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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kevindurose" data-source="post: 1354752" data-attributes="member: 8155"><p>I dont own either a 50d or a 1d MkII, however I do own a 1ds MkII and a 40d.  My advice would be to go for the pro camera, although the mk II has less pixels compared to the 50d, the focus is far superior in the Mk II in A1servo, in my opinion its practically useless on the 40d for fast moving birds, although you do get the odd sharp picture. The other advantage of the MkII is that you can still get auto focus using a 1.4 convertor.  As its been said on this forum many times there is a limit to the number of pixels its worth having, as we are ultimatley limited by the resolution delivered by the camera lens.  Doubling the number of pixels in the camera aint gonna to give you twice the resolution in your photograph if the pixels are recording blurred or distorted light.  To be honest i'm considering selling my 40d to help fund a 1d mkII because getting 1ds mkII has been a real eye opener, there is just no comparison between the XXD and the pro camera.</p></blockquote><p></p>