CANON 5D MARK III - $800
Three years ago, I was shooting weddings on a crop sensor and losing sleep over it. Not over the missed moments. Not over the soft focus on the first dance. Over the sensor size. I had read — on a forum, from a man whose avatar was a photo of his own camera — that full frame changes everything.
I want to be clear: I believed him completely.
I sold a guitar I had owned since college. I skipped a family vacation. I told my wife it was “an investment in the business,” which is a sentence I have not been able to say out loud since without my left eye twitching slightly.
The 5D Mark III arrived on a Tuesday. I unboxed it slowly, the way you open something you think will fix you. I took it to the park that weekend. I shot golden hour. I came home, pulled the files into Lightroom, and sat very quietly for a long time.
The photos were good. They were exactly as good as I was. The full frame had, in fact, changed nothing — except my bank account, my marriage’s ambient tension, and my ability to look my guitar case in the eye.
I shoot Sony now. Don’t ask.
Mint condition. $800 OBO. Will not ship. You come to me. I will meet you at the door. I will hand it to you without ceremony. I ask only that you not tell me what you plan to shoot with it.
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