I’m thinking about finally upgrading my 60D to an R7. Yes I know that it’s still a crop sensor, but it’s where my budget lies.
I notice that one can also buy a EF to M adaptor so at least at the outset there is no need to replace lenses.
The questions I have are:
Does anyone here own a R7, and if so what are your thoughts about features and pic quality? If you had to buy a camera now, knowing what you know about your R7, would you buy an R7 or something else?
By using a lens adaptor, do you notice any distinguising difference in pic quality?
There’s a local dealer here that has a special on till the end of the month, so any help to make up my mind would be invaluable.
if you use a EF to R adapter instead your existing lenses will behave as before - the adapter just adds the missing space between sensor and lens mount …
I seriously considered the R7 when I decided to move to mirrorless from a Canon DSLR, but I decided to change to FujiFilm because Canon didn’t appear to be serious about supporting APS-C as anything other than a stepping-stone to FF. If you look at the lens range, they’re mostly plastic “kit” type lenses and you’ll need to move to FF lenses to get anything decent, at which point a lot of the advantages of mirrorless APS-C (lighter kit) kinda disappear.
Since I was going to (eventually) end up upgrading my lenses anyway I figured I might as well do it all at once, and I couldn’t be happier with the result. Mostly my Canon lenses were traded in for credit against used Fuji ones.
I upgraded to the R7 from my 7D2 and am happy with it. I mostly shoot wildlife and macro and the camera can handle most of what I ask of it. Low light performance is pretty good for a crop sensor, and the high pixel count lets me crop in closer than I normally would. Plus, the R7 is lightweight and compact, which makes it great for macro.
The RF adapter works seamlessly with my EF lenses. I found the extra $100 USD for the model with the control ring was well worth it. I did find the R7 has focus pulsing issues with my Sigma 150-600C, which forced me to move to the RF 100-500L… and expensive upgrade but well worth it.
My only real complaint is that the autofocus is not very effective with birds in flight. It tends to lose track and go completely to the far field of focus and then I have to focus to something extremely close and re-acquire and by that point the moment is gone.
If I was going to start fresh again I would go with Sony, probably with the A9 and the FE 200-600, but the price point would force me to go used. Having said that I really have no regrets with the R7 at all. It’s been a solid work horse and I enjoy using it.
I have an R7 and can recommend it without hesitation. I bought a third party Ef to Rf adaptor and my Canon lenses adapted with no problems. The more expensive Canon adapter with the control ring can be handy as it could be programed to adjust ISO in manual mode or for another function. The EF to M adaptor is for the Canon M series cameras and not the R7.
I chose the crop sensor instead of going fullframe to maximise my telephoto lenses for wildlife photography. That is the big advantage of a crop sensor and the R7 has high pixel density allowing a lot of post shoot cropping. Because you have Canon lenses already it would make financial sense to stick with another Canon body and the R7 is great for both still and videos with in built body stabilisation adding to the lenses stabilisation.
