Recommendation for a fast camera

Axel Hildebrandt wrote: Depending on how much money you want to spend, the R5, R6 or R7 would work well for birds and sports and you could use an adapter to use your EF lenses.

Axel Hildebrandt wrote: The adapter has no optical elements and no negative impact on AF performance: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/ ... l/overview

Karl Egressy wrote: The R5 is a good camera but expensive. I always use it in electronic mode. It shoots 20 frames per second that I find too many. I end up going home with 1500 plus frames from a shooting. Also you don't have the feedback as it makes no sound. The R7 is cheaper and it shoots only 15 frames per second and you can set it to make a sound, which is a welcomed feedback for me. It seems that the focusing of the R5
is better but the R7 is almost as good most of the time. Sometimes though I have a whole series of OOF imagers with the R7 especially BIF and I couldn't  figure out why. Maybe my setting is not the best for BIF on the R7.

Karl Egressy wrote: The R7 is a good choice for Bird photography in general. It could be good for BIF as well but not in my hands. There are videos on the Internet that tells you the settings. Watch more of them and try to customize it for your shooting style. I just like the R5 better for BIF, it fits my shooting style better, if I have any LOL.

flygirl wrote: There is so much info to gather.  I have clients who are mostly Nikon and Canon.  This is how I see it.  First, for your present gear, you will not get much.  The used market has been flooded with DSLR's, both bodies and lens.  I just sold my Nikon 500 f/4E, FL to Adorama, no private takers, at $3000.  It was a $10,000 lens new.  Second, the Canon choices of mirrorless lens are not that great and the mirrorless Canon 70-200 f/2.8 will not take a TC, which is something, I do not understand, but there you go.  The other popular mirrorless of Canon's is the 100-500, but it is f/7.1.  I am helping two Canon people in switching to Nikon, the Z8.  If you want to keep with Canon, just double check the lens first.  The R5 does not have a stacked sensor which makes the AF so fast and eliminates the rolling shutter.  For right now the only Canon body with a Stacked Sensor is the R3 with 24MP.  The R5 is a FX without a stacked sensor and is 45MP, the R7 is a DX with 33MP and no stacked sensor.  Nikon has two bodies with a stacked sensor and both at 45MP, the Z9 and Z8.  Nikon has a much better choice of lens for sure and their Z 70-200 f/2.8 can take a TC.  Anyway, do your homework and make a choice, I guess.  If you need any help in your decision please reach out.  My email is naturesportal@gmail.com.

Professional wrote:

flygirl wrote: There is so much info to gather.  I have clients who are mostly Nikon and Canon.  This is how I see it.  First, for your present gear, you will not get much.  The used market has been flooded with DSLR's, both bodies and lens.  I just sold my Nikon 500 f/4E, FL to Adorama, no private takers, at $3000.  It was a $10,000 lens new.  Second, the Canon choices of mirrorless lens are not that great and the mirrorless Canon 70-200 f/2.8 will not take a TC, which is something, I do not understand, but there you go.  The other popular mirrorless of Canon's is the 100-500, but it is f/7.1.  I am helping two Canon people in switching to Nikon, the Z8.  If you want to keep with Canon, just double check the lens first.  The R5 does not have a stacked sensor which makes the AF so fast and eliminates the rolling shutter.  For right now the only Canon body with a Stacked Sensor is the R3 with 24MP.  The R5 is a FX without a stacked sensor and is 45MP, the R7 is a DX with 33MP and no stacked sensor.  Nikon has two bodies with a stacked sensor and both at 45MP, the Z9 and Z8.  Nikon has a much better choice of lens for sure and their Z 70-200 f/2.8 can take a TC.  Anyway, do your homework and make a choice, I guess.  If you need any help in your decision please reach out.  My email is naturesportal@gmail.com.

Hi Nancy!

Well, i am a Canon user since very long time ago, maybe not as long as you but long enough, and i am being happy with Canon ever since, i don't have bad reason to convert from Canon anyway, i just stopped photography for long time due to some situations, but i am deciding to get back to it sooner or later, and i feel like i should at least upgrade something, i respect Nikon, but Canon didn't disappoint really, i do have many lenses from them, i have no plan to move to Nikon and then sell my bodies and lenses of Canon to get Nikon, i am sure there are people who also moved from Nikon to Canon, i know those two companies competing each other for years, in fact i even started to go with another companies such as Sony, and because i got into astrophotography i am not planning to "CHANGE" my entire photography gear, but it is not harm if i can change one or two of my old cameras, lenses will stay, in fact i still have Canon bodies since 2007-2008, which means i am not like some who change every 1-2 years, and i failed to sell my old cameras or lenses much except like 1 camera and two lenses only.

