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

I'm about to make the switch to an R5C as I need to incorporate video into my workflow, I plan on keeping my 5D2 as a backup body, keep the EF-L lenses as they still perform very well with an adapter from what I've read, and buy/replace with RF lenses as necessary. I don't see any value in keeping a body for its in camera processing treatments unless you really don't want to spend time editing. I can give any raw digital photo "film like qualities" in post, and you can probably find presets for any specific film type. What I want from a body is resolution, low noise, af accuracy, and good dynamic range. I don't care how it wants to process colours since I'm going to fine tune them anyway and I just want the most possible information to work with.