Thinking of swapping my R7 for an R5

[Chris Summers]

I purchased the R7 as a mirrorless upgrade to my 7D MkII. I had already moved from a 5D MkII to the R for full frame mirrorless but I liked a crop factor body as an option with long lenses and wildlife or sports. To be honest, I've enjoyed shooting with the R7 overall but have been bothered by 3 things; shutter shock, rolling shutter and the absence of a vertical battery grip which I like with long lenses, especially with a small body like the R7. I recently did some birds in flight photography and found the rolling shutter so bad, almost every shot was distorted in some way. I also find the R6 MkII is much better at tracking birds in flight than the R7.

I've thought about waiting for the release of an R7 MkII but it doesn't look like it will happen anytime soon and the resale value for the R7 is still pretty good; and the rumors of specifications keep changing so I'm not sure it will be all that much better than the R7. I never considered the R5 when it came out as it was out of my price range. I later traded the R for an R6 MkII and have been very happy with it as far as a good full frame action camera.

Recently, I started looking back at the R5 and it's specs and noticed that I can get one in Like New condition from mpb.com and several have shutter counts around 1000! And these are priced at around $2400 which is probably what the R7 MkII will sell for.

So on the plus side I get a higher resolution image (so I could crop more to be like what I get with the R7 and it's 1.6 crop factor). I also will be able to use CF Express cards, which aren't cheap but have distinct advantages over SD cards only. I get a lot of other nice features, like a slightly higher ISO range. I can also pick up an BG R10 grip which is what I have on my R6 MkII. I will also probably sell my one EF wide angle zoom that I use on the R7 as well as two of the three EF-RF adapters as I will only need one; so a bit more cash for the R5.

On the down side, I loose on fps from 15 to 12 in mechanical mode and 30 to 20 in electronic shutter mode. I figure I do have the R6 MkII if I want to shoot more fps than the R5 and of course I won't have as much rolling shutter as the R7. The R5 doesn't have pre-capture or in camera focus stacking which I don't use a lot anyway. The R5 is a bit heavier. I guess there area few more things.

I try to keep my hobby as cost neutral as possible to keep my wife happy. My R7 is in excellent condition and I have everything that came with it including the box so I'm thinking I should be able to sell the R7 for $1200-$1300. Tamron 10mm - 24mm might get me $200 and then there are the two EF to RF adapters. And I have $1200 in the bank. So I could probably get the R5 and a grip without adding any debt.

Oh well, I think I've pretty much decided.

 

[THXGEEK]

Do it.

You know you want to.

 

[SwampGrizz]

Do it.

You know you want to.

Enabler.

 

[Grumps]

Recently, I started looking back at the R5 and it's specs and noticed that I can get one in Like New condition from mpb.com and several have shutter counts around 1000! And these are priced at around $2400 which is probably what the R7 MkII will sell for.

I got a "like new" from MPB (the UK version).

So far , no moans.

NB the shutter count on the one I purchaed was in the low hundreds. Possibly because it was used (mostly) for video. (My understanding is that video doen't affect shutter count).

MPB (UK) quoted be 1320 for my excellent condition EF 500 f/4L IS (mark I). In the UK they are currently selling an "excellent" olf exactly the same for 2409. Perhaps the percentage (~55%) could be helpful in calculating what you might get (providing they have the same item for sale).

(Happy wife, happy life)

 

[Archibald]

It all depends on what you shoot and how you shoot. For best reach, the R7 wins. At the same focal length, you will put twice as many pixels on the subject. You won't have rolling shutter problems if you shoot first-curtain.

The R5 is a better camera, but I hardly ever use mine because most of my shooting is birds and bugs, and the R7 is much better for those.

 

[THXGEEK]

Enabler.

Damn straight....

...and proud of it!

 

[RickyRed]

I use the R5 and R7. The R5 has to be one of the best Canon cameras and a joy to use. The R7 also a great camera and treated like a 90D replacement. A great camera. The R5 has the better view finder. Also you have to take into account the R5 folders are huge compared to the R7. Just keep the R7 and add the R5 to your kit. RJ