My week has been high distracting. My ponders on the new "R" goes something like this.

Recall that I have EF lenses from 16-600, t/s 90, Art 24 & 50.

With an R and the filter holder adapter,

1. a single CPL, ND for all lenses.
2. modestly stepped resolution from 5d3
3. meh FPS (it is not a 1dx etc)
4. 4k (again I don't shoot vid much)
5. some of the magic lantern functions "native" - focus peaking, 4k time lapse (which I do like a lot)
6. lots more focus points & lower light
7. no need for AF micro adjustment
8. quiter shutter/smaller size (the silent mode on the 5 is good enough for me and size... meh)

W/ the 28-70 f2, if it is really good, I would ponder selling my 24/50 arts. Going to be interesting if the 24-105 out performs the EF versions...

Might consider IR'ing the 5d3.

Definitely sell the 1dx.

Reality - I am not in the market for a new body (unless someone really wants the 1dx & 24/50 arts for a bit over $5k ). I might be able to swap the 1dx (gently used) for enough $$ to make a move to the R but that feels like a net step backward in functionality. For the same $$ I could get a 5Dsr, IR the 5D3 and have super high res, ML runs on the 5Dsr so I have plenty of the peaking, 8k time lapse, etc. that I would likely ever want. I know it is "old" tech but.....

The other pause in my action - don't shoot me... yet - I want to see what Panasonic brings out in the FF biz, I suspect the video side will be larger (not my thing) but the feature set for stills will be up there as well (though Oly currently has that lead in 43rds).

Such fun to speculate and I don't shoot enough to warrant any of this discussion really .



I will be "adapting" my glass regardless,