MT Shooter Loc: Montana

Thanks. I was wondering.

Gitchigumi Loc: Wake Forest, NC

Yes, thank you! :thumbup:

NMR Loc: Edmonton, Canada

I am curious to know which Tamron lenses you are using that you believe give equal IQ to Nikon's better lenses.

I use some third party lenses too and am not opposed to the idea of third party manufacturers putting out good stuff. My experience of Tamron thus far hasn't been the greatest, but I'd be happy to have my mind changed.

1Adventurer2 Loc: Westcoast

I've been using the D750 soon after it was released. I was also considering the D810 before settling on the D750.
I too was concerned about the large file size that the D810 produces but I did notice there was a setting to give you a smaller size file maybe MT Shooter or someone else who has one can address that.
The main advantages that I saw with the D810 was higher shutter speeds and lower native ISO (64).
Ultimately I went with the D750 because of the slightly faster FPS, it's lighter for travel and and the built in WiFi, the lower cost did facture in some.
The D750 performs well in low light and has the same processor as the D810. All that being said my next camera will be a D810 or whatever replaces it.
As far as external hard drives, whatever size you choose buy two and use one strickly as a backup. All hard drives fail it's just a matter of when.

cjc2 Loc: Hellertown PA

Although this question has morphed a bit, I will provide my view, FWIW. I have always selected my "to buy" camera to fit the work that I do, at least most often. As a sports shooter, I use a D4s. I also use it for lots of other stuff and I use my backup, a D3, as well. I would love to own both a D750 AND a D810 as I do believe in certain of the situations I encounter, they would work better being lighter and having more MPs! I recently purchased a 300/4PF and wouldn't mind having an equally lighter camera to use it with! For me, the choice between the 750 and 810 would be a difficult one as they both have some sought after features! Best of luck, or just buy both! (Still less than a D4s!)

cjc2 Loc: Hellertown PA

As far as large file storage is concerned, my solution to that is to store files only in NAS devices. I use Synology exclusively along with the higher end hard drives (WD RED PRO in my case). One big advantage of this is that I can access my files on BOTH a PC and a MAC without any conversion. Each drive is backed up with an identical copy, which is called RAID 1. Hope this is helpful.

luvmypets Loc: Born & raised Texan living in Fayetteville NC

Thank you FlyExtreme!! I currently have 2 - 1TB drives that I back up to. I very quickly filled the 256 drive on this Mac even deleting unwanted photos. I do like to make copies of some and convert to b&w so that adds to the capacity. I have also loaded both RAW and JPEG and so the size of the 810 files is a concern. Thank you for your vote for the 810 and thank you for all your input. That makes the decision a little easier but I am still on the fence though leaning 810.

Thank you for taking the time to help in my decision.

Dodie

luvmypets Loc: Born & raised Texan living in Fayetteville NC

Thank you for taking time to answer my questions. Since you use both do you find the controls on the 810 more difficult to deal with? The ones on the 750 are very similar to my 7000.

Don't worry, I won't start the RAW/JPEG thing since I use both. As it turns out when my HP computer was having it's issues and I was trying to make a back up (to that point I had only been backing up my JPEGs and not the RAW) I have all my JPEGs but not all of my RAWs. I am grateful that I have all my photos even if not in both formats so I now have 2 external back ups.

Thanks to you and the other wonderful people that answered, I now am not as concerned about the external drives. It sounds like what I have will handle things quite well. So now the decision is for which camera. I'm leaning toward the 810 but my budget may rein me in to the 750.

Thanks for you input!!!

Dodie

luvmypets Loc: Born & raised Texan living in Fayetteville NC

Thank you CHG CANON for taking time to answer. I am still going over all the info and though leaning to 810 may have to answer to the budget and go with the 750 but from the great information I've gotten here, I don't think I would be unhappy if that's what happens.

Thank you for your input!!!

Dodie

luvmypets Loc: Born & raised Texan living in Fayetteville NC

Thank you for your information and the wonderful links!!!! I had thought about the SSD and talked to a "kid" I work with who purchased one and it failed so he took it back and they happily replaced it then the second one failed. He took the drive and the computer and they just could not make it work so he is back to a regular hard drive. That made me hesitate. Like all new things, the first couple of years need the bugs worked out and I think the SSD is just going through its first phase bugs so I will consider that as a future possibility for this Mac.

Thank you for taking time to answer my question and send those links. I want to read them again.

Dodie

luvmypets Loc: Born & raised Texan living in Fayetteville NC

Thank you, AmyJ for including those photos. I have downloaded them and don't see much difference in them Both show great details in the feathers. I have the Tamron 150-600 so that made your photos even more important for my comparison.

I have 2 - 1TB external hard drives now that I use for back up and from what you and others have said it doesn't look like I will need to purchase a 5TB. These 2 should do for a while so now the debate is the camera and for a few moments, I considered buying both until my budget nixed that idea.

Do you find the controls of the 810 so different from the 750 (my 7000 controls are very similar to the 750) that you felt you had to learn a whole new camera and ways to get to the functions you need?

Thank you for all the information and photos. It will definitely help with my decision.

Dodie

luvmypets Loc: Born & raised Texan living in Fayetteville NC

Thank you Mark7829!! I do crop so that is an excellent point!

Thank you for that!

Dodie

luvmypets Loc: Born & raised Texan living in Fayetteville NC

Hello NMR,

I learned long ago in my film days that glass is the place to put your money. Since my finances are not unlimited I try to research things before I buy, hence, this post before I purchase a new camera. I wasn't satisfied with the IQ I was getting from my D7000 and the kit lenses that I originally purchased. My initial thought was to learn the camera and then move up my lens quality so I started researching what new Nikon lenses would cost. I had seen a lot of posts on UHH about Tamron and Sigma lenses and how much they had improved their quality. Being a diehard Nikon owner I thought I wouldn't even consider third party lenses but then I read a post for a company called DXOMark that makes software and it was mentioned that they performed lens and camera tests so I plugged in the provided link and found the test area, plugged in my info for the type of camera I have and the lenses I was interested in (at that time 24-70 DI VC USD and 70-200 DI VC USD) and let the computer go to work. The Tamron beat out the Nikon for both lenses!!! I was floored!! It was marginal but still....third party lenses beat out Nikon. Then I checked out the price and saw that they were hundreds of dollars less. I decided to give them a try and yes, they are way better than my kit lenses. Shortly after I purchased those 2 lenses, Tamron came out with the 150-600 and when it was available for Nikon I put in my order and waited. Six months later it arrived. I am very pleased with all three of the Tamrons.

If I've done this right, here is the link:

http://www.dxomark.com/lenses#hideAdvancedOptions=false&viewMode=list

I hope it helps you as much as it did me.

luvmypets Loc: Born & raised Texan living in Fayetteville NC

Thank you 1Adventure2. That adds to my info. I do have 2 - 1TB hard drives now. Had it not been for my HP computer having issues, I wouldn't have even have had one and decided 2 was better. I got the HP running again after I purchased the Mac so my photos are on both computers and both external drives. My biggest mistake was not buying the bigger internal hard drive for the Mac.

Thanks for your input....more food for thought!!

Dodie

luvmypets Loc: Born & raised Texan living in Fayetteville NC

Thank you Cjc2. I appreciate you taking time to add to my pros and cons list.

Don't think buying both hasn't crossed my mind. Unfortunately, the budget won't allow for both and definitely not at all for the D4.

Your insight is greatly appreciated!!

Dodie