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A few comments based on all your feedback
A few comments based on all your feedback
Just a few thoughts on the many good inputs received:
1)Being just an amateur there is no need for me to justify the investment but the D3 would be next and not this year due to costs and I am not totally convinced any camera (to me that is) is worth 5000$ (or to be more exact 6600$ where I live – I prefer to buy the body locally). Of course an alternative could be to wait for the D300x or whatever its name or the 5DmkII
2)The full frame camera (either 5D or D3) would become my new “medium format” camera and so a lot of the D3 speed and possibly superior handling would be a slight overkill - I am sure it would be used though 😉 – although the live view might come in handy
3)Other issues would be more important like viewfinder size and eye relief and living where I do weather sealing is of some importance
4)Size is important too (the smaller the better) – but since I would have to add at least one additional lens that is somewhat levelled out
5)I am not oblivious to the fact that post processing determines a lot – on the other hand I am not convinced it can totally make up for the combination of pixel size, and the hardware and software inside the camera
6)Naïve may be the word but I cannot quite fathom why people should not be objective on their own buys – I have definitely made some glaring mistakes :bang: one of which is buying the D200 – had I known the Nikon D80 would be out so soon after I would have opted for a D80 + used D2H combo instead
7)And finally to the “film like” statement by me. I am not a great believer in persuasion by numbers but ever since the 5D came out I have sampled the output and to my eyes (online as well as in magazines and the limited amounts of prints I have seen) it just looks better than anything else up until the D3 – I am not saying I am right (my eyes are definitely the worst lenses I have 😱), but given that the add on of a Canon would be rather cumbersome in many ways I consider myself close to neutral :angel:
Thanks again
Karspoul
A few comments based on all your feedback
Just a few thoughts on the many good inputs received:
1)Being just an amateur there is no need for me to justify the investment but the D3 would be next and not this year due to costs and I am not totally convinced any camera (to me that is) is worth 5000$ (or to be more exact 6600$ where I live – I prefer to buy the body locally). Of course an alternative could be to wait for the D300x or whatever its name or the 5DmkII
2)The full frame camera (either 5D or D3) would become my new “medium format” camera and so a lot of the D3 speed and possibly superior handling would be a slight overkill - I am sure it would be used though 😉 – although the live view might come in handy
3)Other issues would be more important like viewfinder size and eye relief and living where I do weather sealing is of some importance
4)Size is important too (the smaller the better) – but since I would have to add at least one additional lens that is somewhat levelled out
5)I am not oblivious to the fact that post processing determines a lot – on the other hand I am not convinced it can totally make up for the combination of pixel size, and the hardware and software inside the camera
6)Naïve may be the word but I cannot quite fathom why people should not be objective on their own buys – I have definitely made some glaring mistakes :bang: one of which is buying the D200 – had I known the Nikon D80 would be out so soon after I would have opted for a D80 + used D2H combo instead
7)And finally to the “film like” statement by me. I am not a great believer in persuasion by numbers but ever since the 5D came out I have sampled the output and to my eyes (online as well as in magazines and the limited amounts of prints I have seen) it just looks better than anything else up until the D3 – I am not saying I am right (my eyes are definitely the worst lenses I have 😱), but given that the add on of a Canon would be rather cumbersome in many ways I consider myself close to neutral :angel:
Thanks again
Karspoul