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9 Feb 2012, 12:10 (Ref:3023666)
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New Nikon D4, or D800, or a D800E???
Or do I just stay boring, and plump for a 300s???
 I MUST retool as the current kit is now 7 years old. It works every bit as well as when I bought it, but it's very Olde Skool these days! Thoughts? I have to say, a D700 looks tempting right now... 
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9 Feb 2012, 19:54 (Ref:3023806)
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9 Feb 2012, 22:19 (Ref:3023868)
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66% has just been knocked of the price of the Sigma SD1 (46MP), about $2300!
http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/02...ill_price_drop http://www.dpreview.com/previews/sigmasd1/ |
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10 Feb 2012, 12:01 (Ref:3024058)
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These are ALL FX format, apart from the DX D300...
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12 Feb 2012, 20:25 (Ref:3024960)
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D700 but just wait out a little bit longer for the price to drop. The D800 is not the best motorsports camera with its low FPS and high MP count. The D700 with a grip is a beast of a camera comparable to the D3s.
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7 Apr 2012, 21:39 (Ref:3055064)
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And LO! D700 has turned up for about a grand, with 30K clicks to date. The guy 'updated' to a D800, but then he shoots landscapes...
Now I need some glass. |
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12 Apr 2012, 12:43 (Ref:3057794)
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Pretty impressive at ISO 6400. Lord knows when I'd use either that, or the 1 or 2 stops faster it offers, but the 3D AF looks fantastic... Tell it what the target is, and it follows focus wherever the target goes! I must try it out on small boy, and cats...
Initial samples are on Flickr. I'm not hard to find. I reckon it beats a D300S hands down. And for th same money, I'm not complaining. Off seeking an MB-D10 battery grip, now. |
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24 Apr 2012, 14:44 (Ref:3064937)
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Some samples are up from a Kids MX meeting. I need to tweak settings a bit. Sometimes it fools me, and does the unexpected, which is always going to happen with a new camera, compared with one you know inside out and backwards...
It's first REAL trip may well be AMOC at Silverstone this weekend. Then Spa after that. |
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18 May 2012, 13:00 (Ref:3076099)
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First trip out was Spa WEC. I picked a 70-300 ED for just on a ton, as I mentioned on another thread, and I'm impressed. I'm still fiddling around sorting it as I want it, but the pictures are great, which is what counts after all!
But the file size... OW! Especially in NEF RAW, I ate 8GB of card in under an hour... Then I remembered to switch it back to fine jpg... Some samples on flickr, for those who may be interested? http://www.flickr.com/photos/sandfish_imagining/ |
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