I am considering upgrading from my 5D MkII body to a used R7 body and would welcome esteemed members input. Based on my age and physical abilities, my requirements are thus: 1. Cost. I have a budget of circa £1000 2. Must be able to use existing lenses - with adaptor if required. 3. Must have a good track record, member users experience especially valued. 4. Must be capable of tethered shooting from PC 5. Hopefully compatible with existing ancillaries, flash & flash triggers etc. I think that about sums it up, thank you for taking the time to read. EDIT: I forgot to add that video is not an issue and will never be used.
I'm not sure i would bother upgrading to a newer but used APC if you been shooting a 5d2 for 15 years. EF lenses can be adapted, but the flashes and everything you have are teh same generation as you 5d. I would maybe consider a used 5d4 since you already built on a full frame. I think you find nuance going to a new mount, even your flashes were pre RF i am presuming as mine are but at least they still were compatible with my 5dSr and 5d4. I still like to use my mark 2 as a main grab and go.. Why were you looking to upgrade? That may help drive if and what to upgrade to.
Thanks for your input johnsey and I must apologise for using incorrect terminology and giving the wrong impression. I am not looking to 'upgrade' per se, rather I am looking for a cost-effective replacement that is smaller, lighter in weight and has a fully articulated touch screen - these being imperative considering the aforementioned age and physical abilities. Sensor size and pixel count, whilst important, are secondary to these requirements. I envisage that the 5D MkII will remain tethered to a PC for still-life and close up/macro shooting.
Size and weight reduction being the driving factor, the R7 makes much more sense as that will get you to about 2/3 the size/weight going to an apc mirror-less. If you want compatibility with your gear you own, your looking for another canon so it sounds like you already did all the research already and found what is the best fit. There is only a hand full of mirror-less options to consider here but the R7 really seems to hit the points you discussed. The R8 close in price is a lil smaller than the R7 but the feature difference is worth the upgrade. The R10 is about half the dslr size, and may be worth the cost savings if you you want to sacrifice a few mid tier features like IBIS but the R7 is going to feel more closer to the 5d and the r10 is more closer to a rebel. My initial concern was how well your flashes will play with the R cameras. EF Lenses with RF adapter should do alright, without knowing you really wanted to reduce weight in my first post I didn't see enough reason to leave the 5d series.
Thanks again johnsey. I bought the 5D MkII in 2007 and being well satisfied with it for my purposes, never really paid much attention to the fine detail as camera technology advanced. To be honest, I've done way more film shooting than digital since 2015 and the world snuck by while I wasn't looking and opening the Pandoras box that is the modern digital world rather scrambled my old grey matter. However, more by luck than judgement, it seems I managed to come up with a solution that you have confirmed will meet my requirements. Based on this I think I will look for an R7, MPB here in the UK has a representative selection so I will probably start there. By the way, I only use Speedlites for macro work and always on manual mode. My concern was about possible damage to the R7 electronics. Thanks once again johnsey, very much appreciated.
