In reply to PimperneBloke:

PimperneBloke said:
It might be worth working backwards from your end goal to help decide on equipment. Eg, Just displaying images on a screen/ internet has less exacting needs than printing photos out A3, so that may inform the body choice.

I'm not totally sure if this is for me or the guy talking about the Sony.

For me, I don't post online, I never really had the time or inclination. But the home has undergone some work and I feel a change of some wall pictures is long overdue. So I could be looking at canvass prints

regards

John

In reply to Bobs_Retired:

Bobs_Retired said:

It's the RF 800 f11 STM. It has its advantages for reach and weight but obviously the big disadvantage is the f11 but in good light it's fine and makes a great addition to my set of lenses at what is a very reasonable cost for an 800mm lens. Obviously the way the full frames handle high ISO better is an advantage when using that lens.The main reason I haven't moved to the 100-500 RF lens is that I still treasure my Canon 300mm f2.8, which I normally use with a 1.4 TC so effectively a 420mm f4 - so I prefer the light gathering capacity to the extra reach of the 100-500 at the moment though its a bit of a chunk to carry around. One day I might just go and see how much I can get for it against the 100-500 RF. I also have a Canon 70-200 f2.8 EF , a Canon 24-105 EF , a Canon 20mm f2.8 EFand a Sigma 100mm f2.8 macro EF lens- so really still using EF lenses for the major part of my hobby.

Thank you for the reply Bob.

I don't think I can convince my wife that I should part with £19k+ for the USM.

regards

John

In reply to Tag:

Sorry, John, it was for you. If you're looking at wall prints you'll need maximum Megapixels in the body, or the images won't print well.

In reply to PimperneBloke:

PimperneBloke said:
Sorry, John, it was for you. If you're looking at wall prints you'll need maximum Megapixels in the body, or the images won't print well.

That's fine, and yes, maximum pixels for wall prints, and for cropping, often required for wildlife.

I had used a Bronica on loan from a lecturer, which was medium format film, to take a Lakedistrict landscape picture for my wife's parents, as university students long before any thoughts of settling down. That was a real lesson in photography, and the lecturer introduced me to photo labs for large printing.

regards

John

Moving to Mirrorless