5D MkII or 7D – Which one for low light – high iso – shooting fast moving K9's?

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Hi,

I been photographing some K9's recently and found that I actually really enjoy it…little jack russell so bloodly quick provides a real challenge…just for fun not a paying client.

Two sessions one in the Rain with 7D and 3200 ISO, one in rubbish light towards end of the day with 7D and 1600-2500 ISO.

The 7D is pretty cool focusing is pretty quick and firing off 8 frames per second really helped, but the image are really noisey. I have 5d MKII and was wondering how it would get on, ok it is slower but I take it the images will be less noisey…

If I wanted to offer pet photography commercially, natueral light action type shots not stusdio based would I need to change one of my camera….

I really like Paul walker work, he uses a high end Nikon I think

Just wondered what TP members thought….


Ian….
 
If you have both, why don't you try both in the same conditions and see which one manages better....
 
7d, the 5d is about a stops worth of iso cleaner, but the af on it doesn't compare, especially with fast moving subjects
 
arad85 said:
If you have both, why don't you try both in the same conditions and see which one manages better....
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Hi,

Well that the next logical step to be honest - next time I go out I will take the 5DMKII - Which I actually prefer to the 7D.

99% of the time I take the 5D2.

I was thinking about switching the 7D for a 1ds MKIII, but maybe that another post....

Cheers

Ian...
 
The 5D af is perfectly capable of tracking dogs in action - I used to do it with my old 10D just fine and that is a much older AF system
 
The AF on a 5DII might be an issue photographing something like swallows in flight but for dog action it should be fine. If you're needing the fast fps or the extra reach of the crop then obviously the 7D is the way to go.
 
RichardtheSane said:
The 5D af is perfectly capable of tracking dogs in action - I used to do it with my old 10D just fine and that is a much older AF system
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dinners said:
The AF on a 5DII might be an issue photographing something like swallows in flight but for dog action it should be fine. If you're needing the fast fps or the extra reach of the crop then obviously the 7D is the way to go.
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I'm not so sure... my 5D mkII struggles to keep up with my little mutt when she's going flat out.
 
postcardcv said:
I'm not so sure... my 5D mkII struggles to keep up with my little mutt when she's going flat out.
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Heading straight towards you would put most strain on the system - and at this point choice of lens, available light will also have an impact.

My chosen subjects were greyhounds and lurchers when I was using a 10D. They are fairly swift... but with a little practice I could consistently get sharp shots of them even running towards me.

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I did a lot more work with the 20D which I believe has similar AF performance to the 5D II. Excuse the processing, it's an older shot. But this is tippy going full pelt...
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The key for me is focal length. The camera is more than capable of tracking the subject - assuming the lens in use is also suitable. I got best results when I was at 300mm or more tracking dogs - but this is because I was almost always well over the distance on the focus limit switch. I found I got more shots sharp with the 100-400mm and the 120-300mm that I did with the 70-200mm F2.8 - because I was at a greater working distance and the lens had to do less work.

Now if I can do this with the 10D and 20D I could easily do it with a 5D II. But I'd need to practice - I spend a good many hours practising to get results with the 10D but it paid off!
 
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