see, you're doing it again: "Fast wide primes are the key to a real
commitment." whaddahellz? Nikon discountinued 28/1.4...has yet to
create an AF 35/1.4...they have never created a 24/1.x...well,
mate, playing your argument there ain't no fast wide primes here in
FF land...does that mean Nikon has no commitment to FF either?
you compare this with Canon's "complete" offerings? Gee, where do
i start? Canon gave its followers the shaft when it changed its
lens mount design switching from MF to AF...now, they'r doing it
again with a new line of EF-S lenses that you can't even mount on
regular EF (FF) mounts...let's not forget that D60, D30 and 10D are
now the b@stard children of Canon digitals (you can't mount EF-S
lenses on them)...and oh snap! no fast primes on EF-S line either!
hhmmm...don't they have the 1.3x sensors, too? are they going to
create fast primes dedicated to that, too? you call that a
"complete" offering? pass on the Kool-Aid, brother.
with Nikon, the DX lenses can be mounted on FF bodies...now, of
course, I am not sure if Nikon will create the FF bodies (and i
couldn't care less because i probably couldn't afford one)...but
I'm 99% sure that DX lenses will be fully useable on them, given
Nikon's history. if DX lenses can be mounted on the "inevitable"
(using the term loosely here) FF digital, and with FF primes, i
don't understand your complaining...i'm sure a lot of people here
will agree that it's better than Canon's EF-S being unuseable in FF
bodies...if anything Canon is more pressured to create EF-S fast
primes...oh, not to mention 1.3x primes, too.
on a different note, i know this debate started with the lack of DX
fast wide primes, i know for a fact that the market for this is
shrinking because PJs (i work for a major news company) actually
prefer fast ZOOM lenses. i mean, seriously, when was the last time
you actually saw a Want-to-Buy or Want-to-Sell posting on a fast
wide prime? i am sure that Nikon knows its market, and if there is
enough demand, they will release fast DX wide primes. i'd rather
use what's currently being offered now (FF fast primes and DX
zooms..............which does the job, really), than to spend
thousands of dollars switching to (or adding) a whole different
system.
I never said Nikon was dumping DX, I said it would not be the pro
format. Watch, when the FF nikon comes it will be the king of the
hill. Fast wide primes are the key to a real commitment because it
shows that they want people to have options beyond zooms. Primes
have their advantages and combined with zooms make for a really
nice system. To say that a system is "just fine" with zooms is
settling for the incomplete system that Nikon is capable of giving
when a competitor does. No need for FF of the wide fast primes by
Nikon show up right? SO as it stands, DX is not a complete lens
system compared to Canon's offerings. If Nikon wants to lose
customers that are obviously looking for options than so be it.
You will see many switcher between both systems but this is one
Nikon could easily fix. Why no DX primes, because that FF chip is
coming. If they fully supported you would not only see wide primes
but a 50mm 1.4 and 1.8 that doesn't cost an arm and a leg and isn't
made by Sigma. There would also be DX macros and telephotos. There
would be lighter weight DX 70-2-- 2.8 equivalent. It is very
apparent and anyone serious about photography knows that zooms are
not for everyone.
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