Why I bought the Canon EOS RP over the R7, and you should too.

The Canon EOS R7 is a great camera, but the Canon EOS RP has a number of key advantages overs the R7, and it's half the price.

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[markwiemels]

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[meikmeurer]

I have an RP and my thoughts precisely when I looked into the R7 to compare….. Your systematic way to focus on key arguments one by one is very good and comprehensive. Thanks for this video.

[deanrobertnoble]

I took the RP on Safari this year. I shot all kinds of wildlife, even cheetahs running at over 60mph! I had absolutely no problems with the camera in all circumstances. Are there better cameras for shooting certain genres? Of course there are but if you know how to set a camera, the RP is more than capable.

[yusripp]

I have the RP, but now I also own the R7. For me I use both for shooting. As i need a wide angle and dynamic range of RP. But I need the speed and AF from the R7 for bird and aviation photo. For me as an hobbyist photographer, both body was less expensive and give me the best of both world. The other thing that R7 excel is to be able to handheld at more lower shutter speed due to it having IBIS. I've tried both with RF 28mm f2.8 and 50mm f1.8. The R7 give me a lot more keeper than the RP even though the R7 is already 1.6X cropping.

[WATSONMYDESK]

I have had the Canon Rp for over 2 years and love the images that come out of it. It is slow but does everything i need it to do. For my line of work. Just wish battery lasted longer.

[Spartan]

I INCREDIBLY appreciate you opening the video with the disclaimer for action photography, saved me time in trying to understand if the R7 was right for me or not.

[davidmaxfieldgolf]

Does the RP agave a 30min record limit? That’s the only thing that steers me away because I record golf simulator videos and often need 30-45 mins record time in a single shoot

[DanT]

The R7 is a race car. Compared to the RP which is more of a SUV. The RP is a great camera. But if you need speed then the R7/R5 is where you go.

[kokhualow]

I have 3 RPs for my organization. We have many crop sensor cameras. When compared with crop sensor cameras, the images are miles better and way sharper especially at high ISO. In fact I can acceptable images even at ISO 8000. For the crop cameras, it cannot survive beyond ISO3200. So we can take pictures without flash indoor and yet it looks fantastic.

[brucetracyphotography]

Great video. I have the EOS R and the R7 and they work beautifully together. I use th R7 for birds and sports. I use the R for landscapes and portraits. Each shines in the area they were designed to shine. The R7 eye tracking and the frames per second is top notch. The R takes beautiful full frame landscapes. If you can't have both, decide what you shoot the most and go with that camera.

[sharkpyro]

i managed to get a bundle of 3 EF USM (gold ring) prime lenses (28 f1.8, 50 f1.4, 100 f2) in very good condition with the original packaging and stuff for cheap, i have an old rebel t3i (600D) and im not sure if the RP is still worth it as today, what do you think?

[fz]

Thank you very much for your videos, I found your channel very informative and I love the way how you can pass your knowledge. I would like to ask you for some advice if possible. I am about to buy Canon camera, mostly for you tube work and mostly for cooking videos made always from tripod. My budget is not the biggest around 1000$ for the body or body plus kit lens, I watched your videos about canon R10 and Canon RP. I would really appreciate if you could advice me which camera would be better for that purpose and also taking in account buying some lenses later on. Thank you so much. All the best

[rangersmith]

Excellent discussion. Full-frame and APS-C have their pros and cons, and that's why I own full-frame and APS-C Canon DSLRs along with EF and EF-S lenses. I also own an R50 and an R10. Given all that, I don't see a reason to buy an R7. If I buy another mirrorless Canon, it'll be a used RP or R, and I doubt I'll ever feel any urge to upgrade further.

[GrantMcWilliams]

I think there's a place for the EOS RP but it loses virtually every battle with the R7 except for cost and dynamic range (and not by a lot on the DR). Most every comparison outside of those two and the R7 smokes the RP by a large margin. The RP is really only good for when you have a lot of time to make a decision to take a still photo. It's so slow that you can't take any sort of action shots (and by action I mean anything moving). I'm not an action photographer but I have birds outside my office window that land on the vines. To get a shot with them flying I just bump my M6II (or R7 if I had one) up to 14fps, focus and rattle off a second of shots then grab the best one and go back to work. At 5 fps (4 with AF!) the RP will miss getting the wings in the right spot, I know because I have some slower cameras and I spend a lot longer trying to get the shot even at 9fps of my M6I.

For video the RP can't compare to other full frame cameras because of the massive crop but the R7 already has a 4K 1.6 crop so the frame of view is pretty comparable however, and this is a big however the RP loses it's DPAF in 4K mode. This means you really have an EOS M3 at that point and anyone who's owned any of those contrast detect AF cameras know the 4K video is mostly unusable so it should be considered a 1080p video camera which maintains DPAF. I don't remember if the RP is pixel/line binned but that would also be important to know.

This means the RP's main strength is still photography where dynamic range is important. That's really it's main strength and even then it's not much of one. The R7 is just superior in every way - DPAF II, full non-pixel binned 4K, 3-6 times faster burst mode, IBIS etc. it's just not a comparison. I don't think the RP is a lump of coal but people should know what they're getting. In most cases the R10 probably competes better with the RP than the R7. The RP would still win on dynamic range by a bit (maybe) but lose on most everything else, just by a smaller margin.

I haven't compared the RP and the R10 but that may be a more interesting and closer race.

Oh, one afterthought that would be an advantage of the RP - wide angle. Trying to get decent wide angle lenses for a crop sensor is always a struggle. But we're talking anything wider than 24 mm (FF). Above 24mm and there's no real difference, you just do the math and buy the right lens (50mm instead of 85mm etc).

[mightyquasar]

You don't need to have the latest and greatest. i still have my Eos Rp bought it in 2019 for a thesis project fell in love with camera and still use it daily

[Drmikekuna]

In the early 2000s (2007?) I remembered seeing a photo shot with a Nikon D200 (APS-C, 10 MP) in National Geographic. I thought it was stunning. So stunning that later, I bought a D300, my principal camera, for years. I love the advances cameras have gained; however, good photos are taken by good photographers, not cameras. That said, the right camera for the job makes a photographer's work easier.

FF sensors are great at giving you a blurred background, and tiny 1" sensors are fantastic for giving you zoom power in a tiny package. I now have many cameras, including a 6D Mark II. when that camera came out, reviewers complained about its dynamic range. However, it was better than the 5D Mark III, which was praised by the same influencers.

When I recently took graduation portraits of my son, I used a FF camera, but when I was in his school's arena for the graduation ceremony, I used an old Sony RX10 with a 1" sensor (due to the size of the camera). I was happy with both sets of images.

[amermeleitor]

You forgot the most important thing, at least for me, the IBIS. For handheld photo shooting with no stabilized lenses is a VERY big bonus. I use vintage and manual lenses and having IBIS is a heavy game changer. You can focus accurately even with long lenses

[TheHockey]

Do a video comparing the RP vs R8! I’m trying to decide between the two!

[johnwinter]

I've ended up with the RP + 274-240. Love it. Recently added R50 + 100-400 as the occasional long reach option. Of course I can use both lenses on either body! Best of both worlds. Same battery too.

[NamasteJiOficial]

Hey Mark, do you think i would be able ro record podcast with the rp? Would I have to buy that ulanzi blower to keep it on and not overheat?