Full Frame Sensor??

[goalie123456]

I absolutely love shooting sports photography and have been shooting for a while. I currently have a Nikon D200. I was wondering if it is worth it to drop the money for a full frame camera to shoot sports specifically. Thanks!

 

[KmH]

You bet. Lots of pros shoot sports with full frame (Nikon FX) bodies, and fast long reach prime lenses. Nikon D3S 12.1 MP CMOS Digital SLR Camera with 3.0-Inch LCD and 24fps 720p HD Video Capability (Body Only)
Nikon 400mm f/2.8G ED VR II AF-S SWM Super Telephoto Lens for Nikon FX and DX Format Digital SLR

Of course you will lose the 1.5x APS-C image sensor crop factor, and need to make sure all your lenses are FX lenses. DX lenses don't project a large enough image circle to completely illuminate a FX image sensor and will all deliver some amount of vignetting.

Nikon FX bodies are set by default to detect DX lenses, and when a DX is detected only use an APS-C image sensor sized portion in the middle of their FX image sensor. If the FX body has 12 FX MP, the APS-C portion of it is about 5 MP.

 

[djacobox372]

Most of the advantageous of full frame are lost on sports photographers. The slight improvement in high iso performance is negated by having to use longer lenses which are slower (dollar for dollar). Full frame also narrows your dof which can make focusing action shots challenging at wide apertures.

 

[TheBiles]

Full-frame will cost you dearly. Be prepared. I can't speak for Nikon, but if I was a pro sports photog, I'd go for a crop sensor for the "free" extender. Canon's APS-H bodies are all pretty much exclusively for sports photography. I know that Nikon doesn't have an equivalent sensor size, but it's worth looking in to depending on how serious you are.

 

[usayit]

Most of the advantageous of full frame are lost on sports photographers.

+1... people automatically assume that FF is better without much thought to the application.

 

[cgipson1]

Go with a D800 full frame! The cropping ability factor with 36mp is unbelievable and far exceeds what you get with APS-C crop sensors... plus you get significantly better low light capability. (Yes.. you crop the image... instead of being limited to the built-in crop of the crop sensors)

The downsides are:

#1 You need the BEST lenses to resolve the 36mp
#2 The D800 does not have the best Spray and Pray burst mode speed, so popular today (but it improves with the MB-D12 grip with the EL-18 battery installed)
#3 Expensive body.. expensive lenses...$3700,00 for body, grip and battery.... lenses start at about $1700.00 and up....

have fun!

Try this crop on a APS-C Sensor! http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/...l-size-100-crop-70-200-2-8-vrii-handheld.html