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Here is the scenario

I have the d600 sigma 35mm 1.4, nikon 50mm 1.8g, and 85mm 1.8g.

I've sent in the camera for a shutter replacement and an af mirror alignment tuneup. Af is pretty much precise with +1 or +2 fine tuning for my lenses. Low light AF seems not to great with the d600 and sometimes miss focus if I don't pick a contrasty point.

I use single point focus in either center and recompose or choosing my focus point or just relying on af-s auto when I'm lazy.

I shoot at around f/2 on all my lenses. A mix of photojournalist, street, event (wedding) and portrait. No sports and I never even touch af-c. Also mostly daylight events indoor and outdoor. Not much low light stuff.

Can you guys audit my setup and tell me if the d750 is worth the upgrade? btw I'm not entirely happy with my in focus keeper rate at f/2. Do you think a d750 auto focus upgrade will increase my daytime in focus keeper rate?

Thanks in advance!!!
 
90% will say no to you, but I think the enjoyability is so important that can make one take better photos.

If you really want the d750, get it and your photos will be great. Unless you shoot birds or flowers.
 
No. Why don't you tell us why you think a D750 will improve your photography.
 
DonSantos said:
Here is the scenario

I have the d600 sigma 35mm 1.4, nikon 50mm 1.8g, and 85mm 1.8g.

I've sent in the camera for a shutter replacement and an af mirror alignment tuneup. Af is pretty much precise with +1 or +2 fine tuning for my lenses. Low light AF seems not to great with the d600 and sometimes miss focus if I don't pick a contrasty point.

I use single point focus in either center and recompose or choosing my focus point or just relying on af-s auto when I'm lazy.

I shoot at around f/2 on all my lenses. A mix of photojournalist, street, event (wedding) and portrait. No sports and I never even touch af-c. Also mostly daylight events indoor and outdoor. Not much low light stuff.

Can you guys audit my setup and tell me if the d750 is worth the upgrade? btw I'm not entirely happy with my in focus keeper rate at f/2. Do you think a d750 auto focus upgrade will increase my daytime in focus keeper rate?

Thanks in advance!!!
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Before committing to a new body, try shooting at f/4 and see if your rate improves. I'm assuming your problem is blurry shots and at f/2 you don't have much DoF latitude. For stationary posed shots try f/2.8-4. If subject is in motion stop down f/4 or more and make sure your shutter speed is faster than 1/500s. In good light I think the af advantage of the D750 over the D610 is not going to be a night and day difference.
 
DonSantos said:
Here is the scenario

I have the d600 sigma 35mm 1.4, nikon 50mm 1.8g, and 85mm 1.8g.

I've sent in the camera for a shutter replacement and an af mirror alignment tuneup. Af is pretty much precise with +1 or +2 fine tuning for my lenses. Low light AF seems not to great with the d600 and sometimes miss focus if I don't pick a contrasty point.

I use single point focus in either center and recompose or choosing my focus point or just relying on af-s auto when I'm lazy.

I shoot at around f/2 on all my lenses. A mix of photojournalist, street, event (wedding) and portrait. No sports and I never even touch af-c. Also mostly daylight events indoor and outdoor. Not much low light stuff.
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shooting at a single F-stop is a bit like having a car but always driving it to just one shopping centre down the road from where you live - never driving it anywhere else. Your camera/lens combo has a myriad of different settings for a reason. The D750 is a great camera but nobbling it that way won't really show you a lot of improvement in your photography.
DonSantos said:
Can you guys audit my setup and tell me if the d750 is worth the upgrade? btw I'm not entirely happy with my in focus keeper rate at f/2. Do you think a d750 auto focus upgrade will increase my daytime in focus keeper rate?

Thanks in advance!!!
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Do you have some photos online that we can look at to better advise you?
 
If shooting at f2 is the style you like, I guess the better AF system will give you more keepers. I think the consensus is the D750 has the better AF system. It isn't magic though, I've got plenty of blurry shots. Are you going to be disappointed to spend a bundle and still miss a few decisive moments?
 
emem said:
DonSantos said:
Here is the scenario

I have the d600 sigma 35mm 1.4, nikon 50mm 1.8g, and 85mm 1.8g.

