Rob Manchester
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- Up North
Hi Paul,Hi Rob,
Much as I'd like to upgrade to mirrorless (I was that close to buying an R6 MkII a few months ago) the bottom line is that it's a serious expense to trade everything in for the RF versions, even over a period of time. I know there are adapters but then you lose the weight advantage. Another problem for me with mirrorless is no optical viewfinder (obviously!). The problem that gives me is that the viewfinder blacks out in one orientation or the other if I'm wearing polarised prescription sunglasses - I have the same problem with the back screen on the G7X MkII where in portrait orientation I have to lift the sunglasses then point and hope because I can't see properly!
As for weight, that 6D + lens combination maxed out my kitchen scales - Canon's figures give a bit over 2.5kg, of which 1.5kg is the lens!
And as for sensor size, I have a thing about a 50mm lens being a 50mm lens - yes, I know it's just a number, and I know it's not logical, but that's me!
Cheers,
Paul
Yes, never thought about the viewfinder/glasses issue that some may encounter. The satnav screen in my car is very odd when wearing any kind of sunglasses, lucky the lady who shouts out the directions in a yank accent keeps me on track. Are photochromic prescription glasses available ? I need glasses for close work like the workbench activities, crosswords etc these days but can get by for short spells operating menus and pressing buttons on cameras. The dioptre knob on the viewfinder takes care of the viewfinder bit whether it is optical with exposure information round the edge or of a mirrorless type.
A bit over 2.5kg !! The only good thing to say about that is it gives you some stability for long exposures on a windy day.......
As kids we used to think a 5lb bag of spuds was really heavy to bring back from the greengrocers..
Rob
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