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DanNehmer wrote:
Quick question for the Brain Trust,
Well, asking for an opinion really. Canon has 5D MkIV's on a killer price for refurbished, $1499. That is less than the used market. I have a very solid selection of EF len's with L series zooms covering 16-35, 24-70, 70-200, and 100-400 plus a nice useable selection of primes. For bodies I have Jim's old 1Dx MKII and an old 6D that are both functional.
Do I double down on the EF glass and get the 5D to keep shooting for the next 5-7 yrs, do nothing and take my chances, or is it time to start moving to RF? I have no issue with the photos I am getting, quality is very good. Perhaps my only complaint is 6D's focus and low continuous shooting rates, both would be fixed by the 5D. Or I can save my nickels and start moving to mirrorless; though even the R6 is $2400 ish.
Decisions, decisions. At least last weeks computer decision is behind me; the Dell 27" 4k Dark Technology monitor is freaking awesome and HP computer should be here next week so that part of the photography hobby will soon be back up to current technology.
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Dan, as someone who started to move to full frame mirrorless cameras 7 or 8 years ago, I will say this, if I am buying a new or used camera today, I would take a serious look at the mirrorless cameras. Sure the DSLRs still take great pictures, no question about that. But the eventually mirrorless will dominate and the DSLR bodies and lenses will depreciate even faster than the mirrorless versions.
I had 6 or 7 Canon DSLRs, maybe the same number of Nikon DSLRs. I started to migrate to Sony mirrorless about 7 or 8 years ago and have owned maybe 9 or 10 different models, both full frame and APS-C. They have come a long way. For me the mirrorless bodies have the following pros and cons:
Pros: lighter, less complex, vast AF area coverage, what you see is what you get image preview, no need to to perform lens AF microadjustment (not that I did much of that in the DSLR days), much faster frame rate (in general), can shoot at complete silence using electronic shutter.
Cons: The two drawbacks I can think of are: (1) the electronic view finder (EVF), unlike the OVF in DSLRs, most of the mirrorless EVFs have a tiny bit of delay in showing you what you are looking at, but the new models have improved a lot, and (2) if electronic shutter is used instead f mechanical shutter, under certain circumstances you may see the "jello effect" in fast moving subjects. If the cameras use stacked sensors like the Sony A1, A9, A9II, Nikon Z9, and Canon R3, not only there is no delay in the EVF, there is no blackout either, it's like shooting video, it's a revelation. There is basically no "jello effect" in fast moving subjects shooting with electronic shutter in cameras with stacked sensors because the senor scanning speed is so fast. But those with stacked sensors aren't cheap.
I have heard a lot of good things about the Canon R7, relatively "cheap" too. If I were shooting fast moving subject at high frame rate and were new to mirrorless, that would be the camera I would get first, in Canon land.
Good luck!
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