Suggestion for a backup camera
I am looking for a backup camera and I'm looking suggestions. I photograph high school sports for our local paper using a Canon 7D and Canon 70-200mm f2.8L. I have been looking at purchasing another 7D or getting a used 1D Mark III. Any suggestions?
0
Comments
An "accurate" reproduction of a scene and a good photograph are often two different things.
I might lose some reach with the 1D as it is a full frame and in photographing sports I need all that I can get.
Even then, who can say for certain that a 1D mk3 would vastly improve your focus tracking ability compared to a 7D? (Considering user skill and the real world a little bit, not just laboratory-tested camera specs...)
Honestly I'd go with the 7D. Unless you are going to do some extensive testing before buying, and you decide to make the 1D mk3 your new MAIN camera; ...it's just not worth it to lug such a beast around as a backup camera, especially considering how different the functions will be...
=Matt=
My SmugMug Portfolio • My Astro-Landscape Photo Blog • Dgrin Weddings Forum
A Canon 1D MKIII is a crop 1.3x/APS-H sensor. It does require the use of EF series lenses, EF-S lenses will not fit, but it is a crop sensor between the Canon crop 1.6x/APS-C and FF.
In other words, you don't give up all of the "apparent" teleconverter length of your 7D. It's more like using a FF body with a 1.3x teleconverter attached, if such a thing existed, and very close to the field of view of a FF body with a 1.4x teleconverter, without the 1 stop penalty of a teleconverter.
The Canon 1D MKIV is the last of this breed and, starting with the 1D X, it does look like all 1D series Canon cameras in the future will be FF.
Just for completeness, the Canon 1Ds series bodies "are" FF sensors.
Moderator of the Cameras and Accessories forums
An "accurate" reproduction of a scene and a good photograph are often two different things.
7D through the Canon Loyalty Program.