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Thank you so much John G. Your information is invaluable! I was initially leaning toward the Canon XT, or the Nikon D50. Since I'm not in a huge hurry, I wanted to see what the reviewwas like on the XTi. I'm curious to see what the 10 MP's will do with the higher ISO quality. I am currently using a Fuji S602 with an external slave flash and that has been working pretty well for me. My pictures are nothing like your soccer shots, but good enough to whereparents want me to take picture's of their kids. I am usually the onekneeling on the sidelines dodging basketballs. My camera is slow which I have gotten us to. I usually have my son stand out on the floor soI can focus on that spot andthat is where I will take my pictures...Yeah I know...thus the reason it's time to upgrade...You can see where basically any camera/lens would be an improvement.:lol: All I want to do is push the button and have the camera just click away and take picture's. Too much to ask???
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Futbol Mom, I have read this thread and I think that you probably don't need a DSLR. Instead you should look for the VERY best Prosumer camera you can find. (If you don't know, prosumers are the cameras with a fixed lens that look like SLR's).
I'm not sure what the best one is, but it is cheaper and easier to use then a DSLR. You will definatly need a superzoom. I use a Kodak P850, which would be wonderful for outdoor shots with good light... but if you wanted to take indoor shots, it would be horrible, due to bad ISO performance... So you should probably make a new thread (maybe in the looking for a camera forum) and ask for the best prosumer camera for sports photography... it won't match a DSLR in terms of image quality, but you'll save loads of money and it is a lot easier, in fact you will almost be able to just pick up the camera and click away, like you've been asking for. Just another note, don't use JohnG's shots as an expectation. You would need to spend a great deal of money and have a great deal of skill to get shots even slightly comparable to those. I might be able to get shots with that kind of clarity during a bright sunny mid-day soccer game, but even then, I would never be able to compose them like he has. |
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Best darn post I've read on this board yet JohnG, been nodding my head reading the whole thing. After 5 years of shooting kids sports, I've finally realized that I need to go to a f/2.8 zoom lens and took that step today (80-200 f/2.8 AF-D Nikkor) Thanks for this (old) post, it re-affirms what I've said to other folks (regarding the work involved) I've been guilty of shooting in shutter priority (as you knew from another recent post of mine) and will explore aperture priorty. Its just been recently that I've been able to afford to upgrade my lens. Next, the D2Xs is my goal, but first, I gotta go make more money!
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I hear you on the camera - I have the 1d Mk II N in my sights in about a year (actually by then it should have been replaced) - if they'd bring the focus system down to the prosumer DSLRs I'd be happy with just that. Good luck to you and keep shooting! |
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