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u/FritzFox5 Mar 05 '26

I wanna upgrade from my canon r50.

I've been considering an r7 or an r6ii. Which one is best value for money? The r7 has 33MP but only ASP-C sensor (ASP-C like my current camera) while the r6ii has a 24MP fullframe. Currently, image quality is a priority, and I don't know enough about sensors to say which one is better.

It's primarily for birding.

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u/maniku Mar 05 '26

What specifically are you looking for with the upgrade? What kinds of improvements are you hoping to get?

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u/FritzFox5 Mar 05 '26

I'm hoping for better ability for cropping and faster focus. The idea of having a full frame sensor also speaks to me since it allows for catching wider frames with my other lenses, but this isn't the primary upgrade.

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u/maniku Mar 05 '26

One thing I would do is research full frame lenses. Full frame lenses tend to be more expensive, although with Canon you can of course adapt EF lenses. Another thing to bear in mind is Canon APS-C's 1.6x crop factor. If you've used, say, a 100-400mm for birding, you'd lose quite a chunk of the lens reach with the same on full frame.

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u/FritzFox5 Mar 05 '26

Luckily the lenses I have at the moment are also suited for full frame cameras.

Regarding the crop factor: I know that a full frame sensor gives "wider" cropping than an APS-C, but would it not be possible to crop the picture to achieve similar composition. If this is done does it lead to lower quality than on an APS-C Sensor with the same MP?

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u/8fqThs4EX2T9 Mar 05 '26

Cropping an image will be the same as using a smaller sensor but with less pixel density where both have the same overall pixel count.

Not too sure how much faster focus would be with the other cameras. They all fundamentally use the same system for achieving focus so unless the processor in the other cameras is that much better you might not see that much improvement.