Shrinking Nikons ?

[dee]

I rather fancied a Nikon D 300 , then the D 90 arrived , now the D500 ...

No contest with the D 300 ? Well ,

I find the D 300 and D 90 too bulky - the D 500 offers almost all of the picture quality in smaller body . As an amateur , I put this before the ultimate technology .

Any thoughts ?

dee

 

[rpsawin]

If the body does not feel right, if you are not comfortable using the gear chances are you will resist using it and when you do you will not enjoy it. Personally the D300 is a good fit for me, but that's me. I've tried some of the smaller bodies and the ergonomics were off.

I think there are lots of options available in terms of the technology and that should make it easier to find the right fit.


Best regards,

Bob

 

[kshapero]

if you are looking for small, try a rangefinder. Mighty nice.

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

I am presently digging the Pentax K-7 in a big way. Not as good as the Nikons at high ISO, but it's all the SLR I will be needing for a long, long time. Check it:

 

[charjohncarter]

My K10d is small too (especially with my 35mm prime). I can't believe what these DSLR people pack around, and If you add a Zoom, you might as well carry a 4x5. My Pentax 6x7 body which is a brute is less weight than the body the biggest Canon.

 

[amateriat]

mabelsound: That's (K-7) the size good dSLRs (not just the low-end ones) should've been all along. Pentax may just have hit upon a killer formula: pro-level specs (well, a good deal of them, anyway) plus good build quality coupled with compact size. I remember shooting with an Olympus E-3 and couldn't get over how big the damn thing felt in my hands. As if I needed a reminder of just one of the reasons I've stayed away from dSLRs. (The Olympus C-8080 I shoot with doesn't quite count.)

Were i in the market for a dSLR, The K-7 would likely shoot to the top of the shortlist for this reason alone. (Well, that and that 100% VF.)


- Barrett

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

mabelsound: That's (K-7) the size good dSLRs (not just the low-end ones) should've been all along. Pentax may just have hit upon a killer formula: pro-level specs (well, a good deal of them, anyway) plus good build quality coupled with compact size. I remember shooting with an Olympus E-3 and couldn't get over how big the damn thing felt in my hands. As if I needed a reminder of just one of the reasons I've stayed away from dSLRs. (The Olympus C-8080 I shoot with doesn't quite count.)

Were i in the market for a dSLR, The K-7 would likely shoot to the top of the shortlist for this reason alone. (Well, that and that 100% VF.)


- Barrett

It's kind of a shame, because the high-ISO quality is really going to piss off the pixel peepers. IQ is pretty much identical to the K20D, and that is more than good enough for me. But this camera FEELS like the LX, ME, and other classic compact-but-powerful cameras. it feels like photographers designed it. It's the first DSLR that I love looking at, picking up and using.

The VF is good, not LX good, but it is definitely 100%. And the shutter is incredibly quiet. But it's the form factor I really love.