I’m still using my first camera, an EOS 50D. Its maximum ISO is really just 1600 (since 3200 is just pure noise). When its time comes, I want to move to full-frame, so I was looking at the EOS R6. Which has a maximum ISO of 1024800. 6 stops of difference. I also shoot a lot of manual lenses, which means the in-body image stabilisation will also help a lot, and I think it’s 8 stops?
14 stops of handholding capability, that’s incredible.
R6 is a solid choice even though Canon have fallen behind a bit in the megapixel war. Not that it matters hugely unless you really crop images. You’ll see a huge step up in quality.
The jump to mirrorless feels a fruitful choice so far. Even the kit (24-200mm) lens i got with it is still rendering things better than my previous set up.
I’ll have to start saving for a 100-400mm and then a step up to the 24-120mm to complete the set. That wont be cheap
One downer is this has rendered my current image editing set up useless. I’ll need to get a new laptop and editing software. Fuck Adobe and their subscription model too.
Try darktable! It’s got a really steep learning curve, but it’s also really powerful, and in my experience at least, rather fast. But that’s for RAW processing, and if you’re looking for more of a Photoshop replacement, there’s GIMP.
Interesting. I’ve always found it a bit limited and found i needed photshop as well. In the end I was doing all the Lightroom type adjustments in Camera Raw and then the higher end edits in Photoshop.
That said I know many pro’s use Lightroom. I just found my way worked for me. No problem starting again though.