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I'm not sure if you got 28-70/2.8 or 35-70/2.8, I'm not aware of any 25-70/2.8. I'm guessing you got 35-70/2.8 if you're talking about complementing it with 20-35/2.8. IMO, the rendering/color ...

Outside of the TOL, D300 and D700 might have been the last ones biilt to top quality standards.

Nikon 200-400/4 and Sigma 120-300/2.8 are of comparable IQ. In fact, they are two of the top rated F-mount zooms on lenscore ( http://www.lenscore.org/ ), and competitive with many of the best ...

Seminal models: D300, D700, D3S Honorable mention: D200, D2XS, D3X Hated with passion: D7000 Given the number of years I was shooting sporting events with the D300, it was probably the most ...

Thanks, I will check these.

I'm planning to shoot a college water polo tournament in a couple of weeks, and I have never done that before, so a couple of questions: 1.) How close can you normally get to the pool, i.e. will ...

I have two D700 bodies. One bought new, way back when, the other very lightly used, soon after D800 was released, as they fairly rapidly depreciated then, with 5K clicks on it at 50% off. Both ...

Thank you. This was taken while hiking in the Shenandoah mountains in Virginia. Intense fog makes everything look magical. My daughter called it "Beyond the Wall", as in "Game of Thrones" :-)

A little bit of everything:

With the second shot you're probably right. The first shot though exhibits the loss of contrast which is expected from this lens at this aperture/FL/subject distance. At least I expect it from my ...

you are exaggerating a little. The 35-70/2.8 is very good already at f/4 at any distance, while at f/2.8 it is good at medium distance in the longer half of the range. In the shorter half of the ...

Shooting at f/2.8 at close/portrait distances is not its forte. Other than that the lens is quite good, sharp and clear.

I'm not sure why having D700 alongside D3S is stupid. I have a D700 alongside D3S and find it actually very convenient. IMO D3S is too large and sometimes also too conspicuous to lug around, let ...

Let's say we're talking about Nikon's own raw converters, NX2, NX-D. I think it is very hard to deny that different cameras give different look to the images even using the same converter. One can ...

This is what I observe too, and no amount of "scientific" testing and measurements will convince me otherwise. Which is why I intend to keep my D3 generation models for as long as they last, and ...

I have not heard that, so don't know enough to comment with anything of any substance.

I tend to agree with you, I also think that D3 generation colors are excellent, and after that it seems to be more or less a zero sum game as regards balancing high ISO performance vs color ...

that's right, more solid and long term reliable device. I think you got your thinking across rather well, and I tend to agree for the most part.

I'm not sure how Thom counted mirrorless 11% below its peak, I think it is closer to 20%, ergo mirrorless isn't going to save anybody. Total ILC sales are running at 9.8 million this year, in 1999, ...

Right, but what about car companies, or computer companies, or furniture companies, or refrigerator companies, or wrist watch companies, the list may go on and on and on. Even the iPhone is on ...