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Hello All,

 

The lost couple of weeks I have been using a Canon 600D. And I must say, I was pleasantly surprised by this camera in comparing to my good old Canon 5D (I). As some of you might recall I was saving money for a Canon 5D II or perhaphs a 6D. But they are still quite expensive. And it's hard to find a good second hand 5D II which is for sale close to my home.

I see good condition 2nd hand 5D mkII's going at around 800 euros in the netherlands, even with lens. Don't know where in the Netherlands you live, of course... But I had a 2nd hand 500mm f8 Tamron be sent to me via mail, so closeness is not always needed. If you want any info on 800 euro or so 5D mk II's, give me a private message.

But now while using the 600D I started to question if I needed a Full-Frame camera after all. The image quality of the lower end camera's is so good nowadays, that I wonder if one can spot the difference, even with enlargements.

A FF camera has a slight advantage in tonality. The biggest advantage of FF is the possible shallower DOF (depending on lenses). One can make nice photos with APS-C (like that 600D) too, obviously.

Another thing I really enjoyed was the articulated screen on the 600D. Because I have a serious back (and neck) problem it is hard for me to bend.

That is a very good reason to look at a 600D/650D/700D/60D/70D over a 5D mk II.

So, with my 5D I was very limited in which compositions I good make, but with the articulated screen a whole new world opened up for me, which is great!

 

So, now I am in doubt if I should stay with FF or change plans and go for an APSC camera with articulated screen, like the 60D, 70D or maybe skip to another brand.

Not sure what skipping brand will bring you. The Canon DSLRs have a pretty good live view implementation, with the right lenses you get attractive results, and the UI is well thought out.

I would love to hear your opinion.

 

Kind regards,

 

Reinier

 

P.S. The only thing is I have to buy a new standard zoom. I have a EF 28-105 II on my 5D.

The 28-105mm f3.5-4.5 USM II is an ok lens which renders nicely (but is not overly sharp). With its range of 17.5-66mm (APS-C equivalent) a number of lenses can take its place:

• Cheap and cheerful EF-S 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 IS STM. Nice optics for the price, very lightweight, great AF.
  
• Sigma 17-70mm DC OS HSM "C"
  
• Sigma 17-50mm EX DC f2.8 OS HSM
  
• Canon EF-S 18-135mm f3.5-5.6 IS STM. Nice for its STM and good optics
  
• Sigma 18-35mm f1.8 (big, heavy)
  

Which one appeals to you is for you to determine.

The STM lenses will focus best with live view and contrast detection (and fine with PD-AF).