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I have a friend with a Canon full frame camera whose mirror/shutter is dying. Cost too much to service for an old camera, but a Canon full frame mirrorless bein
by vmception 6y ago
I have a friend with a Canon full frame camera whose mirror/shutter is dying. Cost too much to service for an old camera, but a Canon full frame mirrorless being too expensive, for them.
Is the only Canon full frame mirrorless the R5?
I always suggest the Sony full frame cameras, is there a good EF mount adapter for a professional photographer? A lot of adapters I've seen between brands and mounts end up slowing down the lenses or have some other compromise.
And without adapters, people seem to be vendor-locked and in a toxic marriage with a camera manufacturer that pretty much requires becoming a fanboy or whatever the non-gendered derogatory term for fanboy is.
Solutions aside from selling everything?
- EricE 6y agoNo, there really aren’t good solutions - as you note adapters are often far from ideal. Thankfully I didn’t buy that much glass because Sony has been the clear leader in full frame mirrorless cameras for some time now. If I ever did decide to go back into prosumer photography in a big way I probably would just write off the Canon lenses I have - I only have a handful but it would be probably about $5K now that I think about it. Eeek!
- padredenny 6y agoThere are several Canon full frame mirrorless cameras other than the R5. There is the R6, which starts at $2,500 for the body. There is also the older R, and the least expensive RP, which starts at $999 for the body only. The last two are probably going to be replaced this year with newer and either cheaper and/or more feature-packed models.
- maxnoe 6y agoNote that also the Canon mirror less cameras do not have the same mount as the Canon DSLRs, and an adapter is also needed.
- vmception 6y agowow. any performance reviews of those adapters? like, I know how to read reviews but what is the collective opinion?
- jogu 6y agoYou're looking for an EF to EOS R mount adapter. I think the general consensus on adapters is overall positive, but you will be making some slight concessions in autofocus performance and image quality pending the specific adapter/lens combo. It really comes down to what kind of photographer you are and how important super fast autofocus is.
- jogu 6y agoPurchasing older models on the second hand market is generally a decent option if you're looking to get a better price to performance ratio.