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May 12, 2012 16:07:56   #
pounder35 Loc: "Southeast of Disorder"
 
Good luck with it. I have to say I like my Kodachrome 25 slides fron the early 80's. But I had great subject matter from the Colorado Rockies. It's hard to take a bad shot out there.


randymoe wrote:
I agree it is one heck of a box of technology and that is why we are buying them.

As usual Canon and Nikon camps are far apart. It is simply a matter of what you started with. I started with Nikon and I wait fairly patiently for the next big thing. I have been buying Nikon digital for 16 years.

The D800 exceeds my requirements. GREAT!

Sure I could have waited for the D7000 replacement, but why? As it is the D800 is a year late.

When I lost my D700 in December 2010 I thought the D800 was coming soon. It took a while getting here and was worth the wait.

And I most likely am going to print some oversize prints simply because I can.

One of the pictures hanging on my wall was shot 20 years ago with a 35mm and blown to 20x30 poster. My BSA and I never looked better in real B&W.

Now I have to unload my giant print washer. It's a lot of plexiglass and so 80's. I love it.

SteveR wrote:
Never bought into that "it isn't the camera it's the photographer" mantra. With the D7000, you can put it on auto and unless you violate the most basic laws of photography the camera will surprise you with the quality of photographs that it gives you.....so with current technology, I disagree. Back in the day of totally manual film cameras it probably did apply. A Canon Ftb worked basically just like an F1. The F1 was built better and had some more bells and whistles, but 250th/sec @ f4 was the same in both cameras. A cropped sensor camera, however, is not the same as a full frame camera, nor is a 10 megapixel crop camera the same as a 36 megapixel full frame camera.
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May 16, 2012 20:21:10   #
turp77 Loc: Connecticut, Plainfield
 
Cool
SteveR wrote:
Ok...Got my list together. I busted the budget a bit but stayed within about 10%. I'll make up the diff. selling my D7000 and 28-300mm. This does not include a bag or reflectors for the speedlights.

Nikon D800 2999.00
Nikkor 14-24mm f2.8 1999.95
Nikkor 24-70mm f2.8 1889.95
Nikkor 70-200mm f2.8 2399.95
Sigma 150-500mm f5-6.3 1069.00
SB910 Speedlight 549.95
SB700 Speedlight 329.95

Total 11237.75

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May 17, 2012 09:51:05   #
texaseve Loc: TX, NC and NH
 
the list sounds great. I'll be happy when I can get a D800.

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