Owning APS-C and Full Frame

[pwp]

Tomorrow I'm picking up a new BG-E16 gripped 7DII which will be worked hard alongside my 5DIII. For over a decade I have worked with a FF body and a x1.3 crop APS-H 1-Series body. They've been perfect companions. The APS-C 7DII will step into the shoes of my very high mileage 1D MkIV. The 7DII is no 1-Series and there will be compromises, but there is zero alternative now that APS-H has sadly been consigned to history. There are a lot of 1D MkIV bodies around the planet being worked beyond their use-by date simply because there has never been an APS-H update. Sigh....

I'm betting that the APS-C and FF combination will be a perfect working combination. My default two-camera setup will be 70-200 f/2.8isII on the 7DII and either 16-35 f/4is or 24-70 f/2.8II on the 5D3.

If I end up feeling underwhelmed with the 7DII, the 1D MkIV is still quite fine, and the 7DII can do light duties, or used when having a third body is useful, eg 70-200 on the 1DIV and the 300 f/2.8is on the 7DII, or as a highly viable B-cam on video projects. What a great era we work in...totally spoiled for choice.

-pw

 

[bholliman]

Tomorrow I'm picking up a new BG-E16 gripped 7DII which will be worked hard alongside my 5DIII. For over a decade I have worked with a FF body and a x1.3 crop APS-H 1-Series body. They've been perfect companions. The APS-C 7DII will step into the shoes of my very high mileage 1D MkIV. The 7DII is no 1-Series and there will be compromises, but there is zero alternative now that APS-H has sadly been consigned to history. There are a lot of 1D MkIV bodies around the planet being worked beyond their use-by date simply because there has never been an APS-H update. Sigh....

I'm betting that the APS-C and FF combination will be a perfect working combination. My default two-camera setup will be 70-200 f/2.8isII on the 7DII and either 16-35 f/4is or 24-70 f/2.8II on the 5D3.

If I end up feeling underwhelmed with the 7DII, the 1D MkIV is still quite fine, and the 7DII can do light duties, or used when having a third body is useful, eg 70-200 on the 1DIV and the 300 f/2.8is on the 7DII, or as a highly viable B-cam on video projects. What a great era we work in...totally spoiled for choice.

-pw

Spoiled by choice as long as that choice isn't APS-H

 

[IgotGASbadDude]

The 1D X replaced both. The 1D X for everything else, all that changes are the lenses I bring.

THIS. The ONLY thing I can't use my 1DX for is concerts (like Easton Corbin TONIGHT) where I don't have permission to shoot. I thought the 1GX Mark II would be the concert camera but it's still too big/DSLR looking.

Tonight's venue (Moody Theater in Austin, TX) mentions "Only cameras without detachable lenses and that are smaller than a shirt pocket will be allowed into the venue." I have yet to find that camera . . .

 

[Sabaki]

So tomorrow is 6D-Day for me

good luck with dat ancient AF and 9 af points

11 points

The 6D is a excellent camera, especially for its current price. Unless you are shooting action or sports, I've found the AF to not be a hinderance.

6D will be my landscape and lowlight body, AF isn't critical for me on it

Really happy with its image quality. Full frame really puts a landscape image together well

 

[pwp]

.....What a great era we work in...totally spoiled for choice.

-pw

Spoiled by choice as long as that choice isn't APS-H

Darn, you're right there about APS-H. Those of us who have been rusted-on APS-H fanboys since the flawed but nevertheless lovable 1D from 2001, I guess it's time to move on. The final APS-H 1D MkIV has been a tireless, brilliant worker for photographers world-wide. I'd bet a high percentage of 1D MkIV bodies are still in regular use.

I give up. C'est la vie APS-H, bonjour APS-C.

-pw

 

[TexPhoto]

My first Canon Camera was a 5DII, then a 7D added reach, better AF, and 8fps. I was hooked on multiple formats, and often carried both cameras when working.

Since then I have shot both and mixed in some APS-H as well. I continue to use multiple formats. The 7D Mark II is a great compliment to my 1DX, for things like surfing photography you an sometimes never have enough reach.

If $ were no object would I have 2-3 1DX's Yes, must I'd have 2 7D2 as well.

 

[Zv]

As most people I started out with a rebel kit. What bugged me with it was a lack of speed so I went and upgraded to a 7D, something I probably shouldn't have done. I had no business owning a 7D and I think I only used 8fps burst mode twice. Then a friend asked me to shoot her wedding and I toyed with the idea of FF and eventually talked myself into it. I used 5D2 and 7D on that shoot and it went fairly well. But after that I used the 7D less and less especially once I acquired some L lenses. After that it was goodnight crop DSLRs. (EOS M was a fun experiment and doesn't count!)

If I ever start shooting things that move I might be tempted to add the 7DII to my kit then again I could just rent out a 1DX - I really want an excuse to shoot with one of them!

 

[IgotGASbadDude]

If I ever start shooting things that move I might be tempted to add the 7DII to my kit then again I could just rent out a 1DX - I really want an excuse to shoot with one of them!

You know what they say, "once you use a 1DX body that's black, you never go back".

 

[gregorywood]

So tomorrow is 6D-Day for me

good luck with dat ancient AF and 9 af points

11 points

The 6D is a excellent camera, especially for its current price. Unless you are shooting action or sports, I've found the AF to not be a hinderance.

I have both the 7D and the 6D. The 6D is no match for the autofocus of the 7D, however, I used it extensively for night and low light action - soccer games under lights mostly. It's a tad slower and I miss a few due to missed focus - I'd say it's about a 90% hit rate - but the shots at 3200 and 6400 ISO are leaps and bounds better than the 7D.

I quite like the combo. I suppose someday I might upgrade, but for now I'm pretty happy with what I can do with what I've got.

 

[FEBS]

If I ever start shooting things that move I might be tempted to add the 7DII to my kit then again I could just rent out a 1DX - I really want an excuse to shoot with one of them!

You know what they say, "once you use a 1DX body that's black, you never go back".

+1
I can only agree on this point. For me it is really FF that makes the difference. I do see very beautiful photos of the 7D2, but when I use the 7D2 and 1Dx together, then I choose always the photos of the 1Dx at the end.