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p.3 #3 · p.3 #3 · Thinking of buying a used 1D MK II N - any advice? | |
Congratulations to the OP for going with the 7D Mark II, which is clearly a better choice, today, than the 1D Mark II N. I am in no hurry to get rid of my 1D Mark II N cameras, but having a pair of the 7D Mark II makes them redundant.
On the original topic, however, the original 7D would not necessarily be a better choice than the 1D Mark II N. With at least one of my lenses, at least one of my two 1D Mark II N bodies could AF in lower light than the better of my two original 7D bodies, in one brief non-scientific experiment I conducted one night. (I did not try with my more-finicky-focusing 7D, as it would have needed to be MFA'ed with that lens first.)
Before the 7D Mark II, and the 5D Mark III with a firmware update, the price of admission for AF with an f/8 lens/Extender combination was a 1D- or 1Ds-series body, which was my original reason for buying my first 1D Mark II N, in late 2012, after I already owned my pair of original 7D cameras.
I preferred the 1D Mark II N to the 7D for BIF and similar action shooting. I will concede that I may have been missing some functionality actually available in the 7D, but my 7D cameras had a two-year head start, and the 1D Mark II N proved itself easier for me to use for birds. To be clear, I am meaning the shooting part, itself, not necessarily the final images, and what could be done with the images.
In good light, or with flash, I consider the 1D Mark II N a very capable camera, to this day, limited by its 2005-era sensor.
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