New Equipment Feedback: Hello all posted yesterday looking for feedback on the canon 5diii and sigma 120-300mm sport lens. I currently have a 7d markii and a tameron 70-200mm 2.8 zoom.

DonOles

Hello all posted yesterday looking for feedback on the canon 5diii and sigma 120-300mm sport lens. I currently have a 7d markii and a tameron 70-200mm 2.8 zoom. I shoot 99% hockey and baseball. The 200mm is a good lens but just not enough. I love the burst rate of the 1dx but $$ is out of range unless a used model. I have a 7500 budget. Please help me find the Best options for my money.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

DonOles wrote:

Hello all posted yesterday looking for feedback on the canon 5diii and sigma 120-300mm sport lens. I currently have a 7d markii and a tameron 70-200mm 2.8 zoom. I shoot 99% hockey and baseball. The 200mm is a good lens but just not enough. I love the burst rate of the 1dx but $$ is out of range unless a used model. I have a 7500 budget. Please help me find the Best options for my money.

I think I may have given you these links before, but here they are. Camera comparison sites.

http://www.cameradecision.com/
http://cameras.reviewed.com/
http://camerasize.com/
http://www.imaging-resource.com/IMCOMP/COMPS01.HTM
http://snapsort.com/compare
http://www.dpreview.com/products/compare/cameras?utm_campaign=internal-link&utm_source=mainmenu&utm_medium=text&ref=mainmenu

Mary Kate Loc: NYC

jerryc41 wrote:

I think I may have given you these links before, but here they are. Camera comparison sites.

http://www.cameradecision.com/
http://cameras.reviewed.com/
http://camerasize.com/
http://www.imaging-resource.com/IMCOMP/COMPS01.HTM
http://snapsort.com/compare
http://www.dpreview.com/products/compare/cameras?utm_campaign=internal-link&utm_source=mainmenu&utm_medium=text&ref=mainmenu

ronz Loc: Florida

The 7d ll is one of the best sports bodies but I couple the canon 100-400 with it and it is magic. I rarely us the extender with it except for wildlife shots. Great for baseball when you are not in the media box.

rmorrison1116 Loc: Near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

Ronz is right. To get those action shots you want the high frame per second rate of the 7Dll.
But, with a $7500 budget you should be able to get a good used 1DX and an EF 100-400L II plus a EF 1.4 III teleconverter.

Japakomom Loc: Originally from the Last Frontier

The problem with the 7DII is that the sensor is older technology and a crop, so your low light performance with hockey will be noisy. Personally, I would go with a full frame. Either a used 1DX or a new 5DIV. the 5DIV will not get you as many frames, but it will do well with the low light and at 7 fps, it is no slouch. Also, with the 30mp you will be able to crop if using a 70-200 2.8. The 100-400mm II would be a great lens, but just not as great in low light.

DonOles

Any suggestions to find a reliable used 1dx? Teaming that with a sigma 120-300mm sport lens is this a good long term investment for sports shooting

Japakomom Loc: Originally from the Last Frontier

KEH.com
Craigslist (be careful though)
Adorama
B&H
Fred Miranda's website - the have a for sale section similar to here.

DonOles

Thanks i appreciate the feedback

Grnway Loc: Manchester, NH

As someone who has owned the 5DIII (and loved it!), and shot a lot of soccer and basketball, I have to fully endorse it. It may not have the fastest burst rate, but the focus is lightning quick, which can really give you a great sequence of fully focused action shots. Your Tamron 70-200 will perform very well with it. I'd have to agree that the 100-400IIL would be a good pairing with that. I also owned that and the combination was hard to beat in terms of focus speed and IQ.
The only reason i no longer own them is transition to Fuji x-t2.

rmorrison1116 Loc: Near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

Lumoid has a used 1DX II for $4700. They also have used 6D listed for $950 and a 5D III for $1649.

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

DonOles wrote:

Hello all posted yesterday looking for feedback on the canon 5diii and sigma 120-300mm sport lens. I currently have a 7d markii and a tameron 70-200mm 2.8 zoom. I shoot 99% hockey and baseball. The 200mm is a good lens but just not enough. I love the burst rate of the 1dx but $$ is out of range unless a used model. I have a 7500 budget. Please help me find the Best options for my money.

Canon 100-400 version II. And save your money for other things.

pithydoug Loc: Catskill Mountains, NY

DonOles wrote:

Hello all posted yesterday looking for feedback on the canon 5diii and sigma 120-300mm sport lens. I currently have a 7d markii and a tameron 70-200mm 2.8 zoom. I shoot 99% hockey and baseball. The 200mm is a good lens but just not enough. I love the burst rate of the 1dx but $$ is out of range unless a used model. I have a 7500 budget. Please help me find the Best options for my money.

The 7D is a crop sensor so your 200 is really 300(assuming the crop factor of 1.5, too lazy to look it up). The 5DIII is a full sensor so you are still stuck at 300 for a max. You just getting a different body and not much different FPS. if the sigma can fit on the 7D you know have 450MM. I'd stick with the 7D and simply get a longer lens especially for sports.

Hsch39 Loc: Northbrook, Illinois

Your 200 will always be a 200 no matter what body you put it on. The only thing being cropped by the smaller sensor is the image projected by the lens.

pithydoug wrote:

The 7D is a crop sensor so your 200 is really 300(assuming the crop factor of 1.5, too lazy to look it up). The 5DIII is a full sensor so you are still stuck at 300 for a max. You just getting a different body and not much different FPS. if the sigma can fit on the 7D you know have 450MM. I'd stick with the 7D and simply get a longer lens especially for sports.

PHRubin Loc: Nashville TN USA

As we old timers know, a full frame collects more light than a crop sensor, all else being equal. However, a Canon crop sensor appears to have 60% more reach for a given focal length. The 7D MK II has an older sensor than the 80D. The 80D is rated at 7fps, slightly slower than the 7 but fairly fast. For comparison:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/compare/Canon_80D_vs_Canon_7D_Mark_II/BHitems/1225875-REG_1081808-DEMO