Best Camera for Jewelry Photography?

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Currently shooting with a 6D Mark II & 100mm EF lens.
Looking to upgrade the camera body but keep the lens.
Cost is not an constrain, but if spending more I want to make sure I'm getting a noticeably better result or at least saving time.

Specific uses:
1) Jewelry photos. Using a light tent and 2 strobes. And image stacking with external software.
2) Just started taking jewelry videos on a turntable. Using a light tent and constant LED lighting.

The main reason for the upgrade is the 6D cant do 4K video. 1080 is not high enough, But I'd also love an improvement in my still photos.

Cameras I'm considering: R5, R6, R7, & R8

I guess the easy choice is to just buy the R5 and be done. But if a lesser camera will get the same results for my use, why pay more?
If you were me, which would you buy and why?
 
Currently shooting with a 6D Mark II & 100mm EF lens.
Looking to upgrade the camera body but keep the lens.
Cost is not an constrain, but if spending more I want to make sure I'm getting a noticeably better result or at least saving time.

Specific uses:
1) Jewelry photos. Using a light tent and 2 strobes. And image stacking with external software.
2) Just started taking jewelry videos on a turntable. Using a light tent and constant LED lighting.

The main reason for the upgrade is the 6D cant do 4K video. 1080 is not high enough, But I'd also love an improvement in my still photos.

Cameras I'm considering: R5, R6, R7, & R8

I guess the easy choice is to just buy the R5 and be done. But if a lesser camera will get the same results for my use, why pay more?
If you were me, which would you buy and why?
Upper tier cameras help the user meet challenging and unpredictable environments. You have created a rather controlled idealized environment, so the less expensive will deliver the same as the more expensive.

R7 or R8, choose your format. Best not to ask others about formats. Thats just quicksand :-(
 
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Currently shooting with a 6D Mark II & 100mm EF lens.
Looking to upgrade the camera body but keep the lens.
Cost is not an constrain, but if spending more I want to make sure I'm getting a noticeably better result or at least saving time.

Specific uses:
1) Jewelry photos. Using a light tent and 2 strobes. And image stacking with external software.
2) Just started taking jewelry videos on a turntable. Using a light tent and constant LED lighting.

The main reason for the upgrade is the 6D cant do 4K video. 1080 is not high enough, But I'd also love an improvement in my still photos.

Cameras I'm considering: R5, R6, R7, & R8

I guess the easy choice is to just buy the R5 and be done. But if a lesser camera will get the same results for my use, why pay more?
If you were me, which would you buy and why?
What's the end use of your images?
 
What's the end use of your images?
Why would you ask about that ? He is trying to choose among four very similar cameras to upgrade his video to 4K. Among those four very similar choices the end use of his output will not aid in narrowing down that decision.

He did say he wishes to avoid wasting money, so its easy to eliminate the two most expensive cameras given that his described shooting conditions are well controlled and not really photographically challenging.

The remaining two cameras are a choice between APSC and FF where again "end use" of his product pix wont be determinant. A better question would be what other uses other than staged product photos might he want the camera to handle.

If other uses are varied andor very challenging then the R5 becomes attractive, but that is a whole different question ... and "end use" still wouldnt matter. For very challenging photography the upper tier cameras will be more versatile and user-enabling regardless of whether the "end use" is web pages or gallery sized fine prints.
 
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Why would you ask about that ? He is trying to choose among four very similar cameras to upgrade his video to 4K. Among those four very similar choices the end use of his output will not aid in narrowing down that decision.

He did say he wishes to avoid wasting money, so its easy to eliminate the two most expensive cameras given that his described shooting conditions are well controlled and not really photographically challenging.

The remaining two cameras are a choice between APSC and FF where again "end use" of his product pix wont be determinant. A better question would be what other uses other than staged product photos might he want the camera to handle.

If other uses are varied andor very challenging then the R5 becomes attractive, but that is a whole different question ... and "end use" still wouldnt matter. For very challenging photography the upper tier cameras will be more versatile and user-enabling regardless of whether the "end use" is web pages or gallery sized fine prints.
I asked because sensor size does matter.
 
The one thing I might add (having done jewellery photography), is the use of 'dulling spray'.
Highlights can become uncontrollable, especially with polished silver, and dulling aerosol spray can help.
 
He is buying a newer camera to upgrade video to 4K.
If you read what I wrote, you'll find that my question did not concern video, nor was video the OP's only concern.
 
Seems the OP is another drive by, only one post and MIA since.
 
I didn't know they make an R800. But damn I'd buy that. How fast it go?
 

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