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Quote Originally Posted by ffron


<span>Third question, just for the fun of it. Now that I may spend close to $2,000, I considered the 5dm2, which I see at a refurbished price of $2,000. From looking at the tests on this site I see that its high ISO noise level is much better than the 7D or 60D. But I don't really think it is a sports camera. Thoughts?


I'm not really with the others on this one. Yes the 7D is a dedicated sports and action camera, but the 5D2 CAN do it as well. It doesn't have the great AF that the 7D offers, but hear me out...


Quote Originally Posted by ffron


<span>For the past 4 years I have been able to get okay to goodpictures with a RebelXT because I have decent lenses

This sentense states practically that you are able to take good photos of the sports you shoot with your current gear. The Rebvel XT has a shutterlag of about 100 milliseconds. The 7D has 59 milliseconds and the 5D2 has 73 milliseconds. While the 7D beats the 5D2 in this regard....the 5D2 beats the Rebel XT!!!


In other words, if you can manage to get good shots with the rebel XT...in theory the 5D2 would be a big improvement already and therfor it wouldn't be a "bad" camera for your typw ofphotography[A] And since the 5D2 beats the 7D in image-quality...do the math [:P]


Seriously, I don't mind usingthe 5D2for sports, but I must admit that the focussing system and the high framerate of the 7D will probably give you more good photos. Plus in "higher" ISO-values it will outperform your current rebel XT. So for a dedicated sportscamera, I will also vote for the 7D. Eventhough my 1 day of using it wasn't that positive [:P] But what's 1 day?


The 5D2 would be better if the sportsphotography would be an occasional thing for you I think...I just love my camera [A]


Good luck! []


Jan