Alastair Norcross

Well, anything is "kind of" anything else, but in this case not really. There are plenty of cameras that would hold me back. My original S100 (the 2MP Digital Elph, that is) is one of them. ...

What's wrong with Canon DSLRs? Why do they need to "get moving" on their releases? Are there any better DSLRs available at the various price points? The 7DII is the best sports and wildlife camera ...

AF is excellent. I've been reading and posting on dpr for nearly twelve years. With every new camera, there are complaints about AF. There have been no more about the 7DII than about any other ...

If I were starting fresh, and were offered any crop sensor camera currently available, I'd take the 7DII in a heartbeat. It's simply the best crop sensor camera on the market. The Nikon D500 might ...

From that comparison, I'd say they're the same at 1600. The 7DII seems a bit better at 3200-12,800 (especially at 6400). But who knows what you can do with appropriate NR? I don't see enough ...

That's correct. But if you have to crop more on the full frame shot, you will lose the noise advantage.

This was one of the main reasons I didn't consider getting the M3. I'm happy with my M. I am interested to see what the M4 brings.

The whole point of the original question was to get more reach. So, the cropped 1DIV image is the relevant comparison. And no, 1/3 stop is not a big deal. It's trivial. Only someone obsessed with ...

You could use the 24-105 on the 7DII as well. I used that lens as my main all-around lens on crop bodies from the 20D to the 7DII for about nine years. It worked really well. It all depends on how ...

Well, I suppose we'll just have to agree to disagree on this. My takeway from those comparisons, like that of some others on that thread, is that there is no noise advantage to the IDIV shots, but ...

I mostly like the grip for shooting in portrait orientation. I find it very awkward to hold a non-gripped camera in portrait orientation for more than a minute or two. It's also useful when you're ...

Not crazy at all. The newer sensor tech of the 7DII makes up for the fact that the sensor is a little smaller. At high ISO, I don't think you'll be able to tell the difference in noise. Some ...

Nice shot. And good of the owl to hold still. You'd never get a sharp shot of a (live) human at 1/3s!

Pushed 8 stops? What is the point of that? I have never needed to push more than 2 stops. Knowing that one camera looks better pushed 8 stops than another is like knowing that one car can go 250 ...

Speaking as someone who owned (still owns) the 20D, 50D, 7D, and 7DII, I can say definitely that DxO is full of it, if that's what they say, unless the 70D is a lot worse than the 7DII, which ...

Yes, it's outrageous, outrageous, I tell you. We need to draw a line here. Here is where I stand. I will go no further. I pledge to you that I will never engage in such terrible behavior as to ...

First, what matters is not scores on test sites, but how the images actually look. Do the images from the Sony combo look better? How is the AF system? Second, according to the link you supplied, ...

It sounds like you would actually spend less time trying to get the color right in RAW than you are now trying to do it in JPEG. But, if you really want to shoot JPEG, try setting the WB manually ...

Do you mean the 70-200 F2.8 non IS version? I wouldn't use the 100-400 for indoor sports.

No.