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Advice for an Hobbyist jumping to Full Frame

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OP Solinthor Forum Member • Posts: 54
Re: Think about a 6D (seriously)

MasterWayne wrote:

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:

I am happy with my 7D, but ...
- it is quite heavy
- since my 50mm prime break, I missed this range (eq 80mm)
- my prefered range is between 35-70mm (eq 24×36)
- I would like to benefit from new autofocus progress in the last 10 years

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.

I see the advantage, but I allready know I'll miss the 35-70mm range only covered by the 16-35mm, 40mm pancake and the 70-200mm who is far from discreet and light.

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 allready know I want to go FF, starting with APS-C wasn't a "choice", 20 then 10 years ago hobbyist had quite no "reasonable" alternative.

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.

I think you have a great idea, do not get me wrong, it suited you very well, and was a good move. For me, the 35-70 missing range kills it.

I generaly prefer to have a jack-off-all-trade lens, with one or two specialized lenses aside than several purpose lens.

As an hobbyist with a family, having constantly to "stop" to change a lens is not ideal

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