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Advice for an Hobbyist jumping to Full Frame

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MasterWayne Regular Member • Posts: 214
Think about a 6D (seriously)

So if you're really happy with your 7D and only want to try out full frame, I'd suggest to do something completely different:

Buy a cheap used 6D DSLR. By this, you get a good full frame sensor (colors, ISO) and you can try out how your EF lenses behave on full frame (their effective focal length changes, so you see where you're "new" range is lacking). AF performance will probably be mostly enough. Sure, dynamic range is bad, so you'd need to do exposure brackets and stack for HDR landscape.

After a while you'll know if your photography actually benefits from FF. Then you could resell the 6D with little to no loss and buy a (then cheaper) R/R8/6/5, as your "final" camera.

I did it that way, coming from an 80D, then (used) 6D, then R5. I owned the 6D for roughly 9 months. When buying the R5 I exactly knew which lens I was missing on FF.

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