Typing out the title itself felt odd, but that is my situation,
Put simply, I want to read your opinion on the D700 or D810, or both.##
For more context, or if you're curious: I currently have an XT3 which I have put up to be sold (it was bought used), mostly because I don't use the video features all that much, and the rose tinted glasses have shattered due to the black screen of death (had to get the motherboard replaced), at first I thought of getting the Z5 or Z6ii as a replacement since they are pretty cheap after the Z6iii and Z5ii came out. But the Z5 was pretty slow in just shot to shot blackout, which I only noticed cause I went to a shop and tried Z6ii Z5 and D850 back to back.
Honestly, I should've probably gone for Nikon from the start, since I did started learning on my dad's D80, which I wasn't allowed to keep (that is until I was allowed to, but I was in different country, plus even if he did send it by mail I wasn't too sure how customs would deal with it).
Then, looking at lenses I would've gotten then Nikkor Z 40mm F2 along with the Viltrox Air lens for wide angle. But, for AF-S lenses through the use of the FTZ adapter, I was quite conflicted because for small primes it'll add more volume (I don't care for weight), and then there was the AF/D lenses which cannot AF on Nikon's FTZ, while the LA-FZ1 is available now, it isn't compatible with AF-S lenses which means I'd need 2 specific adapters.
And THIS is where I looked into the D800, D810, and then looped to D700, I first checked what models were available and even checked if there were any brand new ones still available, which landed on a D810, has improvements over the D800/E, better ergonomics etc, but I'm mostly interested on the base ISO of 64, and supposedly faster AF. Dual card slots sounds assuring, though I did use only a singlular UHS-II SD card with my XT3, and it's not even the popular brands.**
Anyway, D700, 12MP, I checked, for my purposes 12MP is more than enough, the great thing about getting a D700 means I can have a bigger budget for my lenses.
**(if you have access to any Chinese e-commerce, it's brand is called miaopu, I got the blue one which handled the DCI 4K at 400mbps, so I guess it's fine).
Put simply, I want to read your opinion on the D700 or D810, or both.##
For more context, or if you're curious: I currently have an XT3 which I have put up to be sold (it was bought used), mostly because I don't use the video features all that much, and the rose tinted glasses have shattered due to the black screen of death (had to get the motherboard replaced), at first I thought of getting the Z5 or Z6ii as a replacement since they are pretty cheap after the Z6iii and Z5ii came out. But the Z5 was pretty slow in just shot to shot blackout, which I only noticed cause I went to a shop and tried Z6ii Z5 and D850 back to back.
Honestly, I should've probably gone for Nikon from the start, since I did started learning on my dad's D80, which I wasn't allowed to keep (that is until I was allowed to, but I was in different country, plus even if he did send it by mail I wasn't too sure how customs would deal with it).
Then, looking at lenses I would've gotten then Nikkor Z 40mm F2 along with the Viltrox Air lens for wide angle. But, for AF-S lenses through the use of the FTZ adapter, I was quite conflicted because for small primes it'll add more volume (I don't care for weight), and then there was the AF/D lenses which cannot AF on Nikon's FTZ, while the LA-FZ1 is available now, it isn't compatible with AF-S lenses which means I'd need 2 specific adapters.
And THIS is where I looked into the D800, D810, and then looped to D700, I first checked what models were available and even checked if there were any brand new ones still available, which landed on a D810, has improvements over the D800/E, better ergonomics etc, but I'm mostly interested on the base ISO of 64, and supposedly faster AF. Dual card slots sounds assuring, though I did use only a singlular UHS-II SD card with my XT3, and it's not even the popular brands.**
Anyway, D700, 12MP, I checked, for my purposes 12MP is more than enough, the great thing about getting a D700 means I can have a bigger budget for my lenses.
**(if you have access to any Chinese e-commerce, it's brand is called miaopu, I got the blue one which handled the DCI 4K at 400mbps, so I guess it's fine).
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