Pablito
coco frío
Well, then it's not backup that you want, it's a secondary camera with different capabilities (like a quiet shutter). Back up is for when your primary camera breaks.
Back-up to a D700?
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Well, then it's not backup that you want, it's a secondary camera with different capabilities (like a quiet shutter). Back up is for when your primary camera breaks.
Vince Lupo
Whatever
I have a D200 as a backup to my D700. Always nice to have the same mount body as a backup (and takes the same batteries and cards). No real need to have an additional D700, as the quality of photos coming out of a D200 are really good too. Even an old D70 would be fine.
ramosa
B&W
yea, it depends on what you mean by "backup." a backup that allows you do to all the same things as your main camera? or more of a camera that can supplement what you do with your main camera and do some of the same things? really different purposes that would result in quite different cameras.
Dunn
Well-known
Yeah, I guess you're right. More of a secondary camera. So, what would you prefer?
Does anyone think mixing film and digital is a bad idea?
Pirate
Guitar playing Fotografer
I have the D700 and my backup is an F5.
jaredangle
Photojournalist
If two D700's are too much to carry, then I would look into the D7000 as a second body for photojournalism assignments, as the D7000 will be more similar to the D700 in high-ISO and image quality than the D50. At the same time though, the X100 would provide unique opportunities for intimate photojournalistic/documentary photos where the D700 would distract subjects.
In this sense, I see the X100 as a digital version of my Contax G1, which I carry around w/ the 45mm alongside my D700 on the job. I took first place in both Feature Photography and News Photography for the Michigan Press Association's 2011 Student Journalism division, so I feel that there's a niche to be filled by shooting cameras like the X100 along with your standard workhorse DSLR. For the record, I actually shoot a similar set of equipment as you (50mm and 85mm 1.8 primes) but replacing the two wide primes with a 20-35mm zoom.
I'd put my two cents toward the X100, or if the X100 is too expensive, perhaps either of the Sigma DP compacts.
keithdunlop
www.keithdunlop.com
The backup for a D700 is a D700.
willie_901
Veteran
I use own D700 bodies. I used to own a D700 and a D300, but mixing DX and FX meant having extra lenses, so I sold all the DX gear. Life is much simpler now. I have no plans to upgrade the D700s unless one is destroyed, lost or stolen.
My secondary cameras are a X100 that I carry with me wherever I go and a Nikon FG body to burn through my remaining film inventory. I also have a Yashica Electro 35GN for certain projects.
I don't spend a lot of time thinking about cameras ans lenses these days.
My secondary cameras are a X100 that I carry with me wherever I go and a Nikon FG body to burn through my remaining film inventory. I also have a Yashica Electro 35GN for certain projects.
I don't spend a lot of time thinking about cameras ans lenses these days.
Chris101
summicronia
Not at all. I keep a D700 and an N80 along with 4 lenses and a flash unit in my bag. They all share everything.
emraphoto
Veteran
These are very hard rules. I know a few working photojournalists that carry 1 dslr and something akin to the x100. Folks putting out work you see in the Times etc.
A gal I know just covered the elections in Cote D'Ivoire with a 5d/35mm combo and a little point and shoot.
There are loads of backup options. Don't subscribe to other folks rules.
I'll tell you right now, I always have a small camera with me. For a long time I carried 1 full frame dslr with 2 lenses and a small point and shoot. Still the same but I added a video capable dslr body.
sevo
Fokutorendaburando
On the other hand, the D50 seems to be already present, and it is good enough for a backup - in its time (which isn't that many years ago) it beat the (arguably outdated) D2 in many disciplines. If the budget is tight, it might be better to stick to whatever is around, and save the money for other expenses - many beginner PJs forget that travel/food/lodging are more instrumental in getting good pictures and stories than the best camera equipment...
shadowfox
Darkroom printing lives
A D7000 of course.
100% viewfinder and put on the 35/1.8 DX lens, you're ready to rock in case something happens to the D700.
After a while you'd find it indispensable and decided to pass on your D700 to poor souls like me 😛
100% viewfinder and put on the 35/1.8 DX lens, you're ready to rock in case something happens to the D700.
After a while you'd find it indispensable and decided to pass on your D700 to poor souls like me 😛
Brian Legge
Veteran
If I were getting started on a Nikon system right now, I don't know if I'd buy too many DX lenses. Cropped sensors are part of what drove me away from the system honestly - a good price on a 35mm 1.8 doesn't look so good when I start thinking about it as a 56mm 1.8 given the crop factor.
Then I started moving towards AI/AIS/AF lenses so that when (at the time when, now if) I bought a full frame sensor body I'd still be able to use the lenses. That leads to a whole different series of questions about buying FX vs buying new full frame lense, pricing, etc.
Then I started moving towards AI/AIS/AF lenses so that when (at the time when, now if) I bought a full frame sensor body I'd still be able to use the lenses. That leads to a whole different series of questions about buying FX vs buying new full frame lense, pricing, etc.
James24
Well-known
My D700 backup is a D300S. There is a lot of commonality between the 2 cameras, and the D300s provides extra reach with longer lenses. A used D300 can be found at reasonable prices now, if you want a cheaper alternative.
Dunn
Well-known
I agree. I've read a lot about people using things other than huge dslr's, and I don't see why it wouldn't work.
Thanks for your advice. I always take it into strong consideration.
I've already got my Nikon lenses which I've collected over the past few years. I made sure to not buy any dx lenses because I thought the idea was stupid. Plus, I wanted to alternate them all from my D50 to F100. I plan to use my 24 ais, 35 f2, 50 f1.4, and 85 f1.8. None of them dx.
I would just have to worry about the crop if I use something besides the d700.
Dunn
Well-known
Interesting. Good to see film can still be utilized along with digital.
I always feel weird trying to use both. It's like I want to just shoot the same shots just on different mediums but then what's the point of having both? Maybe I should give it a little more practice.
Chris101
summicronia
Back in the olden days I had two film cameras - one for color film and one for B&W. Same thing now, but the color one has gone digital.
