Which Body do you guys suggest?

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By: Jur - 27th November 2012 at 12:54

5D would lose the flash too if needed

For airshows I don’t use a flash very often………:D:D

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By: TonyT - 24th November 2012 at 12:58

5D has a lower frame rate to I believe, I used the 50D for airshows, so would think the 7D. 5D would lose the flash too if needed

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By: cometguymk1 - 24th November 2012 at 09:31

Thanks 🙂 really helped.

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By: GliderSpit - 22nd November 2012 at 05:03

If you are to buy one body and are going to use it mainly with a long lens at airshows, I would recommend the 7D. The autofocus of the 5D mk11 might let you down. On the other hand, there are people on this forum who produce excellent pictures with a 5Dmk11 and a long lens. It’s a matter of giving this a bit of extra attention.

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By: cometguymk1 - 21st November 2012 at 20:16

Thanks both 🙂

Paul F, i didnt know about the lens issue, am going to get a new lens at the same time. Looking at a Sigma 50-500 so have to check which it fits.

GliderSpit, thanks for the info. I mainly do airshow and ice hockey with my camera so is good to hear about the 7ds iso noise. Does the auto focus impact much on aircraft pictures would you say?

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By: GliderSpit - 21st November 2012 at 19:14

I have a 5Dmk11 and a 7D. It’s an ideal combination. The 5D is excellent in low light situations and has the advantage of a full frame sensor. This makes it an ideal camera in combination with the shorter L-series lenses. Only disadvantage point of the 5Dmk11 is the autofocus (slow, especially in low light; only 9 AF points).

The 7D is very good for shooting fast movings targets. It’s very fast. Good AF. Disadvantage of the 7D: a lot of noise on higher ISO-settings.

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By: Paul F - 21st November 2012 at 12:10

Hi Comet

Just make sure your lenses (assuming you have some already) fit both options, as I think (IIRC) one of the bodies (5D?) will only accept Canon “full frame” lenses and so may not be compatible with lenses use don your 450D. You may find you need to upgrade your lenses too if you choose the “wrong” Canon body.

Higher-end Canon bodies are not all compatible with the lower-end Canon lenses. Can’t remember which way round is which, but I know my daughter (studying for a photography degree) had a hard decision to make when upgrading from her old 40D body earlier this year due to the potential “knock on” issues the body choice.

It wasn’t all bad though as I inherited her 40D body as a step up from my even older 350D :).

Paul F

P.S. Sorry if I’m teaching you to suck eggs…..