What would you do???

So here is it. I'm selling my 5DII and decided i'm getting a 1DIII again.

I have found some great prices but i'm now starting to wonder... If it were you would you:

a) Get One 1DIII and buy another battery with the left over money?
b) Get TWO 1DII and not have extra money but have more than enough spares anyway?

I mainly shoot motorsports / sports and have a 24-70 f2.8, 70-200 f2.8 and a nifty.

*No i'm not interested in the 7D, 6D etc, these are the options i have narrowed it down to.

Having used all the cameras that you mention I would save a little longer and consider a used 1D4.
From your post you have already had a 1D3 so you know what a 1 series can do. Compared to the 1D3 the 1D4 just does more and better. The AF is faster and tracks better - on motor-sports I would expect you to have very few (if any) out of focus shots - except perhaps for the odd crash. It will give far more detail for larger prints and the ISO performance is at the very least 1 stop better for poor light.
The 1D4 is available at quite reasonable prices these days and it is still one of the best sports/wildlife cameras available.

Between the two options, 1D3. I'd not even consider investing in 1DII's as they are, IMHO, too old now.

What I would really do though is buy a 1DIV, which is what I did.

Yeah, the 1D4 would be nice but I can't afford it hence the choice of the mk2s or the mk 3

urbanfreestyle wrote in post #17605171
Yeah, the 1D4 would be nice but I can't afford it hence the choice of the mk2s or the mk 3

If the 1D4 is simply out of reach then the 1D3 is still FAR from shabby!

sounds like a plan then, 1x 1D Mk3 thanks for all the help.

I'd definitely go 1D3.

My 1D2 is still with me, and it played back up for a few years while the 1D3 had star billing.
Now it just looks good on the shelf.. I'd not go back.