Strobo wrote:
Used lenses can also be a very good option. The Nikkor 28-70 AFS, for instance, is a sharp lens and renders lovely skin tones, making it a suitable candidate for the OP's portraiture needs.
Agreed, and to be honest I have it in my bag currently as I love the beefy build and can't seem to shake it for the newer 24-70. Both being 2.8, I tend to find the image differences between the two to be negligible. You are right, and this lens can be had in very good condition for about 900-1200 depending on the seller and condition.
Tete wrote:
GF1 is a great little camera. My apologies if you thought I was critiquing your technique. I am simply stating that many on this forum and in real world use, shoot w D700 in studio. And not just 8fps blast and grab. Which, unless I'm really missing something, I did not see mentioned in your post. Which may help decide which to buy. Specific to senior portraits and things of that nature. I would rather have a D700 and 24-70 than say d800 and tamron 28-75mm. If money is a concern.
Hey, no picking on my goto Tammy.
I've thought about upgrading to the 28-70 or 24-70 but just can't see the reason to spend that much more money when my Tamron is so tack sharp as it is.
Highly recommend the D700 for most people. Excellent camera.
The fact is, with the D800, I've seen very few photos that make me think they are in the right hands or the camera being used to its capabilities and potential. With some absolutely exceptional photos that make me think it's the bomb.
I'm not talking about if someone can afford to buy the camera, it's that they probably should have saved their money and bought a flash, or lens..... or in so many cases I've seen.... a tripod and shutter release cable.
I've thought about upgrading to the 28-70 or 24-70 but just can't see the reason to spend that much more money when my Tamron is so tack sharp as it is.
I can't deny that at one point I did own one, but it's the build quality not the sharpness that I found less than good. The "pig" 28-70 F2.8" is built like a tank and weighs about the same. It's a brick in both good and bad ways..
Tete wrote:
GF1 is a great little camera. My apologies if you thought I was critiquing your technique. I am simply stating that many on this forum and in real world use, shoot w D700 in studio. And not just 8fps blast and grab. Which, unless I'm really missing something, I did not see mentioned in your post. Which may help decide which to buy. Specific to senior portraits and things of that nature. I would rather have a D700 and 24-70 than say d800 and tamron 28-75mm. If money is a concern.
Please accept my apologies for misinterpreting your statements.
Actually there will be time that one needs to blast off as in auto bracketing due to poor lighting condition or in events, functions, sports and wedding where the scene just keep coming at you and there is no time for fine tuning (just like a bunch of enemies coming at you and you got to mow them all down).
But there are times when some newbies trying to show off how fast their shutter can go by blasting off as in a couple of weeks ago where all the photographers were looking at each other shaking their shoulders and wondering what the hell is that one photographer is trying to do? Trying to capture the firing of the 21 guns salute at dask from 500m away. Even if he is to use ISO 6400 with a high enough shutter speed he is not going to capture the precise moment.
It would be better off to use a low ISO, shut down the aperture and use a really slow shutter speed like a couple of seconds to capture the firing as well as the smoke that gathers around the canon in one single shot or use a dedicate video with full HD 1920x1080 or 4K format with 50fps or 60fps non-interlace for PAL or NTSC respectively, post process it with HDR using a couple of frames will give better result.
And finally, yes I did mentioned in my original post that it will be better off for the OP to use a D700 for his style of shooting seniors (I am assuming that will be events and functions), sports and family shots.
