Hi, little bit of context. I have been in and out of photography in phases. I have a canon SLR from years ago and followed that with a 400d for which I have a few lenses, the only things worth keeping are a 50mm prime 1.4 and tamron 17-50 2.8. I haven't been doing anything for the last decade I guess.
I have just bought a used but very nice condition 80d to get my skills dialed back in (it is amazing how much you forget). It is great although I haven't gone far beyond familiarisation yet. I am using that with the above 2 lenses.
I am going on a Kenya safari next Sep and want to to take two cameras. I don't want to be switching lenses with all the dust and we will be going as a family and my daughter who is very artistic would I think enjoy manning one of the cameras.
Thinking the 80D does the views, the people, closer animals if wanted, portraits and such and another camera has a telephoto and is more focussed on the wildlife. The intention is also that new body becomes my main camera and is versatile for portraits, my dog, family etc.
I am leaning towards an r7 with a RF100-400. this seems a good balance of reach and weight and would be a big step up body wise.
As a second use I also want to take some talking head type vlog videos for work and have been recommended a sigma 18-50 2.8 for that purpose and an upgrade on my now old but decent tamron (which would need an adapter).
I have plenty of time to get the new body, I would want a couple of months practice with it. Is the R7 and crop sensor the right choice? is it worth waiting for mk ii may be? Should I be looking at something else (within the canon RF family only). I am happy to spend a bit more than the R7 if particularly worth it but my research seems to show it is a good choice. How about the RF100-400 and the sigma 18-50? good choices for my purpose. Hobby only but I would like good results. thanks all!