The NIKON Thread (Talk About Nikon Stuff here)

[bigshot]

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High ISO? 
I have a D200 too. LaLaLove it. Except for high ISO.

With my Sigma 30 I can shoot at night handheld. I really haven't run into situations where I need faster. It's a heck of a lot faster than my old film camera. That's for sure!

 

[Towert7]

The low light performance on current nikons is out of this world.  If you want any better performance I think you're going to have to go to IR nightvision!
 
I would love to have one of the new nikon bodies for their movie mode.
The ability to use nikon lenses for movie making would be AWESOME.  To move into a professional video camera system where you could interchange lenses would cost tens of thousands of dollars.  All I would need is a new nikon body, since I already have a ton of lenses!

 

[Szadzik]

 
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What about it didn't you like compared to your D90?

The new dial for modes and the fact that the new design is less ergonomic - at least to me. I am now waiting for D7000 successor to see if anything is change or not. If not, maybe I will look into D300 next generation series.
 

 

[rhythmdevils]

What about image quality?  I thought the D7000 was a lot nicer to handle than the D90, but different strokes I guess. 

 

[thenorwegian]

It's not about the size of prints, but how I edit shots. Cleaning up details etc etc was a much better experience on the 21mp vs 12mp.

 

[Szadzik]

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What about image quality?  I thought the D7000 was a lot nicer to handle than the D90, but different strokes I guess. 

 
Image quality is better, but not light and day and 60% price extra better. I paid 560 GBP when I bought my D90 3 years ago and D7000 is 950 GBP. 

 

[bigshot]

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It's not about the size of prints, but how I edit shots. Cleaning up details etc etc was a much better experience on the 21mp vs 12mp.

What are you cleaning up? Lens aberrations? Dusty sensor? Unbalanced exposure?

 

[Towert7]

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It's not about the size of prints, but how I edit shots. Cleaning up details etc etc was a much better experience on the 21mp vs 12mp.

Wow, if 12MP doesn't keep you happy you would probably hate my camera (6.1MP)
 

 

[thenorwegian]

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What are you cleaning up? Lens aberrations? Dusty sensor? Unbalanced exposure?

If you look at my site you'll see I'm not a big fan of "natural" photos and do a lot of editing http://www.mariusaasheim.com
 

 

[Towert7]

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If you look at my site you'll see I'm not a big fan of "natural" photos and do a lot of editing http://www.mariusaasheim.com
 

I don't know.  Most of the photos look natural to me, just with changes to the colors and removal of some of the dynamic range.
I enjoyed the photos.  Some of the car photos were very nice.

 

[jchandler3]

Wow, nice photos. Car shots aren't easy.

 

[liamstrain]

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It's not about the size of prints, but how I edit shots. Cleaning up details etc etc was a much better experience on the 21mp vs 12mp.

Ditto. Tho sometimes print size and detail is an issue for me. I have zero need for high-iso/low light stuff. I shoot at 50 on a tripod and throw 3000+ w/s of strobes on an average scene. 
 
I'm still very annoyed with Nik for not bringing a full-frame competitor to the 5D mk II to market yet. I have found recently I've been renting canon bodies more often than i've been using the Nik gear I own, and that is annoying. 

 

[rhythmdevils]

I kind of think that if you need more than 12mp just to edit on the computer you're zooming in too much.  That's a generalization though I guess. 
 
I think if you don't need high iso and always shoot at 50 and want high mp, you should go with Canon because that's kind of their thing- high mp over all else.  The D700/D3 are actually better at 100 than at 50 AFAIK.  I don't want to see Nikon chase Canon at their own game, I'd rather see them stick with their own goals and priorities and make different cameras than Canon. 

 

[liamstrain]

Probably true. I was just hoping to stay loyal to the brand since I swore off Canon when they abandoned the FD/FL mount and rendered my expensive L glass collection effectively obsolete. Nikon at least preserved the F mount, and I would have liked to keep rewarding them for that. (I switched to Nikon when they released the D1, and I gave up 35mm film for professional use). 

 

[thenorwegian]

If it wasn't for the piss-poor AF on the 5DMKII, I would have sold my nikon gear and gone back to canon in an instant. Loved the pictures it took, even if they had more noise than the D700. What's bugging me now is that the rumours about the 5DMKIII says canon will again shoot the 5D right in the nuts with an inferior AF system (compared to the competition). I really don't understand the decisions beeing made at canon HQ if that proves to be true.
 
As far as the D800 goes, if they're going 36mp nuts (please do) then I'm guessing noise handling simmilar to the D700. The D4 looks like it's the typical "1 step better than previous model" upgrade, but that's only 18mp. So if they pull off D700 quality on 36mp, I'll be very impressed.