Canon choices within my budget

jmschaller wrote:

Am considering “graduating” from my ancient 30D to a full frame mirrorless. I have about $2,500 to spend. The dilemma is body vs. lens. Should I invest in the 24-105 L lens and use the RP body, or purchase the R body and go with the less expensive Canon 24-105 lens?

It may depend on what other lenses you use. The RP is a very compact body (more similar to the better EF-M series bodies) and ergonomically not great with larger/heavier zooms or tele lenses. Many people do it and learn to hold the lens primarily (instead of the camera), but not ideal.

Lots of trade offs to consider, I realize. I do travel shooting, so weight is somewhat a factor, as is not having to carry a bagfull of lenses.

Perhaps the suggested RF 24-240mm might be a decent option. I have never used one, but it would seem that as long as you apply lens corrections, either in-camera JPEG or in Canon's DPP (or similar) if shooting RAW, it can produce good results.

I have 3 lenses

What are they ?

for my DSLR-C body I can use in a pinch, recognizing I won’t get full sensor coverage for the full frame body.

Depends on the lenses. If they are Canon EF-S lenses then the camera will automatically go to crop mode, so you lose resolution (by a factor of 1.6x1.6 = 2.56 times) which may be more of an issue than the narrower FoV (ie. a 24mm lens produces a FF equivalent FoV of around 38mm) because the RP becomes a 10Mp camera.

I think that some third party APS-C lenses can be used without the automatic crop function applied but there can be severe vignetting.

If they are EF mount lenses then you shouldn't lose anything.

Colin