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Mikael Risedal

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Some people are comparing " the old Nikon D1x " and the new Canon D60.
I have as photographer been working with D1X since Aug. 2001.

I know by tests that the Canon D60 delivers pictures in the same quality lever as my D1X or even better some times , but do not compare the camera body's building quality, autofocus performance, handling etc.

Its like a comparison between a BMW 540 and a Fiat . Two cars who both takes us to the destination.
The differences between a pro cameras and a budget cameras are big
Example :

You can not follow a moving object , like a walking person with the D60 . Still to slow and un precise autofocus.
The D60 can not focus in bad lights situations
"To get the picture or not . Thats the question"

Nikon D1X , Canon EOS 1D and Kodak 760 are still the best build digital products today . You get what you pay for. This includes also the new Nikon D100 based on a slow F80 body.
Mikael Risedal
 
Mikael

While you are right in not being able to compare a D1X or 1D with a D60 some of the statements you made are certainly not right.
Mikael Risedal said:
You can not follow a moving object , like a walking person with the
D60 . Still to slow and un precise autofocus.
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People use the D30 for sports and seem to get their pictures. People use it to shoot flying birds and seem to get their pictures
Mikael Risedal said:
The D60 can not focus in bad lights situations
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A lot of people use the D30 now in low light and seem to get their pictures.
Mikael Risedal said:
"To get the picture or not . Thats the question"
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Of course you can use a camera that will make it easier to get certain types of shots but guess what, a good photographer will even get them with a camera without auto focus (remember these).

I dont think anybody compared the D1X except for image quality which is a perfectly fair comparison and of course the D1X lags behind the D60. The D1X is a year old and of course the image quality has improved since. If it wouldnt have it would be pretty sad.

What i dont understand is why people are so insecure and constantly need to justify the purchase they made.

Enjoy the equipment you have. Just because a new camera came out doesnt mean yours (whether it is a D1X, D1, 1D, D30,...) is obsolete. It still takes the same good quality pictures that you where happy with a week ago.

--Michael SalzlechnerStarZen Digital Imaging http://www.starzen.com/imaging
 
Excellent points Mike made there. A few weeks ago I was looking at an excellent book about the history of the Olympic games. Some awesome photos taken in the 1960's and 70's, way before autofocus... Slow autofocus will not mean that you "can't get the shot" it just means you have to use more skill... and the D30 was okay in normal light anyway
 
Mike Salzlechner said:
People use the D30 for sports and seem to get their pictures.
People use it to shoot flying birds and seem to get their pictures
A lot of people use the D30 now in low light and seem to get their
pictures.
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I know wedding photographers that use the Canon Rebel G for
weddings and such. I know a portrait photographer that uses a
Canon Rebel 2000. But no doubt they'd get more shots in
focus, capture more fleeting moments, and get less throw aways
with a better camera.
 
First of all, you are greatly exagerating the superiority/inferiority difference between the D1x and the D60. Do you really think that the D60 can't focus on a walking person? Give me a break. A statement like that doesn't do much for your credibility.

Yes, the D1x is built tougher than the D60 but the D1x goes for $4850 and the D60 full kit is going for $2200. That's a difference of $2650. For that difference in money, you would expect a little more toughness. And for that money, you could buy a second D60 full kit for $2200 (or only the body for $1999). It never hurts to have a back-up body. You would still have $450 left over ($650 if you only bought the body). And you would get the same image quality or better (ie. noise performance). Does the D1x really get you that much more practical advantage? At least with the EOS-1D you get 8 frames per second, 45 autofocus points covering a huge portion of the viewfinder, a 1.3x crop factor and a broader ISO range (100-3200). I could see how that could be well worth the extra dough because these things can make a significant factor in capturing the image.

Yes, the D1x and EOS-1D are certainly built better than the D60, but I find it humorous that some users feel so threatened by the wittle D60 that they feel compelled to make ridiculous exagerated attacks on its performance.
 
Peter Phan said:
First of all, you are greatly exagerating the
superiority/inferiority difference between the D1x and the D60. Do
you really think that the D60 can't focus on a walking person?
Give me a break. A statement like that doesn't do much for your
credibility.

Yes, the D1x is built tougher than the D60 but the D1x goes for
$4850 and the D60 full kit is going for $2200. That's a difference
of $2650. For that difference in money, you would expect a little
more toughness. And for that money, you could buy a second D60 full
kit for $2200 (or only the body for $1999). It never hurts to have
a back-up body. You would still have $450 left over ($650 if you
only bought the body). And you would get the same image quality or
better (ie. noise performance). Does the D1x really get you that
much more practical advantage? At least with the EOS-1D you get 8
frames per second, 45 autofocus points covering a huge portion of
the viewfinder, a 1.3x crop factor and a broader ISO range
(100-3200). I could see how that could be well worth the extra
dough because these things can make a significant factor in
capturing the image.

Yes, the D1x and EOS-1D are certainly built better than the D60,
but I find it humorous that some users feel so threatened by the
wittle D60 that they feel compelled to make ridiculous exagerated
attacks on its performance.
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Not to fuel the fire, but while it's not clear to me that the original poster was "feeling threatened", it does appear that others here are feeling threatened by his remarks. Clearly there's a difference between a $2200 camera and a $4800 camera and each of us make the decisions based on our need. Nothing that was said inferred that you should choose one over the other...and nothing that was said was inaccurate. It's an opinion and It's a factor of degrees. Yes, the D1x is better built and has a better auto focus system. Yes, you can get by with the D30 or D60 or Fuji S1 or S2 auto focus. It's not as good, but if you can get it to do the job, that's all you need.

I don't understand why people are taking such offense--Jim DeLucoDeLuco Photographywww.delucophoto.com
 
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