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Landscape Photography 40D or 5D
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Hi all,
I know it’s been done to death and I’ve gone through the various threads but one final check :D
At the minute I’m using a 40D and a Tokina 12-24mm and decent tripod for landscape shots, and it’s ok. Nothing spectacular perhaps (I’m finding it very very noisey on low light shots) but does the job.
A friend has recommended getting rid of both as I usually stay away from sports and people etc and looking for a good second hand 5D MK1 as its FF so suits landscape better (Mk II is out of budget and anyway would prefer get better quality lens).
Any particular thoughts or advise? Have an offer of 800 for the 40D, Tokina lens above and a Sigma 18-50 f2.8
Tempted take it and put it towards the 5D (even if it is an older body)Thanks!
BillyC wrote:
Hi all,
I know it’s been done to death and I’ve gone through the various threads but one final check :D
At the minute I’m using a 40D and a Tokina 12-24mm and decent tripod for landscape shots, and it’s ok. Nothing spectacular perhaps (I’m finding it very very noisey on low light shots) but does the job.
A friend has recommended getting rid of both as I usually stay away from sports and people etc and looking for a good second hand 5D MK1 as its FF so suits landscape better (Mk II is out of budget and anyway would prefer get better quality lens).
Any particular thoughts or advise? Have an offer of 800 for the 40D, Tokina lens above and a Sigma 18-50 f2.8
Tempted take it and put it towards the 5D (even if it is an older body)Thanks!
Go all the way, you won’t regret it, the 40D may have a slight edge in dynamic range, but this is overwritten in my opinion by its APS-C type sensor, you’ll notice the difference that the big huge full frame, and bright viewfinder will give you: More DOF / Wide angle lenses work again without having to go to 10 or 8mm / Full frame lenses will cast on the sensor with a better transfer of resolution (instead of taking the crop from the middle of the lens like the aps-c sensors do) / bigger photodetectors on the CMOS Sensor means better noise handling all round.
Seriously though you should try to lay your hands on a 5D Mark II, I own one and I got it from ebay (going to duck from the flames now) for €2849 Brand new, (this included a brand new 24-70mm f2.8 L USM too!!) – To build the same kit in Ireland I would have breached €4000, so I put the saving I made into a 70-200 f2.8 L IS USM.
But even if your budget can’t stretch that far, the 5D will be a nice hop up from the 40D. Just make sure that you invest in good glass for it too, the 5D will be critical of poor glass.
couldnt agree more….
The 5D is a lovely camera, which I only abandoned in favor of a 1Ds MkIII…. you won’t believe the difference a FF makes, esp how big and bright the viewfinder is!!
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