Help ..... is it time to splash the cash ?

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Hi folks.

Worked on shooting a gymnastics competition today.

Took along my lowly Canon 40d and Sigma 2.8 lens.

Once I sat down ready to go, I realised that I needed a pretty high ISO to get the speeds I wanted. As we were selling these images, I didn't want to crank the ISO up too high.

As a result, used my mate's Nikon D300s - which produced nice noise free images at ISO 1250 - not sure my 40D would do this ? (Correct me if I'm wrong!!!).

So my question, what's my obvious upgrade choice to a noise free high ISO Canon ???

PS - please don't turn this into a Nikon -v- Canon debate . It was a pleasure to use the D300S, but all my kit is Canon and I have no intention of changing!!!

Cheers

Anth
 
Don't dismiss changing either :)

I went from a 1Ds and a 5D with 5 lenses and 2 flashes and changed to 2 Nikons and 5 lenses and two flashes and it cost me about £2K to swap £6K of kit to £8K of kit. But that bought me all new lenses and flashes as well as 2 brand new bodies. So I basically updated all my lenses at the same time and that worked out at very good value.

Make a list of all the kit you have and the second hand prices, add your wish list and see what the difference is. You may be surprised. :)
 
If you want to bin the noise you need to get a bigger more modern sensor.

Assuming indoor sport is your thing, I suggest looking at either the 5D MkII or a D700. Which one you choose probably is down to either what you think you are used to or whatever features one has but the other doesn't - but essentially both are capable of taking indoor photos with little or no noise.

Remember you will need some longer glass to go with it though - 60% longer to see the same field of view you do on your 40D today. Thats probably a bit too much to compensate with the crop tool IMHO.
 
You can pick up a good condition 1D Mk III for not much more than the new price of a 7D and has low noise at higher ISOs, and good auto-focus in lower lighting conditions.

The 10fps could also come in useful in capturing just the right moment, compared to say 4ps for the 5D Mk II.
 
Thats true Andrew, but also chuck in the sensor size factor too - I'd say a FX sensor is worth at least two whole usable stops of ISO over and above the equivalent generation of technology on DX (ie a D700 (FX) vs D300 (DX)).

Really, if you want to shoot in low light you want full frame - unless of course your target output is something like newsprint - I shot some indoor swimming stuff under sodium lights a while back and in the paper the images looked stunning - on my monitor not quite so...
 
magpieant said:
Hi folks.

Worked on shooting a gymnastics competition today.

Took along my lowly Canon 40d and Sigma 2.8 lens.

Once I sat down ready to go, I realised that I needed a pretty high ISO to get the speeds I wanted. As we were selling these images, I didn't want to crank the ISO up too high.

As a result, used my mate's Nikon D300s - which produced nice noise free images at ISO 1250 - not sure my 40D would do this ? (Correct me if I'm wrong!!!).

So my question, what's my obvious upgrade choice to a noise free high ISO Canon ???

PS - please don't turn this into a Nikon -v- Canon debate . It was a pleasure to use the D300S, but all my kit is Canon and I have no intention of changing!!!

Cheers

Anth
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5DmkII is your only Canon option, really.
 
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