Full Frame or Crop Sensor ! !`

Tysonator · 06-12-2009, 20:49

Hi,

I have been waiting for over a year now to buy the latest Canon EOS DSLR, the EOS 7D !
This camera is an amazing piece of kit and is getting some great reviews.
How ever, I was at the NEC Bike show a few weeks back and my Canon EOS 400D struggled in low light compared to my friends Nikon D300 !
I know the Nikon is abetter beast than mine, how ever I just struggled to take the same shot as him on the same ISO setting !
At one point I was ISO 400 he was just on 280 which same aperture and shutter speed. Now the D300 is a 1.5 crop factor and my EOX 400D is 1.6, so he has a slightly bigger sensor than mine.
Surely that does not give him just a better low light capability!
Now he is talking about a D700 full frame camera !
So I am now thinking I really should buy a full frame, and Canons offering is the EOS 5D Mk II, which is a horrific amount of money !

Is it worth saving up and getting the EOS 5D MkII, or go Nikon D700 route !
As I am sure spending £1300 odd on the EOS 7D might be the best way to up grade ! !
What do you think ! ?

06-12-2009, 20:49	#1
Tysonator Vodka Martini Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: ESSEX Posts: 874	Full Frame or Crop Sensor ! !` Hi, I have been waiting for over a year now to buy the latest Canon EOS DSLR, the EOS 7D ! This camera is an amazing piece of kit and is getting some great reviews. How ever, I was at the NEC Bike show a few weeks back and my Canon EOS 400D struggled in low light compared to my friends Nikon D300 ! I know the Nikon is abetter beast than mine, how ever I just struggled to take the same shot as him on the same ISO setting ! At one point I was ISO 400 he was just on 280 which same aperture and shutter speed. Now the D300 is a 1.5 crop factor and my EOX 400D is 1.6, so he has a slightly bigger sensor than mine. Surely that does not give him just a better low light capability! Now he is talking about a D700 full frame camera ! So I am now thinking I really should buy a full frame, and Canons offering is the EOS 5D Mk II, which is a horrific amount of money ! Is it worth saving up and getting the EOS 5D MkII, or go Nikon D700 route ! As I am sure spending £1300 odd on the EOS 7D might be the best way to up grade ! ! What do you think ! ? __________________ Will think of some witty to say, well when I think of it