LED lights used in restaurants, meeting and reception areas also often flicker, especially when they are dimmed. Fluorescent lights alternate between too green and too magenta 60 times per second! While this is too fast for our eyes to see, when you shoot sports at high shutter speeds, the camera often goes off at an instant when the light is either dim (between flickers) or worse, some weird color. The 7D Mark II and D500 also have the ability to "shoot through" flickering artificial lighting.Īll of the mercury-vapor, fluorescent and metal halide lighting used at sports fields outdoors at night and indoors in gymnasiums and pools flickers at twice the power frequency. With 10 frames per second (FPS), the 7D Mk II and D500 are twice as likely to get the perfect shot as other consumer cameras that only run at 5 FPS. If you're already in the Nikon system, then the D500 is by far Nikon's best camera for sports for under $6,500.įrame rate is critical to great sports shots. The new Nikon D500 is as fast as the 7D Mk II, but costs much more ($2,000 versus $1,500) and has Nikon's usual disadvantages.
With the 7D Mk II you don't need lenses as long to get the same shot.
#Full frame camera cheap pro
The Canon 7D Mark II is the world's best camera for sports short of a $6,000 pro camera like the Canon 1DX Mark II because the 7D Mk II runs almost as fast, 10 frames per second with continuously tracking autofocus and exposure, and its smaller sensor makes much better use of long lenses. The Sony A9 is also a fantastic sports camera with even higher frame rates and ultrafast autofocus, presuming Sony makes a lens you want for it.Ĭanon 7D Mark II, the best under $6,000 camera for sports it's $1,499. It can also shoot through flicker, as I'll explain below. It's full-frame, demanding expensive full-frame ultra tele lenses, and it easily runs all day at 14 frames per second, which is critical for catching action. Over 70% of the still cameras on the field of Superbowl 51 in January 2017 were Canon 1DX Mk II. I lead with full-frame cameras and lenses, and then suggest crop-frame alternatives.Ĭanon 1DX Mark II: The world's best sports camera ($6,000).įor $6,000 the new Canon 1DX Mark II is the best sports camera ever. These sections go in order, so it's good to read this whole page if you have time since one idea flows into the next.Ĭlick the links or pictures for detailed reviews and links to the best places to get each of them. No one pays me anything to do this, I'm supported by you, not by any camera companies. Nikon's customer support (800 NIKON-UX) has become awful, while Canon's 100% USA-based support (800 OK-CANON) continues to be superb. Sadly Nikon hasn't done anything innovative with their cameras since 2007, while Canon has continued to advance the state-of-the-art with frame rates and flicker avoidance in the 7D Mk II mentioned below. I've shot Nikon for four decades, but today Canon is better for most things. I've been shooting since I was a little kid, and have never stopped learning.
These are the best ways to do everything below that my well over 40 continuous years of shooting has taught me. Of course there are many solutions to any problem. If you need to pinch pennies, skimp on the camera and spend whatever you want on lenses. Unlike cameras, a great lens will last you a decade or more with whatever cameras you use in the future. If you have limited funds, spend it on lenses. These are the best of course less expensive cameras are almost as good so don't fret if what I'm suggesting is beyond what you want to spend. For many years my Recommend Cameras page has suggested the best cameras for general use, but how about exact recommendations for the best camera based on what you want to do with it?Ī good photographer can use any kind of camera to do anything these are my suggestions for the very best ways to shoot various kinds of assignments.
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