• Members 6 posts
    April 11, 2023, 3:51 a.m.

    Are you satisfied with the sports and birds shooting by the Canon R6 Mark II with a RF 24-240 mm f4-6.3 lens?

  • arrow_forward

    Thread has been moved from Forum Migration Talk.

  • Members 21 posts
    April 20, 2023, 2:05 p.m.

    I don't have the R6ii or an R6, however, that camera with the RF 24-240 mm lens is not a setup I would recommend using for birds. I would think a cost effective setup for you would be the RF 100-400mm with an RF 1.4mm extender. I use that lens and extender on my R7 and get great results.

    EN5A2219_DxO2.jpg[![EN5A2219_DxO2.jpg]

    Not to start a big discussion here, but you would probably be better off with the R7 or R5 if you are looking to shoot birds. Each has a higher megapixel count so as to produce more detail and better cropping.

    Good luck to you!

    EN5A2219_DxO2.jpg

    JPG, 2.3 MB, uploaded by tommy on April 20, 2023.

  • Members 53 posts
    April 20, 2023, 4:46 p.m.

    From a focus acquisition and focus speed perspective, you’ll be fine. It has a USM focusing motor. F/4-6.3 is fine outdoors during the day. The 240 on full frame means you have to be using a bird feeder with fairly domesticated birds. Or maybe an environment where the birds are really used to people being around.

    The other responder is correct. The 100-400 is a better choice. It has a USM focusing (fast), as sharp or sharper with more reach, and lighter by 100 grams or so. It’s also less expensive. I love that one as a hiking lens. It also has a short minimum focus distance with a 0.41x maximum magnification which is great for wild flowers and fungi on the trail.