Advice needed from Canon 5D owners
Spinner of Tales
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I am thinking seriously about upgrading from my Canon 50D to a 5D because of its 21 mp's and its video capacity.
Ninety percent of my photography is outdoor wildlife.
Any advice regarding pro's or cons of doing this will be greatly appreciated. I do have to say so far I have heard nothing of a negative nature about the 5D.
Best to you,
Spinner:D
Ninety percent of my photography is outdoor wildlife.
Any advice regarding pro's or cons of doing this will be greatly appreciated. I do have to say so far I have heard nothing of a negative nature about the 5D.
Best to you,
Spinner:D
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The 5DIII on the otherhand...freaking awesome. But of course, the cost...
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If they will not work then the new body is history I guess ?
Thanks for the replies.
The 5DIII on the otherhand...freaking awesome. But of course, the cost... It's going to be all I can afford to buy the 5D if I do. :whew
Spinner
Canon 50-D
Canon IS L Series Lenses
70-200
100-300
Canon 1.4 Extender
Sigma 150-500 F5-6.3 DG OS HSM
If you want a better body to replace the 50D, look at a 7D. The 7D has better AF in good light, about the same as the 50D AF in lower light, better high-ISO performance and better overall image quality vs the 50D. It's not a night-and-day sort of better, but it's an improvement overall. The 7D also does video.
The 7D is also about to get a facelift in the form of a multi-featured firmware upgrade.
[thread=222789]7D firmware thread is here.[/thread]
BTW: The lenses you listed should work fine on any EOS camera body, including crop 1.6x/APS-C, like the 50D and 7D, and a FF body like the 5D MKII.
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Full disclosure: I easily overlook many performance qualities in a camera if the image quality is worth it. Most of my fellow shooters in the sports wells shake their heads when they see me using a 5D2 and keeping my spare 1D4 in the bag.
Ziggy, I think you hit the nail on the head here!
Thank you all for the help it is truly appreciated.
Spinner
You can't go wrong with the 7D; it's a great overall camera!