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No Donald but sometimes when some guys here on the forum hear sensible solutions they go a bit wild and demand that the sensible advice be overlooked and hey jump in and do not think about it.

You're desire to controls all reason at times.

Linda is now doing the right thing and renting to find out what if it is correct.

Also she saw results that have made her think this is the way to go offering her other alternatives without seeing those results that she desires is shooting blind and once again for the purpose of control. She has to find out what she has to do in order to accomplish what she saw,on that basis she can then plan her strategy. Substituting a lens that might or might not fulfill the needs is not a good approach, unless it proves to provide the same results.

That is sharpness and depth of field low noise and a clarity in the images dark areas.

Making assumptions and offering expert advise on something you have no knowledge of is not a friendly thing to do.

Making arguments in advanced based on what you want to be true also stinks Phil let Linda find out, it is her decision to make but it should be one based on the experience she has with equipment in general.

Now I gave my assessment of the noise capabilities of the 5D Linda sees it differently but perhaps when she tries it she might change her mind it all depends on how she shoots and not how I shoot.

This is really about not what we think but about giving Linda good advice on how to evaluate something that she feels she needs not what we need.

That is why I say to not listen to the experts who never seem to get this point, it is not what Peter Figen thinks would suit someone or what Phil would like to have someone do about the lenses Ann has and certainly not about the equipment and manner in which I shoot.

I think Linda is doing the right thing even if in the end she decides to switch or to stay as she is or move in some other direction.

BTW Linda I am not telling you about the what equipment or peoples experiencing for the purpose of proposing you buy a certain item or brand just to show the example of how the decisions vary from one user to another even if they are closely related in the work they do. I don't know anyone that buys something strictly on the basis of one persons advice without really finding a way of trying it out.

Before you rent you might ask this photographer if you can meet up and insert one of your cards in his camera and take three or four images even if it is just a few portraits of him.

That might help you decide if you want to then rent.He might agree? Worth a try.