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This is my first thread on fredmiranda and hopefully you are going to give me some kind of respons.
For many years i used Nikon gear, to be honest more than 20years, which means more than half of my life.
However - i did jump on the digital train quite late, always waiting for the best nikon body for my needs, and
so i even skipped the D700 ( perhaps being convinced that the next one would be just an awesome camera,
being better in every aspect).
So in late 2012 i got a D800 and tried to get accustomed within just 3 weeks, starting a big trip to Australia and Hawaii
right afterwards.
Of course i couldn`t really use this camera up to it`s full potential, the 70-200 VRII was a god companion, my older lenses like the 17-35mm 2.8 not so much when using it wide open under 20mm.
But back to the topic:
As these recent years went by, technology has been upgrading a lot, mostly Sony was a big contender and has
probably pulled a lot of Nikon and canon users to the new a7 series.
What i really would like to see nikon develop within the next year would be at least two different pro-grade bodies,
which i think would really suit a lot of nikon users.
The first one would be a D850 or D900 in two different versions: one for the megapixel-race, with around 42-50Megapixel
sensor, and another one with just at least 16MPix or a maximum of 20MegaPixel for available light and night photography.
What i want in both options is besides a professional and durable body a foldable display like the D750, definitely a
focus peaking function ( well nikon - what are you waiting for actually ), and a magnifying ( loupe) function which makes it much faster to manual focus on the screen. All these things are implemented in the Sony a7 series -
so i guess it should be easily doable!
Then it would be great to have an even better speed and functionality of the D810, with the same silent mode.
high iso capability of the 42-50 MegaPixel version should be somehow comparable to the D810 and the lower
Megapixel version should have abilities comparable to the Sony a7s !!
Autofocus should be even better than with the best systems of today ( i guess the coming d5 will show the way)
and a lot of us would welcome 4k video as well .The whole package should have about the same weight as the
D810 has now, handling could be even better i guess ( the d750 seems being the best compromise here, though being
a bit smaller).
Everything for just a tad higher a price would be still an awesome camera with a lot of qualities.
The main point for me is still better manual focusing abilities and the choice between those two versions with either
the highest detail rate or just the best low-light possibilities.
One problem remains the sensors itself. Will Sony deliver or will Nikon have to look for another supplier?
If it is Sony, then the price will be quite steep i guess ( at least as high as the new versions of the Canon 5D`s ).
There is also some space for a successor for the d750 in the second half of next year i think.
Here we could expect 4k video, great autofocus and some improvements like a faster shutter, an improved IQ
could result from some new algorithms in the processing machine - perhaps a slight upgrade of the sensor megapixelwise.
We are going to see what Sony is coming out with next - i guess the successor of the A7s will be somehow
the perfect compromise of high iso and general qualities.
Nikon also has to get going with some lenses!
What everybody expects will be the new 24-70 VR and i guess also a 135 1.8 Vr or 2.0 Vr. This will have to compete with Sigmas new development of a new Art 135 2.0.
This very versatile medium tele-lens should not weigh much more than 1000gram, and the image quality and sharpness should be almost on Zeiss 135mm ZF level!
This would be a great lens indeed - and i think a lot of users could even imagine getting rid of a 70-200 2.8, when having a zoom from 24-70 or 24-120, and then just taking this 135mm 2.0 would offer enough flexibility for most
of us when using it with a 36Megapixel + body.
There is also a need for a great new 16-35 2.8 with the option to use normal filter solutions.
I guess a lot of us would somehow have some good use for a lens like this!
Let`s see what happens!
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