DSLR Camera Upgrade Recommendation

[Icey_]

Hey! I’m a plane spotter/ bird spotter with a Canon EOS T7 and a 75-300mm lens. Whenever I take photos they come out very noisy and I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s due to my crappy gear. Any recommendations on what to upgrade? Any better cameras or lenses below $1000? My budget is around there and I’m not planning on spending a LOT of money considering this is just a hobby that I do from time to time. I usually shoot at around 1/1000-1/2000 f7.0 and around ISO100-200 and usually use around 100-200mms of zoom since at 300 the quality drops. Any recommendations?

[kvbarkley]

Can you show us an example?

A lens with IS would surely help, even the 70-300 IS II.

If you are cropping a lot, you can go with one of the Sigma/Tamron 150-600's which are around $1000.

[Icey_]

I’ve been considering the 150-600mm heard it’s good but i just never really got to chance to buy it. Here’s one of the photos I recently took. (I’m not sure if the photo uploaded)

[Icey_]

Yea it didn’t want to upload. I’ll upload it once I get home directly from my pc

[stevet1]

Icey_,

I think you would be hard pressed to get a camera upgrade and lens for that kind of price.

The T7 isn't a bad camera as cameras go, but the 75-300 lens doesn't enjoy a very good reputation.

You could go with a 100-300 USM lens for about $200 or a 100-400 for about $800, if you are willing to buy used.

I noticed that the 100-300 doesn't have image stabilization, but you'd be turning that off anyway if you're on a tripod.

The 100-400 is a big, heavy lens and you'd be using that on a tripod too more than likely.

You could look at the 55-250 IS USM for about $250, That's a nice lens, but it won't have as much reach.

Steve Thomas.

[Tintype_18]

I have a T7 and you will note the lenses in my signature. Yes, some aren't the best but do the job. I like the Sigma 150-600mm for nature shots.

[justadude]

Do you have any camera stores nearby? Most take in used gear in good working order in trade for new gear... then resell the used gear.  I like buying used this way because any camera store with a good reputation is going to make sure anything used is working.  You never know when buying from a private party.  If you do have one locally, go in and see what they have.  Let them know you are looking for better quality glass, and tell them what you shoot.  You might get a few dollars more by trading in the 75-300 as well.  

[Icey_]

Hey! I’ll probably have to go do that. I’ll ask them how much I could get for my lens. Thanks for the recommendation 

[Waddizzle]

Choose the blue pill.  Move up to R Series bodies.  For your budget, I would recommend the R50 kit or the R10 with the mount adapter. 

https://www.usa.canon.com/shop/p/eos-r50-rf-s18-45mm-f4-5-6-3-is-stm-rf-s55-210mm-f5-7-1-is-stm-lens... 

[Icey_]

Hi, I’ll have to weight out the pros and cons, would you have anymore recommendations for R series cameras and lenses (preferably zoom up to 300mm or more) like around 1.5k?