Camera for Motorsport

chrismscotland · 26 Nov 2012 at 22:33

Hi folks,

Looking for a little advice, its a few years since I've had any decent DSLR camera gear but after borrowing a friends Sony A77 and Sigma 100-300 to use at a couple of motorsport events I've got the bug again!

I didn't really get on with the EVF on the Sony however so I'm ideally looking at Canon/Nikon or Pentax but I'm not sure what body / lens would be the best combo for motorsport.

I'm probably looking at used and on the Nikon front the best buys would seem to be either a D7000 or a D300 / D300S but I wondered which would be better suited to motorsport, particularly weathersealing and focus speed?

Are there equivalent Canon bodies I should look at?

Also which telephoto lens would be reccomended? The Sigma 100-300 was a good lens but I'm aware that for a Nikon/Canon I'd need to buy lenses with VR built in which the Sigma doesn't...

chrismscotland · 26 Nov 2012 at 22:48

Looking at the Canon route, how does a 60D compare to a 7D?

chrismscotland · 27 Nov 2012 at 08:16

Thanks again mate, will take a look. Based on cost I suspect I might head down the D300 route though although CF cards are a pain when I already have loads of SD cards!

chrismscotland · 27 Nov 2012 at 10:04

I'm lucky enough that my local track is Knockhill which has decent positions for shots even on the crowd side of the fence.
The 300mm was a good length but I do feel there might be better lens options on say Nikon for focal length above 300mm.
I've also noticed that for other shooting there are a good range of affordable primes on Nikon which are my preference for everyday shooting.