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ludi wrote:After a long run of playing with higher-end DSLR equipment, I'm finding that I still like to shoot but not as often, and no longer have the passion to carry around a giant bag of gear when I do. Here is what currently lives in my collection:
Canon EOS 7D body
Canon Speedlight 550EX
Canon EF 70-200 f/2.8L
Canon EF-S 17-55 f/2.8 IS USM
Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM
I've got about $3k of resale money tied up in that collection, so if there was a way to buy a smaller camera with perhaps one walk-around lens and one tele-zoom for around $1k (maybe $1500), and still have tolerably good performance in low-light settings, I would strongly consider trading down and putting the extra money back into savings within, say, the next 3-6 months.
I've been reading some of the other threads and it seems like there are several good systems/options that might fit my needs, but I haven't been keeping up on camera tech lately so I'm unsure what the "best fit" would be. Any experience/suggestions?
PenGun wrote:Any of the Fuji X cameras would be at least as good, better really, than your present Canon. They are very light have fine lenses and for an APS-C camera are very hard to beat.
PenGun wrote:Any of the Fuji X cameras would be at least as good, better really, than your present Canon. They are very light have fine lenses and for an APS-C camera are very hard to beat.
ludi wrote:All of those would work well with the $384+free shipping EOS Rebel SL1, which is the smallest and lightest DSLR ever offered for sale. With the $112 EF 40mm f/2.8 STM mounted, you can stick it in a jacket pocket.Canon Speedlight 550EX
Canon EF 70-200 f/2.8L
Canon EF-S 17-55 f/2.8 IS USM
Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM
JustAnEngineer wrote:ludi wrote:All of those would work well with the $384+free shipping EOS Rebel SL1, which is the smallest and lightest DSLR ever offered for sale. With the $112 EF 40mm f/2.8 STM mounted, you can stick it in a jacket pocket.Canon Speedlight 550EX
Canon EF 70-200 f/2.8L
Canon EF-S 17-55 f/2.8 IS USM
Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM
With the $392+free shipping EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS mounted, you can go anywhere and do anything. Just bring one of your other lenses if you have a specific need for a wide aperture.
Airmantharp wrote:Not even close. Canon's worst lens by far is the 75-300.That 18-200- easily Canon's worst currently available zoom.
JustAnEngineer wrote:Airmantharp wrote:Not even close. Canon's worst lens by far is the 75-300.That 18-200- easily Canon's worst currently available zoom.
ludi wrote:That Sony+Zeiss kit is very tempting, assuming I got my existing gear flipped in a reasonable amount of time to take advantage. I have mixed feelings about giving up the 7D's excellent optical viewfinder but size and weight are larger concerns at the moment.
TheEmrys wrote:Another thought is to go rx100 and rx1. There are other options beyond the rx100 and the mark 3 is coming out. A 24-70/1.8-2.0 lens.
ludi wrote:The RX10 looks pretty sweet, my only hesitancy is having the entire kit-n-kaboodle locked into a single device. A single failure anywhere means the entire device has to be sent away and repaired at great expense.
Airmantharp wrote:The 1" sensor in the RX100/II/RX10 isn't going to be close to approximating the low-light performance of a modern APS-C sensor...
liquidsquid wrote:Airmantharp wrote:The 1" sensor in the RX100/II/RX10 isn't going to be close to approximating the low-light performance of a modern APS-C sensor...
Why are people so hung up on this? When combined with a fast lens, how many times do you expect to go over iso800? Sure there is a rare occasion when you need it, but it is a case of diminishing returns. The best camera is the one you bring with you, and you will tend not to bring a big heavy SOB in the off-chance you need to shoot at iso-3gazillion. Low light performance sucks when shooting out of a drawer with the lens cap on.
liquidsquid wrote:Airmantharp wrote:The 1" sensor in the RX100/II/RX10 isn't going to be close to approximating the low-light performance of a modern APS-C sensor...
Why are people so hung up on this? When combined with a fast lens, how many times do you expect to go over iso800? Sure there is a rare occasion when you need it, but it is a case of diminishing returns. The best camera is the one you bring with you, and you will tend not to bring a big heavy SOB in the off-chance you need to shoot at iso-3gazillion. Low light performance sucks when shooting out of a drawer with the lens cap on.