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> you should care more about the quality of your lenses than your camera body The only problem is low light. My 600D takes fine photos in sunlight or with a fl

> you should care more about the quality of your lenses than your camera body The only problem is low light. My 600D takes fine photos in sunlight or with a flash, but otherwise the sensor noise is awful.

vvanders 9y ago
That's why you get lenses with wider apertures. They also generally have the advantage of focusing faster and having better subject separation.
- azhenley 9y ago
  In my experience, wider aperture often means slower focusing. The focus motor has to move a much larger piece of glass and focus with an even narrower depth of field.
  - vvanders 9y ago
    That's usually the opposite case, wider apertures mean more light which gives the AF system more to work with. The AF speed of my 135L drops significantly if I put a 1.4x teleconverter on it despite needing to move the same amount of glass. Most wide-aperture lenses have larger AF motors to compensate with the exception of a few unique lenses that use a gear instead of servo motor(USM in canon parlance).
- mjrpes 9y ago
  Wider aperture means bigger lens, especially zoom. This can be a negative for the non-professional who wants to minimize size/weight when travelling or just walking around town, especially if they already have a smaller, mirrorless body. Professionals, obviously, will use whatever size equipment they need to get the job done.
  - vvanders 9y ago
    All the more reason to move to primes ;). Seriously though, the comment about focusing on lenses instead of bodies is spot-on. Photography is the art of manipulating light, be that via off-camera flash, better lenses or picking the right time of day. Getting a fancier camera body only lets you pick up the electrons that are already there, you'll see much larger improvements in your photo quality if you focus on the other things first.
- floatboth 9y ago
  That only works when you want subject separation though.

vvanders 9y ago

That's why you get lenses with wider apertures. They also generally have the advantage of focusing faster and having better subject separation.

azhenley 9y ago
In my experience, wider aperture often means slower focusing. The focus motor has to move a much larger piece of glass and focus with an even narrower depth of field.
- vvanders 9y ago
  That's usually the opposite case, wider apertures mean more light which gives the AF system more to work with. The AF speed of my 135L drops significantly if I put a 1.4x teleconverter on it despite needing to move the same amount of glass. Most wide-aperture lenses have larger AF motors to compensate with the exception of a few unique lenses that use a gear instead of servo motor(USM in canon parlance).
mjrpes 9y ago
Wider aperture means bigger lens, especially zoom. This can be a negative for the non-professional who wants to minimize size/weight when travelling or just walking around town, especially if they already have a smaller, mirrorless body. Professionals, obviously, will use whatever size equipment they need to get the job done.
- vvanders 9y ago
  All the more reason to move to primes ;). Seriously though, the comment about focusing on lenses instead of bodies is spot-on. Photography is the art of manipulating light, be that via off-camera flash, better lenses or picking the right time of day. Getting a fancier camera body only lets you pick up the electrons that are already there, you'll see much larger improvements in your photo quality if you focus on the other things first.
floatboth 9y ago
That only works when you want subject separation though.