have used the R6II for three years and added a R3 two years ago. They are pretty much a match in auto focus ability and use. Button placement is different between the two (it's great having two exact same cameras when accessing the buttons) but I have gotten used to the different placement.this
Re: Upgrading Photo Team Gear - Seeking Canon Mirrorless Recommendations
Your requirements in shooting sports, compared to the marketing dept. requires different gear. For one thing any sports that swings a tool will have rolling shutters issues with the R6 (too old, would not purchase) and the R6II etc. In sports such as golf, baseball, lacrosse, etc., you will have weirdly curved bats, sticks, clubs such as this You can go to mechanical shutter with the R6II and eliminate this issue but you would also need version II or newer EF lenses or RF lenses to get 12fps in mechanical shutter. The R5 Mark II has a much faster image sensor and pretty much eliminates the rolling shutter issue. The R3 also eliminates this issue. Price wise, the R5 Mark II is $3900 + $410 for the grip ($4310) and the R3 is $4,400 right now, I would buy R3 since you stated the higher resolution was a hassle. I would certainly buy a R3 for each photographer and probably the R6II for a second body. The R3 and R6II have pretty much the same auto focus system. Unfortunately I have not handled the R6III so don't know how much better it is as far as rolling shutter, its readout speed is not much faster than the R6II. It is a 32MP sensor vs the 24MP in the R6II. I would add extenders for the RF 100-300 f/2.8, both are very sharp on that lens.
I have used the R6II for three years and added a R3 two years ago. They are pretty much a match in auto focus ability and use. Button placement is different between the two (it's great having two exact same cameras when accessing the buttons) but I have gotten used to the different placement.
Re: Upgrading Photo Team Gear - Seeking Canon Mirrorless Recommendations
Your requirements in shooting sports, compared to the marketing dept. requires different gear. For one thing any sports that swings a tool will have rolling shutters issues with the R6 (too old, would not purchase) and the R6II etc. In sports such as golf, baseball, lacrosse, etc., you will have weirdly curved bats, sticks, clubs such as this
You can go to mechanical shutter with the R6II and eliminate this issue but you would also need version II or newer EF lenses or RF lenses to get 12fps in mechanical shutter. The R5 Mark II has a much faster image sensor and pretty much eliminates the rolling shutter issue. The R3 also eliminates this issue. Price wise, the R5 Mark II is $3900 + $410 for the grip ($4310) and the R3 is $4,400 right now, I would buy R3 since you stated the higher resolution was a hassle. I would certainly buy a R3 for each photographer and probably the R6II for a second body. The R3 and R6II have pretty much the same auto focus system. Unfortunately I have not handled the R6III so don't know how much better it is as far as rolling shutter, its readout speed is not much faster than the R6II. It is a 32MP sensor vs the 24MP in the R6II. I would add extenders for the RF 100-300 f/2.8, both are very sharp on that lens.
I have used the R6II for three years and added a R3 two years ago. They are pretty much a match in auto focus ability and use. Button placement is different between the two (it's great having two exact same cameras when accessing the buttons) but I have gotten used to the different placement.
Re: Upgrading Photo Team Gear - Seeking Canon Mirrorless Recommendations
Your requirements in shooting sports, compared to the marketing dept. requires different gear. For one thing any sports that swings a tool will have rolling shutters issues with the R6 (too old, would not purchase) and the R6II etc. In sports such as golf, baseball, lacrosse, etc., you will have weirdly curved bats, sticks, clubs. You can go to mechanical shutter with the R6II and eliminate this issue but you would also need version II or newer EF lenses or RF lenses to get 12fps in mechanical shutter. The R5 Mark II has a much faster image sensor and pretty much eliminates the rolling shutter issue. The R3 also eliminates this issue. Price wise, the R5 Mark II is $3900 + $410 for the grip ($4310) and the R3 is $4,400 right now, I would buy R3 since you stated the higher resolution was a hassle. I would certainly buy a R3 for each photographer and probably the R6II for a second body. The R3 and R6II have pretty much the same auto focus system. Unfortunately I have not handled the R6III so don't know how much better it is as far as rolling shutter, its readout speed is not much faster than the R6II. It is a 32MP sensor vs the 24MP in the R6II. I would add extenders for the RF 100-300 f/2.8, both are very sharp on that lens.
I have used the R6II for three years and added a R3 two years ago. They are pretty much a match in auto focus ability and use. Button placement is different between the two (it's great having two exact same cameras when accessing the buttons) but I have gotten used to the different placement.
Re: Upgrading Photo Team Gear - Seeking Canon Mirrorless Recommendations
Your requirements in shooting sports, compared to the marketing dept. requires different gear. For one thing any sports that swings a tool will have rolling shutters issues with the R6 (too old, would not purchase) and the R6II etc. In sports such as golf, baseball, lacrosse, etc., you will have weirdly curved bats, sticks, clubs. You can go to mechanical shutter with the R6II and eliminate this issue but you would also need version II or newer EF lenses or RF lenses to get 12fps in mechanical shutter. The R5 Mark II has a much faster image sensor and pretty much eliminates the rolling shutter issue. The R3 also eliminates this issue. Price wise, the R5 Mark II is $3900 + $410 for the grip ($4310) and the R3 is $4,400 right now, I would buy R3 since you stated the higher resolution was a hassek. I would certainly buy a R3 for each photographer and probably the R6II for a second body. The R3 and R6II have pretty much the same auto focus system. Unfortunately I have not handled the R6III so don't know how much better it is as far as rolling shutter, its readout speed is not much faster than the R6II. It is a 32MP sensor vs the 24MP in the R6II. I would add extenders for the RF 100-300 f/2.8, both are very sharp on that lens.
I have used the R6II for three years and added a R3 two years ago. They are pretty much a match in auto focus ability and use. Button placement is different between the two (it's great having two exact same cameras when accessing the buttons) but I have gotten used to the different placement.
Re: Upgrading Photo Team Gear - Seeking Canon Mirrorless Recommendations
Your requirements in shooting sports, compared to the marketing dept. requires different gear. For one thing any sports the swings a tool will have rolling shutters issues with the R6 (too old, would not purchase) and the R6II etc. In sports such as golf, baseball, lacrosse, etc., you will have weirdly curved bats, sticks, clubs. You can go to mechanical shutter with the R6II and eliminate this issue but you would also need version II or newer EF lenses or RF lenses to get 12fps in mechanical shutter. The R5 Mark II has a much faster image sensor and pretty much eliminates the rolling shutter issue. The R3 also eliminates this issue. Price wise, the R5 Mark II is $3900 + $410 for the grip ($4310) and the R3 is $4,400 right now, I would buy R3 since you stated the higher resolution was a hassek. I would certainly buy a R3 for each photographer and probably the R6II for a second body. The R3 and R6II have pretty much the same auto focus system. Unfortunately I have not handled the R6III so don't know how much better it is as far as rolling shutter, its readout speed is not much faster than the R6II. It is a 32MP sensor vs the 24MP in the R6II. I would add extenders for the RF 100-300 f/2.8, both are very sharp on that lens.
I have used the R6II for three years and added a R3 two years ago. They are pretty much a match in auto focus ability and use. Button placement is different between the two (it's great having two exact same cameras when accessing the buttons) but I have gotten used to the different placement.
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