frinky
Well-known member
Hi,
I've been getting some serious lusting for a 5D3 to augment our existing lenses and SLR bodies. While I'm sure it will be great for wide angle to medium telephoto work ie landscapes, portraits, architecture and macro I'm still flip-flopping on whether it will replace my APS-H/APS-C cameras for birding.
Our current typical birding setup is 1D4+500mm/f4+1.4x (his) and 7D+100-400mm (hers). Usuallly with a 60D backup for both of us with a macro/wide angle. We are usually distance limited so even on crop cameras we're still cropping by 25-50%.
This is a question particularly for those who have a 5D3. Is the extra image quality and megapixels enough compensation for the lack of crop-factor/pixel density of the APS-C sensors? If so, would you replace a 7D with it, or just a 60D?
I doubt I'd give up my 1D4, it's just too fast and rugged and I love it. I'd only replace it with a 1DX-equivalent in the fullness of time. On the other hand I've never been overly impressed (relative to a 1D4 anyway) with the output from my 7D/60D and really the only saving grace of the 60D is the articulated screen (I don't particularly like the camera much but that articulated screen is so damn useful sometimes).
My thinking at the moment is replace 7D with 5D3, and upgrade the 60D with a 7D2 (or whatever appears) in the future, hopefully with an articulated screen, but this does depend on the 5D3 being a match for a the 7D purely for moderately distance-limited wildlife photography.
Any experiences of 5D3 for birding (and BIF) would be gratefully received.
I've been getting some serious lusting for a 5D3 to augment our existing lenses and SLR bodies. While I'm sure it will be great for wide angle to medium telephoto work ie landscapes, portraits, architecture and macro I'm still flip-flopping on whether it will replace my APS-H/APS-C cameras for birding.
Our current typical birding setup is 1D4+500mm/f4+1.4x (his) and 7D+100-400mm (hers). Usuallly with a 60D backup for both of us with a macro/wide angle. We are usually distance limited so even on crop cameras we're still cropping by 25-50%.
This is a question particularly for those who have a 5D3. Is the extra image quality and megapixels enough compensation for the lack of crop-factor/pixel density of the APS-C sensors? If so, would you replace a 7D with it, or just a 60D?
I doubt I'd give up my 1D4, it's just too fast and rugged and I love it. I'd only replace it with a 1DX-equivalent in the fullness of time. On the other hand I've never been overly impressed (relative to a 1D4 anyway) with the output from my 7D/60D and really the only saving grace of the 60D is the articulated screen (I don't particularly like the camera much but that articulated screen is so damn useful sometimes).
My thinking at the moment is replace 7D with 5D3, and upgrade the 60D with a 7D2 (or whatever appears) in the future, hopefully with an articulated screen, but this does depend on the 5D3 being a match for a the 7D purely for moderately distance-limited wildlife photography.
Any experiences of 5D3 for birding (and BIF) would be gratefully received.