Photography is all about making compromises. You can continue shooting your 1D2 or buying either a 1Ds3 or D3, if moving to a 95% VF is beyond your willingness to compromise. Your only options are 100% or less than a 100%. Make the choice.
Photography is all about making compromises. You can continue shooting your 1D2 or buying either a 1Ds3 or D3, if moving to a 95% VF is beyond your willingness to compromise. Your only options are 100% or less than a 100%. Make the choice.
After seeing the illustration, I agree that the "95%- issue" are not a problem ;-). Thanks.
I`ll go for the D700
I`ve also decided to go for 35 2.0 and 85 1.8 (mainly portraits). I also want a longer one, but I`m going to use that as a sport/longer portrait lens...what about 180 2.8 or 300 4 (continous AF...?)?
Glad you are happy now - buy the camera and take the photos
The 35 and 85 are excellent focal lengths to use on a full-frame (I use those lengths on a 1Ds3). You may find that 180 isn't long enough, though - the 300 is likely to be more useful.
You may find a 50mm a useful length too - it is usually the fastest lens one can buy; team it with ISO 12800 or 25600 and you can shoot without flash most of the time.
For equal brightness a bigger sensor requires a bigger prism. That costs more and is difficult if a prosumer pop-up flash is included. So pro cameras put their money into the prism without a flash since-they (incorrectly) reason that a pro flash needs can best be dealt with with big accessory flashes.
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What a pathetic discussion. Can I laugh now or do I have to wait until later. Must be someone from the other Dark Side trying to stir up trouble because they can't be first anymore...awwww
Lee, I am 100% with you on this one with one exception, I did my laugh already at the beginning of this thread.
most 35mm SLRs of the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s were NEVER 100% viewfinders. There were some exceptions, like the high end eos, F4's F5's, F6. I seriously doubt working pros ever argued about 100% VF's.
Yep, bang on. In fact most of the full frame 35mm film cameras that weren't pro models were 92% VF.
If that black line will make or break your shot, I don't think your shot had much hope to begin with.
Also, there's always liveview for those times where you need 100% coverage.
Dan, that figure is a bit misleading because it reflects the viewfinder size, not the coverage. Since the D700 viewfinder has higher magnification than the D3 viewfinder, they are almost the same size despite the 5% difference in coverage. Anyway, I have not once been troubled by the viewfinder coverage using a 5D for the past couple years. I have a D700 on order, and the 95% coverage was not a factor in my decision. If I ever have both the time and need for absolute framing precision, as you say Live View will be there for me.