I've sent in the camera for a shutter replacement and an af mirror alignment tuneup. Af is pretty much precise with +1 or +2 fine tuning for my lenses. Low light AF seems not to great with the d600 and sometimes miss focus if I don't pick a contrasty point.

I use single point focus in either center and recompose or choosing my focus point or just relying on af-s auto when I'm lazy.

I shoot at around f/2 on all my lenses. A mix of photojournalist, street, event (wedding) and portrait. No sports and I never even touch af-c. Also mostly daylight events indoor and outdoor. Not much low light stuff.
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shooting at a single F-stop is a bit like having a car but always driving it to just one shopping centre down the road from where you live - never driving it anywhere else. Your camera/lens combo has a myriad of different settings for a reason. The D750 is a great camera but nobbling it that way won't really show you a lot of improvement in your photography.
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Yeah sometimes I feel I'm a one trick pony. It's difficult to expand my horizons though because I do like the photos that I take.

emem said:
emem said:
Can you guys audit my setup and tell me if the d750 is worth the upgrade? btw I'm not entirely happy with my in focus keeper rate at f/2. Do you think a d750 auto focus upgrade will increase my daytime in focus keeper rate?

Thanks in advance!!!
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Do you have some photos online that we can look at to better advise you?
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DonSantos said:
Here is the scenario

I have the d600 sigma 35mm 1.4, nikon 50mm 1.8g, and 85mm 1.8g.

I've sent in the camera for a shutter replacement and an af mirror alignment tuneup. Af is pretty much precise with +1 or +2 fine tuning for my lenses. Low light AF seems not to great with the d600 and sometimes miss focus if I don't pick a contrasty point.

I use single point focus in either center and recompose or choosing my focus point or just relying on af-s auto when I'm lazy.

I shoot at around f/2 on all my lenses. A mix of photojournalist, street, event (wedding) and portrait. No sports and I never even touch af-c. Also mostly daylight events indoor and outdoor. Not much low light stuff.

Can you guys audit my setup and tell me if the d750 is worth the upgrade? btw I'm not entirely happy with my in focus keeper rate at f/2. Do you think a d750 auto focus upgrade will increase my daytime in focus keeper rate?

Thanks in advance!!!
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First of all IMO you'll be much more happy investing in some lenses. 35mm isn't that wide - 85mm isn't that long. I got the D750 purely for the improved AF and low light capabilities. But if you never use AF-C the improvement will be limited to only the situations you struggle to get the D600 to focus in low light - IMO that would not justify the upgrade but YMMV.

I note "no AF-C", "no sport", "not much low light" - never had AF issues with my D610 in daylight - f/2 and recompose do take careful handling. My advice is 1) use the of centre AF-points and 2) try to increase aperture in the situations which allow you to do so.

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Regards 9ck
 
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DonSantos said:
Here is the scenario

I have the d600 sigma 35mm 1.4, nikon 50mm 1.8g, and 85mm 1.8g.

I've sent in the camera for a shutter replacement and an af mirror alignment tuneup. Af is pretty much precise with +1 or +2 fine tuning for my lenses. Low light AF seems not to great with the d600 and sometimes miss focus if I don't pick a contrasty point.

I use single point focus in either center and recompose or choosing my focus point or just relying on af-s auto when I'm lazy.

I shoot at around f/2 on all my lenses. A mix of photojournalist, street, event (wedding) and portrait. No sports and I never even touch af-c. Also mostly daylight events indoor and outdoor. Not much low light stuff.

Can you guys audit my setup and tell me if the d750 is worth the upgrade? btw I'm not entirely happy with my in focus keeper rate at f/2. Do you think a d750 auto focus upgrade will increase my daytime in focus keeper rate?

Thanks in advance!!!
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First of all IMO you'll be much more happy investing in some lenses. 35mm isn't that wide - 85mm isn't that long. I got the D750 purely for the improved AF and low light capabilities. But if you never use AF-C the improvement will be limited to only the situations you struggle to get the D600 to focus in low light - IMO that would not justify the upgrade but YMMV.

