thinking of upgrading my EOS Rebel T6i camera

[sportsMom4]

looking for suggestions on what i should upgrade to.  I primarily shoot my daughters sports (soccer and softball).  It has been suggested the MARK 5D or 7D

[ebiggs1]

"...but the non L version is still a good choice if you are on a budget,..."

It is always a balance but upgrade means you want something that is better than you currently have. Still keeping or buying new bottom end lenses is not much of an upgrade. That is just an exchange!

[FloridaDrafter]

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@ebiggs1 wrote:

"...but the non L version is still a good choice if you are on a budget,..."

"It is always a balance but upgrade means you want something that is better than you currently have. Still keeping or buying new bottom end lenses is not much of an upgrade. That is just an exchange!"

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The 70-300 mark II is a significant upgrade from the 75-300. I have both, the 75-300 came as a kit lens with a T4i I bought years ago. I quickly bought the 70-300 L, LOL! Yup, the 70-300 II is a budget lens, as mentioned, but it still has good IQ. It focuses extremely fast and nearly silent, has at least one UD element, IS is as good, maybe better, than my 70-300 L, but it's older, and has "full time MF" if that's your thing. It's just a nice budget lens and light as a feather, comparatively, (which is the reason my wife bought it) but far from being just an exchange.

I have tested it on my 7D2 and 5D4, for what it's worth, and it does a fine job, not L quality, but it's sometimes hard to tell the shots apart. I am the dreaded "pixel  peeper" and I see the difference at 100%, heh heh. My wife bought it for her T7i and her images look pretty dang good, but remember, she is a retired pro photographer. It shines on her new R6 w/ring adapter.

Newton

**EDIT: to clarify, the 75-300 wasn't actually a "kit lens", that was an EF-S 18-55, but the guy at Wolf Camera threw it in to get me to buy the T4i 😉

[ebiggs1]

"... not L quality, but it's sometimes hard to tell the shots apart."

That is usually the way things work out and why you don't just go for marginally better. For instance my comment that going from the T6i to a T8i, yes. it is better but just marginally. So it is an upgrade but how much remains the question.

No matter what newer model kit lens you buy and hopefully Canon doesn't make one that is worse, is better. However, just how much of an upgrade did you get. Not much. You still have low end build. Low end glass. The "L" shows it stuff when conditions are not the best.

Of course all this is based on just how much of an upgrade a person wants and the budget availability. To me tiny imporvements aren't worht it and always end up costing you more in the long run.

"I quickly bought the 70-300 L ..."

BTW, the Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS II USM Lens is not an "L" lens.  It's not even in the same zip code. You have two of nearly the same FL zooms and can still 'upgrad' to a Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L IS II USM Lens. Buying nearly the same FL zoom lens three times!

[FloridaDrafter]

Ernie, I never said the EF 70-300 f/4-5.6 IS USM was an "L". I compared it's IS to that of my 70-300L.

As for your "It's not even in the same zip code" comment, I agree and alluded to that early on. But a lot of us live in the "can't afford or need L" zipcode.

Newton

[ebiggs1]

"...a lot of us live in the "can't afford or need L" zipcode."

You did notice I said, "... just how much of an upgrade a person wants and the budget availability."

[ebiggs1]

"I would be far more inclined to upgrade the 75-300mm first, though."

Me too! The ef 70-200mm f4L is just begging to come home with the her.