Canon mirrorless upgrade from 750d?

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"Err indoors" is thinking of an upgrade to her Canon 750d. She's thinking about mirrorless, now I know nowt about them being a dyed in the wool SLR user. Which Canon? is the best bet, and will any of her lens work or are we looking a new set of lens too, she has some crop and a few FF lens like the Sigma 50mm and 70-200mm.
She does a fair bit of macro and flowers, plus landscapes mostly.
Thanks, I'm out of my depth with mirrorless.
 
Apols for the wall of text.

I'd hazard the most direct equivalent of the 750D would be the R10. R7 would be the upgrade (crop), R8 the equivalent of the (full frame) 6D/6DII.l, R6/R6II something akin to the 5DIII/IV - all ish obviously, not exact 1:1 swaps.

All would need a mount adaptor to use your EF lenses - but simple enough to leave that attached to the body full time as I do with my R6II. My pal tried a non-Canon one, he now has a Canon one.

Obviously the crop lenses won't perform on a the full frame body... On an EF FF body it wouldn't work at all because it would foul the mirror. On an RF FF I'm not sure what it does but the EF-S lens image circle will definitely not cover the FF sensor.

I've only got hands on experience with the R6II & R7 and they're both massive advances from the 90D & 6DII - not least the massive number of frames you can squirt off in a second & before the buffer fills (I've yet to reach the buffer limit on the R6II, R7 belongs to my pal - so I've not heard him swear at it for that). The tracking focus can sometimes struggle in busy backgrounds on both, but manually (on a 90D/6DII) you be even more challenged in most cases I reckon.

The only thing he thinks is less than great is his Sigma 150-600 - seems to hunt focus a lot. My only gripe is the Canon 100mm f/2.8 non-L which seems to make a lot of (apparently) IS type noise... I suspect that is true of all of them, and that one simply sticks out particularly.

Oh and if you're (she's) a considered shooter (look, frame, look, look more, shoot) instead of a press & squirt shooter, because the viewfinder is essentially live view full time, it canes the battery. Extra batteries a must in my opinion (I'm trying a Neewer 3-pack of LP-E6NH on my R6II, so far with positive feelings - 3 for the ¾ the cost of one Canon)

Oh & fastest card that the camera will take (and you're prepared to shell out for obvs) makes a significant difference to the buffer performance. I ended up with a Kingston Canvas React Plus based on performance & price. YMMV obvs.
 
hunnymonster said:
Apols for the wall of text.

I'd hazard the most direct equivalent of the 750D would be the R10. R7 would be the upgrade (crop), R8 the equivalent of the (full frame) 6D/6DII.l, R6/R6II something akin to the 5DIII/IV - all ish obviously, not exact 1:1 swaps.

All would need a mount adaptor to use your EF lenses - but simple enough to leave that attached to the body full time as I do with my R6II. My pal tried a non-Canon one, he now has a Canon one.

Obviously the crop lenses won't perform on a the full frame body... On an EF FF body it wouldn't work at all because it would foul the mirror. On an RF FF I'm not sure what it does but the EF-S lens image circle will definitely not cover the FF sensor.

I've only got hands on experience with the R6II & R7 and they're both massive advances from the 90D & 6DII - not least the massive number of frames you can squirt off in a second & before the buffer fills (I've yet to reach the buffer limit on the R6II, R7 belongs to my pal - so I've not heard him swear at it for that). The tracking focus can sometimes struggle in busy backgrounds on both, but manually (on a 90D/6DII) you be even more challenged in most cases I reckon.

The only thing he thinks is less than great is his Sigma 150-600 - seems to hunt focus a lot. My only gripe is the Canon 100mm f/2.8 non-L which seems to make a lot of (apparently) IS type noise... I suspect that is true of all of them, and that one simply sticks out particularly.

Oh and if you're (she's) a considered shooter (look, frame, look, look more, shoot) instead of a press & squirt shooter, because the viewfinder is essentially live view full time, it canes the battery. Extra batteries a must in my opinion (I'm trying a Neewer 3-pack of LP-E6NH on my R6II, so far with positive feelings - 3 for the ¾ the cost of one Canon)

Oh & fastest card that the camera will take (and you're prepared to shell out for obvs) makes a significant difference to the buffer performance. I ended up with a Kingston Canvas React Plus based on performance & price. YMMV obvs.
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Thanks Jason, I'll have to get her to have a shufty, and try both in our local-ish store, either sounds good. It sound like extra batteries are a must as she "chimps" a LOT.
Funnily enough I was thinking of getting a 90d to replace my 7d crop body, but I might end up getting a mirrorless myself and dipping my toe in the water.
Many thanks mate.
 
Yeah, it's a fair question to ask.

I have Canon dslr and bought an R5. Took a couple of weeks to change my thought process as everything you need is in the viewfinder. As Honey monster has said, extra batteries is a must; I also have a power bank as backup, it has to be a PD version (power direct).

I use the simplest Canon EF-rf adapter and my EF lenses seem to work fine. Although I did have one adapter jam on my ef 16-35. I got it removed under warranty for the adapter. I have a Canon 200mm f1.8 and it work great.

When it comes to which R body you chose, I think that depends on your budget. But you could start with a secondhand R.

Good luck with whatever you choose.
 
swanseamale47 said:
Thanks Jason, I'll have to get her to have a shufty, and try both in our local-ish store, either sounds good. It sound like extra batteries are a must as she "chimps" a LOT.
Funnily enough I was thinking of getting a 90d to replace my 7d crop body, but I might end up getting a mirrorless myself and dipping my toe in the water.
Many thanks mate.
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Plus points for me include WYSIWYG composition and exposure and DoF wise plus being able to focus accurately and consistently anywhere in the frame and the focus anywhere thing is IMO a big thing. Couple that with face/eye detect and you can take pictures which would be if not impossible with a DSLR then certainly more difficult and less consistent.

I think mirrorless is well worth looking at no matter what genre of photography you're into.
 
Not much to add; except the advanced focussing on the later R cameras is a game changer.

You’ll need batteries; though my 3rd party ones are fine. And the adaptor means all your old lenses will work fine. EFS lenses will mount on FF mirrorless and instantly crop as per Nikon (im not a fan of that approach but I know plenty are).

An R10 or R50 would be closer to the 750d but still an improvement, the R7 would be even better.

There’s also the M cameras if you don’t want to spend so much, but they’re likely to be discontinued as a system. Or the older R or RP but they don’t have the miraculous focussing the later models have.
 
Oh
And Canon test drive 48hrs for free. Usually extended for bank holidays too if you’re smart, and there’s loads of BH weekends coming up.
 
hunnymonster said:
A wee trip to Carmarthen?
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Yeah looks like it, not for a week or two though, mega busy next week. Leaning towards the R7 looking at the spec, but it's not my choice... although I may treat myself , I like the look of silent shooting.
 
Phil V said:
Oh
And Canon test drive 48hrs for free. Usually extended for bank holidays too if you’re smart, and there’s loads of BH weekends coming up.
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Drat, bit late reading this now for this weekend. Handy to know though.
 
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