I note "no AF-C", "no sport", "not much low light" - never had AF issues with my D610 in daylight - f/2 and recompose do take careful handling. My advice is 1) use the of centre AF-points and 2) try to increase aperture in the situations which allow you to do so.
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DonSantos said:
Thanks. Do you feel that you overall get a better keeper rate in the "photojournalist, street, event (wedding) and portrait" situations with the d750 vs your old d600?

Based on the feedback I'm beginning to think that f/2 is my problem as well as my technique which seems like the d750 won't be able to magically fix.
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Too be honest I've not used my D750 enough to make any conclusions, but as mentioned my D610 did well in daylight for the situations you mention. I've been hung up with work since I got the D750 and secondly (as opposed too many) I have a hard time adjusting too the new grip and position of wheel - don't wan't too make any conclusions at the moment.
 
DonSantos said:
Here is the scenario

I have the d600 sigma 35mm 1.4, nikon 50mm 1.8g, and 85mm 1.8g.

I've sent in the camera for a shutter replacement and an af mirror alignment tuneup. Af is pretty much precise with +1 or +2 fine tuning for my lenses. Low light AF seems not to great with the d600 and sometimes miss focus if I don't pick a contrasty point.

I use single point focus in either center and recompose or choosing my focus point or just relying on af-s auto when I'm lazy.

I shoot at around f/2 on all my lenses. A mix of photojournalist, street, event (wedding) and portrait. No sports and I never even touch af-c. Also mostly daylight events indoor and outdoor. Not much low light stuff.

Can you guys audit my setup and tell me if the d750 is worth the upgrade? btw I'm not entirely happy with my in focus keeper rate at f/2. Do you think a d750 auto focus upgrade will increase my daytime in focus keeper rate?

Thanks in advance!!!
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Hi there,

I do not see the reason why you want to upgrade unless your camera sensor is getting dirty with oil from internal parts. Pretty much, both cameras are the same and it is debatable which one is better about ISO performance. Probably the D750 is 1/3 of a stop better but other than that and based on your own scenario, I do not see the reason to upgrade.

You got very good lenses and your photography will not improve by switching to another camera, but to enhance your technique, practicing, reading and learning from your own ( or others ) shooting style. For street, events, wedding and portrait, I do not think that you need anything else, that is my opinion. Probably a middle zoom lens for wedding so you do not have to change lenses during the wedding. A speed light for wedding and portrait is also recommended and you may need it sometimes. Other than that, IMO, you are good with what you have.

Happy shooting.
 
For all intent and purpose you will see ZERO difference in output, other than the D610 being a tad cleaner.
 
No. The quality of your photography is not related to the equipment that you use. The results that you get might be.
 
DonSantos said:
Yeah sometimes I feel I'm a one trick pony. It's difficult to expand my horizons though because I do like the photos that I take.
DonSantos said:
DonSantos said:
Can you guys audit my setup and tell me if the d750 is worth the upgrade? btw I'm not entirely happy with my in focus keeper rate at f/2. Do you think a d750 auto focus upgrade will increase my daytime in focus keeper rate?

Thanks in advance!!!
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Do you have some photos online that we can look at to better advise you?
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I agree with most of the above replies and speaking as another D600 owner I would only advise swapping it for the D750 if the D750 offers some parameter outside the range of the D600 which you badly need.

If you aren't getting the best out of your present camera because of the way you use it or because of your own limitations, swapping will not be of any benefit at all, except to the dealer.

Your question is something I've pondered many times and could never justify the swap. My D600 takes great photographs and doesn't suffer from oil spots. I'm keeping it.
 
I looked at your site. Good stuff.

You just have to learn the weaknesses and strengths of your camera and learn to manipulate/minimize them. I have to tell you that f/2 is not an easy aperture to with at some focal lengths. As focal length increases, that shallowness of depth gets harder to work with. Cliff Mountner (http://www.cmphotography.com/), the Nikon pro team member works a lot at f/1.4 to 2.8 and he says that you really have to hone your skills to get consistent results at that aperture.

BTW, try group area focus. I really like that mode on My D700 and D810. It’s more consistent than single point AF in some situations.
 
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