300d vs 350d for action shots and low light

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I recently bought a lightly used 300d. I've been pleased with the
results, but there are 2 gripes about it for the indoor and outdoor action
photography I do.
1) Speed - faster 'on' would be a huge asset when photographing horses.
Sometimes that moment you want to capture doesn't wait 1.5s. Does it really
help you action photographers that much?

2) Noise - in low light, or high speed shutter situations this is a big
challenge. Although I can mostly blame my inexperience, at ISO 800 and 1600
I would like better results. (Side question: would better quality lenses be
a more significant improvement? - I'm using the 18-55 kit lens and 75-300
Tamron since I'm starting on a budget)

I've heard the 350d is improved in these areas. I would appreciate any
comments as to whether I would benefit noticeably if I sold the 300d now
(while it's still in perfect shape) and upgraded to the 350d.

Thanks,

Dave

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In article <d5t4h10ufh@news1.newsguy.com>, David Geesaman
<dgeesamannospam@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I recently bought a lightly used 300d. I've been pleased with the
> results, but there are 2 gripes about it for the indoor and outdoor action
> photography I do.
> 1) Speed - faster 'on' would be a huge asset when photographing horses.
> Sometimes that moment you want to capture doesn't wait 1.5s. Does it really
> help you action photographers that much?

I've set the "auto power off" timer to 8 minutes... Onlike P&S cameras
that tend to have their screens on a lot, the 300D will not use much
battery just sitting on.

> 2) Noise - in low light, or high speed shutter situations this is a big
> challenge. Although I can mostly blame my inexperience, at ISO 800 and 1600
> I would like better results. (Side question: would better quality lenses be
> a more significant improvement? - I'm using the 18-55 kit lens and 75-300
> Tamron since I'm starting on a budget)

I shoot indoor volleyball. I bought a Mk I 50mm 1.8 to use in really
low light, but so far I'm getting great results with the kit lens and
running ISO 3200 (from the Russian hack). Then I post-process with
Noise Ninja. Noise Ninja allows you to easily create a custom noise
profile for your specific camera and lens at eash ISO setting, and when
run with a custom profile does an amazing job.

http://www.picturecode.com/index.htm


> I've heard the 350d is improved in these areas. I would appreciate any
> comments as to whether I would benefit noticeably if I sold the 300d now
> (while it's still in perfect shape) and upgraded to the 350d.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave
>
>
>

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Steve Cutchen wrote:
>
> I've set the "auto power off" timer to 8 minutes... Onlike P&S cameras
> that tend to have their screens on a lot, the 300D will not use much
> battery just sitting on.


I've left my D70 on overnight & the battery is fine!?!?

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Alan Browne wrote:
>
> Steve Cutchen wrote:
>
> >
> > I shoot indoor volleyball. I bought a Mk I 50mm 1.8 to use in really
> > low light, but so far I'm getting great results with the kit lens and
> > running ISO 3200 (from the Russian hack). Then I post-process with
> > Noise Ninja. Noise Ninja allows you to easily create a custom noise
> > profile for your specific camera and lens at eash ISO setting, and when
> > run with a custom profile does an amazing job.
>
> I'd like to see a lot more skin

different newsgroup?

> (faces, etc) before deciding how good
> noise ninja is or isn't.
>
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"Alan Browne" <alan.browne@freelunchVideotron.ca> wrote in message
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> Crownfield wrote:
>
>
>> different newsgroup?
>
>
> As I wrote that I knew somebody would make such a comment...
>

well, there is always alt.binaries.nude... ;-)

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