Keep my Canon60D or upgrade?

[wukanru7]

I have had my Canon60D since they came out. I have prime lenses that I love for it and I still genuinely enjoy using the camera. I did purchase a Nikon Z5 a few years ago and stumbled upon a good deal for a NikonD4 with one lens around the same time. I like the Nikon Z5, but I am still waiting for the lenses to painfully release for it so I have held onto my canon lenses and as a result, my canon body as a second body. I do not like the NikonD4. I actually use it for projects where the thing could get damaged because I would not be upset and since I only have one lens from the Nikon DSLR era, I am not trying to "convert."

That said, the canon is getting old, but I have also decided I want to keep a canon DSLR as my second body. I like that system, just because I have Nikon mirrorless doesnt mean I cant keep a Canon DSLR system if you ask me. I dont mind the color differences and I have worked around it just fine in editing. I know a professional could see the minor differences, but clients have never said anything. So I have been toying with just upgrading my canon body to a slightly newer camera body. My only lens that is APS specific technically is my 10mm, all the other ones are full frame capable so I could branch into that.

I have been torn between the Canon 90D and the Canon 6D mark II in the past, but the prices really havent changed much for them either, so I am also wondering if I really need to upgrade? Or please tell me of other canon body recommendations too! Id love to hear all the perspectives on this.

[March411]

wukanru7, welcome to the community. Personally if your EOS 60D is still performing well I would continue to use it until you can upgrade to an R series mirror-less body. The EF lenses you own today will perform as well if not better on a R series body. Canon ensured compatibility with the EF/RF adapter which I can say works perfectly when adapted to a  Canon mirror-less body. I adapt several of my EF lenses and I would say that they preform very well. The one challenge is that with some of the EF lenses you may not be able to hit the higher end projected burst rate of the body. 

The reason for this suggestion is that many of the older products are moving into a End of Service status (EOS). The 90D and 6D Mk II do not have projected dates posted as of today but knowing that Digital SLR cameras are going end of life you may be better off waiting until you can make the leap to mirror-less. The benefits of the improved sensors and focus points are significant. 

It may be worth your while, if you have a local dealer close by to grab a EF lens or two and test a mirror-less body using a Canon adapter that I am sure the dealer can assist you with for the test.

And for what it's worth, I owned and loved my 60D. It preformed great, so well that it's in my daughters hands today. 

[ebiggs1]

"I do not like the NikonD4."

To each his own I guess but I can not imagine not liking the D4. It is a wonderful camera, IMHO, of course. I came from a long involvement with the Nikon D series owning the D2, D2x, D3, and D3x. The D3x is still in a class of its own fantastic camera. Again, IMHO, Nikon lenses are what lets their camera down. They simply aren't as good as Canon lenses across the line. The main lenses for a person in my profession is the 24-70mm f2.8 and the 70-200mm f2.8 and those two are just not in the same class as the Canon "L" offerings. But that's not the topic here is it?

If I were you today and in your situation I would seriously consider the 90D. The "end of life" service isn't as large of a factor as some seem to always be suggesting. If you buy a new 90D you will get the full Canon 1 year warranty and if a camera is going to fail it is likely to be in that one year time frame. There will still be serviceability by private shops for years to come.

If on the other hand you are considering the 6D Mk II, I would not recommend buying it. If you want to go FF by all means buy a R series FF camera. Bottom line R series is the future in either case.