Thanks, and great choice, glad you're liking it!

I don't have anything else to compare to, but it does seem to do really well if you get the exposure anywhere close. I tend to get caught underexposing, but I blew some of those skies out at Hobbiton unfortunately 😅

I was legit thinking of you when I was exporting this. I had just saved your latest vid to watch later, and thought some of this was up your alley haha. I'm really trying to drive my R6 into the ground for photos long-term, but if I was forced to consolidate what I have into one body, R6ii would definitely be it. I love the R8 as a top down with the c-stand/boom combo. I'll use my phone for that when I need a third, but prefer a dedicated camera. Still using and liking the 100-400mm, but feel a little unqualified to compare to the 100-500 or 200-800 as I still haven't used either. There is a bit of a learning curve to shooting long, conditions and light and distance to subject all seem to play a bigger role. When you get close to your subject it's great on the lower mp stuff, at least. Of note, depending on your use, 400mm still feels short. I'm cropping on almost every single shot, many times fairly heavy. Ideally the R7 is where you get this to shine, but when I tested that, the AF was more finicky and it's not quite as good at recovering in low light (which is usually where you live with the f8 at dusk).

Haha well that's very kind to call it "grading" because I too feel like a noob 😅 The half-macros would occasionally get stuck for me, which is annoying. I'm really interested in trying the new 35mm, though it will likely be a LONG time before I get my hands on one.

I don't have it anymore, but are there specific issues with image quality you're facing? I would make that upgrade if you're looking for a big jump in 4k video capability or continuous shooting speed, or AF reliability for moving objects in tricky scenes. Things like noise performance are probably pretty similar.

Not a bad idea! I've been wondering about trying LRTimelapse someday.

Haha a weird one for sure, and definitely leaned into the music here, glad you liked it. I do find that I use the control rings a bit with the R8 in a way that I never seem to use them anymore on the R6.

Thanks, appreciate you watching! The RP to R6 jump felt big for me, and was also very glad I did it. And good on your for trying both and finding what fits. I still prefer the 35mm for a talking head angle, but the 28mm was a better compromise for me elsewhere. I'll be interested to see if they make any more in the 28mm form factor.

@@DanYosua Absolutely, there are just so many quality of life improvements in the R6 when coming from the RP. As for another pancake in the same housing, there is precedent for that with the 35/24 and 16/50 as well as the old EF 24/40 pair of pancakes, so hopefully we will see another tiny lens from Canon in the future, although what focal length such a lens would be is anyone's guess.

Probably not lenses they'll announce with the R1/R5ii next month, but maybe 😂

Weird one for sure, great feedback though. I spent a lot of time trying to refine that part once choosing this direction. Probably an edit to set aside for a week and come back to... but alas. Good to consider for next time.

@@DanYosua I enjoyed it, and look forward to the next one… take care!

Thanks! I think those two are a great combo, especially if you're using the R7 to make the most of the 100-400mm reach. I really liked shooting clips in the 4k crop mode when I rented the R7.

Hell of a first mirrorless. It's funny, I started with a t7i and nifty 50mm. I thought I would love photography, but wasn't sure, and that was a big purchase at the time. If I had known I'd fall in this deep 5 years ago, R8 would have been approachable yet with plenty to learn and maybe worth splurging for used. The RP has an interesting place now. For people that can find them on a killer deal, something like that would still have been treating me fine for a lot of my hiking shooting.

Started with 77D and a few EFS lenses. (Also huge purchases for me at the time!) I knew I love photography but didn’t realize I’d get this deep into this hobby! Lots of my purchase decision were heavily influenced by this channel! Anyway, going back to your vid, I couldn’t help but notice the different approach you went for here. Slow clap for the effort! You deserve more subscribers!

Appreciate the callout, a very different one and a lot of effort, hopefully not wasted 😅 We'll see how it does, but it was a fun edit for me regardless.

I don't find it bothers me much mainly because I only use it ~25% of the time. I'm not even sure why I don't use it more generally, I just prefer the screen flipped out I guess. When I am primarily in the EVF, with the 100-400 for example, I'm trusting both cameras very heavily to grab an eye, and they both do well. I think if I used one better than both, coming back would be tougher.

Wait... what?! 😅 lol I liked keeping them for packing, but the more I lean toward selling things mpb, the fewer boxes I need in my life

Ive been using an old ef 35-80iii f4-5.6 with my rp that suits my travel standard focal lenth needs quite well. Sits nice in the hand with the adapter. Ill pack the rf24 with it if things get a little out of bounds. If canon came out with an up to date version of this lens, preferably in a 2.8 style. I would be head over heals.

I'd love to see a small RF 24-50 f2.8