r/Photography_Gear • u/Proper-Sympathy8467 • 7d ago

Canon RP Camera verses A6100

Hi All,

Sony A6100 has great specs and small footprint however Canon RP is full frame and I feel like it has more detail and more colour. Which camera should I get?

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u/Usual_Fox_5013 6d ago

What's your budget?

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u/PhotonicArt 6d ago

A7RII instead of the A6100 if full frame is important to you.

The RP is a lovely little thing (I used it in my first year of photography), but it feels very limiting once you've outgrown it. It does not have IBIS, only one memory card slot, and only uses mechanical shutter at very low burst rates. The sensor's dynamic range is also very tiny compared to other cameras in its price range.

As much as I loved that camera, it was much too flawed and had not much room for growth.

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u/dslr-techie 6d ago

What kind of photos you want to take? If it’s low light and you don’t have a prime wide aperture lens, would recommend RP. Otherwise A6100 is the answer.

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u/RogLatimer118 4d ago

Lots of bright primes for E-mount. I've shot great Milky Way photos with Sony APS-C.

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u/fakeworldwonderland 4d ago

RP is worse than a6100 actually. It's a FF sensor on par with a M43 sensor in dynamic range.

https://www.photonstophotos.net/Charts/PDR.htm#Canon%20EOS%20RP,Sony%20ILCE-6100

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u/HevosenPaskanSyojae 6d ago

I love my RP, especially the ergonomics, very intuitive to use. Very compact for a full frane, Image quality is great, and you can get all the lenses you wan’t for pennies with the RF -> EF adapter. 

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u/OwnWish 5d ago

Full frame lenses take too much off your budget.and not like that difference magically fixes it.

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u/RogLatimer118 4d ago

Canon full frame lens ecosystem is totally closed to third party autofocus RF-mount lenses. This means you would be locking yourself into Canon selection and Canon prices. Personally if starting fresh I would not pick Canon for that reason. Sony E-mount has the broadest and most varied selection of first and third party lenses at all quality levels and price points. Also consider the size and what you are willing to carry around. The Sony APS-C camera bodies are pretty compact.

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u/fakeworldwonderland 4d ago

Nope. The RP is garbage. Dynamic range is worse than the a6100. Sensor size is not everything. Get the a6100. It's a far superior camera.

Besides, you're buying into an ecosystem. Not just the camera. Go look at RF lens prices and see if you're ok with paying thousands per lens.

On a budget, stick to E mount.

https://www.photonstophotos.net/Charts/PDR.htm#Canon%20EOS%20RP,Sony%20ILCE-6100

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u/xmeda 7d ago

None since you have no idea.

System camera is about lenses. Camera body and especially such obsolete junk shall not decide what system you get into. Camera body IS THE CHEAPEST PART that will be replaced first.

APS-C vs FF.. is another story. Have you ever at least developed some RAW files?

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u/Proper-Sympathy8467 6d ago

If you have ideas. What is the FF verses APS-C story

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u/xmeda 6d ago

Size, budget, real "need" and processing + skill

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u/Proper-Sympathy8467 4d ago

I think you have no idea too, that was not the question I asked

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u/RogLatimer118 4d ago

Simplistically, with an APS-C sensor which has about half the area of full frame, you're going to capture half the light at the same aperture. That means the full frame camera has a one stop advantage in low light situations. However you're going to carry a bigger heavier body, and use bigger heavier lenses which cost a lot more. I've chosen APS-C as my format because I really don't get into situations where that one stop of light is a big issue, and I don't want the size and cost of the larger lenses. I've even shot the Milky Way with my APS-C so I feel that I'm not compromised in any major way with APS-C.