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haha, time for a new body. The choices? The 1d and 20d. Sound eerily familiar? Except this time, I don't have the same amount of cash that JETA has. I'll be looking for a used ID. Not mark II, not 1ds, not mk II N, just a 1d. Every day I think I have my mind made up, but then i read something else and my opinion changes. I would be purchasing the camera probably this winter, as I am working about 3 jobs to try and save the money up for it (along with a sigma 70-200 and a 420ex). So here's the decision I'm trying to make...do I want to get the 20d and wait until that body has bitten the dust and buy a new, better body, or do I want to get the 1d and move into the more professional line (I've gotten to the point where I think the 1d would greatly benefit my photography)
Here's a list of my thoughts
-Apparently the 20d has much better noise levels than the 1d. I dont usually shoot at ISO 3200, but I sometimes do with my drebel. But I can usually manage to subside the noise enough that I am happy with the final product. See my volleyball shots for more info.
-5 fps v. 8 fps. This is one of the driving factors in my consideration of the 1d. I really REALLY want those extra 3 fps. There have been many times where I have looked at some of my shots and one shot is right before the perfect shot, and the next one is a split second after. Of course, this is with the 300d, but you get my picture. I've seen the burst on the 20d, and the photos still look like they're spaced out a bit too much.
-AF- Apparently, the 1 series is blazingly fast, at least that's what everyone I talk to says.
- Battery-life - A new issue that has been brought to my attention with the 1d, which apparently sucks up batteries pretty quickly. I think I can deal with this though, as I've been dealing with 1 battery in my drebel (which can hold 2 in its battery pack) for about a year now.
- 4mp v. 8mp. One of the biggest driving factors in my consideration of the 20d. Is 4 MP enough? that's my question. I will be getting into the photo selling business, and want to know if I can make 8x10 or even 11x14 prints out of a 4 MP shot. Apparently people have said you easily can, you just have to teach yourself to shoot full frame. I can do that, as I basically do now anyways. I hate cropping my photos. If I have to crop more than 1/3 of the photo, I don't even bother.
- Al Servo - They've both got it, so that's already a million times better than my 300d.
- sealed body - the 1d's got it. I could find this very beneficial, as I do live in NE, after all, where they say "if you don't like the weather, just wait 10 minutes." THere have been many situations where I am shooting and all of a sudden it begins sprinkling or raining a bit harder, and I have to put the camera away. While I realize I shouldn't be going splashing in puddles with any cmaera, the 1d seems like it would do much better with rain
- no zoom on prview mode on the 1d - a little annoyance, but I think it would help me, and would improve on my chimping habit.
So can anyone give me a recommendation? I shoot primarily sports (yeah, I do a bit of other stuff, but mainly sports. I'm an 8 varsity letter athlete from High School, so you could say I like sporting events just a bit. Any tips? I saw how helpful everyone was the JETA and I want in on that action! Just kidding. But really.
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Originally Posted by JSPhoto
, like tonight, we have tornado warnings and such all over the area and I have to go shoot a girls basketball game 
while the other affected areas have all cancelled their games 
this one school apparently insists on going ahead with the game 
meanwhile my yard is flooded from the rains we have had since last night 
and they are calling for 2 more inches of rain tonight 
