rschulze71
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I know this has been discussed, but there are so many answers out there and still more questions open.
I currently own an older 50d and shoot mainly with my 70 - 200 2.8L IS lens. This is great for many situations, but my daughter is doing competitive gymnastics and this gear doesn't seem to be the best fit for this low light action sport. The main reason is the performance of the camera at high ISO. I shot a competition last weekend and although the bar and beam pictures are OK as I could shoot with 1600 ISO, the floor and vault are not as sharp as I want them to be. To have some kind of reasonable shutter speed, I had to crank the camera up to H1 (PS says the ISO on most shots was 4000). And still the shutter speed couldn't stop all of the action. I also think that the auto focus of the 50d isn't all that good (slow and confused), so I shot most shots on MF which is not the easiest thing to do in the 50D view finder.
That is why I am now looking at getting a more modern camera that has faster AF and a lot better ISO performance. I know I can get the 135 f2 lens to increase the shutter speed, but am worried that with the slow AF, the even smaller depth of field will lead to many out of focus shots.
With prices like they are today, I am looking at getting an 7D or 5D MII. Although I would love going full frame, I think the 5D will probably not suit the best as it has a slow fps and an even slower auto focus. But I still would love to get that camera for the low light quality. The next 2 choices are the 7D and the D7000. When reading reviews etc. I tend to think that the D7000 is the better camera for my circumstances for less money. I can swap out most of my Canon equipment for equivalent Nikon gear over Ebay without losing a whole lot of money (bought most lenses etc. on Ebay to start with). And to be honest, I have been using Canons from the T70 on and maybe it is time for something different... I also like the D600 better than the D6 as possible future upgrade path.
I'd like to see if there are people out there that have opinions on what camera is the best and if there are people that did the Canon / Nikon switch and their experiences.
Thanks!
I currently own an older 50d and shoot mainly with my 70 - 200 2.8L IS lens. This is great for many situations, but my daughter is doing competitive gymnastics and this gear doesn't seem to be the best fit for this low light action sport. The main reason is the performance of the camera at high ISO. I shot a competition last weekend and although the bar and beam pictures are OK as I could shoot with 1600 ISO, the floor and vault are not as sharp as I want them to be. To have some kind of reasonable shutter speed, I had to crank the camera up to H1 (PS says the ISO on most shots was 4000). And still the shutter speed couldn't stop all of the action. I also think that the auto focus of the 50d isn't all that good (slow and confused), so I shot most shots on MF which is not the easiest thing to do in the 50D view finder.
That is why I am now looking at getting a more modern camera that has faster AF and a lot better ISO performance. I know I can get the 135 f2 lens to increase the shutter speed, but am worried that with the slow AF, the even smaller depth of field will lead to many out of focus shots.
With prices like they are today, I am looking at getting an 7D or 5D MII. Although I would love going full frame, I think the 5D will probably not suit the best as it has a slow fps and an even slower auto focus. But I still would love to get that camera for the low light quality. The next 2 choices are the 7D and the D7000. When reading reviews etc. I tend to think that the D7000 is the better camera for my circumstances for less money. I can swap out most of my Canon equipment for equivalent Nikon gear over Ebay without losing a whole lot of money (bought most lenses etc. on Ebay to start with). And to be honest, I have been using Canons from the T70 on and maybe it is time for something different... I also like the D600 better than the D6 as possible future upgrade path.
I'd like to see if there are people out there that have opinions on what camera is the best and if there are people that did the Canon / Nikon switch and their experiences.
Thanks!