Hi all, New member here. The wife and I are going on safari for 3 weeks in Kenya & Tanzania in Feb/Mar. I have an R5 with a 100-500mm lens. I'm adding an RF 24-105 mm 2.8L lens to the mix. Do I trust the R5 alone or do I rush out and get an R5 Mark II as well as the primary (or back-up) camera just in case? I'm retired and saved my money, so the cost is not a big issue to be honest. Thank you.
if you can afford it defiantly worth taking two bodies, if not for the back up reason but for the ability to be quick to the draw with both lenses in ready to shoot mode or one on video and one on stills. myself i have a couple of canon M50 cameras as my mains, when i did my first event shoot i had my 100-400mm and 18-150mm with just the one body, changing lenses is pretty speedy but in an event situation you miss alot of shots with one body and changing between lenses i mostly do wild life as a hobby so one body is my goto because its a bit slower paced at home but on a location shoot like where you going having the speed to either change between long and short lenses or having the wife on the other make lots of sense in my opinon
I agree with Caladina, if it is not a big deal to buy the camera and take it along it will be worth it. When I've worked with one camera, you always have the long lens on because that's the moving subjects, but it can happen that you could miss something close so you'll be ready. I've never been to Tanzania, but looked up the weather for February and March, it's hot and humid and maybe rainy, which is not a great environment for changing lenses. And if not rainy there could be dusty conditions.
Sorry for the late reply/acknowledgement here! Thanks very much for the insight. I think two bodies is now a must. I went ahead and bought the R5 Mark II and love the look and feel of it, and by all accounts, it is a nice step up from the original R5. Thinking I'll put the 100-500 mm on the new Mark II body and put my new 24-105mm lens on the original R5 body. If I'm finding that we are consistently up close and personal with the animals on safari and may switch and put the wide to mid telephoto on the new R5 Mark II body. Thanks again!
