Reply To: Camera Upgrade Question

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I think you should keep practicing, save your pennies and purchase a 5d III and 70-200 or a 24-70 (or save up and get them both including camera).. 24-70 2.8 ii and 70-200 2.8 ii is your useful range in 2 very well produced ultra quality and lovely lens’ and the mark III smashes the II in IQ at high ISO (low noise), digic 5+ processor, awesome AF system, among a plethora of other things.. Really it sounds like you’re attempting to make that amateur to pro jump with tech alone.. By the time you’d be able to acquire the Mark III (3100 or so dollars) 24-70 2.8 II (2000 +/-dollars) and the 70-200 2.8 II (2000+/- dollars) for a total of probably close to 8 grand after taxes, you’d be very well on your way.. Don’t know what tripod you’ve got, but with heavy gear you need a strong tripod; add another 300-2000 dollars, plus a head which can run anywhere from 200-1000 or more.. Then you’ve got flash setups; albeit you can always buy cheap flashes and pocket wizards and run them in manual or whatever radio trigger you do so ‘desire’ . I prefer to stick with Canon through and through so 600-EX-RT’s with st3-RT.. There’s plenty of other things.. When you start getting into this price range you really might consider insurance too.. I’m sure after you’ve spent 8-10-12 grand on just this alone, you’ll probably not want to have to replace it out of pocket..

Thus, the moral of the story is; wait. Get more experience and by the time you’ve done that you can successfully merge into a business and charge decent rates for your time and produce awesome images and sell yourself as a real pro..