planning to upgrade

hello all,

Iam currently using nikon d5000 from 2 years and now i am planning to buy cannon dslr and im confused between 7d and 5d mark 2 can anyone advise which one should i buy...

Karan,
Both the 7D and the 5D Mark II are good cameras.

Which lens are you going to use?

The 5D Mark II has a full fame sensor. Where as the 7D sensor is smaller and hence your lens will be effectively increased by 1.6 times due to the 1.6 crop factor. So a 300mm lens will be equivalent to a 300*1.6 = 480mm.

The 7D has a faster burst rate than the 5D II and the auto focus system of 7D is also better.

For landscapes and video shooting I will prefer the 5D Mak II over the 7D.

If you are clicking birds, then I would prefer a 7D.

Tell us more about what you would like to shoot and which lens you want to buy. That will help in the decision making.

Sabyasachi

Thank you Patra sir personally i would like to shoot Tigers and also birds and i am thinking to buy lens of Canon Lens - EF 400mm f/5.6L USM

Patra sir i bought it today canno
n 7d with EF 100-400f/4.5-5.6L IS USM

Karan, Any reason behind shifting from canon to nikon? nikon is also good in slr's...

Nikhil i will keeping both of them

Dear all
I have a mail in my inbox about launch of Canon EOS 5D Mark III. I don't know how far the news is authentic. Is EOS 5D Mark III an upgrade of EOS 7D anyway? pl advise. Kaling.

Kaling,
I have posted the details about the new EOS 5D Mark III camera here: Canon Announces EOS 5D Mark III Digital SLR - Indiawilds: Land of the Tiger. Conservation, Wildlife Photography, Communities

The EOS 5D Mark III is an upgrade of the EOS 5D Mark II camera. It has the same full frame sensor. The 7D has an APS-C sensor (a 1.6 crop sensor ) and has a faster frame rate. The 5D Mark III is the highest MP digital SLR from Canon and has much better video functionalities.

Sabyasachi

Karan,Iam also planning an upgrade and would you be kind enough to infrom what is the price that you paid for the 7D and the 100-400 lens.

Regards

Dear Sankar,

I have bought the body for Rs.85,355 plus tax and lens for Rs.96,000 with hoya uv filter Rs.2000 with memory flash cards 64 gb 24000