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deepz wrote:
Hi all,
Need your advice or suggestions on this old topic.
I currently own a Canon 7D with 50 f1.8 and 15-85 lens, this camera is primarily used by my wife for her food photography. We feel its time to switch to Full frame and the obvious choose would be 5D Mark 3.
however i know this may surprise many in this forum for the reason to shift to FF for food photography. We think full frame definitely produces better pics.Please correct me here if i am wrong and should i just stick to 7D and buy better lens.
I haven't read the other responses yet, so apologies in advance if this has already been mentioned.
I think the first question to ask may be what issues are you having with your photography that you think might be improved by getting a camera with a larger sensor?
All else being equal, a larger sensor has the potential to produce greater image quality, but at the same time the cropped sensor camera you have also produces very excellent quality. Would you see "better pics" from the full frame sensor? If you work very carefully from the tripod, do careful post-processing work, and regularly make very large, high quality prints, you might. If you don't make such large reproductions of your photographs, there is a very good chance that you'll see no difference at all.
In some ways, depending on what sort of food photography you do, it is possible that investments elsewhere might have greater impact. If you are really serious about this, there might be times when having a macro lens could be useful. Or a tilt/shift could help you deal with certain kinds of focus issues. Some food photographers I know like to work with very long focal lengths, shooting from a greater distance than you might with your current lenses.
By the way, the 85mm f/1.8 Canon lens is a fine one, and one of Canon's best quality/price deals. Whether that is a lens that would gain you much is a question for you to consider.
Good luck with your choices.
Dan
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