Let me just say that I don\'t want to start a flame wars or anything here However as a D90 owner I was patiently waiting for the D800 announcement before making any decision regarding an update and I the more I look at this camera I have to say that I\'m a bit disappointed by it.
Yes it\'s sure one hell of a monster at 36mp, but that\'s about it isn\'t it? I don\'t really care about the video feature. I mean the D700 ISO seems to be quite a bit better and the D700 is also faster. Even my older D90 is 4.5fps... This is two specs I was mostly looking for, High ISO & Speed.
I bought my D90 back when it came out along with the Battery Grip for it and I can\'t think of not using one on a D800. But at ~650$ for it along with a new battery the price of the Combo is getting close to 4000$ here in Canada.
So what I\'m left with? D4? That\'d be nice! It\'ll be faster, better high ISO, lighter than the D800 + Battery Grip. Yea much better camera all around that\'s for sure. But 6000$ I\'d like to have a Jack-of-all-trade camera... 24mp, ~7-8fps, ISO 6400 as good as the D700. around 2000-2500$ Maybe the next D400? Am I dreaming? But in the other hand I really wanted to switch to Full Frame...
D700 + Battery Grip might still be a good deal. I don\'t know...
Let me just say that I don\'t want to start a flame wars or anything here However as a D90 owner I was patiently waiting for the D800 announcement before making any decision regarding an update and I the more I look at this camera I have to say that I\'m a bit disappointed by it.
Yes it\'s sure one hell of a monster at 36mp, but that\'s about it isn\'t it? I mean the D700 ISO seems to be quite a bit better and the D700 is also faster. Even my older D90 is 4.5fps... This is two specs I was mostly looking for, High ISO & Speed.
I bought my D90 back when it came out along with the Battery Grip for it and I can\'t think of not using one on a D800. But at ~650$ for it along with a new battery the price of the Combo is getting close to 4000$ here in Canada.
So what I\'m left with? D4? That\'d be nice! It\'ll be faster, better high ISO, lighter than the D800 + Battery Grip. Yea much better camera all around that\'s for sure. But 6000$ I\'d like to have a Jack-of-all-trade camera... 24mp, ~7-8fps, ISO 6400 as good as the D700. around 2000-2500$ Maybe the next D400? Am I dreaming? But in the other hand I really wanted to switch to Full Frame...
D700 + Battery Grip might still be a good deal. I don\'t know...
Just my humble 2cents, thanks
Feb 08, 2012 at 10:17 AM
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However as a D90 owner I was patiently waiting for the D800 announcement before making any decision regarding an update and I the more I look at this camera I have to say that I\'m a bit disappointed by it. 
I\'d like to have a Jack-of-all-trade camera... 24mp, ~7-8fps, ISO 6400 as good as the D700. around 2000-2500$ Maybe the next D400? Am I dreaming? But in the other hand I really wanted to switch to Full Frame... 