whoosh1
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I have a dream: Let's hope that we won't have to wait for 2 years for a review on DPR ! (like D810)
Dpreview staff seems quite excited by the D850 - unlike many other cameras. It is a more newsworthy in a boring landscape for cameras - hence there will be a quicker review for it.
techjedi: Can someone explain the advantage of the upside down feature? Couldn't the rail accessory just be mounted to the top of the ball instead? It seems like the ball needs to be locked down tight regardless.
If you are not using a leveling base for your tripod - the panning base on the head may not be level on an uneven ground surface (unless you adjust the legs). Assuming you level the clamp & the camera which is on top of the ball head - and then try to pan - you may not be able to pan completely level as your panning base may not be level. Hence RRS has an option for having a panning clamp on top of the ball to achieve a perfectly level panning - as the panning is done with the panning clamp (hence the camera) level. Making the ball head upside down will have the same effect/advantage as ball-heads with panning clamps - as the panning base will be on top of the ball with the camera leveled. Hope its clear.
Daniel L: i was ready to dump $5k on a pro Mac despite just spend over $3k on a useless, overheated MBP last year. A hopeful Mac pro? or just an iMac ? but none of that happened. It's another thiner and more overheat prone MBP. Worst? Need more dongles, dongles, dongles, dongles!
Macs are dead.
I have had a 15 inch Macbook Pro Retina since 2012 - and it does overheat a lot. Also had a company 13 inch Macbook Retina which they replaced with an HP ultrabook due to policy change. Also have the 6-core cyclinder Mac Pro for photo editing. While I love the Mac (due to having the Unix component of it - Terminal app, Unix commands, etc.) - the HP is more usable for general non-Unix work:
1) doesn't overheat
2) is not slippery
3) has page up/page down/home/end buttons. The page up/down is the most infuriating as it requires 2 keys (Fn and arrow) on 2 different hands - a really bad design for a common browsing action. I know you can use the trackpad - but many times I like to use keyboard only for fast work.
Abdallah II: Can someone lend Apple a GPS unit... seems they lost the way, do they know how many people skipped Apple workstations to Microsoft windows OS devices because of there black tube limited expand ability? they bet on TB-2 and it hardly took off compared to USB-3, and now they repeat it again... not a single common USB or an SD card slot? this is a portable device not a desktop, people don't go around with adapters for every kind of interface to plug into the new USB-C..!
RedFox88 - I think he meant Apple needs GPS because he thinks it has lost direction
whoosh1: Thanks for the article. The inevitable question:
How do you find the autofocus acquisition speed compared to the D4s? Is the D4s faster or about the same? Also the high ISO performance?
Have a D800, D800E and a D4s (got on a good deal used - so can sell without loss). May want to consolidate to either 2 D810s or a D4s & a D810. Like to shoot birds where I need the autofocus speed of the D4s - and usually the croppability/resolution of the D800/e/D810. The D800 & D800E is sometimes not fast or unreliable in my experience. Lens used - AF-S II 500mm f/4 or with AF-S 80-400.
Thanks for the reply. Something to think about. Probably D4s + D810 combo is the best answer (but the matched combo of 2 D810s has its advantages).
Thanks for the article. The inevitable question:
How do you find the autofocus acquisition speed compared to the D4s? Is the D4s faster or about the same? Also the high ISO performance?
Have a D800, D800E and a D4s (got on a good deal used - so can sell without loss). May want to consolidate to either 2 D810s or a D4s & a D810. Like to shoot birds where I need the autofocus speed of the D4s - and usually the croppability/resolution of the D800/e/D810. The D800 & D800E is sometimes not fast or unreliable in my experience. Lens used - AF-S II 500mm f/4 or with AF-S 80-400.
GarageBoy: Does the 70-300 range on CX really make that much sense?
Yes - makes perfect sense. With ~200-800mm 35mm equivalent this would work as a great lightweight wildlife lens. Also it will be a perfect a lightweight complement to a 70-200 equivalent lens (probably mounted on a different camera) - or probably even a 24-120 equivalent lens (again probably mounted on a different camera).
jhinkey: Seems to me, based on the rumored specs thus far, that Nikon needs to come out with some compact primes to go along with this camera. Primes that don't need to be super fast, but have excellent IQ and very good MF characteristics.
I'd love a set of compact MF primes with electrical contacts:
20/2.8 AI-P
45/2.8 AI-P (already have one, but needs some optical tweaks)
100/2.8 AI-P
What a great travel prime kit this would be . . . doubt it will happen soon if ever.
Since the DF has AF - why do the lenses need to be MF? Why not use 20mm f/2.8 AF-D, 50mm 1.8g and a 85mm 1.8g? A small lens equivalent to 100mm f/2.8 series E or even better 135mm f/2.8 series E will be great however.