crewshin wrote:
This camera is going to MURDER at 3k. Canon better have something solid lined up with the 1DM3.
Likely Canon is in trouble if they can\'t match. Even I\'m going to take a close look at it, and I hate putting money into camera bodies. For me, the tough part would be selling Tokina 11-16mm f2.8 and Nikon 17-55mm f2.8 and replacing with Nikons 14-24 & 24-70mm f2.8. (I absolutely refuse to \"go backwards\" on lenses and use lower quality.) A Nikon 16-35mm f4 might work for me on the wide end if the camera shoots clean at ISO 3200. I could pick up that lost stop with ISO. Two huge unknowns are (1) price (2) actual performance at ISO >1600. I\'m planning a trip to Arctic Europe in June, but that might not be enough time to read the reviews, find one in stock, and practice with it for a month or so. (I hate taking equipment I\'m not familiar with on \"important\" trips.) I like the smaller size, don\'t like the backup SD card bullshit, love the video, and suspect I\'ll miss DX reach for wildlife. All camera gear must be carefully considered as to how it fits with how & what you shoot and as a piece of your system. I have zero interest in a used 13mp D700, no matter what the price. I could sell my D300 and D80, buy a D7000 as backup (I do need a back up,) which would also give me DX reach with my 400mm lens. That plus three pro Nikon f2.8 zooms, my Gitzo tripod, and my SB-900 would be a very capable and flexible system. If the camera really does well at ISO 6400 (still a big if) I wouldn\'t even need any f1.4 lenses any more.
crewshin wrote:
This camera is going to MURDER at 3k. Canon better have something solid lined up with the 1DM3.
Likely Canon is in trouble if they can\'t match. Even I\'m going to take a close look at it, and I hate putting money into camera bodies. For me, the tough part would be selling Tokina 11-16mm f2.8 and Nikon 17-55mm f2.8 and replacing with Nikons 14-24 & 24-70mm f2.8. (I absolutely refuse to \"go backwards\" on lenses and use lower quality.) A Nikon 16-35mm f4 might work for me on the wide end if the camera shoots clean at ISO 3200. I could pick up that lost stop with ISO. Two huge unknowns are (1) price (2) actual performance at ISO >1600. I\'m planning a trip to Arctic Europe in June, but that might not be enough time to read the reviews, find one in stock, and practice with it for a month or so. (I hate taking equipment I\'m not familiar with on \"important\" trips.) I like the smaller size, don\'t like the backup SD card bullshit, love the video, and suspect I\'ll miss DX reach for wildlife. All camera gear must be carefully considered as to how it fits with how & what you shoot and as a piece of your system. I have zero interest in a used 13mp D700, no matter what the price. I could sell my D300 and D80, buy a D7000 as backup (I do need a back up,) which would also give me DX reach with my 400mm lens. That plus three pro Nikon f2.8 zooms, Gitzo tripod, and my SB-900 would be a very capable and flexible system. If the camera really does well at ISO 6400 (still a big if) I wouldn\'t even need any f1.4 lenses any more.
Kent in SD
Feb 07, 2012 at 12:37 AM
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