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Tim
12-22-2004, 10:57 AM
Hi People, I am the staff photographer for Photovision Studios Digital Wildlife Galleries,
http://www.photovisionstudios.com/ and I am looking at upgrading from a Canon EOS 10D.

I have used most brands of camera and have been very pleased with the 10D altough I am
tempted with the Minolta Dynax 7D as I used to have a Dynax 7 film camera and I thought it
was excellent, particularly suited for wildlife photography.

The 7D's resolution is not really very high though, is Minolta likely to upgrade? or would it
be best to look at Canon again or Nikon and if so which one do people think is most suited
to wildlife photography.


Cheers Tim @ Photovision Studios Digital Wildlife Photography Galleries.

http://www.photovisionstudios.com/
D70FAN
12-22-2004, 01:25 PM
Hi People, I am the staff photographer for Photovision Studios Digital Wildlife Galleries,
http://www.photovisionstudios.com/ and I am looking at upgrading from a Canon EOS 10D.

I have used most brands of camera and have been very pleased with the 10D altough I am
tempted with the Minolta Dynax 7D as I used to have a Dynax 7 film camera and I thought it
was excellent, particularly suited for wildlife photography.

The 7D's resolution is not really very high though, is Minolta likely to upgrade? or would it
be best to look at Canon again or Nikon and if so which one do people think is most suited
to wildlife photography.


Cheers Tim @ Photovision Studios Digital Wildlife Photography Galleries.

http://www.photovisionstudios.com/

I would think that you might move up to the 20D, as it is a step-up in resolution (not that it really makes that much difference), and function, and you can use your existing 10D glass.

Beyond that is the Canon 1Ds MK II having a full frame 16MP imager, and priced at $8000. Or the new (not yet available) Nikon D2X 12MP/6MP camera in the $4000 range. The Nikon has a unique 6MP, 2X crop @ 8fps, feature. For shooting wildlife the 2X crop feature would be very useful, as would the 8fps continuous shooting.

Having the standard APS-C crop of 1.5X @ 12MP, AND 2X @ 6MP crop means never having to change lenses in the field. Toss on a Sigma 50mm-500mm, change imager settings, and you are talking 75mm-1000mm f3.5 to f6.3. How is that for range?

Just thought you might like to know what's out there, and comming up.