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After a couple unimpressive experiences with Tamron lenses I decided to quit playing games with my money and just buy only Nikon glass and now Canon glass now that I am on the Canon system.
going from nikon to canon what are your thoughts? do you like the change? i know they can both shoot great pictures, but from what i understand and see myself is that nikon has more dynamic range and the colors just pop well overall. i havent seen them as nice on canon when comparing. im asking because i went to canon due to doing video. im thinking about getting an 80d and focusing on video only and getting a nikon for photography. so if i go somewhere and its only photography i'll stick with the nikon, but if i plan on doing video and photography i'll go with canon.
just a thought though
Here's my pretty long winded response and thoughts.
Well I went from a nikon crop camera (d7000) with a 50mm 1.8, and 17-50 2.8 tamron lens to a full frame canon canon (5d mark II) with 50mm 1.8, 85mm 1.8, 70-200 2.8L II, 24-70 2.8L II, 100mm 2.8, and 8-15mm f/4L Fisheye.
Needless to say, the colors in my imagery are superior now than in the nikon setup i had from the lenses' color rendition / contrast / saturation alone.
As far as dynamic range in the nikon d810 versus 5d mark 2, well, i would hope a camera a couple years old would have a better sensor than the camera im shooting now which is going on 8 years old.... shoot the max ISO on my camera is 6400
Not trying to toot my own horn but i make it work.
Not saying these are award winning images but i think the color range is decent enough
IMO the stat oogling doesn't benefit photography. I am a very tech oriented person, I'm a software developer and love video games as well so I fall into the trap of stats and what camera is better on paper. At the end of the day, the best camera is the one you have on you to get the job done.
Not to mention shooting a d810 w/ a cheap sigma lens w/ a cheap filter over the front element, in raw with minimal editing will look extremely unimpressive
At this point in my photography (I am only 8 months in ), its more important for me to invest in glass than a camera body. I'd love a 5d mark III over my II because the dynamic range is better.... BUT i cant afford $2000 on a camera and afford lenses for it. I got my 5d II for 800 used and i've put the best glass I can find on it and have gotten, in my mind, very good results.
I hope that when canon releases a new 5d i'll be financially able to invest in it.