For those of you who have/had both cameras: Is there any fifference in AF between the two? I have D3 and was about to get D700 when I heard that D700's AF is not as fast and accurate as that of a D3. Please help me decide whichone should I get.
I vote D3 But it's not because of the AF difference (of which I know nothing about). It's because the feel of the D3 is far better than the D300/D700 body. It's just better balanced, especially for the big glass if you shoot sports or wildlife.
Avi B wrote:
I vote D3 But it's not because of the AF difference (of which I know nothing about). It's because the feel of the D3 is far better than the D300/D700 body. It's just better balanced, especially for the big glass if you shoot sports or wildlife.
I don't have any balance problems but I have a long plate mounted on the lens foot and mount it to a wimberley. The long plate makes it easy to get the center of gravity over the wimberley mounting point with or without the grip on the D300/D700.
On an af-s lens you won't see a difference in speed but the screw drive "appears" to focus faster on the D3. Although a tad off topic the once thing that is noticeable is the obvious coverage area of the focus points of the D300 compared to the FX layout. I wish they had scaled the it proportionally to cover more of the edges.
90 5.0 wrote:
But he is also asking which one he should get so it is confusing??
And no the D700 does not focus fast with long af-d lenses like the 70-300.
I don't own any AF-S or VR lenses(not a fan of the noises they make) and I think the focus is pretty darn fast. Never missed a shot because of it. Just my opinion, though.
phillip ino wrote:
I don't own any AF-S or VR lenses(not a fan of the noises they make) and I think the focus is pretty darn fast. Never missed a shot because of it. Just my opinion, though.
What My af-d's are alot louder than my af-s's, and i have missed shot's because of slow focusing chasing dragonfly's and birds in flight...
And yes the longer the range the slower a lens is to focus because of the distance it has to cover....
I just don't want some one to get the wrong idea and be dissapointed if they buy a D700 and realize it won't focus fast with every lens, but in any case it still focuses faster with the 70-300 than my Fm does
Thanks for your feedback. I shoot weddings and use primes more, so i would like to have another body in my hands. I didn't like D300 at all because of it's ISO and AF. so I used D3 almost all the time. I'm worried if it will be the same with D700. I love my D3!
If your shooting weddings buy another D3 I like having every advantage I can when Im shooting weddings especially when you wear 2 cameras. Right now Im shooting with a D3 and a D2X (soon another D3). It's an absolute pleasure shooting the D3 with the 85f/1.4 and 50f/1.4. Having identical bodies is the way to go.
90 5.0 wrote:
What My af-d's are alot louder than my af-s's, and i have missed shot's because of slow focusing chasing dragonfly's and birds in flight...
And yes the longer the range the slower a lens is to focus because of the distance it has to cover....
I just don't want some one to get the wrong idea and be dissapointed if they buy a D700 and realize it won't focus fast with every lens, but in any case it still focuses faster with the 70-300 than my Fm does
My bad. I should have specified that it's not the noise during focusing that bothers me about AF-S lenses, it's all jiggling that comes with AF-S and VR lenses that occur outside of focusing, which bother me. Just my own opinion.
There is nothing wrong with the AF performance of the D700 at all, even without the grip. This cracks me up. People make it seem like since the D3 is arguably fractions better at initial acquisition that the D700 is a serious step backwards. I have been comparing the D700 to the D300 to the D2H ever since I got the D700 and honestly, if you tell me the D2's acquire focus quicker than the D300/D700 I don't buy it myself. And the D300/D700 track better. Between the D300 and D700 there's NOTHING.
And yet, we seemed to get by very well with the D2's until the D3 was released...
Bottom line? Get your hands on a D700 and try it out. That'll go SO much farther than putting it to a forum question... I'd be surprised if you came away disappointed.
My af-d's are alot louder than my af-s's, and i have missed shot's because of slow focusing chasing dragonfly's and birds in flight...