Photography Thailand Forum

[epixx]

Marc, I think you are wrong about how fast some pros change gear.

Did I say anything about how often pros change gear?

I asume you didn't  :)

[olibkk]

Jeff,

If you need the extra boost in Megapixels, send a letter to Santa.. If not, the D700 looks like a great comprise between performances and price and with the extra cash, you may go for a top lense.

[tibervince]

Any idea when the D700 will be available in Thailand? Any suggestion where to pre order?

 

[Paul Whitehead]

End of the month (July) from NIKS on Silom.

[olibkk]

This morning I went to Nikon Silom, they have a D700 in display (not for sale). You can have a short handle of the camera.

[David Salmanowitz]

Marc-I could not have said it any more eloquently--well put!"

"So even if you have one brand, and the other brand comes out with something better, you don't have to worry because your brand will also match that model of the other brand with something pretty soon. So the people that end up switching brands are usually the ones who are trigger happy. No reason to compare one against the other anymore. Both will eventually offer the same thing. The bigger decision is if buying the next model adds enough value to warrant an upgrade at that point or not." 

[Marc Schultz]

Marc-I could not have said it any more eloquently--well put!"

Thanks David 

[Adzz]

Well, I figure its all about what you mainly shoot. This full frame 12 meg sensor Nikon are using is very good in so many lighting conditions and will Rez up very well when shot for optimal quality.
The 24.8 megapixel sensor which will probably come from Sony that  Nikon will use for the  D4 D3X.... coming for Photokina Xmas , whatever,
Well I cant see how it will  be as versatile in as many lighting conditions, but what it will be great for will be studio and high light level shooting situations.
(chances are they will release some nice new prime lenses to go with this higher pixel count sensor too)
So the choice is an easier one if you know what you mainly need to shoot.

If you have a need to shoot at higher resolutions with high quality. One thing that interests me now is the closing price gap between DSLR (high end) and Medium format solutions. Look at the  Pricing deals form the likes of  Phase One on entry level systems and second hand / factory refurbished backs from all the rest of them  Its all good news if you have a defiant need for higher quality at a more affordable price.

On another viewpoint, I wonder if we are going to see all these DSLR manufacturers moving into sensor formats that are larger than 35mm if the physical limitations  of lenses and pixel size in 35mm sensors cannot be overcome.

Its all very  interesting but not something I feel we should all really care about too much, as its the moment  when our finger fires the shutter that is most important.

Nb: Niksthailand have a D700 available to play with I am told. But nothing to take home until the end of the month.

[epixx]

The latest rumour is that Nikon will place the 24MP chip in the D700 body and call it D900, but it's just a rumour. It makes sense though, since that would be a perfect competitor to the Sony A900 (24MP, same chip) and the Canon 5DII (18MP?). The Sony will not have a built in vertical grip, and I doubt that the Canon will have one.

The 24MP camera will obviously lack the 8fps capability and the extremely high ISO of the D700/D3 because of the larger files and the higher pixel density. So if these rumours are true, the killer combo will be one D700 and one D900, while the D3 will live on as a sports-shooter's camera. I guess we'll know before Fotokina  :)

[Adzz]

How about Nikon not using the Sony chip for there next big release?
Could they use a cut  down version of the new Kodak chip http://www.dpreview.com/news/0807/08070902Kodaksensor.asp
or the Dalsa chip in the new Phase One back?  http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/p65-announced.shtml

Urrrm?

[Gubs]

the d700 really is a nice camera, but I also heard many issues regarding picture banding.

[Jeff Jarvis]

D3/D700 banding is real, but only if you underexpose 2 stops while shooting over iso 3200 with strong highlights in the image and while you want to recover that image in post processing.

[epixx]

D3/D700 banding is real, but only if you underexpose 2 stops while shooting over iso 3200 with strong highlights in the image and while you want to recover that image in post processing.

Some people apparently do that all the time. Too bad for them that the Kodak Instamatic has been discontinued