Should I keep the EOS R100 as a second camera or sell it?

[khdanbo8]

Hi there! A few months ago I upgraded from the R100 to the R10. Now I'm wondering if I should keep the R100 as a second camera or sell it. For example, I was thinking of using RF 50mm on the R100 and Sigma 18-50mm on the R10. Any thoughts?

[shadowsports]

Greetings,

Keep or sell really depends on you.  How you use your camera(s) and what your expectations are as a photographer.  The R100 is the most basic, entry level mirrorless body Canon makes.  It was originally designed to attract mobile phone users to a camera with interchangeable lenses.  It's sort of an interchangeable lens point and shoot.  It has very few bells or whistles.  It just takes pictures.  Considering an articulating screen is standard now, I was surprised by its design.  I wouldn't keep it, but I never would have purchased it in the first place.  However, any camera is better that no camera as a colleague @Ebiggs would say. 😉

[Tintype_18]

Keep it; if you need to sell it and apply the $$$ to another camera.

I sold two things several years ago and regretted it. To replace them costs 4X what I originally paid for them.

[Tronhard]

I agree with my respected colleague, Rick.  The R100 is the lowest spec'd camera in the R lineup and I would part company with it in a flash - cameras don't  hold their price, they just drop - the value is what you DO with them, so if you don't have a need for it sell before the value drops further.  Then consider using the funds towards another body or getting a good optic - depending upon your needs, which we don't really know.

When you buy camera gear, keep all the packing, documentation and receipt - it makes a much more attractive package to on-sell and will likely recoup more money for you.

[LeeP]

On purpose I bought an R100 and the 28mm pancake lens as a go-everywhere camera and it is a very capable camera. The features of a camera do not make good photographs. The person using the camera makes good photographs. Because I can take the R100 everywhere, I have done more photography. I shoot digitally on Canon mirrorless bodies and on film with Nikon and Pentax 35mm SLRs and Mamiya medium format cameras. I compete professionally and no one knows that I made a photograph with a supposedly "lesser" camera when they see an R100 photograph. 100% of my images are SOOC with no photoshopping trickery and only the slightest corrections in Lightroom. The people whining about features are snobs who probably are better photographers in their minds than in actuality. A camera like the R100 in the hands of a competent photographer is a great camera. Keep it. Use it. Don't apologize for it. Ignore the camera snobs who need to brag about sensors and rotating screens. They are missing out on a steal of a camera.

[kvbarkley]

When my T3i got splashed, I was glad to have the XTi as a backup until I got my T6S.

[LeeP]

Excellent observation.

I passed my Rebel XSi to a friend about 6 months ago. I bought it when it came out and used it as a back-up body for years.

The idea of getting rid of an R100 in a flash, when it is a perfectly good camera, is rooted in a "cameras as jewelry" or "the camera I own makes me a photographer" mindset rather than any basis of common sense. I'd wager that mentality is based more in snobbery than in utility.

The R100 in this discussion thread could become a second body allowing the photographer to have a second lens without having to be changing lenses.

In film days, there were a lot of professionals who kept a Pentax K1000 around despite it being low spec'd because it was an excellent camera. 

Having used an R100 since it was introduced alongside several high spec'd cameras, I've never found the R100 to miss a beat. It's an ideal second body.

[Ron888]

Reasons to keep: Useful for certain shoots where lens swapping takes too long.Main camera dies- which is incredibly rare.Selling second hand wont bring much money so why not keep.
Reasons to sell: Swap for more useful piece of gear. Spend on something else