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Replacing my trusty D700 as main shooter......
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PaulV
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You can also get a brand new D610 right in your price range. Great camera. I sold my D600 and am now using - quite happily - an 810 and a 750 - but that 600 was fantastic in terms of low light and overall quality.
Dyun27
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Every photographer is different. Personally if a camera does what I need and want it to do IQ-wise, I adapt to it. Others give familiar button layout more importance and I understand that. If you can't get past it, choose what you're familiar with. If you're willing to adapt, then the D750 is a great tool.
Yxa
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Yes I'm a base player
Yxa
Senior Member
And now for the competition
Guess which camera is which
Look at the backsides
Is something missing compared to your D700?
P.s the D800 is a good low light camera
Dyun27
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If you're happy with your D800, great! Enjoy it. It does some things better than the D750 and the D750 does some things better than the D800. My -plastic- D750 flew a couple of feet into the air, landed on concrete and survived without a scratch. That's tough enough for me. It also takes ISO 51,200 like a champ, even if I'll never need to use it:
ISO 7200 is more practical though:
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iseeu
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If you have enough money for the D810 buy it but don't buy the D800 you will regret it, the grip on the D700 is better and more comfortable, the reason I get the D750 is because I don't have enough money to buy the D810.
chester0711
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Appreciate everybody's thoughts. Went to the local Cam shop today and played with a D800e and D810.
The shutter on the D810 has a beautiful sound. I know it is just the sound but it definitely elicited an oohhh and aahhhh from me.
Otherwise, ergonomically they both feel great. I am thinking at around a $700 difference between used models, I may just get the 810. Even if I have to wait it out a bit to afford it.
Looking at images from both cameras, they all looked great.
Thanks for the thoughts!
The shutter on the D810 has a beautiful sound. I know it is just the sound but it definitely elicited an oohhh and aahhhh from me.
Otherwise, ergonomically they both feel great. I am thinking at around a $700 difference between used models, I may just get the 810. Even if I have to wait it out a bit to afford it.
Looking at images from both cameras, they all looked great.
Thanks for the thoughts!
mikemsphoto
Senior Member
Good choice. Go for it.
Also just a point for those who say they don't really need all the Hi ISO abilities as they always try to stay near base ISO. The advantage is that even when you shoot near base ISO but then need to pull detail out of shadows while post processing the raw file, the difference in this regard between a D4 or D810 compared to a D300 for instance is spectacular.
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Yxa
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Depending in what an hurry you are in get the D810 ( due for an update , maybe this year) cheaper when the D900 is relased
Marketing socket heads call that the "snick factor".
Yes, they both are great cameras.
chester0711
Well-known member
bingo!
Joesiv
Veteran Member
Shooting a D700 with any modern Nikon is going to be a hassle, dynamic range, resolution, button layouts, battery types, memory card types, usability differences (such as LCD rendering of previews), tons of things.
Unfortunatly, I agree, the D750's lack of top ISO control is annoying, I also moved it to the movie button, and I'm satisfied with that. All the other things though, just make the D700 annoying to use with a modern Nikon. I thought I'd get a second modern nikon just as a backup to my 750 so I could get rid of the D700 (it's a tank, but the images just are hard to mix with the newer nikons in terms of dynamc range and even noise after ISO2000). I got a D600 as a backup for cheap, but I can't even assign the ISO button to the movie record button lol.. so I'm still stuck for that. But other than that, and the slightly warmer images, it's nice to use the same batteries, memory cards, and have similar image quality again.
chester0711
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Interesting take, I really did not think of the battery issue. Does the D810 take Compact Flash memory or no?
toomanycanons
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chester0711
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You are right about that.
The first thing I did was look up the current slots available, unfortunately, it was after I posted this last post.
The first thing I did was look up the current slots available, unfortunately, it was after I posted this last post.
I suggest a used D800 or D800e. They'd be in your price range. The image quality of the D800 tests out virtually identical to the D810. I used a D800 and D700 combo for quite some time. I could move between both bodies without skipping a beat. If you like the D700 body you'll like the D800 body. I'm going on four years with my D800 and see nothing on the horizon that tempts me to replace it. I print a fair number of large prints from my D800 images and love the quality I get.
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