I have recently developed a desire for a full frame camera. Unfortunately, I can't really afford one, well certainly not new and not even a used 5D MK III. I can just stretch to a used 6D, another constraint also being that I have to budget for a decent lens to cover the wider end, at present the ancient “nifty fifty” is the widest I have. I'm OK at the longer end as the 200 mm L, and the Sigma 105 mm macro and 150 – 600 C will all fit FF.
The question is, will it be worth my while? I have only really two photographic interests, nature and garden flowers. So most images will fall into one of two categories, close ups of individuals (flowers, insects, birds, fungi etc.) or wider “environmental” shots e.g. a woodland carpeted with bluebells, a meadow full of wild flowers or a herbaceous garden border. It's the second group where I feel the FF would improve things, I can get reasonably decent images using the crop sensor cameras, but they lack that smoothness which film would provide and which I hope FF would approach. It's the masses of detail in these scenes that make them tricky, petals, leaves, tree bark etc., where the crop sensor seems to struggle.
I'm also interested to see how FF would work with my high magnification shots of (dead) insects etc with the MPE 65 mm and for photomicroscopy, both of which involve resolving lots of fine detail.
This would very much be for static subjects, often on a tripod, no need for fast a/f, frame rate or high ISO use. While the 6d is the only choice for a current model, I could save somewhat on a 5d Mk II, old perhaps but in its day the most popular FF camera. I've seen lots of great images in the magazine and in many books using this, and very low usage examples are available for moderate prices.
I'd be interested to hear what people think about this. Worth it, or not?
The question is, will it be worth my while? I have only really two photographic interests, nature and garden flowers. So most images will fall into one of two categories, close ups of individuals (flowers, insects, birds, fungi etc.) or wider “environmental” shots e.g. a woodland carpeted with bluebells, a meadow full of wild flowers or a herbaceous garden border. It's the second group where I feel the FF would improve things, I can get reasonably decent images using the crop sensor cameras, but they lack that smoothness which film would provide and which I hope FF would approach. It's the masses of detail in these scenes that make them tricky, petals, leaves, tree bark etc., where the crop sensor seems to struggle.
I'm also interested to see how FF would work with my high magnification shots of (dead) insects etc with the MPE 65 mm and for photomicroscopy, both of which involve resolving lots of fine detail.
This would very much be for static subjects, often on a tripod, no need for fast a/f, frame rate or high ISO use. While the 6d is the only choice for a current model, I could save somewhat on a 5d Mk II, old perhaps but in its day the most popular FF camera. I've seen lots of great images in the magazine and in many books using this, and very low usage examples are available for moderate prices.
I'd be interested to hear what people think about this. Worth it, or not?
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