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Upgrading sensor/camera vs upgrading lens

Started Dec 11, 2017 | Discussions thread
MikeJ9116 Veteran Member • Posts: 6,958
Re: Upgrading sensor/camera vs upgrading lens

Thinh28 wrote:

Thank you everyone for the replies, and thank you for the warm welcome.

Yeah I will probably just wait for another sale on the T7i. Really sad I missed the bundled deal with the printer for $500 for black friday. I suppose there won't be another until...next black friday lol.

I had not thought about getting the SL2 until someone mentioned it. Doing a quick search, looks like its very similar but smaller and ligheter version of the T7i. Aside from the significantly less AF, is there anything else that would be a game changer? If not, maybe I should focus on finding a good SL2 deal and spending the $200 difference on a better lens or flash.

I bought the SL2 as a supplemental camera to my other gear and have found it to be a really good camera.  For what you plan to use it for I think it will work well.  There are basically two reasons to buy the SL2 over the T7i.  One is cost and the other is for its smaller size and weight.  Otherwise, buy the T7i.  Some people feel the added features of the T7i aren't worth the cost.  I bought the SL2 for this reason and I wanted the smallest DSLR I could find that met my needs.  Also, another reason I bought the SL2 is that its viewfinder is larger and brighter than the T7i.  For the money saved you could almost pay for the EF-S 55-250mm STM lens (excellent telephoto) or buy a dedicated flash.

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