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Advice for an Hobbyist jumping to Full Frame

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Steve Balcombe Forum Pro • Posts: 15,571
Re: Advice for an Hobbyist jumping to Full Frame

Solinthor wrote:

Hi

I have the budget to buy the EOS R8 and the RF 24-105 f/4 L IS USM.

This would be a great choice. But in another post you said you buy a camera once every ten years, and that makes me think it would be worth stretching to the R6 Mark II if you possibly can. It really is a lot more camera, for the reasons that others have already explained. The extra cost isn't that much spread over ten years!

Yes indeed, but also as an Hobbyist, is it not better to invest in glass than body?

This advice is often repeated, but I think that's in large part because it's easy to state and resonates with people. The reality is more complicated.

Things have moved on since the days when image quality depended on the film and the lens, with the body playing little more than a supporting role. Digital SLRs and now mirrorless system cameras are much more complex, and they have much more impact on the both the image quality and the success rate. The decision you make today between the R8 and the R6II will affect your photography for the whole of those ten years.

I'm not suggesting for one moment that the choice of lens is any less important than it always was - just that the importance of the body is much greater than it once was.

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