R5? R6? Anyone?

[Joel Eade]

Seeing some really impressive images here and will admit that the eye AF tracking and IBIS have me seriously considering an upgrade.

One thing that I am wondering about is the crop mode. Joel, what advantages are you finding with it? As I understand it, it is truly a crop. Why not just crop in post?

Is a larger subject simply helping with composition or is there something more substantive, like eliminating distractions for AF lock? I do suppose the file size is smaller.

Those are good questions .... wish I had precise answers

I will have to see if cropping a full frame image in post is equivalent to shooting in crop mode, I have not tried it yet.

I would say that the eye tracking is definitely better with a larger subject in the frame and absolutely the file size is smaller. The files are similar in size to a 17 mp camera. (ie the original 1Dx was 18 mp)

Composition is improved as the field of view is equivalent to a lens with 1.6 X the focal length of the lens you are using. Thus my 600mm lens will provide a field of view similar to a lens of 960mm.