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Nov 02, 2015
Great for low light picture taking...I bought for football game pictures!
1 of 1 found this helpful I bought this camera because I wanted to take pictures of my son's varsity football games that generally start at 7 or 7:30 p.m. Hence, I needed a camera that could take high quality photos in low light situations, with fast action. Prior to buying this camera, I was using the Canon 30D. There is absolutely no comparison! That said, the lens one chooses to use makes a big difference. I purchased just the body because I already owned great quality Canon lenses that let in the maximum amount of light. If you use just the standard lens that comes with the camera, then you cannot expect to get the most out of the camera's potential...at least not in low light situations! I also bought the best compact flash card that I could find, so that the write speed to the card wasn't slowing down my ability to capture every moment of the game. My old card and camera would read "busy" at all the wrong times and I would miss moments that I had really wanted to capture. I love that I can take extremely rapid fire bursts of photos. However, I did end up buying a second battery for the camera because taking rapid bursts of pictures drained my battery at one game where it actually died with seconds left in the game. Though that hasn't happened since that one game...at least now I am prepared.