KEH has offered $288 quote for my fairly new Canon SL3 camera. Was using with 17-55 lens which was fantastic image wise but not much fun to use and no 24mm field of view. Doesn't seem to be another similar quality alternative. Have Fuji 18-55 on an X-E1 which will never be sold and purchased an RF 100-400 lens but did not keep the R6. Camera seemed to make all the decisions too quickly for me and not sure of FF. May rent an R7 and have rented Sony RX10 but not wowed. Any thoughts on whether to keep the SL3 and look for some good glass for it if that exists or try RF or Olympus system? Had fun with budget Olympus equipment but would look to go with more pro level. Fuji great for people but not as good as Canon for landscapes.

SOME photography folks are too preoccupied with or enamored by equipment, some are even addicted to continual changing-up, up-grading, or collecting copious quantities of gear. They form "cults" and go to verbal combat regarding gear. When they are dissatisfied with their photograhic results they buy more gear rather than try to improve their technique. The culture leads to snobbery and one-upmanship-" My camer is better than yours" and "You aren't a REAL PHOTOGRAPHER, because you use a cellphone camera..nah- nana- nah nah Pure childishness!

Thereis a time, a place, and a usage for any functioning camera. A good photographer with a cell phone will produce a better and possibly more artful image that an inept photographer with a state-of-the-art lates and greatest model.

Critiquing photographs and giving constructive advice are good and helpful but don't knock the guy's camera. Most photographers know the advantages and limitations of any camera. Someties they just have to work with what they have and work around the pitfalls.

I can tell image quality and so can my clients, that is what matters for me, and always has in my long professional career. And my clients expect that image quality when they hire me. It matters to me for my personal work also. I want the very best image quality out of my gear.

I would not have bothered to make the investment in the excellent gear that I have, if I only wanted to produce mediocre image quality. Image quality might not matter as much to you, that is your personal choice.

Click on download to see better image quality. Both were shot as raw files.

Cheers and best to you.

While I have done Adobe Photoshop, it's been a long time. Since I am just getting back into this, I'd prefer to hold off on making a major investment.

I've been playing with some free programs, the last being Pixlr. There's so much on the web that it gets overwhelming, so I thought I'd throw it out to all of you to get your opinions.

Since I have a lot on my plate, I would prefer a solid program but one that doesn't involve a steep learning curve.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Welcome to the UHH Outline...
Capturing Sports?

It's all about the Glass my friend, the camera really isn't nearly as important as Fast Glass especially primes.
Also wise to avoid "Pumpers" since they can (and do) shift the CG and you'll end up fighting your monopod by the end of your third soccer match of the day. IF (Internal Focus) Primes once balanced float effortlessly on your monopod.

Again, it's not so much the camera in shooting commercial sports... It's all about having a razor sharp clearly rendered Player's Face, a (strategically positioned) Ball in the image and above all else a "clean" uncluttered background detracting from the player(s).

Unfortunately you can't purchase "Excellence" in sport photography, it's pretty much not a consumer commodity...
Excellence in this genre results from endless persistence and carefully analyzing the work of outstanding commercial shooters in your market. Kind sir they are actually your competition...

Best Advice? Maybe Stay Off the Main Forum and hang out on the Sports Photography Forum
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/s-103-1.html
"This section is dedicated to Sports Photography, either to show off your work or to get help to make your product look better! Any help, productive criticism and compliments are welcome and encouraged!"

Once again... Shooting Commercial Sports? It's all about Fast Primes
Wishing you all the best on your photographic journey Outline

I want to capture sports from youth soccer and baseball to professional pickleball pros

Currently, I use an Olympus em1 mark ii, which is like cutting steak with butter knife. Not very good

I have 3 choices. I can upgrade to Olympus om1, but the Olympus zooms opposite of the Nikon and Sony. For that reason? I won’t consider Canon.

I can go with Sony, but have no glass at all. I would prob get used Sony a7iii

I can go Nikon with Z6ii. I have Nikon glass, albeit F mount.


Ideally, these kids sports need iso 1600. To stop pro action, prefer iso 3200 or 6400 in low light to stop action

I recently captured professional pickleball at iso 640 which was too slow. The ball looks very blurry as the twilight hour approached


So, my dream camera is one with good image quality at iso6400, near instantaneous auto focus, zooming same direction as Nikon, with a zoom out to 200mm at full length (full frame equivalent of 200 is 100mm for Olympus)


I have read extensively about z6ii versus Sony a7iii

Anyone have experience with these systems shooting action?