I will be getting a DSLR soon and have narrowed it down to these two. I will be shooting car racing, motocross racing and other motorsports which on is better for this?
thanks.
thanks.
I will be getting a DSLR soon and have narrowed it down to these two. I will be shooting car racing, motocross racing and other motorsports which on is better for this?
thanks.
Nikon's AF tends to be slower but more accurate (and can track from any AF point). Canon's AF tends to be faster but less accurate (and can only track from the center AF point). Image quality likely won't be too different between the two, so I'd be more concerned about which AF style works better for you.
I will be getting a DSLR soon and have narrowed it down to these two. I will be shooting car racing, motocross racing and other motorsports which on is better for this? .
... Both cameras have very different button layouts,.
So, don't make the dision on something as triveal as the location of a button on the first SLR body because yu are also deciding which brand next new few DSLR bodies will be. Look at the entire LINE on bodies and see if you line the the general layout of Canons or the general layout of Nikons Lok at the way each builds things.
In general what you find is the Nikon is much more conservative and sticks to what has worked while Canon is quick to jump on new technologies and ideas. One way is not best. Nikon's user interface, I think is more refined and I like Nikon's light metering best and maybe their flash system's metering too. But Canon, if you look at their lineup over the years looks best on some spec sheets. Again look at the lineup over the years NOT is one specific DSLR body, step back see big picture.
You are picking a brand yu will have to live with perhaps for 10 or more years. Switching brands is expensive most people don't do it.
That's for the higher end cameras though. For the D3100 vs T3, both autofocus systems are relatively slow, and about the same accuracy.
While yeah, there's that, it's not as easy to decide now. By the time I upgrade my camera, it will probably be to a 5D Mark IV or III, neither of which are out yet. I can't really decide between a 5D Mark IV and D900 because they don't yet exist.
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For example - first lens you'll want to buy is the 50mm f1.8 prime lens. It will cost $120 for the Canon while it will cost $220 for the Nikon.
Good point BUT,... The OP is buying an SLR specifically for shooting car racing. I really doubt a 50mm will be his first lens.
He is going to have a good case a striker shock when it starts lens shopping and asking around what he needs.
But you are right you need a lens or two. Maybe you look at 50MM lenses and maybe you see why the Nikon costs more, stainless steel vs. plastic mount? Exotic glass, spheric element? I don't now. I have a few 50mm f/1.4 lenses. The older manual focus Nikons were tank-like, zero plastic solid brass and glass.and they still mount to the new DSLR. My macro lens was made in 1964. As I said people tend to keep lenses and update bodies