R6 as back up to R5

[Ben Egbert]

I am considering selling my 5DSR (if I even can) and replacing it with an R6. I am typically using the R5 for time lapse and the RDSR for stills. But the R5 is better for stills and the R6 would be perfectly adequate for 4K time lapse videos. The 5DSR is not very good for time lapse.

Does anyone here have any experience with the R6? I assume it has the same feature set just at lower res and shorter videos. I don't do much video anyway, and never at 8K which is the R5 claim to fame.

This would also get me back to one operational control set. I don't move between different contril sets too well.

 

[JimFox]

Hey Ben,

I can’t answer your question, but I will say I think it’s a good move for you. I totally agree with having cameras all with the same controls.

The one thing you would want to make sure it has is Exposure Smoothing like you have on the R5. That’s a really important feature for us with the Timelapses.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Jim, I know the R5 has exposure smoothing for in camera TL, but I can't find any spec for it. It seems like canon just applies this to video mode and does no tell you. I hope other R5/R6users can shed some light on this.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

It would certainly work. R6 has better noise at higher ISO (larger pixels, lower res). This would suit night images better as well. Not a night and day difference but somewhere north of half a stop. The feature set and menus etc. are almost identical. Otherwise the bodies are identical in physical size, take the same plates and so on.

Whatever you get for the 5DsR would be more now than you would get later on.

 

[Ben Egbert]

I never even got a nibble last time I tried to sell it here.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

I never even got a nibble last time I tried to sell it here.

Have you tried offerup for a local sale or the auction site?

I am keeping the 5DsR since it is nice camera within its limitations.

 

[JimFox]

Ben, some places like Adorama will take it in as a trade in if you want to buy the R6 from them. They have to take their cut, so you won’t get as much as you would selling it direct, but it’s easy and painless.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

I haven't had any direct experience, but from what I read on many online forums, places like Adorama and B&H really lowball offers. A better place to sell online is at http://mpb.com. Looking at completed sales of used 5DsR bodies on ebay have average prices in 1500-1600 range. Of course you take a 10% hit on ebay fees.

It would also make a heck of a full spectrum conversion as well

 

[Ben Egbert]

I will take a look when I get back.

 

[JimFox]

I am glad Jameel mentioned MPB, I should have remembered them since I bought my used D810 from them just not too long ago.

I will say though that every business that resells a camera is going to lowball you since they have to make money. For instance, I did get a quote from MPB on my Sony A6400 as I am thinking on getting rid of it, and getting one of the new Nikon Crop Mirrorless to replace it. Well, for a camera that is around $900 new still today, they would only pay me $450. I thought that was way too low.

Short of selling it directly to someone, you will never get what you think you should, it's just business.

How much did you have it for sale Ben when you had listed it?

 

[Ben Egbert]

$1100 it's the 4th or 5th one down in Buy and Sell here.