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 p.6 #1 · What is your Canon Family Tree / Genealogy? Here is mine: | |
Summer 2010: My wife gave me a bag of pre-owned Canon stuff, that she had bought from a colleague. Digital Rebel XTi, a.k.a. 400D, Tokina 100mm f/2.8 Pro AT-X, and a 580EX Speedlight, plus a forgettable off-brand zoom.
September 2010: Canon 40D, because the XTi was too dinky for my hands, plus, I wanted some degree of weather-sealing, because, by this time, I had the added duty of evidentiary/forensic/crime scene photography.
November 2010: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS, for its weather-sealing, IS, and fast AF. I was about to shoot an assignment from a police helicopter. This lens purchase firmly established Canon EOS EF as my first primary system.
Late 2010: Canon 7D, new, with EF 28-135mm kit lens.
2011: Second Canon 7D.
~2011/~2012: Canon 5D, pre-owned.
~2012/~2013: Canon EF 1D Mark II N, pre-owned.
September 2014: 7D Mark II, soon followed by a second one. Both new.
Early 2016: Canon 5Ds R.
Unknown Time, before September 2017: EOS M3, pre-owned. Hurricane Harvey drowned it, which is how I know I had it before then.
March 2018: Canon 5D Mark IV.
July 2024 or 2025: Second 5D Mark IV. my first one had gotten wet, and needed to dry-out. I no longer needed cameras for police duty, because I had retired in 2018, but we were doing some serious "citizen scientist" work, documenting insect species.
Summer 2018: Pre-owned 1Ds Mark III, for about $900 US, because it was the hotness in 2010, when I could not afford the $8K US to buy one new.
No RF, yet. Canon EF remains my macro system, but I gradually shifted more to Nikon cameras, because my wife only uses Nikon, and is the more-senior photographer, by far. It makes sense for most of our serious lenses to be Nikon-mount,
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