trade in my canon 5Diii and 7dII for new canon mirrorless or go sony? so I have a lot of canon gear (2 bodies, lots of lenses) and I'm getting older and its getting heavier every day.

cosmo54 Loc: Easton, PA but will travel for photos

so I have a lot of canon gear (2 bodies, lots of lenses) and I'm getting older and its getting heavier every day. I also have an Olympus om-d e-m1 iii which of course is a lot lighter, but only micro 2/3.

I love to do wildlife and nature in general so I usually have to haul gear around. If i switch, I want another full frame camera so my thought was to move to mirrorless to save the weight. I could of course, get one of the new Canon bodies and use my current lenses, but I'm thinking that won't save me much weight. Or, i could go with the newer Sony a7 iii and some Sony lenses.

If I could get to a store that was open and could hold the Sony a7iii with at least a 100-400 lens, i might be able to actually have the answer to my dilemma.

Anyone else have a similar situation?

michaelsinger

cosmo54 wrote:

so I have a lot of canon gear (2 bodies, lots of l... (show quote)

No, but that Sony is a great camera.

cosmo54 Loc: Easton, PA but will travel for photos

michaelsinger wrote:

No, but that Sony is a great camera.

so is the new Canon r5 :-)

LEWHITE7747 Loc: 33773

CANON R5

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

I shoot an EOS 5DIII and a Sony a7II. You get a smaller body with the mirrorless, but no a lighter body in a real sense. The Sony body is sold and metal, and combined with a full-frame sized glass, not any lighter.

Rather than guessing what might be better, rent an EOS R5 with the EF-R adapter and see what you think with your lenses. Maybe even add the RF 100-500L to test the all-mirrorless 'wildlife' platform.

LEWHITE7747 Loc: 33773

I agree --stay with Canon

cosmo54 Loc: Easton, PA but will travel for photos

CHG_CANON wrote:

I shoot an EOS 5DIII and a Sony a7II. You get a smaller body with the mirrorless, but no a lighter body in a real sense. The Sony body is sold and metal, and combined with a full-frame sized glass, not any lighter.

Rather than guessing what might be better, rent an EOS R5 with the EF-R adapter and see what you think with your lenses. Maybe even add the RF 100-500L to test the all-mirrorless 'wildlife' platform.

So if the full frame size glass from sony isn't any lighter, you just answered my question. I have no reason to switch. Thank you!!

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

cosmo54 wrote:

So if the full frame size glass from sony isn't any lighter, you just answered my question. I have no reason to switch. Thank you!!

Their top equipment (Sony, all) are metal and large (f/2.8) full-frame glass that is just as heavy from everyone.

Wingpilot Loc: Wasilla. Ak

While I am a Sony fan, it makes a lot of sense to stay with Canon in your case. As previously stated, the Sony A7III is a great camera, but not necessarily lighter, and Sony lenses are fairly heavy, especially if you get any of the G or G Master lenses. And they’re pretty expensive, as well. With the R5 you can still use your current lenses, but you’ll need an adapter for them. I guess that’s a long way of saying that I’d recommend staying with Canon. They make good stuff, too.

cosmo54 Loc: Easton, PA but will travel for photos

Wingpilot wrote:

While I am a Sony fan, it makes a lot of sense to stay with Canon in your case. As previously stated, the Sony A7III is a great camera, but not necessarily lighter, and Sony lenses are fairly heavy, especially if you get any of the G or G Master lenses. And they’re pretty expensive, as well. With the R5 you can still use your current lenses, but you’ll need an adapter for them. I guess that’s a long way of saying that I’d recommend staying with Canon. They make good stuff, too.

Thanks for the info. I'm thinking I'm going to maybe rent the r5 .just to see if there is any reason I should consider it as chg canon suggested.

David Martin Loc: Cary, NC

cosmo54 wrote:

Anyone else have a similar situation?

Actually yes, in my case considering selling the Nikon D500 (crop sensor) and my assortment of lenses to go with Sony full frame. My 200-500 lens is heavy; Sony's 100-400 looks very attractive. Sony's AF and tracking also look much better. Been reading up on the a7iii vs. a7Riv vs. a9ii.

BebuLamar

As others have said there isn't really weight saving advantage if you still go full frame. If you get a Canon your existing lenses would work better adapted to it than a Sony.

gtilford Loc: Woodstock, Ontario, Canada

Try the new Olympus 100-400mm lens or the Olympus 300 f4. This youtuber switched from Canon to Olympus because of the weight factor and is still doing very well. Yes you may have to shoot with the Olympus differently than the Canon but it is a lot of money lost to switch systems. As others have said the Canon R5 does look amazing but I would try the adapter with your lenses first before I just jumped all in.

What ever way you decide to go just remember to have fun and enjoy every day you get out

cosmo54 Loc: Easton, PA but will travel for photos

gtilford wrote:

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I do already use the Olympus em1 iii and 300mm lens and its great, but not a full frame. I guess for now, ill just stick with what I have.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Paul is correct. If you need to save weight, the only real answer is a smaller format. You don’t need to go all the way down to 4/3 or 1” - you can cut it maybe 40% by going to an APC system such as the Fuji. Or you can stay with FF and concentrate on prime lenses instead of zooms.