CANON 7D VS 5D MARK II which will give better results for wild life and birds in fligt
I was wondering how much of a difference there is between the 7d and 5dmii when it comes to IQ and prints . Will the IQ be fairly close . I am interested in birds , birds in flight and wildlife mostly . Low light performance may be a plus do to early day light i shoot with a 20d now and find i generally end up shooting at iso 800 or higher to maintain a fast enough shutter speed . i use a 300 L 4.0 , until i can get a 400 5.6 L .
I was contemplating upgrading my camera body in an attempt to get sharper shots , and a higher keeper ration of shots taken. Will noise be a huge down factor for the 7d, or is it something that you can deal with without loosing to much IQ i print in a 11x14 size most of the time . i know with the 20 d it seems like the birds look sharp in the view finder but that the focus is slightly soft all the time and tracking moving birds is tough , especially smaller birds. I have heard so many bad reviews about the noise and IQ of the 7d and it makes me nervous . maybe there is a better camera that i should upgrade too . I have even considered the D300S nikon as its supposed to have a superior focus system .
7d vs 20d vs 5 mark II vs D300S
I just shot some shots of song birds in my back yard and i realized that if i shoot at ISO 200 , or say 400 or lower with my 20d it appears that there is more fine details in the feathers , but its harder to maintain a fast enough shutter speed to keep beaks and eyes tack sharp. It seems when you go over 400 iso you see less and less fine details in the feathers . So i started ?ing whether or not i would have better luck with a newer camera body , especally after looking at fred miranda and seeing shots taken with a 1mark iv , which i know is way out of my price range but wow the humming birds he shot the feathers you could see all the fine veining , they were awesome . not sure i could get that with my 20d , unless i am missing something ? maybe i need to set up artificial lights to more fully illuminate the area then try shooting at iso 200 or 400 and see what happens .
i use a 300 4.o L LENS . All in all most of my shots with the 20d seem to lack that very fine details. i saw a guy with a D300S and his shots of bald eagles were absolutly stunning using a tamron 200-500 i think , the fine feathering was incrediable am i missing something? Sure most of his shots were from a tripod mine are from a mono pod or hand held with IS , but even on a tripod i don't seem to get those fine details.
so which camera under $3000 would produce better fine feather details fur details etc ? or is it lens or software that makes this happen .i realize most people do a lot of PP to achieve this . the nikon guy with the D300S were straight out of the camera .
i also need a camera that would be able to focus track a moving bird .The 20d is ok but tends to miss focus some what ,and i heard that with a newer body i would get better tracking results ?
I am thinking Nikon D300S as i have only heard praise for this camera , but have some canon lens . am i missing something ? I also would love to be able to shoot in raw so a frame burst of more than the 5 or 6 that the 20d gives before the buffer fills would be a huge plus . thanks Bill B