@Hwheeler wrote:I currently have a T2i and am looking to upgrade, whether that be in lens or in camera body.
I really only take photos as a hobby, but I care enough to want my photos to look as professional as possible. However, I've had problems with getting sharp landscape photos... particularly of trees in the distance and clouds on the horizon.
Thank you in advance for any camera or lens recommendations!
Sounds like you are pixel peeping items in the distance. Distant objects will never look sharp as long as you take them with a wide angle lens. There is just simply not enough resolution on the sensor, or resolving power in the lens, to capture the details.
I like to capture landscape panoramic shots using my full frame 6D and my 70-200mm lens. I roll the lens to portrait mode. I used a 20MP camera to create a 38MP image. The file has been modified to fit into forum image upload guidelines.
I make the individual frames overlap by one third as I capture them, which give the stitching software the most efficient amount of image to work with. I use Adobe LR. Canon has Photostitch, but it runs into maximum final file size limits.
Here is a shot of the rig that I like to use. I like using the 70-200 because the tripod foot allows me to roll the camera to portrait mode, while keeping the image sensor aligned with the center of rotation of the tripod head.
All of this is just food for thought. I think upgrading to a camera body that is more friendly with current laptop technology is a good idea. The only question that you need to answer is what type of camera do you want. Do you want to continue with an APS-C sensor body, and remain compatible with your current lens kit? Or, do you want to move to full frame sensor body, which can capture wider field of views?
I chose the latter route, and I am glad that I made that choice. The EOS RP seems like a camera designed to be the upgrade path for APS-C users into the full frame world. All you need is the EF/EF-S mount adapter.
