Build my camera setup

Idk what just happened but I'm looking to upgrade all of my camera gear. Body, lenses, grip, flash. the works

Build me a camera setup that includes those 4 things with these specifications

$3500 budget

lenses must be 2.8 or lower

I shoot a lot of sports

will backpack europe with this puppy

*I'm not that interested in video if that helps

GO!
 
yeaaaah

also, if you get a camera like the D700, the ISO will effectively make up for two stops in your lenses which saves some bank.

I'd go D700 and someone said the word on the street is they're coming out with a 70-200mm f/4

and the 50 f/1.8 or 1.4 fo sho
 
Body:

Nikon D300 $1300

lenses:

nikon 10.5 fisheye $600

nikon 35mm f/1.8 $200

nikon 80-200 f/2.8 $1100

Grip:

nikon battery grip for d90 $150

Flashes

2x Nikon sb-600 $400

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3750

all the prices are new from b&h, except the d300 body, so you could probably get that back down to 3500, but i also left out filters, cards and some of the small stuff

i did this kind of quick, one more/swap one lens might be good, but i think that would be a killer setup
 
canon 5d markII - full frame sensor, legit camera. Little pricer though and only 3.9 fps. -$2500

OR

Canon 7d - 8.0 fps, great for sports, weather sealed body, 1.6 crop factor could be a bonus for telephoto shots. Great price too. Probably your best bet. -$1500

Canon 70-200 f/4 L IS - $800. Must have for sports imo, and the f/4 has been said to be sharper than the 2.8, and you won't need the 2.8 anyways IMO.

Canon 50 f/1.4 - $300. Standard lens, crisp, great quality and a must have. Great low light as well.

Tokina 11-16 f/2.8 - $600. This is probably my favorite lens ever. So crisp, so wide, an awesome must have. works only with the 1.6x aps-c sensors, but the 7d is a great camera for action photog anyways.

Battery grips, batteries, etc - $100.

------other lenses?---------

Canon 24 f/2.8

Canon 17-40 f/4

Canon 85 f/1.8

Canon 100

 
I'd say this is a decent list, but the fisheye and battery grip should only be bought if you will actually use them. I cant see myself using a fisheye for more than a day or two, so just think about how much you will actually use something when you prioritize your list. I'd also consider a 50mm f1.8. The crop factor brings it to about a 75mm lens and the f1.8 is great for indoor sports!
 
yea, i really like the fisheye, but you're right about using/not using it, i've heard really good stuff about the 50 1.8, never shot with it

and he asked for a grip, so i threw it in

maybe swap the fisheye for the 50, and something really wide and you'd be good to go
 
I think fisheye is the last thing you should get in a camera setup

yeah awesome such sick pictures.............three days of shooting later you will be bored of the type of shots and no need to waste 600 bucks on that

get the standard lenses first to start 50mm f1.8, 80-200 or 70-200 (my opinion both are the same quality you can just walk about 10 feet and you turn one lense into the other) and a wide angle lens, heard the tokina 11-16mm is a good one that isn't $1,200

 
The 70-200 (nikon) does have one major advantage over the older 80-200 though: the VR on that thing is amazing! it lets you shoot about 3 stops lower without picking up camera shake, which is very useful if you do indoor photography and dont have a camera with great high iso performance. If you dont see yourself using that, the 80-200 is just as good in almost every way.
The 11-16 is also a great wide angle lens, but I wish i went for the 12-24. Even though you're at f/4 with the latter, the increased range would really be nice. I feel limited by the 11-16 in terms of focal length, and would much rather take the extra 8mm on the long end and sacrifice 1mm on the short end.
 
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