What are the best cameras for sports/action photography under $2000?

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Best cameras for sports/action photography under $2000	Price	Weight	Dimensions
-- Nikon D500	$1997	860 g	147 x 115 x 81 mm
-- Canon 7D Mark II	$1499	910 g	149 x 112 x 78 mm

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Nikon D500

Top Pro

Good buffer

Buffer can hold 200 compressed or 71 uncompressed RAW files. To achieve the 200-shot compressed RAW speed, you'll need a XQD card. See More

Top Con

Video has a 2.2x 35mm-equivalent crop factor

The camera has a 1.5x 35mm-equivalent crop factor and shooting video adds another 1.5x crop factor on top of that resulting in a 2.2x 35mm-equivalent crop factor. The effective sensor size is near the size of a MFT sensor. That means you would need wider lenses to achieve the same result in each situation. See More

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Weight:860 g

Dimensions:147 x 115 x 81 mm

Ports:USB 3.0; HDMI

Screen size:3.2in

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Advanced autofocus

D500 has 153 AF points of which you can select 55. 99 AF points are cross-type (of which 35 are selectable). 15 AF points work with f/8 lenses (of which 9 are selectable). The autofocus works down to LV -4. See More

Top Con

Lacks mode dial for custom presets

Unlike some other Nikon cameras, D500 doesn't have a mode dial that allows quickly switching between custom presets. See More

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Can automatically microadjust lens focal point for autofocusing

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Great AF point coverage

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Illuminated buttons

Makes shooting in the dark easier. See More

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Can record to an external recorder over HDMI

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Canon 7D Mark II

Top Pro

Flicker detection

The camera can detect flickering light sources and sync up with them to shoot at peak brightness in order to avoid underexposing the image by accident. See More

Top Con

Dynamic range could be better

Specs

Weight:910 g

Dimensions:149 x 112 x 78 mm

Ports:USB 3.0; HDMI

Screen size:3in

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Fast autofocus

Reliable and quick autofocusing system. See More

Top Con

Lacks 4K video capabilities

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No Wi-Fi

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No focus peaking or zebras

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No touchscreen

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What are the best cameras for sports/action photography under $2000?

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Nikon D500

My Recommendation for Nikon D500

My Recommendation for Nikon D500

Good buffer

Video has a 2.2x 35mm-equivalent crop factor

Advanced autofocus

Lacks mode dial for custom presets

Can automatically microadjust lens focal point for autofocusing

Great AF point coverage

Illuminated buttons

Can record to an external recorder over HDMI

Canon 7D Mark II

My Recommendation for Canon 7D Mark II

My Recommendation for Canon 7D Mark II

Flicker detection

Dynamic range could be better

Fast autofocus

Lacks 4K video capabilities

No Wi-Fi

No focus peaking or zebras

No touchscreen

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