5dIII vs 7D shoot out for bird photography at 600mm and cropping

[9VIII]

When all the gear heads were comparing the 7D to the 5D II a few years ago the end result found is that the 7D files and photo's could be PP to a point that you would have a slightly better photo than the 5D II when you were focal length limited.

…and shooting in good light. At higher ISOs, the 5DII would win. Below are a two sets of 'real world' images shown at 100%. On the left is the 7D and on the right is the 1D X. The first set are both at ISO 1600, the second set is ISO 3200 for the 7D and ISO 25600 for the 1D X.

The 1Dx certainly holds its own there. I have to wonder what a comparison with the 70D or something like the D7100 would look like.
Anyway, If the trend of more pixel dense sensors performing better in tight cropping continues to hold true, I can't wait for the 7D2.

 

[AlanF]

It would be fun to test an SX50 body adapted so it would fit on to a 300mm f/2.8 to give an effective fov of 1675mm or, in terms of pixel size 1200mm. Using the sharpest Canon lens at f/2.8, instead of the f/6.5 of the SX50 zoom (which has a true focal length of 215mm) might give some interesting insights.