Full Frame or not

Genoma · 24 Jul 2013 at 19:27

So, I'm not really serious about this but must admit I'm toying with the idea.

I've been shooting with my 650D and 18-135 kit lens and a 50mm prime and really enjoying it. As you guys now I'm considering my glass upgrades. On the buy list there are the EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS + EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5. And at some point later add a EF 70-200mm f/4 L IS or Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6L IS.

Now the first two are just over a grand in investment in crop lenses and it's bugging me... Should pull the trigger now on them or keep saving longer and just move on to a full frame body? I'm leaning towards stay on crop for next 12 months or so then rethink again on the basis of crop = more portability, less weight + less fear of loosing/breaking/having a 5D or a 6D setup stolen...

The EF-S lenses can always be sold later. Does this sound like a better approach? I think I'm just getting gear lust... Answers on a postcard please

Genoma · 24 Jul 2013 at 23:57

Some great points guys, thank you very much. I'll comment on some of these tomorrow but in summary my thoughts were driven mainly by the need to buy new glass, and the need to go for crop glass first feeling a little counter intuitive. Secondly image quality, there seems to be a certain crispness factor to some of the FF photos I've seen around that is very very impressive. Night / noise sensitivity is less of a need to me. Lastly is probably just gear lust...

Genoma · 25 Jul 2013 at 13:23

The 6D makes my future choices even more confusing..

For £1900 I can get a 6D with EF 24-70mm f/4 L IS from HK, and I'm about to invest almost half of that in EFS lenses now...

I need to think this through..

Genoma · 25 Jul 2013 at 20:18

Thanks for all the opinions guys. I'm swayed back to stay with what I've got, invest in some good glass and actually work on my photography skills rather than gear.