Old canon EF and EFs lenses
Sold my last SLR body in 2016. Kept the lenses, but never really got back into photography.
What I still have:
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM (kind of redundant at this point)
Canon 16-35mm (can’t remember whether it’s the f/2.8 or f/4)
Canon EF 100-400mm L IS II USM
Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8
I’m now thinking of getting back into it, mainly birding with some occasional portrait/street photography.
I’m pretty out of touch with where mirrorless has got to. I’ve also heard that prices for older SLR lenses, particularly EF-S, have dropped quite a bit.
The 100-400 is a legend and the Tamron 17-50 gave me some of my favourite results, so one option is simply to pick up a second-hand Canon body and use what I already have.
But I’m curious about the other route.
If I sold everything and moved to a completely new mirrorless system, how badly out of pocket would I be?
What is the advantage to justify switching to new or why would I be better off keeping the lenses and building around them?
Would be interested in what people who’ve made the DSLR to mirrorless jump think.
I know I can ask AI, but wanted real world feedback :)
Edit : overwhelmed by the depth of responses and so fast. Thank you all! Lots for me to think about. Seems like the lenses stay a fanily heirloom and I scrape up for a used 10r. Im in Asia btw, deals arent as juicy as the US on used gear. Thank you all again!!!