This will be the last image I ever post on Steem......

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.... that is taken with my Canon 60D.

I've just gone and done it and ordered the new Canon 90D. The 60D was, to be honest, getting on a bit. When your previously top-notch camera starts to go for £50 on eBay and the number of megapixels in the newest model is double what you have currently, you have to consider that technology as moved on and it's time for an upgrade. The 60D has served me very well over the last 10 years - pretty much every one of the images I have posted on Steem has been from that camera and this is probably the last one that I'll post.

So what am I looking forward to as a primarily macro and wildlife photographer

More megapixels: I don't really print many of my images so im not to fussed about larger prints, but one thing that will be awesome as a macro photographer will be the ability to crop images further and effectively get closer than I already do. 34 MP is a major step up from 18.
Faster focusing: For moving animals this is going to be an interesting upgrade. The 60D is pretty slow at focusing so hopefully I'll be able to track things better. Also, for my macro work I manual focus but it will be interesting to see how well the camera handles focusing on such a small scale.
Better low light performance: The 60D only goes up to 12800 iso with a boost but anything over 800 is pretty noisy and not much use. From what I have read about the 90D, the images with higher ISO are pretty good and can be forced up to 51200. It will be interesting to see the results on macros if i take them with no flash and a smaller aperture and a higher ISO.
Continuous drive speed... Pretty obvious really. Taking 11 frames per second instead of 5 is a major improvement for anyone shooting moving subjects.

The one thing that I will miss (but hopefully not for long) is the ability to use Magic Lantern as a hacked firmware upgrade - check it out if you have a Canon DSLR. I use it primarily for the focus shooting ability (so it automatically fires the shutter when something comes into focus). Kinda hoping that the improved focusing of the 90D will mean that I wont need this for my macros but we will see.

Looking forward to posting some 90D images soon

Thanks for reading

Mark