As a Entry Level Mirrorless Full Frame Camera, it has a lot of capability, Specs nearly match the R6 Mark II but the Accessories and Lens are still at the High End Pro level. the V90 SD card 512mb is almost $500.00 many Decent Lenses are $2000 and UP. This puts many hobbyist at a disadvantage. I now think that maybe I should have stuck with my Rebel T4i.
i been using my M50 for 5 years now, it was only supposed to be my entry level camera, got it mostly for wildlife, but also do everything else with it, still going strong i havent gone to RF mount yet because of the high price of the RF lenses but more significantly for me i also love the small compact ability the M50 has on the efm lenses but also able to run well with 400-1200mm focal as well on adapted EF & ef-s lenses
EOS R100 Body would be your entry level. The R8 is 1k$ and a prosumer camera.. The good fast lenses are always expensive and considered pro/prosumer. If you want a sub $1k lens that usually is consumer grade and 4.0 or slower... brand does not matter for those general rules. I may be over generalizing here but for effect.
So what your saying is that I should keep my EOS T4i and spend the Money on a fast EF Lens. But the reason I got the R8 was the Video and Picture abilities, my T4i could only do 30 min of video
Not exactly what I am saying.... Regarding the 30min... that was a firmware limitation that canon put on most cameras to avoid burning up our sensor, the idea of recording constantly for that long would not normally be an issue in professional application, you typically cut multiple multiple video together to make the scene more dynamic, not show the same video uncut for 30+ minutes, in a tv show or movie you may have 20 video cuts in under 5 minutes. What i said about the R8 is it is signifigantly above entry level, probably on par with the 6D that came out around the time of your t4i. Your T4 was however entry level - a similar camera in the r line i mentioned is the r100, my only point is that the r8 is a higher price tag and nice accessories because its considered a semi pro/ prosumer camera. Lenses- my main point here is that if you want fast lenses you have to pay to play. 2.8 zooms are usually expensive and higher end zooms, the sub $1000 ones are 4.0 or slower and usually made of plastic and a noticably cheaper build qualitty, it really does not matter the camera body or the brand.... Fast glass costs money.... The adage has always been Fast, Cheap, Quality, .... you can only pick two, so a fast and cheap lens will be soft wide open and kinda defeat the purpose in my opinion. But that pick 2 of 3 really applies to most things in life you can purchase. Do i think you should stick with the t4? No at all, there are plenty of upgrades that would be significant gain in image quality and features over that entry DSLR. My main thoughts were you did not have to go mirrorless, but since you did already I doubt it makes sense to shift to something a bit cheaper now, and take a loss on the R8 just to get something a few hundred cheaper. You also have the option of both RF and EF lenses since EF will adapt to the R cameras, but I did point out that there will over time be more and more EF on the used market so you might find some good deals. Good 2.8 lenses start around $1000 not 2k, but yeah if you want stabilized and fast that gets spendy quick. I believe sigma has a good 70-200 2.8 OS for around 1500, you just need to research the features you want and decide what to prioritize /sacrifice.
I appreciate your explanation. I needed the video to run continuous to record volleyball matches (2-3 sets) can run as long as 80 min. I will upload to Hutl.com for the AI to evaluate the game, they recommend not to edit the video or piece together the video. I figured since the R8 was geared towards Vloggers that the long running video would be fine. But I wound up using my Samsung S22 Ultra to do the video using SportCam to have on screen scoreboard. So the R8 is now my action Photo device. I have a Canon Rebel T3i, T4 and T4i that I may trade in or sell on Ebay to get a used EF Lens. I found a used Tokina AT-X Pro 11-16mm f/2.8 (IF) DX II Lens at a camera store for 275.00 but it did not work well on the R8, the Auto focus just cycles back and fourth and would not fix on an object, so I rejected this lens. they had a new Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 IS USM lens for 950.00. It worked well, I noticed that the Auto Focus was not as fast as the RF Kit Lens but I guess that's to be expected. I did not get it because I found one on Amazon for 769.00 I will continue my search
Its true focus can hunt a bit on some lenses more than others. I have a new concern, you are wide angles to shoot the video, I assume to get the whole group in the shot from a distance. I am hoping some of the video guys can jump in with their experience, but I image USM would be needed to keep up with any tracking of the ball and that you actually would want to stop down to f8 or f 11 to get more depth of field so the focus isn't racking back and forth as the players and ball move around. Grabbed a screen shot off youtube to show my thoughts... the yellow lines would represent the death of field 30-60 ft is a pretty large DOF, hence my concern f11 is probably ideal. Some of this depends on vantage point and how its being shot. But I dont see how you can use 2.8 to shoot volleyball in a format like this you will only have a small window of the person hitting the ball in focus and everything else would be blown out with bokeh. So a fast lens is not the issue unless you are doing still action shots of the person directly. However you still need a good smart AF system that can tract the ball well for video, but at f2.8 it would be racking focus to every bit of movement on the floor if shot at a similar angle to this.
