Ok, have had a clear out of all my old camera kit and now I need a new camera. Thing is with the funds I've raised from selling everything I could buy what I had initially thought of which is a D300 (had been using a D200) and a nice fast wide zoom, I tend to shoot in the woods, or......... do I go mad and buy a D700(!) which would only leave me with funds at the moment to stick a fast prime 50mm on. Kinda thinking with this money, maybe now is the time to jump to ff, shoot with the 50mm for a few months, then buy a 14-24 when the next chunk of money is free *cough*
Head says D300 + nice fast wide, heart says D700 + 50mm and save for ff lenses.......
Oh, and I won't be biking with either.
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Posted 1 year ago #
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Not wanting to add more confusion, but have you considered the new D7000?
Preview here: http://www.dpreview.com/previews/NikonD7000/
It's supposed to outgun the D300 in several areas.
D700 is meant to be good though......good luck deciding!
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The D700 is a couple of years old now - and supposedly the new D7000 has comparable high ISO performance despite the smaller sensor.
If you can't afford to spend lots on lenses then I don't see the point in going full frame really.
14mm is WWWWIIIIIIIIIIIIDDDE on full frame too - do you really need that wide?
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full frame.
those mickey mouse small format cameras are horrible to look through. it's like looking down a bog-roll tube to see the viewfinder. full frame viewfinders are bigger and brighter.Posted 1 year ago # -
TBH, I'll probably end up going full frame when the business can afford it. In the meantime though, a pair of D300s works well for me - low light noise just isn't a problem any more - software has solved the (not very bad) problem.
I'd recommend a D300 and good glass - the D700(0!) won't really give you anything that a D300 and top-notch lenses can't - perhaps a 17-55 f2.8 and a superwide prime? And don't forget your strobes and triggers if you're shooting in dark woods....
EDIT: Oh, and there are light years of difference between the D200 and 300 in terms of high ISO quality / lack of noise - I really was blown away.
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The D7000 is meant to have significantly better high iso performance than the D300s, which is in turn better than the D300 - and will cost about the same as a D300. Plus you get full 1080p HD - dual card slots - more MPs (which can be useful if you like to crop for composition).
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What he said ^^^^^^ + more.
See the preview I linked to. It looks quite nice. My D80 is starting to become old hat already!
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full frame - without question, you can actually focus my hand on FF vs Crop. Get a quality F 1.2 etc... lens and marvel at the depth if field and immense IQ - the zoom will never match it.
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Ah the bliss of having to decide which "nice to have" item to buy next.
I remember those days, when I had a regular income.
Conversely, life is a lot simpler when you have more clarity in your life brought about by limited funds.
The other advantage is that you don't end up with a drawer full of expensive, but redundant obsolete gadgets!
No more Bleeding Edge syndrome!
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