Took my fish to the beach....

[MCary]

he just loves to surf.

hey Beerguy, long time, no see.

I see you had a 7D. I'm still shooting with my 5D and my wife's 40D for wildlife. The price of the 500mm f/4L just went through the roof with the new version so I probably will never get one. Do you think the additional pixels of the 7D and my 400 f/5.6 would allow me to get close by cropping or would I lose a lot of definition? In other words, would you recommend the 7D for critters or pass and just use the 40D.

Mike

 

[Asureef]

Why not just use the 5D? Image quality is better in the 5D than both the 7D & 40D.

 

[MCary]

Why not just use the 5D? Image quality is better in the 5D than both the 7D & 40D.

acause

Asureef, problem is, with wildlife you often can't get close enough. Even with a 400mm lens and an extender, you often wish you could get closer. The 7D has a crop sensor which makes my 400 a 640 plus with the additional pixels I thought I could crop them in post to get even closer.

No doubt my 5D puts out some stunning pics. I bought it just before the MkII came out and never looked back.

 

[BlueCorn]

Nice tank. You should be able to fit at least 7 yellow tangs in that.

I actually sold my 7D and just use my 5D at the moment. Your logic works though, the 7D is a much better wildlife camera than the 5D (either). I guess what it really comes down to is how many pixels you need at the end of the process. What is the goal for the resulting images?

 

[IPT]

I would think that the 7D's better focusing should also be put into the equation, especially for wildlife. I like my 7D for wildlife, but the only other cropped body I had was the original 10D .