I certainly agree with you. The person behind the camera is what makes the difference. Getting the A700 is not going to make me a better photographer and that's a fact, but it will increase my enjoyment of the hobby.
--Its almost impossible to get good action shots with 3 frames per sec. Anticipation of a single shot is all luck... I would much rather look for that money shot in ten frames, than try to find it in 6 shots. It still boils down to a certain amount of luck , but increasing the odds is what better cameras offer, be it faster focus, FPS, or consistent exposure. The 5D has many short comings, as does the 7D... these all take away from " Getting the shot" I am often asked if upgrading to a A700 will get me better shots, or get shots that would be impossible with the 5D..... I never respond to those type of questions because , all of the people that I have pushed to get an A700, at some point in time after they receive their A700 always get back to me with a thank you, ( I would never have been able to get this shot with my 5D )
Hmmmm
--Barry, I have been shooting action shots for 40 years.. I even think that was before digital cameras were offered to the general public ] : )... to answer your questions about the past... if you didn't have a 9 frame motor drive, you missed out on lots of money shots because your frame rate was slow and you either hit the shot alittle before or after the Money shot,,,as Ive said many times, if you only get one shot at the apex of a horse jump, and the horses ears are back, the shot is lost... if you get two or three shots at the apex with a 5 fps camera, and one of those three has the horses ears forward, rider in perfect post, and heels are down, you have a winner. They say all the time that the measure of a good photographer is the amount of frames thrown in their trash bin, not the number of frames in their keeper bin. when you shoot 36 frames, and really have no great shots but keep two or three anyway because they are the best of the worst.. thats the way it is.,. but when you shoot 300 shots and keep 2 or three, I'm willing to bet that your chances of better shots are taken from 300 frames and not 36 frames.
Like I said I won't argue more fps is better, heck it's a challenge doing action shots anyway, let alone in dim light camera maxed out high ISO, and nothing in the bag fast tele lens wise, however, I didn't let that stop me at least having a decent bash, 50mm f1.7 and all ;-)
Like I said I won't argue more fps is better, heck it's a challenge
doing action shots anyway, let alone in dim light camera maxed out
high ISO, and nothing in the bag fast tele lens wise, however, I
didn't let that stop me at least having a decent bash, 50mm f1.7 and
all ;-)
I soon got into the swing of things, timing is very important, and as
the riders were making their rounds, I had a pretty good "feel" for
when to fire the shutter..and the 5d isn't the fastest kid on the
block by any means, but the words "cannot be done" don't wash with
me, sure cannot be done on a vivitar compact maybe..not easy
maybe..but half the fun is the challenge.
The "new" features of the A700 are not what attracted me to this camera. Compared to what I currently have, these are the features I'm most looking forward to (in order):
