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Why Keep Around Old EF Gear? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by billalpert@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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I'm torn about selling my EF glass, since I'm mostly shooting on an RF body along with some M 4/3 gear. I still have an old 5D classic, which I'm gifting to my 13 y/o nephew but I also have a 24-105L, an EF 50 1.4 and a Tamron 17-35. I've already sold the EF 100-400 and 70-200, as it was just too bulky for me to manage.
I often run across videos extolling the virtues of buying a 6D classic, or similar. The wonderful color and film like quality. I'm hard pressed to say I see that in my modern R8 while shooting landscapes, travel and family shots. So on one hand, I'm lusting for that kind of look in my own pics and my latest bout of GAS has me already looking for 6D deals.

But on the other hand:
I feel like there are too many gear choices on my shelf, and maybe I'd improve my photography more by going deeper with less gear. Would love to hear your thoughts and experiences along these lines.

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[–] techramblings@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

If you are shooting exclusively with RF bodies and you need the weight savings from not carrying EF glass, then by all means sell your EF glass whilst it's still worth a fair bit (especially the L glass).

If you are shooting a mix of RF and EF bodies (even if you just keep an EF body as a backup in case your RF body dies a sad death on a shoot), then you need to keep at least a couple of EF lenses around to use with it. No point having a backup body with no glass to use on it.

If you have EF lenses for which there isn't a viable RF replacement (and 'viable' might simply mean 'I can't afford it yet'), then keep your EF glass and use it with an adapter.

I shoot mostly with an RF body, but I still have my 6D2 and 90D bodies, and I still use them for some scenarios where their attributes are beneficial to me. The APS-C, for example, gives me a useful crop factor for daylight aviation photography (air shows etc.), and I still find I get better results with a true optical viewfinder than an EVF, even as good as they are these days.