I have to decide if i will do birding much or not, BIF or not, because for sports i kept using my 1D2N with 1D3 until i bought 1DX and sold 1D2N and just using 1DX next to 1D3 and happy with both, i just feel that 1D3 is now too old and better i upgrade to something newer, if that newer can do better than 1DX then i can use 1DX as backup, it is still a strong nice camera for sports, my old Canon 300mm f2.8L IS mk1 did shine again with 1DX when i was giving up with 1D2N and 1D3, i think with newer cleaner cameras most of my old lenses will just get alive, i liked most of my lenses with new cameras more than with old cameras, but i try to focus on fast cameras as this is only i can try to upgrade, for full frame with landscape or nightscape or portraits i don't have any problems or lack of performance/quality.

flygirl wrote:

Professional wrote:

flygirl wrote: There is so much info to gather.  I have clients who are mostly Nikon and Canon.  This is how I see it.  First, for your present gear, you will not get much.  The used market has been flooded with DSLR's, both bodies and lens.  I just sold my Nikon 500 f/4E, FL to Adorama, no private takers, at $3000.  It was a $10,000 lens new.  Second, the Canon choices of mirrorless lens are not that great and the mirrorless Canon 70-200 f/2.8 will not take a TC, which is something, I do not understand, but there you go.  The other popular mirrorless of Canon's is the 100-500, but it is f/7.1.  I am helping two Canon people in switching to Nikon, the Z8.  If you want to keep with Canon, just double check the lens first.  The R5 does not have a stacked sensor which makes the AF so fast and eliminates the rolling shutter.  For right now the only Canon body with a Stacked Sensor is the R3 with 24MP.  The R5 is a FX without a stacked sensor and is 45MP, the R7 is a DX with 33MP and no stacked sensor.  Nikon has two bodies with a stacked sensor and both at 45MP, the Z9 and Z8.  Nikon has a much better choice of lens for sure and their Z 70-200 f/2.8 can take a TC.  Anyway, do your homework and make a choice, I guess.  If you need any help in your decision please reach out.  My email is naturesportal@gmail.com.

Hi Nancy!

Well, i am a Canon user since very long time ago, maybe not as long as you but long enough, and i am being happy with Canon ever since, i don't have bad reason to convert from Canon anyway, i just stopped photography for long time due to some situations, but i am deciding to get back to it sooner or later, and i feel like i should at least upgrade something, i respect Nikon, but Canon didn't disappoint really, i do have many lenses from them, i have no plan to move to Nikon and then sell my bodies and lenses of Canon to get Nikon, i am sure there are people who also moved from Nikon to Canon, i know those two companies competing each other for years, in fact i even started to go with another companies such as Sony, and because i got into astrophotography i am not planning to "CHANGE" my entire photography gear, but it is not harm if i can change one or two of my old cameras, lenses will stay, in fact i still have Canon bodies since 2007-2008, which means i am not like some who change every 1-2 years, and i failed to sell my old cameras or lenses much except like 1 camera and two lenses only.

I have to decide if i will do birding much or not, BIF or not, because for sports i kept using my 1D2N with 1D3 until i bought 1DX and sold 1D2N and just using 1DX next to 1D3 and happy with both, i just feel that 1D3 is now too old and better i upgrade to something newer, if that newer can do better than 1DX then i can use 1DX as backup, it is still a strong nice camera for sports, my old Canon 300mm f2.8L IS mk1 did shine again with 1DX when i was giving up with 1D2N and 1D3, i think with newer cleaner cameras most of my old lenses will just get alive, i liked most of my lenses with new cameras more than with old cameras, but i try to focus on fast cameras as this is only i can try to upgrade, for full frame with landscape or nightscape or portraits i don't have any problems or lack of performance/quality.

I am actually a long time Nikon user.  But, I would double check your older lenses working with the mirrorless system.  People, both Nikon and Canon, have found out that some older lenses just do not work as well, even with the latest adapter.  Some Canon forums say pre 2009 lenses can be problematic.  But, this is all something to investigate.  Just FYI.