Moving to Medium Format – Selling all Canon Equipment
After much thought and deliberation, I have decided to move to medium format and sell all of my Canon equipment. The truth is I need to improve my range as a photographer and moving to medium format is the best way to do that. I also have the desire to move into professional gigs where a MF camera is basically a requirement.
The problem with Canon SLRs, as most of you already know, is they keep bumping up the megapixels while ignoring the optical limits. The gain in resolution between camera models is negligible. The problem is, megapixels are important, so long as they actually lead to an improvement in quality. Therefore, Nikon was completely out as their decision to keep cameras in the low megapixels (sans the D3x which has the same issue as the Canons) doesn’t help me at all.
The breakthrough came just yesterday, when – after some length of discussions – I convinced someone to sell me his digital Hasselblad gear for a good price. The camera and lenses are all extremely new. The guy was forced to sell them due to mounting debt and a house in foreclosure, so after having a difficult time selling them he finally agreed to sell them to me for a price that was too good to turn down. However, to now finance this purchase I need to sell all of my Canon gear.
What does this mean in terms of my photographs?
Well, now that I have truly pro equipment you will see my photos get significantly better. Don’t listen to those other blogs out there. Better equipment does make you a better photographer.
This also means that I will cease producing many of my super close insect shots. I’m bored of insects and it is time to move on. I did purchase a macro lens in the group though, so larger insects are still possible if I desire to turn back – and at 50MP I can crop quite a bit.
I’ll likely start including more portraiture on this blog and people photos as well.
For those interested in purchasing some of my Canon equipment – including a 5D2, 7D, TS-E 17, TS-E 24 II, 70-200 4L IS, 100-400, 16-35 II, and other things, click the ‘read more’ link to view the full blog.
Come on, did you really fall for that BS?
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