CHG_CANON wrote:
LP - based on your lenses, going FF will generate a need for more lenses unless you're prepared to live with just your 70-200. Of course, you can sell your EF-S lenses along with the 7D. If you're (very) lucky, you'll get around $800 combined. I looked through your image posts. A mixed bag, with the good stuff being really good.
I made the 7D to 5DIII move. It's a great camera that I'd recommend to anyone with the caveat that if you don't have the glass for it, you're wasting your money. Or even more likely, you're going to be buying some / a lot more lenses until you're going to be happy.
I was serious: you're doing good work with your current gear. The 5DIII is going to let you shoot to ISO 6400 when you have to and the noise in these images cleans up easily. Although the 7D is advanced in AF, the 5DIII is even more so.
As I said in another post, UHHers will gladly spend your money like sailors on leave ... You keep asking for advice on a decision you seem to have already made. If you're still looking for the "right" move, get some FF lenses before a FF camera. The 17-40L would be a good choice for the 7D and your current lenses replacing one or both the EFS mounts. A used one (EX rated) from KEH is relative steal in terms of quality vs cost.
Added - also consider the EF-S 10-22. Having had both the 17-40L and the 10-22 at the same time with the 7D, I can tell you image to image, you cannot tell the difference between the lenses on the camera except where the focal lengths do not overlap. If you move back to your earlier question of new lens ideas, consider either of these.
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Thank you for all your research, CHG. My husband needs an 18 -135. Rather than buy a duplicate of mine, he offered to "adopt" mine and buy me a FF camera. The only problem with that offer is it appears there is no substitute for the 18 - 135 for a FF body. I'm afraid I'd miss that range and performance.