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Dear all,

I have had a 400d since 2006. I love the camera; it has been all over the world with me. Initially, I parted with the standard kit lens and and bought a 17-85 and used that for a few years this was coupled with another lens for longer telephoto. As the years went on, I found the bulk of the SLR to be a bit annoying, therefore opted for a 18-200 all in one. I know this has a compromise on quality, therefore I found myself carrying a 24mm and a 50mm with me at certain times. Recently, I have been using the 24mm more and more, and coupled with the fact we have a newborn (12 days old!) I have been using the 400d more and more to get snaps. The 400D is a bit noisy as we are mainly shooting indoors, therefore I was looking at potential upgrades.

A friend has loaned me his 5d a few times, in short I was impressed with the quality, therefore I was looking at something potentially with a full frame, but in a small body. Sites like MPB have the 5d MK2/MK3 listed for a very reasonable price, what are these like in 2021? I have also seen the Canon RP and Sony A7. The RP was launched in 2019 therefore is fairly up to date, however, the A7 does get good reviews too.

My preference for staying with Canon is my Sigma 100-300 f4 and Sigma 150mm f2.8 are outstanding lenses and I wouldn't want to lose them. My Dad used to shoot with Canon back in the day, therefore there was a 'family affiliation' with Canon.

Ideally, my preferences are:
  1. Whatever platform, I would like to have a 'walk around' lens - I've read that the Sony 'kit' lens is supposedly reasonable quality
  2. Body stabilisation would be great - I think the later Series A7 has this?
  3. Good video quality - The RP does 4k but its cropped... does this matter?
  4. Low noise - Shooting at ISO400 with my current 400d yields noisy images - I assume most newer cameras will handle noise much better than the 400d
  5. A good second hand market - I tend never to buy new unless its something smaller e.g. when I purchased my 24mm / 50mm lens.
Open to ideas/ thoughts/ suggestions.
 
If you are at all interested in video look at mirrorless.
A general purpose walk around lens is a topic in itself but a 24-105 is very versatile with good quality but you could go as far as 18-200 with only mild drawbacks.
 
hey, thanks for the reply. Photos and photo quality stack above video, I just noticed there was a 1.6 crop on the canon
 
I have the original A7 and I'm happy enough but it lacks the responsiveness and focus systems of newer models but does have useable face detect. I hardly ever use the 28-70mm f3.5-f5.6 but I do think it's a respectable and even good kit lens. I think the new kit lens is 28-60mm. Any A7 series camera will IMO easily better a 5DMK2 and the ability to focus accurately and consistently anywhere in the frame is a real game changer.
 
Budget wise… It depends. I wouldn’t want to spend more than 7-800 really… the less the better. Potentially I’d buy another lens or so later on in the year. I have seen the A7 quite well priced locally.
 
woof woof said:
I have the original A7 and I'm happy enough but it lacks the responsiveness and focus systems of newer models but does have useable face detect. I hardly ever use the 28-70mm f3.5-f5.6 but I do think it's a respectable and even good kit lens. I think the new kit lens is 28-60mm. Any A7 series camera will IMO easily better a 5DMK2 and the ability to focus accurately and consistently anywhere in the frame is a real game changer.
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Is there much between the A7 mk1/2
 
If you want to use any of your existing lenses (with appropriate adapters), the Canon RP will handle them a lot better than any of the Sony’s. The RP is full frame but some of your lenses sound like they are EF-S mount which will work fine but the camera will crop to 1.6.
 
magicolor1 said:
If you want to use any of your existing lenses (with appropriate adapters), the Canon RP will handle them a lot better than any of the Sony’s. The RP is full frame but some of your lenses sound like they are EF-S mount which will work fine but the camera will crop to 1.6.
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Yes, the 24mm is, I probably wouldn’t look at using the 18-200 with it though.
 
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