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Help! I'm impatient!
aaronh:
I just started saving up for a 5D Mark 2. I've been getting really unhappy with the low-light performance of my 60D and then I tried someone's 5d2. I am ruined.
Lenses I currently have with my 60D are the 18-135mm kit lens, 24mm f/2.8, 50mm f/1.8, and a 70-200 f/2.8L IS (Mark 1).
Here's the problem... I won't be able to afford the new camera for a few months and I'm really impatient. What should I do in the meantime? Any ideas on how to squeeze a little more out of my current set-up?
dr croubie:
If you need more low-light performance, you can try out the Canon 35/1.4L or Samyang 35/1.4 (manual focus, 1/3 the price).
Either of them make great low-light "normal" lenses on APS-C for loosely-cropped, body, or half-body portraits, Then if/when you go Full Frame they're a really good landscape / group-portrait lens.
Or go a Canon EF-s 17-55 f/2.8 IS or Tamron 17-50 f/2.8 *non*-VC, and sell it with your 60D when you upgrade, at least with the canon you can get back maybe 80% of new-price (or buy it second-hand to begin with).
Brad_Randmark:
I know the feeling. Once you see the limitations of a piece of equipment, that flaw starts to eat away at your mind. Don't let that get in your head - go take pictures. I assure you that there are gear geeks with a 5D Mark II in their bag who are lamenting that they have severe ISO limitations now that they read the specs of the 1D X. No need to name names here on CR.
elflord:
--- Quote from: aaronh on November 20, 2011, 09:51:00 PM ---I just started saving up for a 5D Mark 2. I've been getting really unhappy with the low-light performance of my 60D and then I tried someone's 5d2. I am ruined.
Lenses I currently have with my 60D are the 18-135mm kit lens, 24mm f/2.8, 50mm f/1.8, and a 70-200 f/2.8L IS (Mark 1).
Here's the problem... I won't be able to afford the new camera for a few months and I'm really impatient. What should I do in the meantime? Any ideas on how to squeeze a little more out of my current set-up?
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Sell the 60D, the kit lens. Use the money to buy a 5D Classic. Then look into upgrading your glass in the normal range focal lengths (a 50mm 1/4 or the samyang 35 would both be excellent choices)
briansquibb:
--- Quote from: elflord on November 20, 2011, 11:06:39 PM ---
--- Quote from: aaronh on November 20, 2011, 09:51:00 PM ---I just started saving up for a 5D Mark 2. I've been getting really unhappy with the low-light performance of my 60D and then I tried someone's 5d2. I am ruined.
Lenses I currently have with my 60D are the 18-135mm kit lens, 24mm f/2.8, 50mm f/1.8, and a 70-200 f/2.8L IS (Mark 1).
Here's the problem... I won't be able to afford the new camera for a few months and I'm really impatient. What should I do in the meantime? Any ideas on how to squeeze a little more out of my current set-up?
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Sell the 60D, the kit lens. Use the money to buy a 5D Classic. Then look into upgrading your glass in the normal range focal lengths (a 50mm 1/4 or the samyang 35 would both be excellent choices)
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I think the time has past for putting money in the 5D classic. Realistically you will only get 1 stop improvement over the 60D. Save your money until you can get a second user 5DII - will be cheaper in the long term
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