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Personally, I find 70-200/2.8 zooms (all of them) too unwieldy for portraiture, and in the case of the Nikon not superior to primes in the range at the same apertures. I prefer 85mm and 135mm...

For photos only, assuming equivalent-quality lenses (I notice currently you are using third-parties, exclusively), I'd recommend either the D800 or D800e. Both are better stills cameras. However,...

I've used my AI-S Nikkors (55/2.8 Micro and 135/2.8) on EOS cameras since the 5D. I always work manually and learned photography with aperture rings, so it's easy for me. You even learn to "see in...

So many things could be better... AWB, control software (i.e., provision for easy and extensive manual control), color fidelity... More pixels are pointless when so many other more significant...

If you love the pics from your current setup, why are you of a mind to change anything at all? I only seriously look at new gear when I'm unhappy with some substantial aspect of my current gear's...

Indeed, and the D600 feels like a toy compared to the D700.

D700 because it's built better; has a better control layout, a deeper buffer and feels better in my hands.

...a 35mm f/2 OR 50mm f/1.8. Both are great general purpose lenses. Both are optically better and more flexible than any zoom in that price range. And both are (relatively) cheap.

Yes, until the subject starts moving.

No, because it's never happened except with my old Fujifilm Finepix S7000 Zoom, which never enjoyed adequate RAW support of its wonky honeycomb CFA! It means that the camera has a non-standard,...

You also lose the ability to limit DOF and/or, in some situations, set a fast enough shutter speed for stopping action in low light, so you're coming away with less than ideal photographs in tough...

when fast sensors come with the ability to limit depth of field.

...it's been a 50/1.4 on a full frame body. Now, it's sometimes also Sigma's exquisite 35/1.4 on a full frame body. Only zooms I own are purely for convenience, an old but fantastic AF Zoom Nikkor...

Though I owned and used very many of them from Canon and Nikon, APS-C cameras were never (and, largely, still are not) supported by lenses capable of giving me the look and shooting experience I...

Same with D800: Incredibly useful low ISO dynamic range. You can seemingly endlessly excavate shadows.

I'm so excited to see Sigma really delivering the goods with its current generation of lenses. The 50/1.4 EX (optically) and 35/1.4 DG (mechanically and optically) are both so great I have...

Speaking as a working semi-professional, I'll tell you why a pro would take "slower, less accurate AF performance and lower FPS etc" to get an OVF: 1) even "slower, less accurate AF" is more than...

The only "scrimping" would be to get the Nikon instead. Unless, that is, your objective is to spend as much money as possible on a 35/1.4, even if its performance isn't commensurate with its price,...

A great image!

Yes, because we all know available light is all you'll ever want and need to carve out a personal style.