01-15-2018 02:33 PM
01-15-2018 02:37 PM
What "long" lens do you have? It is much more likely that the lens is the factor there rather than the camera.
01-15-2018 02:40 PM
01-15-2018 02:51 PM
Exactly what telephoto lens? There are a lot of them & the cheaper ones hurt image quality no matter how good a camera they are mounted on. The lens is the more important part of the system followed by the photographers skill set.
01-15-2018 02:51 PM
Before you start looking for a new body, what lenses do you have? What are you doing with your images - wall size prints or posting to the Internet? What lighting conditions are you generally shooting under - daylight or indoors? Are you trying to capture a single shot of the dog running or continuous shooting multiple shots.
Here's a comparison list between your camera and a $750 current model (T7i):
http://www.imaging-resource.com/cameras/canon/t2i/vs/canon/t7i/
As you would expect, the T7i is an improvement over your camera, but depending on your use case the improvments may not be significant.
wall size prints or posting to the Internet - 18MP is more than adequate for web use
daylight or indoors - for daylight use ISO 400 is a reasonable maximim setting
single shot or continuous - for single shot in daylight you could set 1/1600 shutter speed f/8 aperture and ISO 400 and stop action.
Its also likely that if your lenses aren't of sufficient quality a new camera could make things worse as far as your photos go.
Give us alittle more info on your gear and intended uses.
01-15-2018 02:56 PM
01-15-2018 02:58 PM
Can you post a sample along with shooting info? What mode are you in when you are shooting? Is quality acceptable to you when you shoot still sublects?
01-15-2018 03:17 PM
It's very likely you are NOT using the camera correctly for the venue. There are specific changes to settings when shooting things in motion & your camera can shoot action.
01-15-2018 03:28 PM
Take a quick look at this for now (but later try to learn what it's telling us) to see why we think your camera is OK to use for what you want to photograph.
http://www.canonoutsideofauto.ca/
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