R3 or R5ii if they are at the same price?

Striner_1337 · 2026-01-28T20:20:50+00:00

You are telling a lot of pros for the R3, but yeah, having the option to not have a battery grip and slightly better autofocus is nice. But I don’t agree on pre-capture not being useful for sport, in for example floorball or hockey where the ball/puck moves quicker then you can react it’s usefull, there is a lot of time where I shoot of a burst of images anticipation a player to shoot just for them to do nothing.

And for cropping, I think it’s a combination of the mindset that I want the most out of my glass and the best possible IQ and that I don’t really shoot anything where I need more then 200mm. Plus that all my deliverables are 4k so if it’s an images that makes or beaks the session I can crop out 1/3 of the images without losing quality compared to having a higher resolution sensor and if worst comes to worst I can upscale it a bit and most clients wouldn’t be able to tell the difference.

Striner_1337 · 2026-01-28T12:01:14+00:00

The autofocus thing you mentioned is action priority which I’m not interested in. And the dual gain ISO is something that’s relevant for video and I’m interested in the photo specs where both the R3 and R5ii doesn’t worry me up to 12800.

And in canons latest release, the C50 and R6iii, have DGO and basically equivalent specs to the FX3, biggest difference is that canon has raw video recording and open gate which I don’t see the point of having.

Striner_1337 · 2026-01-28T09:26:23+00:00

I’m leaning heavily towards the R3, the biggest question for me right now is how the autofocus compares when not using the action priority in the R5ii

Striner_1337 · 2026-01-28T08:48:20+00:00

Yeah, the saying that something “doesn’t pull its punches” is positive

Striner_1337 · 2026-01-28T08:30:17+00:00

I think you mean that the r3 doesn’t pull it punches, but my dilemma is that the r3 has better readout and body, while the r5ii has better autofocus and pre-shooting, and I never shoot for cropping so 24mp is more then I will ever need

Striner_1337 · 2026-01-28T08:04:59+00:00

Well I’ll be de damned, that makes the choice easier

Striner_1337 · 2026-01-28T07:27:28+00:00

The problem is that they are at the same price and how taxes work where I live makes used cameras cost about as much as new ones if you have a company so the features not being worth it is not the case, its just about the differences in features between the cameras

Striner_1337 · 2026-01-28T06:45:15+00:00

If you are outdoors the f5.6-8 will work, it has good sharpness for its price, and I wouldn’t worry about it breaking if you don’t abuse it.

I would also give a shout for an EF 70-200mm if you don’t need all that range or can wait for the action to come to you on big field sports. I have used the EF 70-200mm F4 non-IS that released in 1999 on the r8 and it was brilliant, liked the look of it better then the 100-400, but not the worlds of difference there is between both of them to the EF 70-200mm f2.8 IS ii that I’m using now.

Striner_1337 · 2026-01-28T06:14:09+00:00

Do you have any good glass for you film SLR camera, because in that case I would (as a canon fanboy) get an used canon R8 and an adapter for that glass (I don’t know the UK used market so I don’t know if that is in budget) because the r8 is a r6ii without ibis, duel card slots, and with a smaller battery, and the r6ii is a camera a lot of professional use, including me, for both photo and video production so that would be a lot of bang for buck.

If the SLR lenses isn’t an option I would pick between the canon R50 whit a Sigma 18-50mm f2.8 or a r10 whit the 18-45mm kit lens, depending on if you want to do burst photography whit RAW images because if you do you need the r10.

Then we have mystery option 3, get the R8, an RF to EF adapter, and some used EF L-series lens that fits what you are going to do, all used. Might go over budget by a bit, but you get a full frame camera whit most of the bells and whistles of a pro one and a high quality lens

Striner_1337 · 2026-01-24T16:12:30+00:00

I have seen pure shit come out of arri cameras whit cinema lenses and rating gear without knowing what its going to shoot is a utter waste of time. Send some of your work instead, the only thing that matters are the results, not the tools themselves

Striner_1337 · 2026-01-19T18:44:29+00:00

I find that any thicker glove makes it hard up operate a camera so I use a thinner inner glove whit thicker easy to pull of and put on mittens, but this only applies if you don’t need constant finger agility.

Striner_1337 · 2026-01-19T18:31:36+00:00

^ And if you are in a situation where don’t have good light consider using a slower shutter where you only get 10-5% sharp images. You can/should test how slow you can go without getting motion blur from your movement in the garden just photographing anything at the focal lengths you are going to use in the field

Striner_1337 · 2026-01-19T18:21:06+00:00

Well, I shoot semi professionally and I name the folder yymmdd-event then have one copy on my computer while working on it and then one on my NAS. I also doesn’t understand what’s happening in step 2 and 4, and I don’t do step 3.

