The 1.6x Cropping/Aspect Ratio setting is available on every Canon EOS R full-frame mirrorless camera including the EOS R6, R6 Mark II and R6 Mark III, and the EOS R5 and R5 Mark II, and yet it’s hardly ever talked about. Which I think is nuts as it’s a brilliant setting that instantly turns a 400mm lens into 640mm for mega telephoto reach.
I’m not a Canon EOS camera snob and will happily shoot with an old APS-C DSLR or a new full-frame EOS R mirrorless camera. While I generally prefer to shoot with a full-frame camera – for better quality images with larger pixels, true focal lengths especially at the wide end of lenses, and better bokeh at wider apertures – I also love shooting with 1.6x crop-sensor cameras like the old EOS 7D Mark II or the EOS R7 mirrorless. For shooting wildlife or sports, you can’t beat the benefit of having an extended reach at the longer end of super-telephoto lenses for frame-filling shots.
