Calling all Nikon heads (Page 2): I'm with boberic, I am a Nikon shooter, D100, D200, and now D700 which all seem pro like bodies without the additional area of the battery...

JimKing Loc: Salisbury, Maryland USA

I'm with boberic, I am a Nikon shooter, D100, D200, and now D700 which all seem pro like bodies without the additional area of the battery compartment. I've used battery grips on all of them mostly for the vertical hold. The 750 is the body that suddenly looks amateur level to me with scene mode access on the top left knob, and no back button AF. The WB, ISO, and Qual are still available as second functions on back left of LCD but I'm used to the top.

photo8greg Loc: Maryland

This statement might get everybody CRAZY but in the Nikon world every camera body below the flagship cameras(D4s,D4,D3x,D3s, D3,D2xs etc...) are inferior in some way. The big thing is the focusing mechanism ,exposure accuracy,tracking subjects, frame burst rate I could go on, and if image quality is the most important get an 8x10 view camera because they are the best.
PS. Sorry Hasselblad

photo8greg Loc: Maryland

Getting a Nikon flagship camera either new or used will completely change your mine, the balance and the performance is topnotch the price difference is not a ripoff.

Bram boy Loc: Vancouver Island B.C. Canada

photo8greg wrote:

Thinking about getting a Nikon D3x I don't need this, built in 2009 the firmware is old by today's standards and the ISO only goes to 1600. Now I own a D800 and a D2x but the body is like my D2x which is so pro like and full frame.....joy :)

you trying to say something ! just spit it out , get it off your chest .

Apaflo Loc: Anchorage, Alaska

photo8greg wrote:

Thinking about getting a Nikon D3x I don't need this, built in 2009 the firmware is old by today's standards and the ISO only goes to 1600. Now I own a D800 and a D2x but the body is like my D2x which is so pro like and full frame.....joy :)

Unless you are doing something that is physically rough on the camera, the D800 should be better for what you've described than the D3X. Granted that the pro build is something you'll always miss on the D800, but at 36MP and superb dynamic range, it will produce better images. The D3X can take more abuse though. If you shoot thousands of images a day, or do things like ATV rides, boating, skiing or whatever with the camera in tow, the D800 might not be as good...

Apaflo Loc: Anchorage, Alaska

photo8greg wrote:

Getting a Nikon flagship camera either new or used will completely change your mine, the balance and the performance is topnotch the price difference is not a ripoff.

Folks that haven't had that experience won't believe you. But what you are saying is absolutely true.

photo8greg Loc: Maryland

My D800 has a focus assist lamp and all camera below it this tell me that there is an inferior focusing mechanism inside it, this camera takes great pictures once it can see.

Foggy Loc: Near Oxford Uk

photo8greg wrote:

My D800 has a focus assist lamp and all camera below it this tell me that there is an inferior focusing mechanism inside it, this camera takes great pictures once it can see.

I may be missing something here but I thought that the Nikon AF-S lenses had their own focus motors and do not use the camera's.

'It does not come with an AF assist lamp either, so focusing in extremely dark environments can be more problematic'. This a quote from a D3s review by Nasim Mansurov.

Bram boy Loc: Vancouver Island B.C. Canada

Foggy wrote:

I may be missing something here but I thought that the Nikon AF-S lenses had their own focus motors and do not use the camera's.

'It does not come with an AF assist lamp either, so focusing in extremely dark environments can be more problematic'. This a quote from a D3s review by Nasim Mansurov.

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photo8greg Loc: Maryland

I was talking about Nikon cameras below D3s

mtparker Loc: Cape Charles & Springfield, Virginia

photo8greg wrote:

Thinking about getting a Nikon D3x I don't need this, built in 2009 the firmware is old by today's standards and the ISO only goes to 1600. Now I own a D800 and a D2x but the body is like my D2x which is so pro like and full frame.....joy :)

Lets look at the facts.

You said, "built in 2009 the firmware is old by today's standards ..."
The firmware is not old. If it needed an update Nikon would produce one. It's the electronics (EXPEED vice EXPEED3 in your D800) that is dated. Still, overall performance, and 14 stops of dynamic range is impressive.

You said "... and the ISO only goes to 1600."
Yep! How often is ISO greater than 1600 really field relevant for you? I almost never shoot over 400 and never ever over 800.

You said, "Now I own a D800 and a D2x but the body is like my D2x which is so pro like and full frame.....joy"
Me too (see my signature block). The D800 and D3X are miles apart in technology and feature set but amazingly similar in basic image output (megapixel difference recognized of course).

Bram boy Loc: Vancouver Island B.C. Canada

mtparker wrote:

Lets look at the facts. br br You said, "bui... (show quote)

he more than likely owns a zip.

photo8greg Loc: Maryland

Nice,I love landscapes but I get paid as a wedding photographer so I need some speed and low light capability and reliable focusing, so what do you think of the D3x in that situation.

mtparker Loc: Cape Charles & Springfield, Virginia

photo8greg wrote:

Nice,I love landscapes but I get paid as a wedding photographer so I need some speed and low light capability and reliable focusing, so what do you think of the D3x in that situation.

I don't do weddings and events ... ever.

photo8greg Loc: Maryland

You like to keep your sanity :)