Digital Camera Replacement

[dippermethis]

Hello all,

It appears the circuit board fried on my DSLR (Canon Rebel t7i) and am looking to replace it. (I will most likely get it fixed in the future to have as a backup, but would rather put money towards a new FF setup). Currently, my only worthwhile lens is the Sigma Art 18-35 1.8, which is made for APS-C, so I'm also not concerned about switching brands.

More info on what my goals are:

1. First and foremost - Landscape Astro, with a long term goal of creating mosaics as either deepscape shots and/or higher resolution wide angle views (I have a deep space rig that I love and have no intentions of upgrading in the near future)
2. Daytime landscape (including handheld landscape) - Recently took a trip to Iceland and discovered I also love landscape photography with daylight - On-sensor IBIS and Focus Stacking are nice to haves, but willing to learn better technique with bodies that may not have those features.

As a hobbyist, I'm not looking to break the bank (which rules out the Canon R5). I'd say my budget is ~2500 with some wiggle room in there.

One other note: I have the Star Adventurer Pro, so while I understand a faster lens is better suited for astro, I believe I can manage the F/4 lens with tracking until I can save up for faster prime lenses, that is also considered extremely sharp. (The F/4 lenses would be more of a lens for me to use for most occasions, not strictly astro)

So far I've narrowed it down to a few setups (ordered in current favor from recent research):

Nikon Z6ii with the NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 lens - Leaning towards this after reading reviews of the Voigtlaender APO-Lanthar lens. Being tech savvy, I'm also not concerned with learning a new menu system, and from what I read, Nikon has an intuitive menu.

Canon EOS R6 MII with the 24-105mm F/4 lens (I know this is about 1k over my budget, but this is about as high as I would go) - Would also look for used lens to bring down the cost a bit. Selling point is on-sensor IBIS and focus stacking

Canon EOS R with the 24-105mm F/4 lens - Cheaper setup to allow for more money towards better glass. I also rented this for my recent Iceland trip, and certainly seemed like a capable camera, and being a Canon user, the menu/controls were familiar to me.

Pentax K-1 MII - Has the Astrotracer, which could save on weight during nightscapes and read some great reviews on it for landscape in general. Will need to research available glass for it as well, since glass is more important than the body

I'm also not restricting myself to the above setups - The only restriction is Sony due to their raw data filtering/star eater issue.

Any guidance/help would be much appreciated!

Thanks, and clear skies!

 

[Jeffry7]

Hello all,

It appears the circuit board fried on my DSLR (Canon Rebel t7i) and am looking to replace it. (I will most likely get it fixed in the future to have as a backup, but would rather put money towards a new FF setup). Currently, my only worthwhile lens is the Sigma Art 18-35 1.8, which is made for APS-C, so I'm also not concerned about switching brands.

More info on what my goals are:

1. First and foremost - Landscape Astro, with a long term goal of creating mosaics as either deepscape shots and/or higher resolution wide angle views (I have a deep space rig that I love and have no intentions of upgrading in the near future)
2. Daytime landscape (including handheld landscape) - Recently took a trip to Iceland and discovered I also love landscape photography with daylight - On-sensor IBIS and Focus Stacking are nice to haves, but willing to learn better technique with bodies that may not have those features.

As a hobbyist, I'm not looking to break the bank (which rules out the Canon R5). I'd say my budget is ~2500 with some wiggle room in there.

One other note: I have the Star Adventurer Pro, so while I understand a faster lens is better suited for astro, I believe I can manage the F/4 lens with tracking until I can save up for faster prime lenses, that is also considered extremely sharp. (The F/4 lenses would be more of a lens for me to use for most occasions, not strictly astro)

So far I've narrowed it down to a few setups (ordered in current favor from recent research):

Nikon Z6ii with the NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 lens - Leaning towards this after reading reviews of the Voigtlaender APO-Lanthar lens. Being tech savvy, I'm also not concerned with learning a new menu system, and from what I read, Nikon has an intuitive menu.

Canon EOS R6 MII with the 24-105mm F/4 lens (I know this is about 1k over my budget, but this is about as high as I would go) - Would also look for used lens to bring down the cost a bit. Selling point is on-sensor IBIS and focus stacking

Canon EOS R with the 24-105mm F/4 lens - Cheaper setup to allow for more money towards better glass. I also rented this for my recent Iceland trip, and certainly seemed like a capable camera, and being a Canon user, the menu/controls were familiar to me.

Pentax K-1 MII - Has the Astrotracer, which could save on weight during nightscapes and read some great reviews on it for landscape in general. Will need to research available glass for it as well, since glass is more important than the body

I'm also not restricting myself to the above setups - The only restriction is Sony due to their raw data filtering/star eater issue.

Any guidance/help would be much appreciated!

Thanks, and clear skies!

I am personally avoiding Canon's R Mount. They offered to sue a 3rd party lens manufacturer over making r lenses. It's going to be a while before 3rd party lenses come to Canon Rs. Expect canon r lenses to be pricey indefenitely.

I would suggest considering the Panasonic L-Mount line. I got an S1 for meteor trails a while ago. Excellant camera. It does not have PDAF, and that drives some people nuts, but the newer S5II does. Also 2nd generation S1 cameras are expected in June or July.

If lack of PDAF doesn't scare you, and why would it for landscape and astro, then consider a used S5, or S1.

3rd party has not really found its way into lmount, except for manual lenses, but Sigma is part of the L Mount alliance and you can get good but less expensive lenses there. Also there are canon EF to lmount lens adapters with varying degrees of usability.

Good luck.

 

[mermaidkiller]

I am personally avoiding Canon's R Mount. They offered to sue a 3rd party lens manufacturer over making r lenses. It's going to be a while before 3rd party lenses come to Canon Rs. Expect canon r lenses to be pricey indefenitely.

I disagree. There are affordable RF lenses, I have the $300 16mm f/2.8, an excellent small and reasonable wide angle lens for milkyway photos. The RF 24/1,8 and 35/1.8 are also reasonably prices as well.
And why no EF lenses (original Canon or 3rd party) ? The $100 adapter works flawlessly and the EF(-S) lenses work without limitations, the only difference is that they do better AF then on an EF body.

 

[Jeffry7]

I am personally avoiding Canon's R Mount. They offered to sue a 3rd party lens manufacturer over making r lenses. It's going to be a while before 3rd party lenses come to Canon Rs. Expect canon r lenses to be pricey indefenitely.

I disagree. There are affordable RF lenses, I have the $300 16mm f/2.8, an excellent small and reasonable wide angle lens for milkyway photos. The RF 24/1,8 and 35/1.8 are also reasonably prices as well.
And why no EF lenses (original Canon or 3rd party) ? The $100 adapter works flawlessly and the EF(-S) lenses work without limitations, the only difference is that they do better AF then on an EF body.