Camera Advice
I currently have a Canon 50D I have been looking into a possible upgrade to a Canon 7D, is that a worthy move up, or should I wait until I can save enough money for a Full Frame camera like the MKII or MKIII, that would also involve having to rebuy a 24-70mm lense that I got from Sigma.
Thank you for the advice.
Thank you for the advice.
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Agreed. As a 7D owner, I can recommend the camera, but that's all depending on what you intend to use it for.
I read the 7D has better metering modes, as well as better focusing modes and more color depth so that was what I was drawn to at first.
Thank you for the replies, they are appreciated.
For my uses, the answer is no. When I have been willing to put extra cash into photo equipment, there were many other things that I thought would offer me more--in some cases, better glass, in other cases smaller things. My reasoning is that very little that I should would benefit much from the much better AF in the 7D. I don't shoot sports, and a lot of what I shoot--landscapes and flower macros--is things that don't move at all. The AF on the 50D is fine for those purposes. If I shot sports or birds, I probably would think more seriously about upgrading.
On the other hand, if the next generation of APS-C has much lower high-ISO noise (the 7D doesn't), that would matter to me, and I might go for it--given what I shoot.
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The Canon 7D and 600D/T3i should both be capable of using the same EF-S and EF series lenses. You should not have to upgrade lenses, but you may wish to upgrade lenses.
Yes, moving to a 5D series body would require EF series lenses or compatible FF third-party lenses (generally).
(This is just a clarification.)
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For vista landscapes I do prefer a FF body for single image captures, but I also use crop bodies with a panoramic head to produce extremely detailed stitched images of static scenes. You may also use multiple exposures of static scenes to produce image composites with almost unlimited dynamic range. (Multiple images at bracketed shutter speeds, for instance.)
It's a lot more work, shooting multiple images and stitching and/or stacking in post-production, but the results can be extremely rewarding:
http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=101529
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if you shot a lot of sports the 7D would be a good upgrade but for landscapes, street photography, etc. the 5D is probably a better choice