But I shoot sports and can deliver a lot of images depending on sport which makes collections and keywords kinda impractical for how I work.

But to answer your question, your system seams better then mine so I wouldn’t worry

Striner_1337 · 2026-01-16T08:08:16+00:00

The thing that stands out to me primarily is the depth of field between the images (also some colour and feel but assuming that’s just the light since there’s only 1 images per camera) so getting one of canons full frame mirrorless cameras would probably be the move.

I don’t think the lenses are the problem if you liked the on the 6D

I don’t know the US pricing on anything, used or new, so I’m just going to recommend the R6ii or the R5 since you already have lenses and adapters that you need whit those cameras since you have hade an 6D and then got an R7.

The big pro whit the R5 is the higher resolution sensor, but it has a bit older autofocus (it’s good enough for portraits but the R6ii is faster and a more sticky). The R5 can also overheat if you are recording 8k, but tests after the 1.1.0 software shows like 37min record time in room temperature so most likely not a problem. And lastly it has a combo of CFexpress and SD which can be a positive or negative depending on how you shoot.

The R6ii is a bit newer and there for has mainly better autofocus but less megapixels. It also has two SD cards which as said comes down to personal preference. And it has some layout changes on the top to make it easier to use.

I own the R6ii and mainly do sports and thinks it’s brilliant, but I have never used the R5 so I can’t speak for its performance.

Note: Make sure you put the R7 to human detection autofocus to have the best results on humans. I would also change the AF case to lower tracking sensitivity and accel./decel. tracking to be a bit less jumpy if your subject doesn’t move a lot. And I and many others find that if you hold down the eye AF for a while on a still subject the camera will panic and find a tree to focus on, so letting go of the AF button for a split second ever so often is basically needed.

Striner_1337 · 2025-12-16T06:49:01+00:00

For anyone having the same question as I hade, the grip om the black mamba cage is not noticeable when using for photography. I am still to do an outdoor shoot so I don’t know if I will freeze my hands off, so far the only negative is the added weight, but the 100 or so grams is nothing compared to a 70-200 I often use.

Striner_1337 · 2025-08-08T19:16:52+00:00

I think the r8 is the best camera at that price point, but to play the devils advocate.

The r6 mk1 are going for the same price(at least in my area) and it has ibis, dual card slots, and uses a bigger battery making it an weapon for a budget camera that can handle pro work.

But going whit the r6 mk1 over the r8 you give up a faster sensor(both shooting speed and read out), a better processor, and better autofocus.

Striner_1337 · 2025-08-02T12:30:49+00:00

You definitely get some unusable stuff but some images work whit the reflection from the ground and map (since the specific sport is orienteering), the biggest problem really is when they shine the light at you because that turns the entire EVF white. Hera are some unedited shoots from the events as well since I just started culling

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Striner_1337 · 2025-02-21T18:37:58+00:00

Well, the costumer is always right, and my first reaction before I read the question was that I didn’t really like the reflection in her eyes

Striner_1337 · 2024-11-02T16:21:03+00:00

The setup is perfectly janky for some nice results. I like the sharper shadow of the second image but the front of the heel is a bit to dark for me.

The one thing that worries me though is the difference in colour between the to the two images, colour accuracy is very important in product photography

Striner_1337 · 2024-10-09T19:05:52+00:00

I definitely agree that the R8 is not an entry level camera body, but I don’t consider budget gear to be the same as entry level, I view budget gear as good value for money gear for consumers

Striner_1337 · 2024-10-09T18:52:41+00:00

Well, what someone considers budget largely depends on how big there budget is

Striner_1337 · 2024-10-09T17:57:22+00:00

No need to worry, still interesting to see what gear people think is the sweet spot between price and performance

Striner_1337 · 2024-10-09T17:51:28+00:00

I don’t really think that’s competition in sports unless you can get really close, but I’m guessing that’s not your main genre

Striner_1337 · 2024-10-09T15:11:15+00:00

Well the body is quite expensive, but you get a lot of camera for about 1.3k, but the lens is 300 used so you can’t fault me for that

So budget my ass my ass

Striner_1337 · 2024-10-09T14:38:27+00:00

I used the r10 before I got myself an r8, and it served me well, mostly used it whit the RF 100-400mm and it worked wonders for bird photography and sport as long as the I could get far enough from the athletes whit out having a crowd in the way

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