New Camera thoughts (Page 2): I suggest you look at Jeff Cables blog regarding the Canon R5 and R6. He spent 5 weeks with them and called them game changers...

Notorious T.O.D. Loc: Harrisburg, North Carolina

I suggest you look at Jeff Cables blog regarding the Canon R5 and R6. He spent 5 weeks with them and called them game changers...

tonyi wrote:

Hello, thinking of moving up from a crop sensor to a full frame. I currently have a Canon. Would you go mirrorless? I am just amateur that enjoys Astro and landscape photography. Your thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks Tony

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

I'm sure Canon makes some very fine full frame cameras. You'll have to decide which is best for you.

Would I go mirrorless? Not in this lifetime. Probably the next also.
--Bob

tonyi wrote:

Hello, thinking of moving up from a crop sensor to a full frame. I currently have a Canon. Would you go mirrorless? I am just amateur that enjoys Astro and landscape photography. Your thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks Tony

bleirer

Architect1776 wrote:

Nice with Canon ALL your current lenses are 100% compatible with the RF.
So it is only choosing which of the excellent R bodies to choose from.
At this time if I had the funds I would go R5 as it is so far ahead of all systems overall especially the amazing DPAF II that no other system comes close to duplicating.
You can go to other systems but will need to start over again with lenses as well.
Yes, the lenses mount on other systems but do not work as well.

The OP should be aware that crop camera lenses will still be crop photos on the R cameras, they automatically convert, so it's something like 30 megapixel down to about 12 megapixels. If they they have ef lenses those will stay full frame on the R.

Picture Taker Loc: Michigan Thumb

If you have Canon (s lenses) non full frame lenses you could explore the 7D. It's a fine non full frame camera and you can continue to use all the lenses.
As I continued to grow only buy full frame lenses should grow more and go full frame.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

The EOS R5 will change how we think about mirrorless, how we think about photography, how we think about life.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

bleirer wrote:

The OP should be aware that crop camera lenses will still be crop photos on the R cameras, they automatically convert, so it's something like 30 megapixel down to about 12 megapixels. If they they have ef lenses those will stay full frame on the R.

Yes, but 100% of the features of the lens will be maintained.
No loss of what the lens originally had.
That can NOT be said of Nikon, for example, in converting to mirrorless where so many lenses of their become just a marginally functioning lens on the Z mount.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

I will always look out from behind these eyes.

Sometimes, I put a camera in front of them.
--Bob

CHG_CANON wrote:

The EOS R5 will change how we think about mirrorless, how we think about photography, how we think about life.

PHRubin Loc: Nashville TN USA

I'm sure you know the disadvantages of full frame, i.e. larger, more expensive, heavier, more limited zoom range. The advantages: lower noise/low light sensitivity OR high pixel count. If you go for the higher pixel count, you lose the noise/sensitivity advantage. Unless either of those are limiting you, I would stay with the APS-C. Actually, I have.

MtManMD Loc: Beaverton, Oregon

Notorious T.O.D. wrote:

I suggest you look at Jeff Cables blog regarding the Canon R5 and R6. He spent 5 weeks with them and called them game changers...

Thanks Notorious. Jeff's testing and comparisons were excellent.

Walt B

If you can afford it, buy the Canon R6. I went from a MarkIV and an R to the R5. The R5 is so good that I sold my MarkIV and R and received almost enough to buy a 2nd R5. You will probably have a couple of months wait to receive either and R5 or R6. Both are great cameras. The two major reasons to go to either the R5 or R6 is 5 stop In Body Stabilization and 20 frames per second. They are the only Canon Cameras with these features. You will be able to use all of your EF lens including non Canon lens such as those from Tamron and Sigma with a $100 Canon adapter. When you are ready to buy an RF full frame lens, buy the 24-240mm. Some people would recommend the RF24-105 f4 lens. I have both and since I received the 24-240, the 24-105 has stayed in a closet. The 24-240 is the best walk-around lens I have ever used.

I belong to two camera clubs. I have photos taken with the R5 in competition. In a couple of weeks, I will post some photos taken with the R5 that I probably wouldn't have been able to take with my other cameras.

Walt B

DeanS Loc: Capital City area of North Carolina

tonyi wrote:

Hello, thinking of moving up from a crop sensor to a full frame. I currently have a Canon. Would you go mirrorless? I am just amateur that enjoys Astro and landscape photography. Your thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks Tony

Before pulling the trigger, take a serious look at the milc Canon RP.

jim quist Loc: Missouri

My wife has the 5Dmk4 and really likes it. If you decide to purchase mirrorless you should first compare cost differences between the mirrorless and EF lenses. The same lens is sometimes double the cost for mirrorless.

lmTrying Loc: WV Northern Panhandle

I'm surprised that no one has mentioned the Canon RA. R equals mirror less. A equals astro photography. It has a full frame sensor and is configured to doing night sky photography. How good is it? I don't know.

I did upgrade from a Canon XSi to an RP. Still learning. But what a nice camera. The RP will allow you to upgrade to mirror less, to full frame, with an adapter use the lenses you have until you can upgrade them, learn and use touch screen menus that are so fast and easy, plus more, and not break the bank.

jeffhacker Loc: Dallas, Texas

I'd definitely look at Mirrorless. I don't know what lenses you've currently got, but if you have lenses that work with non, you may want to look at the Canon mirrorless options (I'm a Nikon person, so am not too sure as to what lenses you can keep, but if you have good glass and can continue to use it you can save a bit of money. Check with a local camera store if you have one near you, and try out the mirrorless options there (basically, Sony, Canon, Nikon), and see what you think.

I'd personally stay away from the Four Thirds format right now because the major users, Olympus and Panasonic are either getting out of that business (Olympus) or emphasizing other formats (Panasonic). Another mirrorless option would be Fuji, but I'm not sure if I'd recommend it to an "amateur" (but they're excellent cameras, so you might want to "feel" one anyway, just in case.

larryepage Loc: North Texas area

lmTrying wrote:

I'm surprised that no one has mentioned the Canon ... (show quote)

I don't know for certain about the Canon RA, but most dedicated astrophotography cameras, like the Nikon D810a, have extended response into both the infrared and ultraviolet portions of the spectrum. This renders them unusable for other types of photography.