roseyposey wrote in post #18260277
Yes I understand about the weight issue as I am ageing also. I only have the 70D and M5, and had become resentful of always carrying the camera when I walked, but not always taking a shot, and then feeling annoyed. Especially as I often had the Sigma 18 - 35 f/1.8 attached. A great combo but quite heavy if you end up not taking any shots ..... I found I stopped taking the camera. Getting the M5 has reignited my enthusiasm!
Perhaps I need to look at something as back up , as can see myself selling the 70D, something I never imagined I'd even consider, but haven't used it since getting the M5!
That Rose is testament to the joy of mirrorless. Though still in my world is the need for DSLR....again until I just can't take the weight anymore...BUT the latest Sony and the newest Olympus
have changed everything for BIF. The Olympus is the first mirrorless fully capable of AF-tracking and at 18fps AND has the long glass BIF'ing requires. The Sony is DSLR-like, not DSLR and not
mirrorless but a creature lying between the two. Sony almost has the long glass, well truthfully they do but their 500mm is $13k and that's U.S. dollars 
I've found their 70400Gii zoom adequate for 95% of the BIF'ing I do, so I'll just make do 
What sets it apart from any other camera is the A7Rii's 42mp sensor and the ability to grab
60 raw files before the buffer fills and you can push a button for crop mode and shoot 250 raw at 18mp at an even better noise profile, as if the A7rii's sensor was not incredible to begin
with.
Now back to the M5. Several reports of successful BIF'ing with it. I'll hopefully find out end of March when we return to the land of BIF=Florida. We're driving this time so I'll get to take quite an array of kit to play with. I've been in the mirrorless world since the NEX-5, still have it and an a6000 and a6300 and now finally Canon is in the game. What took them so long! I guess it was many people like me adapting Canon lenses (Metabones) to Sony bodies and suddenly a Canon exec noticed they were bleeding sales.
I think by the time I can't tote the Canon heavies the M6 or M7 will be as capable as the Olympus, then I can have my cake and eat it too!!
You know the more of us who get old an protest the heavies the quicker Canon will up even the game with the Mx series, one positive to go along with the discount they give us seniors
in various restaurants
