tamandra

<p>...Or, the light side? Well I jumped ship from Canon to Nikon, at long last. I have contemplated doing so for a few years now, but had much invested in my Canon lenses and gear. I mainly love to shoot dogs in action, as in sports, so naturally autofocus is hugely important. I've had struggles with my Canon's for years upon years, having been shooting with their stuff for a decade now. I went through several 5DII bodies that they exchanged, having bad copies, and upgraded to the 5DIII and it wasn't all that much better with the same problems! I tried so many setting tweaks, but much of the time the damn camera would get some contrasty spot in focus, but miss the eyes, or they'd be sorta kinda sharp. Just hair pulling out crap. </p> <p>I thought ok, I'll get the new 7DmkII and use it for action. Hated it!! Returned it, and decided go for it. Get the D750 I've been drooling over all last year. I'm in a wheelchair, so the swivel screen LCD is awesomesauce for me, where I had to hand hold below and aim and hope for the best with little dogs, or low angle shots. I just put it to the test at a protection dog sport trial, and am beyond thrilled with this camera!! I was getting shots I wasn't able to before, and the eyes almost always just so tack sharp it's freaky! I'm in love! The clarity, and just overall IQ of Nikons is amazing. Wish I had done this sooner! I thought it would be a huge learning curve, but I'm getting familiar with this camera so quickly. Not much practice, and I had a huge amount of keepers from this weekend's trial! Yay! </p><div></div>

<p>Thought I would look at this again and give a little update. I am seriously head over heels thrilled in love with my D750! Yes, I had adjusted this and that, and experimented like crazy. Of course I did, having this issue so many years! It's more than that...the images I'm getting now have the eyes nailed tack sharp, even with action, even at a huge distance, in tricky conditions. I went to a dog trial over the weekend, and was even shooting through orange netting, full length 200 mm, and I'm shocked at how many keepers and good shots I got. I'm even fumbling with having a new camera! LOL. For what I do, and how I shoot, it's got the 5D3 beat. Badly. <br /> As for the images I showed that I liked, of course they're post processed. I enjoy the hell out of doing that, but you need good foundation. So it's not the blur that I was pointing out, but just how tack sharp the dogs are, when in extreme action. Here's an example from the mondio trial. Before, my Canons would likely have gotten a spot on the body suit sharp near the face, but everything else mush. Anyway, there's a whole host of reasons that I think it was worth it to switch for me. The gear is lighter, feels more ergonomic to me, the LCD swivel feature is huuuge for me, and I love what's coming out of the camera. I wish I had done this sooner!</p><div></div>

<p>I don't have a stand by body, and it does need sent in. I contacted Canon and they'll take a look at it. Yes, they do sometimes have bad copies! When I exchanged my 5D2, I compared images shot at the same event, and the one they sent me to trade was better. I'm asking too much of it probably. I like shallow DOF and action, and need the eyes tack sharp on dogs. I just bought the D750 yesterday, and went to a dog park for a bit this afternoon, in low light. It WAS better! I was nailing eyes on running dogs, at ridiculously low shutter speeds even. So it's a keeper. I'm going to the dark side! </p>

<p>Well, I think there is things wrong with my 5D3, as in full raw, it corrupts images randomly, get the banding and colorful patterns. It can't be lenses, it's always hit or miss, no matter which. I understand that nobody gets all of them, but I mean that the focus is off enough to make me annoyed. I've been shooting ten years, I've tried tons of different tweaks in it. Particularly with a dog running towards the camera, it hardly EVER gets one sharp. If it is, it could be better, but it's passable with editing. There's just been enough things to make me really disgruntled. <br />I returned the 7D2. I got the Nikon D750 to try :) I just need to see if it does feel more intuitive...cuz after 4 years, I STILL have trouble with the way you have to zoom and look at the LCD by pressing multiple buttons. PITA. </p>

<p>I am really trying to figure out what to do here. I have had Canon for nearly a decade now, and have been using the 5D3 for the past few years. Upgraded from the 5D2 because the autofocus drove me nuts. I am a pet photographer, and it's pretty much like I need a sports body, to capture fast action. Adding to the challenge, I love shallow DOF. Well, I just have been trying out the 7DmkII, and thought it was going to be the answer, to supplement my gear. I don't think so. I'm still getting lots of missed focus, soft images at settings that shouldn't be. I'm sure some of it is me, and my lenses are getting old now, so maybe that has a big part to play in it. They're all L lenses. <br />I keep thinking of jumping ship and switching to Nikon. Want to try the D750. If it's time to upgrade some of my lenses, I'd be taking a hit on selling the old ones anyway. Maybe I should switch...? I just want to be able to get images like this...https://500px.com/tanjabrandt She shoots Nikon....</p>