Nikon df or......

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Fraser

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Would you?
Since my m9 is away in Germany for a replacement sensor I'm thinking of picking up a smaller digital (cameras I use for work are 1dx too big for out of work stuff) to tide me over.
Choices are (just for fun I know I must decide myself it's hardly world ending stuff).
1. Stick with using my d700 and 50mm 1.8.
2. Get rid of d700 and pick up d800 and maybe a 50mm f1.4 or a 35mm f2.
3. Df with my 50mm 1.8 but also all my old pre ai stuff (that is actually ai converted).
4. Ditch all the Nikon gear and get a canon 5d3.
5. Try a xpro 1, last time my m9 was away I bought a black x100 (maybe should have kept it!).
It would be handy if the body was small but I'm willing to put up with the weight of a d800 for the sensor. Got to be sensible money.
Cheers.
 
I would go for the Df... on the other hand I do love my x100.....but then the D800 is sooo good.... damn... good luck with that list.
 
I'd go Df. Got a chance to use one a few months ago and found it to be a really fun camera. All my Nikon lenses worked with it, even my pre-AI glass. And it's got the D4 sensor, which is just magic in low light. And it sort of has a form factor like the old film SLR cameras, similar to how the M9 has a form factor like the old film rangefinders.
 
Df, no doubt. I'm loving mine, the D4 sensor is great and the lens compatibility is first rate. It's marvelous with all my MF Nikkors and with the new stuff, too.
 
The only thing about going for the df is when I eventually get my m9 back that will kind of be doubling up where at least the d800 is different from anything else I have.
 
Do you have many MF Nikkors? If you do or plan on picking any up, IMO the Df is much more satisfying with MF than the Dxx0 series bodies.
 
The Xpro 1 are at a very competitive price point, and you access some of their stellar lenses, like the 35 1.4 for very little money and very little weight.
 
Ken Ford said:
Do you have many MF Nikkors? If you do or plan on picking any up, IMO the Df is much more satisfying with MF than the Dxx0 series bodies.
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I have
20 3.5
24 2.8
28 3.5
35 2 pre ai and ai
50 1.4
50 1.2
85 1.8
105 2.5
135 2.8
180 2.8
300 4.5
Not a bad selection:)
 
johannielscom said:
The Sony A7.

Takes all the Nikkor MF lenses with a simple EUR 20 adapter. Sensor is pretty much identical to the sensors in the Nikons and the camera is a lot smaller than the Df or the D800.
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Small size is not really an advantage IMO. The A7 has never impressed me.
 
How does the Df work with manual focus? Does it have a traditional split image micro-prism scree or is it focus assist type ? At first I kind of looked askew at the the Df , now I understand that it
Is compatible with non-AI glass, hopefully there will be. Df.2
 
I chose the D750 over the Df ... It felt better to me and has more rationally laid out controls. Works just fine with my manual Nikkors (now all AI, AI-S or pre-AI that have been updated to AI).

Of course, I haven't touched it since I bought the Leica SL a month later. So the D750 is for sale, practically brand new; just haven't gotten around to listing it yet.
 
marcr1230 said:
How does the Df work with manual focus? Does it have a traditional split image micro-prism scree or is it focus assist type ? At first I kind of looked askew at the the Df , now I understand that it
Is compatible with non-AI glass, hopefully there will be. Df.2
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Green dot focus, but the ground glass seems optimized for manual focus.
 
johannielscom said:
There's people claiming issues with the green dot range focusing when faster lenses are used. That's why many users install a specific ground glass in the camera.

With the Sony A7, I get 5.7X and 11X focus peaking, and it allows me to nail focus with my stuck-open Canon 50mm 1.2L lens easily.

Just sayin' ;)
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I haven't had any problems with my 50/1.2...
 
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