Quick comparison of the D600 vs D7000 at 6400 iso. I used the 50mm1.4 on the D600 and the 35mm 1.4 on the d7000 both at F8 1/100 and 1/125 respectively
d7000

d600

d7000

d600

Just one more reason for that larger sensor.

I'm thinning out my herd just a little bit so a few lenses need to find new homes so I thought I would try to keep them in the thread before posting them in the B&S, CL, or fleabay. They are all in excellent shape optically, mechanically, and cosmetically, although the 300/2.8 has a little bit more wear on the mount and strap rings.
28/2 AI - $350 - The thought of selling this one makes me sore, but I'm really struggling to focus with any manual WA lenses, so I'm going to let it go.
50-135/3.5 AI-S - $130 - Great lens, but I just don't use it.
300/2.8 ED AI-S + Wimberley P40 plate - $1000- Another great lens, but with one baby here and another on the way, I've got things that I need to carry other than supertelephotos...

If anyone is interested, shoot me a PM. All of those prices include shipping.

And I'd be remiss if I didn't show some pictures too, all from the D700+50/1.2 AI-S

Eli just hanging around with some big and small aunts and uncles:


I've been shooting a lot of 1600 ISO HP5+ in my Leica lately, and I find the grain quite pleasant and unobjectionable. A fringe benefit of this is that I no longer have any qualms about shooting at 12,800 ISO (HI1) on my D700. There aren't many scenes that are too dim for handholdable exposure with 12,800 ISO and f/1.2 This is SOOC without any noise reduction. It looks fine at full resolution too.


Lastly, we're over halfway to having little Hudson number 2. We had quite the surprise when a very noticeable feature popped up on the ultrasound monitor. Turns out that our 2nd baby is going to be a boy rather than a girl!

Congratulations on another boy Alan, I like the name. I'd love to help you out but alas....

Congrats on the baby, and hopefully you don't have to repaint the nursery again. Glad to see you're going to help carry babies and bags.

huddy wrote:

300/2.8 ED AI-S + Wimberley P40 plate - $1000- Another great lens, but with one baby here and another on the way, I've got things that I need to carry other than supertelephotos...
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And I'm going to thin one lens out of my herd...

The duplicate 180 f/2.8 ED IF AI-S.

I want to keep it in "the family" so first preference goes to active posters here. PM me to discuss it.

Thank you Peter.

One more painting from Pompeii:

Painting at the "House of Tragic Poet":


Painting at the "House of Tragic Poet", Pompeii by labecoaves, on Flickr

3 vertical shots pano of central painting at the triclinium in the House of Tragic Poet, Pompeii. D7000 + Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/3.5 ai hand held, ISO 1600, f/5.6 at 1/80s.


A closer view of the central panel (this is a mythological scene where Theseus is boarding ship and leaving Ariadne behind):


A Closer view of a painting at the "House of Tragic Poet", Pompeii by labecoaves, on Flickr


D7000 + Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/3.5 ai hand held, ISO 1600, f/5.6 at 1/60s. ~50% cropped.


More detailed info at his excellent site:
https://sites.google.com/site/ad79eruption/pompeii/regio-vi/reg-vi-ins-8/house-of-the-tragic-poet

No need to discuss it Laura, I'll give you $20.00 for it sight unseen!

Ray, excellent comparison.
D600 image looks cleaner than the D700.

asiostygius wrote:
Ray, excellent comparison.
D600 image looks cleaner than the D700.

At 6400 iso the D600 is very usable and wins hands down, however the D7000 is no slouch. With a little NR post photos process quite nicely. I can only imagine that the D7100 will be even better!

Jose your photos are quite nice. The fact that the color and detail in these murals has lasted through the years is amazing!

leighton w wrote:
Congratulations on another boy Alan, I like the name. I'd love to help you out but alas....
+1

leighton w wrote:
No need to discuss it Laura, I'll give you $20.00 for it sight unseen!

CGrindahl wrote:
So I'm shocked that I won another auction, this one for a 35 f/2 O AI'd. No, Jose, it is not the O.C. but like the H.C. 85, they don't come available very often with an AI conversion kit and this O does. As with the 28 f/3.5 H AI'd I bought, and the 85 f/1.8 H AI'd, I think I'll get by simply by being careful with the sun. I've not been disappointed with either of those lenses.

But I really do need to stop this nonsense. I think I need a 12 step program...

	http:] it's beautiful Curtis - but yeah, you've got a problem - it's not that you're buying too many lenses, hell, you only live once - it's that you're so impatient that you can't wait for a C lens to come up. ben

bruni Registered: Feb 15, 2012 Total Posts: 1295 Country: Australia

asiostygius wrote: pburke wrote: ... five shot pano with the 105mm iso 400 f2.8 1/125s httpb.jpg crops from the image: http:/p.jpg looks like they were playing Yankee Doodle at that point in time if you have the bandwidth, [url=http://di] - it's a 24mb jpeg Peter Wow Peter, great details you got with the 105/2.5. Well done pano! Amazing Peter - I've spotted a couple of the joins where they don't quite line up - but it's nothing really - I'm amazing that with moving subjects it lines up at all!! ben