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If you want a big upgrade over Nikon in terms of AF and you like the idea of a 28-70 2.0 Then Sony is actually where I would suggest moving. I personally felt that Nikons AF on mirrorless was a hair better than Canon, but neither are as good as Sony. That said I am a sony shooter so that might be a

agree, i can get same amount of good images for kids from m10 compared to sony a1. mf with range finder is not bad and the whole process is much more joyful. also for sony you likely will take thousands of images for a two hours event, nightmare for post processing.

I started shooting back in 1999, long before mirrorless was a thing. My roots were in Canon SLRs and later high-end DSLRs, and I shot pretty much everything over the years. Sports, landscapes, portraits, studio work. I was using serious bodies at the time like the Canon EOS 3 and later EOS-1D, 5D se

That's not true of today's non-video-focused full frame mirrorless bodies. Only the Z8/Z9/Sony A9III don't have a mechanical shutter. The Sony A1 and the Canon EOS R1 also scan fast enough to not have it but they still do. The Panasonic Lumix S9 and the Sigma BF both don't have a mechanical shutter

Others have explained why this happened. I just wanted to add: If you ever get to a point, where you need silent shooting / electronic shutter in sports photography, look for cameras with “stacked” sensors. Like the Sony A9, A9II, A9III and the A1 cameras. They have much faster readout, in the singl

The more significant difference is gonna be a stacked electronic shutter vs unstacked, where it can replace a mechanical shutter entirely. So that's your z8/z9, a1/a9, R3/R1. E-shutters like on the 850 and lower priced cameras will show distortions with fast moving objects like bats, golf clubs, pla

I shot Nikon DSLRs before going mirrorless. The Canon R series has excellent AF with the bodies you are considering and the sensor read speed if fast enough to use the e-shutter for kids sports. You'll need to spend a little time setting it up properly in order to keep focus from jumping from your k

I shoot primarily birds/wildlife and I have used all of Sony's modern bodies a lot in the field. I do some instruction and I have a good relationship with my LCS so I end up spending a lot of time behind a wide variety of gear in real world scenarios. If you can afford the switch to Nikon, it is a n

Sounds like you are filming for highlights. If so, your phone will work just fine. I suggest you get a tripod for mounting and be prepared to go back and forth between restraining lines. If you want the best setup, you'll need a mirrorless camera on a tripod with a good lens. Also, you'll need a cam

Sony shooter here. I am going to go out of the box with this suggestion as I took this road back in 2018 when I transitioned from a Canon 7Dmk2 to the Sony a7III for the mirrorless AF benefits. I was just getting started shooting professionally and couldn't afford GM glass but knew I mirrorless was