Nikon

Thanks for help Ralph.

Anyone have one to sell? Thanks

I am considering buying one of these. Prices range from between $650 and $800 here in Canada. I am also have and option for a Tokina AT-X pro 28-80mm f2.8 for $175.00. I have used the Tokina but have found it is soft at 2.8 but becomes sharper when you stop down to 5.6-8. It also has purple and green fringing hat I can rid of most but not all that n post. Both lenses weigh 2 lbs. and are metal construction. Thanks for your thoughts. This will be my main lens and I also have a 19-35mm. I use the lenses on a Nikon D700.

Thanks. I did change the setting from 50 to 55 and composing rectangle changed!?! Not sure why. Not like when we used film cameras and slr's and rangefinders. Thanks again.

Yes I have. Not sure why it does this. I am using manual focus lenses.

I have a question about setting focal lengths for the framing rectangle in the optical viewfinder. I purchased three legacy Nikkor lenses, 20, 28 and a 50. When I set the lens focal length in the menus, the 20mm shows the full optical viewfinder which makes sense. When setting for the 28, the optical viewfinder shows a reduced composing rectangle, which makes sense. The problem occurs when I set the focal length to 50mm, the composing rectangle reverts to the full optical option. Not sure why. I also set the lens focal length to 100mm to see what difference that would make and found that composing rectangle was reduced to a smaller size, which makes sense. Sorry for the length of question, but any help would be much appreciated.

As a wedding and special event photographer, every wedding I have shot since the time of film, I have encountered guests taking photos. It will always happen. With cell phones in every hand, there is no way to stop others from taking photos. Many other pros that I have spoken to, have said that they have tried to stop other guests rom taking photos at the ceremony as this is the place that the bride and groom want the professionals to work without problems. I have shot the first kiss and sometimes I have had hands stuck in front of the camera. There was one time that I was backing up taking photos as the bride and groom were walking down the aisle and back into a guest taking photos. He swore at me because I had messed with his shot. All I saying is that you will never stop people from taking photos but the bride and groom can ask. My niece asked that there would be no photos at the ceremony, and then wondered why I hadn't taken any. Oh well.

Thanks. Thought about that. Makes sense. But, how can I make 12800 (or for heavens sake 25600) be the ISO for auto ISO. I can't seem to find that out. Any ideas.

Hi there. I bought a slightly used x pro 1 lately. Only 2200 shots. Anyway, I have set up my custom film settings so that the minimum shutter speed should only be 1/60 and my ISO is auto up to 6400. Most shots are okay but occasionally the shutter speed drops to 1/6 as an example. Hope you can help.

You make sense Wayne. I noticed that there are a lot "gearheads" that have very bad cas of GAS.

Thank you for the informed thoughts.

quote=Gene51]Images are pretty clean at 1600 with a little noise (not terrible at all) at 3200. It's a great camera, with the same sensor as the D3. A better bet for weddings might be a D3S which set the bar for high ISO/low noise imaging.

As far as print size is concerned, you have no limits. I have printed 40x60 uncropped images from my D70S which was only 6 mp. Even with some modest cropping you still have enough mp to print any size you want.

I would not use a D800 for weddings, there are better cameras out there, Including a D750 or a Df for weddings, or even a used D4.

If someone suggests that 12 mp is not enough for wedding shots, then they really don't understand pixel count, print sizing, and cropping. My background with Nikons includes owning the following: D70s, D200, D300S, D700, D3S, D800, D810, and using a borrowed D500.

And if a guy showed up with a Canon to shoot my daughter's wedding I'd send him out to get a real camera - as we all know, CANON stands for Can't Afford Nikon Oh No!

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Thanks for the response. I do shoot weddings with my d300 have my clients have had no issue with the quality. Being a professional is not always about equipment but more about high quality artistic results. From what have read the d700 is the same sensor and focusing as the d3. By the way i also use my Hasselblad 500. My clients dont have an issue paying my rate of 250-325 per hour.


quote=SharpShooter]You shoot weddings with a D300?
About the only thing a 700 will get you is a bigger sensor.
Maybe you could beg, borrow or steal and at least get a D800.
You'd never shoot MY wedding!!! Good luck with that 10 year old camera!!!
I'm not trying to be negative, but you're a professional!
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Hi there.
Just wondered what opinions there were regarding the Nikon D700. Right now i have two D300 that i use for weddings, portraits, and headshots. Wanting to go to full frame body due to the fact that 4 of my 5 lenses are FX now. What is the noise like at iso 1600/3200, quality of print at sizes 16x20 max. Any other help is much appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

Thats funny about the Pentax. Did you drop your girlfriend in the river too?