Are yous a speed freak? Hungry to photo anything that goes zoom? Or perhaps you lot only want to get Sports Illustrated level shots of your child's soccer game.

Fortunately, in that location are a ton of cameras on the market that volition help you get the shot. In fact, all of the cameras included in this buying guide could exist used to successfully photo sports or action.

Our option: Nikon D5

When it comes to sports shooting, the D5 is most peerless. Kickoff and foremost, it offers class-leading autofocus and subject tracking performance, fifty-fifty at its max burst of 12 fps. Oh, and the buffer is nearly unlimited - seriously, it just keeps shooting and shooting, maintaining focus the entire time.

Of all the cameras in this guide, only the Canon EOS 1D X Marking II and Olympus East-M1X can match the D5'due south insanely robust build quality and weather-sealing. The same goes for ergonomics: simply these cameras offer built-in vertical grips and secondary shutter releases. This added grip also offers the advantage of making room for a substantially higher capacity battery. The D5 is likewise one of the near customizable cameras nosotros've ever tested.

If you are a sports shooter who sticks to JPEG for maximum menu space and/or edit/transfer fourth dimension, y'all're covered: JPEG color and quality are quite good, and the aforementioned is true of Raw files (though their dynamic range is a tad limited compared to other full-frame Nikon DSLRs). Finally, the camera can even shoot decent-looking 4K video, albeit with a crop factor.

Besides recommended: Nikon D500

The Nikon D500 is essentially a mini D5 with a smaller sensor and no congenital-in vertical grip.

Instead of a total-frame sensor, the D500 uses a 20.9MP APS-C sensor with excellent JPEG and Raw paradigm quality. The AF arrangement and subject field tracking capabilities are ripped correct from the D5 and as y'all might have guessed, they're class-leading. The flare-up shooting performance maxes out at x fps, which is still fast enough for just virtually any discipline. It can also shoot decent-looking 4K video.

The D500's build quality, while not D5-level, is still very expert. The photographic camera is weather condition-sealed and built to withstand hard utilise in tough weather. The D500 is among the best APS-C camera nosotros've ever tested and very much worthy of your consideration.

We considered all of the cameras below when picking our winner, and even though we think the Nikon D5 and D500 are the all-time choices for sports and action, all of the cameras on our shortlist are also worthy contenders.

If you're not convinced by our recommendations, accept a expect at the following cameras for a detailed breakdown of their strengths and weaknesses.

  • Our pick: Nikon D5
  • As well recommended: Nikon D500

Also consider:

  • Canon EOS 1D 10 Marking Three
  • Catechism EOS R6
  • Fujifilm 10-T4
  • Nikon D6*
  • Nikon D780
  • Olympus OM-D East-M1 Three
  • Olympus OM-D E-M1X
  • Panasonic Lumix DC-G9
  • Sony a7 III
  • Sony a9 II
  • Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10 IV

* This camera has non been fully reviewed and is non eligible for an accolade.