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I was vehemently anti-mirrorless up until maybe a few months ago. I went on a big wildlife trip and realized I had to finally upgrade my Canon 70D. The first
by snapetom 5y ago
I was vehemently anti-mirrorless up until maybe a few months ago.
I went on a big wildlife trip and realized I had to finally upgrade my Canon 70D. The first thought was to jump to a 90D, but I had to review what mirrorless options were.
I tried to find every reason in the world to go with the much cheaper 90D than mirrorless. In the end, I couldn't. For my primary use cases (wildlife, night cityscapes, and sports), the Canon R5 has so many game changing advantages, I couldn't ignore it. I lose nothing with the lens adapters, and they mostly solved or mitigated the issues with the first gen.
- berkut 5y agoBattery life when using the EVF (vs viewfinder in SLR) seems to be the only downside currently with Canon (I think Sony's is better). Hopefully over time this will improve.
- snapetom 5y agoThat's really the only disadvantage I came up with. I was also really nervous about lag and blackouts, but once I actually used one, even in the older R, I realized it was a non-issue. It's still an incredibly strange concept for me, and admittedly I'm not sure I'll ever be fully comfortable with it. However from a practical standpoint, there's really no issue.